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Damn! That had to be someone really strong. I still remember fighting with mine, and that was using a tractor to lift it.
Anyway, very sorry to hear about yours. The world sure isn't what it used to be.
The potential downside to using ball valves is that they're more susceptible to breaking off. Even the small ones I use hang down by over an inch.
But I don't drive through brush, and if I did I'd put a 90 on them.
Besides, I may have to hoof it for a 1/4 mile, worst case, and grab a new...
All three drain valves are leaking slightly. I've ordered replacements from EI.
Generally you can just clean out the ones you have to stop the leakage. Or replace them with affordable ball valves.
I hope it would pay enough to replace the worn out SEE once the job is completed.
But I'd like to observe for a while...especially if attempting to pull a loaded dump trailer with the bucket. Unless it's dinky trailer.
Thanks, I saw that. But for that kind of money I'd probably make my own.
Besides, I'm now leaning towards selling the 4/94. I'm on a cleaning spree, time will tell.
Hmm, this reminds me. I bought two seats a couple of years ago (couldn't resist at $35 a piece), but haven't installed them yet.
Thanks for the inspiration, guys.
Ouch! That's about four times more than it costs to do it yourself.
Or maybe about the same cost if you need to buy a good MIG welder, too, which is reusable.
It did make sense...except, I don't know if the claw setup is strong enough for loader use.
On my 4/94 the two systems are completely separate, bolted on to the same frame obviously.
Those are not what you need to mount a SEE loader, if I understand this even halfway correctly.
What you need has two large pins at the top and two blocks with holes for bolts at the bottom.
I haven't measured, or tried anything yet, but it sure looks like what's on the front of my "new" MB4/94 has the FLU style mounts bolted on there in addition to the plate with the triangles.
For the quick tach plate conversion I used a setup from palletforks.com.
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