Building Your Own Homemade Track Pin Press on a Budget
If you've ever stared down a rusted-out bulldozer track, you know that a homemade track pin press is basically the only thing standing between you and a very expensive trip to a professional heavy equipment shop. Let's be real: those pins don't want to move. They've been sitting in the mud, grit, and rust for thousands of hours, and a standard sledgehammer usually does nothing but tire out your arms and mushroom the end of the pin. If you're a DIYer or a small-scale owner-operator, you probably don't have five grand to drop on a portable hydraulic unit from a name-brand supplier. That's where building your own comes into play. ...