Fabricating Diesel Bowser Drawbar

[liamjordan]

Well along with welding spikes on band tracks all weekend, we had to do abit of a repair job. Was nice to do, bit of thinking involved just me and the other lad whos in sweden with us, we were told where the workshop was and to get on with it

 

This bowser is towed behind the machines and where the swivel towing eye sits it got bend and busted the other day while one of the guys was doing a tight reverse.

 

Made a new one out of various bits of scrap plate and some tube, seems a lot stronger than the original, we hope.

 

To make sure my stick welding held, got the forwarder and put a chain form the eye to the grab and gave it a good shake about

[slack ma girdle]

You have been a busy boy this weekend.

[Rich2484]

Nicely done, but what about a grease nipple or are you going to take it apart to grease?

[liamjordan]

You have been a busy boy this weekend.

aha yeah man, tis the best way!

 

Nicely done, but what about a grease nipple or are you going to take it apart to grease?

it did cross my mind at the beggining of the built, but it took us long enough to find some pipe the right diameter let alone a grease nipple, drill and tap... thats the trouble with using someone elses workshop, our biggest problem all weekend... finding stuff

[Tom D]

Paint's not a very good match ace:001_tt2:

 

 

 

Nice job

[liamjordan]

Paint's not a very good match ace:001_tt2:

 

 

 

Nice job

like i said before it was bloody hard finding eveything in these swedish workshops! it was only by luck that we stumbled across a tin of john deere green paint... probably very expensive but it looks damn fine now

 

cheers mate

[Brushcutter]

Look for the draw maked smörjnippel as for tap and die you'll just have to look. Nice work though.

[liamjordan]

Look for the draw maked smörjnippel as for tap and die you'll just have to look. Nice work though.

aha thanks for the info, but tbh not going to bother, also means finding a drill, drill bits... and the workshops here arent layed out nicely like the barony ones, it wouldnt be hard to grease without one, never been greased before anyway, so im sure it'll be fine