They have arrived! .... Mud Scrapers

[Outsider]

Here is where I'm at so far.



Put the three mounting holes in upside down on the front mounting plate. So that will be a rework on it, but coming along.



Next thing to do is climb under the HT and bolt up these heavy monsters and see how they fit.

Steve

[superjeep]

I've seen them in person and they look great!! Nice job Steve!!

[Outsider]

We'll I picked up a bunch of steel the other day. Gotta be at least 500# there.



Now to get all the hardware picked up and final fitting on my HT and they will be ready to go.

Steve

BTW, This is the only MV related project I have gotten any work done on this winter.

[Tapper02]

Fantastic!!

-Tom

[spec4don]

Looking good Steve! Looking forward to seeing it on the halftrack.

Don G,

[Outsider]

Finally decided to work on my HT for a while instead of making parts for others, and part of that is getting the mud scraper project done.

Front scrapers are all fitted and done!




Rears are being more of a pain! I only have holes in my drivers side idler casting to mount the rears currently. I will replace the passenger side casting during this winters projects as it is worn out. Well the drivers side mounts holes didn't line up correctly and after measuring and remeasuring the parts I had made I couldn't figure out how it was screwed up. All the holes seemed to be in location and symmetrical. Then out of frustration I measured all the holes in the casting and found one of the holes to be out of location by about 1/16". I took out my replacement passenger side casting and all the bolts dropped right into location. So on to the mill and relocate the out of location hole on both of the mounting pieces. Once that was done I mounted the pieces.


On the mounting pieces that run in front of the idler hubs the original pieces we had for it had two different bends. So the question was which one was messed up and which one was still correct? Well we went with the 90 deg bend. Guess what....that was the wrong one. So they go back to the fabricator on Monday to be over bent to match the correct one. Once they come back I should have everything ready to go.

Steve

[WayOffTrack]

Wow those are nice. Well done.

[Lordsandy]

Any update on kits being available?
Thank you!

[Outsider]

Hopefully the last piece will be back from the fabricator yet this week.

Steve

[Lordsandy]

Do you think these were originally intended for mud or ice/snow?

[Outsider]

Probably both. As any build up of foreign material on the hubs would add to the likelihood of the track being thrown off.

Steve

[vj]

Well , I  never heard of them.    There all way something new to learn on a   halftrack.  Thanks

[Outsider]

Well I finished the left rear ones on my HT today, and here are the pictures. Won't be doing the right rear anytime soon as I need to change out the idler casting to one that has the mounting holes. Alas, another project for another day.





Steve

[Outsider]

More trival info:

Just the hardware kits weigh 18# each.

Metal parts for a mud scraper kit weighs 108#.

So total weight for one mud scraper kit is 124# with out any packaging!

Here is a pic of one kits parts:



Well, If you are interested in a kit it will cost you $2500 plus shipping. And No, Not much profit on these.

Steve
269-793-7111

[Lordsandy]

Mud/Ice Scrapers Installed!