Farmall Cub Runs Great on Chainsaw Carburetor

Farmall Cub Runs Great On Chainsaw Carburetor Paul Peyton didn’t want to spend the money tractor now starts instantly, is more reliable, for a new carburetor for his Farmall Cub has more power, and doesn’t leak fuel. Also, tractor, so he used one off a Stihl chainsaw. it’s more fuel efficient because the Stihl The carburetor is bolted to a paper air fi lter carburetor does a better job of atomizing element designed for a 12 hp Tecumseh gas.” engine, and to the tractor’s air intake The tractor’s original air fi lter was under manifold. the hood and the air intake above the hood. “As far as I know I’ve got the fi rst Farmall They were no longer needed so Peyton Cub in the world with a chainsaw carburetor,” removed both of them. says Peyton. “I came up with the idea because The chainsaw carburetor originally was the carburetors on Cub tractors are famous for equipped with a built-in fuel pump connected being unreliable, leaking fuel, and starting to a small fuel line, with fuel pumped by hard. I had to rebuild the carburetor on my pulses in pressure from the chainsaw’s Cub 3 times over a 2-year period but it still crankcase. But on the tractor, the carburetor didn’t run well,” says Peyton, of Huntsville, had to work with a gravity fl ow system, Carburetors on Farmall Cub tractors are famous for being unreliable. Paul Peyton solved the problem by using one off a Stihl chainsaw. Mo. “I know people who have junked their which required modifications. “The fuel Farmalls because they couldn’t make the pump side of the carburetor had to be altered, fi lter I had to shorten the tractor’s oil fi lter man who used to own a chainsaw dealership. carburetor work and couldn’t fi nd a good sealed and tapped so I could run a standard tube,” says Peyton. “I also had to discard the I already had the fuel line. My total out-of- replacement. 1/4-in. fuel line and fuel fi lter to the tractor’s tractor’s large, breather-type oil fi ller cap. I pocket cost was only about $11. “I priced a newer replacement carburetor, gas tank,” says Peyton. fabricated an O-ring sealed oil fi ller plug with “The Cub’s original carburetor wasn’t but the $249 price tag encouraged me to He machined a new governor linkage a folding handle and a dipstick that threads adjustable, but the Stihl carburetor has 3 seek alternatives. I’m a retired engineer and bellcrank and pivot, as well as an adaptor into the center of the plug.” screw-type adjustments, one for high speed, mechanic and have a lathe and a Bridgeport plate and air fi lter mounting plate, which The tractor didn’t have a “breather” cap on one for low speed, and one for idle speed. vertical milling machine, so I fi gured I could were machined from aluminum bar stock. the oil pan, so Peyton fabricated a positive I use the tractor to plant and cultivate a come up with something better. I decided to The carburetor’s adjustment screws were crankcase type of vent system. A rubber hose 1/2-acre garden where I raise watermelons, use a chainsaw carburetor because it develops shortened and re-slotted to allow for the allows blowby from the engine crankcase to potatoes, sweet corn and beans. The beauty a lot of power for a small engine, and because bellcrank and governor link. Linkage from vent into the carburetor’s intake airstream. of the Cub is that the planter and cultivator it’s designed in such a way that it can operate the bellcrank to the carburetor was fabricated, “I paid $2.49 for the fuel fi lter and $4 for mount between the tractor’s front and rear in any position. The Stihl carburetor’s bore and the governor linkage was modifi ed where the air fi lter. I also bought 2 clips to secure wheels so the driver has a good view of is larger than the Cub’s, so I knew it would it screws onto the carburetor. the governor linkage to the carburetor, 2 long everything.” have adequate airfl ow.” “I wanted to use a modern paper fi lter and screws to mount the carburetor, and 2 brass Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Paul Peyton says his homemade carburetor found one that was designed for a Tecumseh fi ttings that are part of the positive crankcase Peyton, 4373 Hwy. D, Huntsville, Mo. 65259 has worked even better than he hoped. “The engine. But in order to make room for the air vent system. I got the carburetor free from a (ph 660 998-4204; [email protected]).

