Recent content by NCL4701

Today, I replaced a missing zerk on a u-joint on my bush hog PTO shaft and proceeded to grease the u-joints on all my PTO implements except the 3 point auger in the back of the shed where it’s been buried unused for at least 25 years. Some of them are really easy to access. Some require...

I was an insurance field adjuster in a rural, mountainous area so although I’ve hit only one deer, I’ve been involved in a few thousand deer v car situations. They were almost always easy, routine claims: rarely any injuries, no real investigation, establish damages and pay. That, and most folks...

BTDT. IME, you are correct. There are still some things that require significant quantities of compressed air but battery tools have taken over much of what air was needed for 20 years ago. 40 years ago I would have been hard to convince a drill that requires two hands to hold onto or an...

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Values… Implements: Check prices online at Tractor House, Equipment Trader, Machinery Pete, etc. Locations closer to your area will provide a more accurate value as it varies some by market. The loader can technically be an implement but for pricing, it’s part of the tractor. Tractor: Start...

Well, that’s a bunch of good luck and bad luck all mixed up. If warranty or insurance don’t cover it I’d sell the tractor as is, sell all the implements, and get something more suitable for your property. If warranty or insurance pay for it, I’d still sell it all after it’s fixed. I certainly...

I read the question as the same tractor/cutter combo had been used the entire 20 years. I agree correct PTO shaft length has to be verified the first time it’s run on a different tractor. 🙂

Leave it as is. “I have read that if the drive line is too long it may damage the Cutter or the PTO.” That statement is correct. If the PTO shaft in its fully contracted position is longer than the shortest distance between the tractor PTO and implement gearbox, it will bind. If it binds...

Finished mowing the meadow by the road I started a couple days ago and moved on to the next meadow. It was a good day for a radiator genie.

Agree…

Picked up this little tobacco field beside the public road in land swap deal with a developer a couple years ago. It hadn’t been mowed or cultivated for probably 3 or 4 years before that, so 5 or 6 total years of whatever grew there. The contractor that installed a gas line just past the field...

Your chosen variety of potatoes reminded me of the classic children’s story, “Stone Soup”, which is somewhat based on the real traditional use of your type “potatoes” for flavoring. Example. Just be sure to remove the super hard potatoes before serving.

Your second photo clearly shows the front axle had rotated backward 90 degrees. That pipe looking thing the wheel is hooked to (the knuckle) should be vertical, not horizontal. No telling what all is busted under the front end, but that axle is no longer attached to the center pivot. Even if...

Short answer, no. Maybe I should. I do grease every 10 meter hours and put in new until it comes out. That’s all I’ve ever done to non-sealed greasable pin type joints on farm/construction type equipment. Haven’t had any problems with premature wear yet. Not a big fan of pristinely cleaning...