Hey, Dummy

[chim]

Yep, me. Apparently I can't always tell the difference between yellow and white. My loader is not on the tractor unless I'm using it. Otherwise it's in the shed in front of the tractor. The weather today was nice enough to get out and start some fab work and the loader was part of it. I connected the hoses and moved the joystick to get the loader on. It dumped just fine and the arms rolled into the brackets. However, when I pushed forward on the stick, the loader didn't push down, it lifted. Hmmm. Up was down and down was up. This was a first, but it didn't takes more than a few seconds to figure it out. I backed it out of the shed, shut it down, dropped the bucket and swapped the lines. All is fine now

 

[S-G-R]

Lol, at least it was a quick fix.

 

[Motion]

Color code or polarize the connectors

 

[chim]

Color code or polarize the connectors

" Apparently I can't always tell the difference between yellow and white"

That's the bad part. They are marked In my defense, the shed was a little dark after coming in from the bright sunshine.

 

[BX23S-1]

Don`t feel bad @chim , brainfarts happen to everybody. We all have hiccups, its just human error.

 

[hedgerow]

" Apparently I can't always tell the difference between yellow and white"

That's the bad part. They are marked In my defense, the shed was a little dark after coming in from the bright sunshine.

As I get older and glasses don't help I find myself turning on the tractor lights more when hooking up in the sheds. I have many cold storage sheds with no power.

 

[RCW]

Chim - a while back I mixed up the two connections on my snowblower.

Don’t remember what I screwed up, but I did.
It happens….

 

[NorthwoodsLife]

It could have been worse. I do electrical stuff. 110, 277, 480. I have mixed the wires a couple times on a long day and live to tell.
Only small fires and a big flash for fun.

 

[GeoHorn]

I know the “dummy” routine.

I pulled my boat to the marina for service today and realized I forgot to store-away my custom/special trailer hitch-lock. As I hitched-up last nite I laid the lock on the truck rear bumper and made a mental note to store it properly before hauling the boat to the marina service center today.
About half-way to the marina today, I realized I’d forgotten that lock…. got out and checked the rear bumper… nope…not there… so on the return home I scoured the roads looking for it. I back-tracked twice more, spending almost an hour looking for it. No luck.

This evening a friend had a flat on the hiway and called to see if I’d bring him a floor-jack and help him change his tire. (His brand new truck had a flat…. but didn’t have a jack.)

As we finished the tire-change I was putting my floor-jack back in my truck…. and there…..inside the pickup bed…. was my trailer lock.

I‘ve noticed I’m getting distracted/forgetful these days. I left the kitchen stove—top burner ON for the 3rd or 4th time lately drying out a cast-iron skillet after washing it. I left a sink faucet running the other day for several hours and only discovered it by accident.

The doc has checked me for alzheimer's every 6 mos during regular check-ups. He gives me 4 or 5 random words at the beginning of the visit and 15 mins later asks me to repeat them. (one of was analogous… so I deliberately responded “anorchous” LOL