Bale cutter slices open plastic wrap or netting, splits the bale By adding clam- apart, and shell inserts to then shakes an old pulp log the hay into a hauling truck, feed bunk or Walfred Lin- mixer. dell was able to convert it into an all-purpose loader.

Log Loader Converted To All-Purpose Loader Walfred Lindell turned an old pulp wood Big Bale Slicer Handles Plastic Wrap truck into an all-purpose loader. The addition What makes this new bale cutter unique is style bracket for a loader on a 4-WD tractor of clamshell inserts lets him load buckets of that it slices open plastic wrap or netting, (90 hp or more) or skidsteer. It hooks up to manure, sand, dirt or gravel. splits the bale apart, and then shakes the hay the tractor’s hydraulics (two lines, one spool “I can park alongside a fence and grab into a feed bunk or mixer. The plastic left valve). buckets of manure up to 14 ft. inside the in the jaws can then be dropped in a refuse After a couple years of development, pen,” says Lindell. “If the pen is muddy, I pile. Everything is done from the comfort of Keltec started manufacturing Bale Slice this stay outside on solid ground. In a wide pen, a tractor or skidsteer seat. year, and it’s already been shipped to other I go in with a dozer and push the manure to “This is for anyone that feeds three or four countries including England, Japan and one side and then pick it up with the bucket.” bales a day,” says Thomas Sheedy, inventor Holland. It sells for 2,900 Euros or about In his part of northern Minnesota, old The clamshell inserts let him load buck- and owner of Keltec Engineering, the Ireland $4,000. tandem axle pulpwood and log hauling trucks ets of manure, sand, dirt or gravel. company that manufactures “Bale Slice”. There are two sizes available, for 4 by are pretty common. When his son traded a The hydraulic loader attachment was his 4-ft. bales and 4 by 5-ft. bales. Sheedy is truck for one, Lindell could see that it had “I took it to a friend who is a steel response to customers who were tired of extremely interested in hearing from U.S. potential, but only for use on the farm. fabricator, and he rolled the steel to match getting on and off the tractor to cut open and Canadian distributors who want to sell “It was an old International, too old for the the pattern perfectly,” says Lindell. “When plastic and roll out bales of hay. The biggest the Bale Slice in North America. road, but the outriggers and loading arm still he was fi nished, the side plates closed so tight challenge was how to hold back the plastic “This product is very different from worked fi ne,” he recalls. that nothing leaked out.” or netting around the hay, and Sheedy had an anything else on the market to split and Lindell had previously made a clamshell The 42-in. wide clamshells were made with inspiration that seemed a little crazy at fi rst. remove plastic and net from bales,” Sheedy bucket from a water heater split lengthwise 1/8-in. thick #36 steel with a 1/4-in. wear lip. “It cuts from the bottom to the top,” Sheedy says. and an old grapple fork. While it worked, he Lindell says the old trucks can be had for says. “That allows the twin grips to get a His website includes video of the Bale knew it could be improved upon. $2,000 or less, but fi nding a fabricator who very good hold on the plastic. The plastic Slice in action. Using the original bucket and tines from knows how to roll steel is the trick. (or netting) never falls below the level of the Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Thomas the logging truck, Lindell made a pattern. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, tines, making it very suitable for feeding into Sheedy, Keltec Engineering, Deebert, The bucket already had holes drilled in it. Walfred Lindell, 2363 Schweiger Rd., Gheen, mixer wagons and feeders.” Kilmallock Co., Limerick, Ireland (ph 011 All he would have to do is match the insert Minn. 55771 (ph 218 666-2717; wlindell@ The 1,000-lb. unit is made of quality steel 353 63 98688; www.keltec.ie). to the bucket. fnbcnet.com). and can be mounted on a quick-attach or any

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