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I placed mine just forward of center,that will allow the through bolts between rivets. a drill press and a large drill bit to drill releif holes works best .
if you dont have a mag drill, you can use a reamer to enlarge a smaller pilot hole to size.
yes. the frame was drilled between the rivets for the through bolts.
The origional 5 ton spacers were cut off,turned around , threaded holes drilled out ,and relived underneath to clear the rivets.
you could use any flat stock for spacers.
I have encountered all of the pitfalls on this conversion that you are planning,and would be glad to answer any questions that you might have.
You can eliminate the angle pieces and use the thick flat bar pieces for spacers,throughbolting it all to the top of the frame.
Check out the thread link...
Durhamtown here we come! All hooked up ready to roll, still have some stuff to load.
Myself and oddball leaving around 6am tomorrow, headed up i 95 to i 16 and over, hopefully we will roll in before dark.
Used the Bher paint and primer in one on my m146 trailer,i used a roller and brush to apply, it covered in most places with one coat and dried as hard as a rock within 30 min. The surface was warm when the paint was applied due to being in the sun.
The paint job turned out beautiful! I couldn't...
You could pull your front axle caps to disconnect your front axle assembly so it doesn't turn under driving conditions , this would narrow it down some.
I love Deuce tractors! You can click on the thread link under my avatar to see and read about the year long deuce tractor conversion project that i recently finished.
In my opinion, 23,000 lbs on a long hill is going to slow a deuce down to a crawl.
I built my deuce tractor specific to pull my...