ok! back to the put together for another try to get it some what right? still need to gut the axel yet and then some welding .....
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onto the final stretch for the put together ... after mounting the second axel squaring off the back end and adding a front corner tire saver it's starting to come to be a one piece of "WONDER"!! thinking it's about done(but are they ever done) there might be a few added touches' to refine the workings yet, like adding a alternator to the front yoke of the front axel to keep the battery charged will be a brain teaser!! need to keep it forward and high off the ground to keep it dry and no damage from brush or stumps.... probably cage it in with 1/8th x 3/4 standard expanded metal for safety
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Are those back wheels slightly off the ground for trailering? Good thinking.
I like the wings in front of the forward axle too.
Going to steal that idea when my trailer gets new metal in the next year or two.
Going to steal that idea when my trailer gets new metal in the next year or two.
Jim Timber
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You're going to brace up the tree sweeps right?
if that's what you are calling the tire savers ? or corner adjusters? or ???? probably after they snap off! lol probably use another piece of heavy angle for that and a base for a jack shaft to speed up or down the alt. set up...
Jim Timber
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Mine aren't big enough.
I should've made them a little longer.
I should've made them a little longer.
Jim Timber
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I know you gutted the brakes, but did you gut the axle housings? You could run the alternator off the pinion gear easy and use v-belts/sheaves to get the RPM right for spinning it up.
you my friend are right on the plan ... it's all in the gearing by pully's! I was told that if you run an alt. in reverse it produces 110 ac volts? don't know if this is true or not so need to be cautious !! just going to use a alt/regulator built in internally so not to over charge.
Jim Timber
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Your sweeps need to be able to sustain the whole weight and traction of the trailer in order to effectively push the tree out of the way, or the puller around the tree. Make em strong.
900rpm's on a 1990 300 6cyl ford to produce 65 amps.... not sure what the pinion speed is with a 4:10 gear ratio using 245 75 r 16? thinking 6 to 1 pinion to full tire rotation! or something like that as I said a real brain teaser!! lol * should have said 65 amps at 55mph and 1750 rpm's, so this is the rpm goal on a slow woodland cruise/ or cruze?? lol
3" x 3" x3/16th full angle iron or another tube of equal size welded to the sweeps and main frame... it wont break! ?
Jim Timber
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The alternator is going to make AC no matter what. The rectifier handles converting that to DC. Unless you're doing highway speeds in reverse, I don't think it's an issue with a one-wire alternator (built in regulator). I could be wrong - never tried spinning one backwards. 
Brain teaser my butt. Just need to make the pinion overdrive the alternator with a bigger pulley to speed it up.
Brain teaser my butt. Just need to make the pinion overdrive the alternator with a bigger pulley to speed it up.
the tube will be the base for the jack shaft to get the alt. up and out of the way and still wont be in the way of the a frame used as a tower...
Jim Timber
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I think that'd be sufficient.
!! lol don't plan on driving the allis to fast in reverse to find out a "SHOCKING RESULT" ...... usually only a few feet in reverse to hook up to a easy butt end!The alternator is going to make AC no matter what. The rectifier handles converting that to DC. Unless you're doing highway speeds in reverse, I don't think it's an issue with a one-wire alternator (built in regulator). I could be wrong - never tried spinning one backwards.
Brain teaser my butt. Just need to make the pinion overdrive the alternator with a bigger pulley to speed it up.
Jim Timber
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Using two jacks would give you more reasonable pulley sizes. I'm not sure what your tire diameter works out to, but you're going to need around 3600rpm off the axle to get your pinion at 900 rpm.
I looked it up once before and remembering it right something like 550 rev's to the mile....
Jim Timber
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So what's the RPM at 40mph?
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