Had a lil boo-boo today... Was trying to put a bunch of hay out for the cows before leaving for 10 days in the Caribbean. I was using the forks on the loader flipping the hay rings up before moving bales and I had one get away from me. The hay ring managed to get over the backstop of the forks And the more I tried to get control of it the worse it got until the hay ring was all the way over the loader arms and fell on me resting across both legs and pinning me in the seat. Unfortunately it also had the tractor immobilized as it had the steering wheel wedged and was laying on the loader joystick. I managed to get the tractor shutdown and little by little lift on the ring and wiggle out of the seat. I’m fine, not a scratch, but the loader is inoperable now.
The end of the valve plunger for up/down where the bolt connecting it to the joystick passes through it broke off through the center of the hole. I can’t do anything with it until we get back first of the month but I’m wondering if I can get the part to fix it and how complicated is it to go through the valve or am I better off to just change the whole shebang....
Maybe an expensive mistake I learned cheap because I’d be a lot more expensive to fix than the tractor. Learn and live...
The end of the valve plunger for up/down where the bolt connecting it to the joystick passes through it broke off through the center of the hole. I can’t do anything with it until we get back first of the month but I’m wondering if I can get the part to fix it and how complicated is it to go through the valve or am I better off to just change the whole shebang....
Maybe an expensive mistake I learned cheap because I’d be a lot more expensive to fix than the tractor. Learn and live...