Narrow frame hydro foot control

[ole 147]

Originally Posted by Sawman

Had some free time this week to get back to this project ( hunting season so we're slow at work ) put a hydraulic pump on and started my johnny bucket, put return springs on the hydro, it's a lot more user friendly to someone who wouldn't be used to running it, I'm not quite dialed in yet with them, forward spring is a little to short, I hooked it a hole in the frame for forward return and zip tied reverse return spring off the old clutch yolk wants to creep in reverse at neutral, when I pull the motor back out I will weld a sleeve on the cross support where the steering box mounts to and run an eye bolt though it and hook the spring to it to dial the springs to neutral.
As far as this brake pedal being a panic pedal, that's not what I ment, I find myself bumping it quite a bit just to SLOW down on my 149 while plowing snow when coming to a snow bank (or if there is roots in your yard like mine) one hand on the hydraulics the other on the steering, bump the brake pedal just to slow down not slam it to a stop, but any way yes I think this does work better with return springs.

Sawman;
Nice bucket. If U R going to dig anything with it you need some teeth on the front, or a replaceable front cutting lip.
I have 2 buckets for my FE loader.
One for digging and one for lite stuff like unloading mulch, and hauling BS. :biggrin2.gif:
I like your foot control.
If I had the smarts I'd try making one for my 147, or grow another arm.
I don't know what would be easier though.

ole 147

[westofb]

someone mentioned it in another post to this thread, the idea of using gas struts (like used in late model cars to hold the hoods/ trunks open). They come in many different lengths. Just looking at your pics, I assume when you move the pedals, the shaft they are attached to rotates forward and back. If that is the case, two identical structs/ shocks could be used by placing a pivot on the shaft (ie: one eyelet above and one below the shaft, set at equal lengths for the hydro shafts center point) then the shocks could be mounted one on each side of the shaft or both ahead or behind the shaft making work against one another to move your hydro control back to center when your foot comes off the pedal. If I had a pen and paper it would be easier to draw this out, I think the shocks would be alot smoother operating than springs, just thought I'd toss in my 2 cents for what it's worth.

I have a 149 and pushing snow is a pita because running the lift and hydro leaves no hand left over for steering (kind of important too!), nice work on your foot controls!

[brucer95]

I wish I had a way to get pics of my spring return on here easily , but I'll try to desribe it. It's alot like what Matt was talking about. I took a peice of 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 angle approx. 8" long , welded tabs across the ends, took 2 4 1/2 x 3/8 bolts cut the heads off welded them together. Then I found a bushing that slipped over bolt and welded a 5/16 x 1 bolt to it to attach linkage I made to trunion on trans. I purchased 2 springs from hardware that slide over the bolt, about 3'' long. I slipped bolt, 1 spring then bushing, then other spring, locknuts on both ends, bolted the whole assembly to left frame rail, hooked linkages up , and it works awesome, the nuts on each end allow me to fine tune it easily. Wow a pic really is worth a thousand words but I hope this helps somebody out, I tried several different setups but I love this.

[inspectorudy]

I have been wondering about installing a foot pedal as well. I sold a JD with it and it really makes mowing much easier than the dash mounted lever. Plus I have a wheel spinner on mine and the nuts on the bottom of it hit the top of my right hand when I am acting like a one armed monkey slowing down and spinning the wheel at the same time. It would be great if you could publish the pictures of your spring set up. The bolt on each end sounds good to me for the adjustment of the thing.