Ed's 77 Terex 72-41

mountainguyed67 · Feb 23, 2020

Batkom said:
Awesome thread!
Although my old Hough is not in need of much you have done.
I have been going thru it and doing all the neglected maintenance and fixing stuff as I go.
Fun to read of someone else willing to go thru all the efforts to keep these old machines going.

What year is your Hough?

I like old iron, and can’t afford new iron anyway. So it’s a good fit.

Batkom · Feb 23, 2020

1977, according the the IH tag on the dash.
The simplicity of these old machines is awesome!
On mine, a few bolts and the floor is out or side panel off, and you have really good access to get to stuff.

mountainguyed67 · Feb 23, 2020

Batkom said:
The simplicity of these old machines is awesome!
On mine, a few bolts and the floor is out or side panel off, and you have really good access to get to stuff.

Some of mine is that way, but a lot of it is behind something, or just really crammed in with other stuff. I’m learning it though, it has come a long way. In my opinion a really well designed and built machine, just very neglected by the previous owner.

mountainguyed67 · Mar 8, 2020

When I was getting ready to leave with my trailer load of firewood the other day, I turned around a stump too close and couldn’t move the vehicle. The stump was between the tow rig and trailer, probably some sliding happened too. I fired the loader back up and lifted the back end of the trailer up with a chain hooked to the frame, then pushed it away from the stump. That did the trick. Sorry no pics/video, I just wanted to get out of there. Without the loader I probably would have had to disconnect the trailer.

mountainguyed67 · Mar 10, 2020

I had this made for the back of the loader, so I don’t have to mess with the pin every time. It’s a 2” diameter pin, and the counterweight makes it hard to get to. It has to come in from the bottom, because it’s stepped bigger at the bottom. I think the original was the smaller diameter all the way, and came in from the top. I couldn’t find an original one, and made this to fit.

mountainguyed67 · Mar 10, 2020

BTW, the last time I ran coolant through for 25 minutes, and it started right up without ether.

mountainguyed67 · Apr 23, 2020

Took this thing off to see what makes it tick, nothing is sloppy.

See how the pedal is twisted in the third pic? It just spins on there, not good when you are trying to apply the brakes. I was thinking of tack welding it.

mountainguyed67 · Apr 23, 2020

I used this to drag logs out into the open so I can work on them. Works good, easier than dealing with the pin every time.

mountainguyed67 · Apr 23, 2020

A little muddy on the weekend.

mountainguyed67 · Apr 23, 2020

I’ve been looking for log forks/grapple, tilted the bucket to better visualize attachment points.

sawmilleng · Apr 23, 2020

No forest fires there for a while!! And probably no viruses, either...

I sure like your work on your loader! You've done a heck of a good job!

Jon.

mountainguyed67 · Apr 23, 2020

The fires haven't really affected that area.

We have a very small number of virus cases in the county, I don’t even know anyone who knows anyone who has it.

Thanks, it’s finally paying off. I used it the other day to lift some oak over logs I didn’t want to disturb, so I could get it out to where I could work on it. I was gonna pull it, but that would have just pulled it into the other stuff.

mountainguyed67 · Apr 23, 2020

I use it to dump firewood into a pile, and the same with the limbs and broken pieces.

oarwhat · Apr 23, 2020

mountainguyed67 said:
Took this thing off to see what makes it tick, nothing is sloppy.

See how the pedal is twisted in the third pic? It just spins on there, not good when you are trying to apply the brakes. I was thinking of tack welding it.

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That looks like an emergency brake handle with a foot pedal welded to it. What is it?

mountainguyed67 · Apr 23, 2020

oarwhat said:
That looks like an emergency brake handle with a foot pedal welded to it. What is it?

It’s a parking brake handle with a foot pedal welded to it, it’s factory.

oarwhat · Apr 23, 2020

Terex was always different.

mountainguyed67 · Apr 23, 2020

I took it off to figure out why it doesn’t lock into the applied position. I think it’s engaging the brake before the lever goes over center as shown in the diagram above, so I need to make the link a little longer. I can also tack weld the pedal while it’s out.

4x4ford · Apr 23, 2020

If the pedal is attached to the top of that if I remember right that is an adjustment where the top turns a few of the school busses mom drove had that type of handle

mountainguyed67 · Apr 23, 2020

4x4ford said:
that is an adjustment where the top turns

Yes.

I recognized it right off, we had them in the Army.

mountainguyed67 · Apr 26, 2020

Someone on another forum pointed out that the pin not only goes through the rod clevis and the link attached to the handle, but it also goes through the slot in the bracket. That had not occurred to me. So that is probably the problem. I ordered a longer pin and new all thread already.

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