Log attachment for wheel loader
- Thread starter mountainguyed67
- Start date
Help Support Arborist Forum:
Long linkages make the perfect candidate for a joystick conversion... less hiem joints to order lol, and really less **** to re invent, just a place for the u-joint to mount too, and a couple tabs at 90deg on the joy stick and poof modern controls
actually, I think that is... a really old and obsolete version, but its the same idea, just needs wires, and more then likely chucked in the oopsies bin and replaced with one that still works. You can also get them with a "trigger" type control vs rocker switch... Imma do some searching
https://www.gsglobalresources.com/products/controls/joystick-controls/joystick-handles/
the sky is literally the limit... Do some shopping on your own though, the above is just to get the gears spinning, a lot of the times these things are stupidly overpriced, like $300-500 for a $7 micro switch and some cheap molded plastic with a regular ass nut held in by friction alone... I suggest Ebay?
Might have to do some minor wiring to get it going proper
the sky is literally the limit... Do some shopping on your own though, the above is just to get the gears spinning, a lot of the times these things are stupidly overpriced, like $300-500 for a $7 micro switch and some cheap molded plastic with a regular ass nut held in by friction alone... I suggest Ebay?
Might have to do some minor wiring to get it going proper
You can see him working the controls at 1:06 and 1:18.
DETROIT WHAT1!?
Thems some long ass control handles
Skadil brings us some of the best junk
Looks like the same handles as mine.
So stick something like this on the tilt/dump lever?
Another picture of a burned up loader surfaced. This one with log forks.
I realized I hadn’t posted the other picture of a burned up loader. I haven’t seen the other, this one I would pass on one of the ways into our place.
That M35A3 looks like it fared much better than the loader, or did it arrive late?
Below is a picture of what I did to run my grapple. A $16 handle, some relays and a $10 switch. Much cheaper than a design build for my loader. https://www.ebay.com/itm/HURST-T-HA...616083?hash=item2a6b682e13:g:qR8AAMXQstJTl3z5
Ron
I checked my levers. They’re not round, but have a ball on the end, so probably have threads on the end.
Dunno. Not even sure where this is.
So you found a switch to work with that handle? I have two levers side by side, probably don’t have room for that.
Yes. Just a button momentary switch - had to sort through dozens on the web to get the amperage and weatherproofing I wanted. If you have screw-on knobs, maybe one of these will work: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Hurst-1536...726256&hash=item46b63ba064:g:APAAAOSw~BhbK~Q9 or https://www.ebay.com/itm/Hurst-Shif...886998&hash=item2872f1c1e0:g:-q4AAOSwpJ5cMqqQ
Ron
Ron
Seems pricey, I wonder how it compares to the ones made for loaders.
I took the ball off, it’s 5/8-18 threads.
That is why I built my own. IIRC the purpose built handles were even more. If you are handy and your knob is a suitable (or you can find or fab one), you can drill and tap it for a switch.
I believe this is the switch I used. The web is full of them. Prices vary a lot.
https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p...VGG6GCh0QhQDNEAQYDSABEgIR3PD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
Ron
