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Old 12-06-2010, 06:26 AM
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ya, and Matt has a guide on his site on how to do that and make turning brakes!!! Uber cool!!!

Thats cool. To be honest, never gonna need to do that. Also my land is flat !!! This is really a hobby for me. I used to wrench on cars and now this because its way way cheaper than cars !!! Plus its fun and my little guy likes it.
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Thats cool. To be honest, never gonna need to do that.
You might be surprised. Once you start spinning a wheel, you're stuck, and then you have to bounce around on the seat trying to give the spinning wheel traction. If you have chains, you must do this before the spinning wheel digs a hole. I got tired of getting stuck, even with chains and 300 lbs of weight. I have yet to get stuck since the addition of those brake pedals. I didn't think I'd need them at first, but I got tired of getting stuck and not being able to do anything about it.
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Matt is right, you would be surprised. I got to play with a lo-boy over the summer with dual brakes "turning brakes". It's pretty wild, but once you get used to it on that bigger tractor you can somewhat throw and slide it around pretty cool. Like fast and furious for GTs only without the fast and furious part.

I'm still waiting on Matt to make a universal kit and sell it.
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I still need to improve the design...the first set is crude and they are not very ergonomic. I redesigned the pedals but I haven't had a chance to finish making the next set for my 582. A truly 'universal' kit would be difficult. When I'm done it'll fit any CCC-built 82 series non-SGT tractor. I'd have to look at an IH-built one (and the 1x8/9 and QL tractors) a little closer to see what holes I could use that are already there. Putting them on a 1x6/7 may interfere with the deck carriage...there is less room under there. I don't own any of those any more so it'd be kind of hard for me to try anyway

The other problems are...

1. My time is going to be worth a lot more after I get out of college.
2. I probably won't have access to a lathe, hydraulic press, welder, torch, etc. and other tools I would need to make them after I move out, and I won't have access to free copies of student versions of 3D CAD software after I graduate, either.
3. While a number of people have expressed interest in buying them, I'm not really equipped to go into production. I'd have to make tooling to make the parts more consistently repeatable, and I still have to finalize the design first. I also don't know if I can price them such that it'd be worth my while to go into production. I really have no idea what kind of demand there is.

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1. My time is going to be worth a lot more after I get out of college.

3. While a number of people have expressed interest in buying them, I'm not really equipped to go into production. I'd have to make tooling to make the parts more consistently repeatable, and I still have to finalize the design first. I also don't know if I can price them such that it'd be worth my while to go into production. I really have no idea what kind of demand there is.


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