Cleaned up the old mill......

[Hale87]

Cleaned up and made a few changes to the older Hudson I purchased 2 years ago.
A few of the mods I made.
Put on a new winch with an automatic lock.
Added weight to the bottom of the carriage to reduce vibration.
Reworked the track wheels taking out slop and friction. I can now push it the length of the tracks with a single push.
Spent a lot of time on the dogging system. Made them shorter as well as angled them in towards the log. Then I added a latch that holds them open until you're ready to lock in place plus a trigger that unloads them when done cutting. Added friction to them so that when you lift up your dog it will stay at any angle until you push it back down or lift it up.
Put in toe boards for a jack, plus cleats for barring over your log or cant.
Put handles on the guards, plus added a little peg that sticks up so I can stack the washers and nuts on them while changing blades. Got tired of hunting them on the ground.
Moved the lube system over on to the outside guide.
Painted it orange and black so it matches my Kubota. Guess it would have been easier to buy WM? .
Thanks a lot for the many ideas I borrowed from this forum. Hope you like it....














Thanks for looking.

[Chuck White]

Nice looking machine there Hale87.

Works out pretty nice when you do some mods and they really work for you!

[WH_Conley]

Would have been easier to buy a WM, but, now, this thing is yours, no doubt about it.

[Coon]

Looks like you now have a Hudson & Hale mill.   :D   It ain't no Woodmizer but you can always pretend.  :D  Anyhow good luck with the mods.  Hope they work like you intend them to do. 

[duke]

Wow that is almost a new mill, I love seeing this kind of stuff on hear gets the brain working well.
Marcel

[Magicman]

You certainly did make some improvements and it looks very nice.  Kubota colors are good, especially when you can't find John Deere Green.    :D

I like the trailer package also.   

[Hale87]

Thanks for the kind words.
Next I'm hoping to add a 20hp engine, then move on to the bandwheels and guides.
My friend does my welding so I'm still under 4 grand, I'm guessin?
Couldn't really justify tossin down the money it would have taken to get a mill already mounted on a trailer, so doing it in small steps has worked for me.

Here's how my tractor is rigged up.
It's small but for the tinkering I do, it works for me.
For me it's really hard to believe how much of a difference in time these improvements have made.
On top of that the level of frustration I had with working that dog system is gone. That alone is hugh for me.







Thanks for your input!

[Magicman]

I like both the front and the back.