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Ugh that sucks so bad. I did something similar on my 4ft snow blower. Hit a garden hose hidden in the snow and it got wrapped up insanely well around the augers before the shear pins let go. Took me 2 hours to cut that bastard out in the middle of the blizzard. I came up with many new cuss and combinations of cuss words that day.
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Ferremit posted:Well this has been my last two weeks at work: How many times did you call it a oval office?
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Oct 5, 2018 15:39
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I have a 17hp kubota b7200 that does everything I need. I can pick up 500lbs in the loader, I pull a 60” mower on the pto, and I can clear up to a foot of heavy snowfall using a 60” back blade. For deeper snow I just plow through with the loader on the ground and lift the snow out of the way. Then I use my in law’s 37hp kubota 3710 and it makes my tractor feel helpless and weak. I can’t even imagine using a larger tractor than that and trying to go back to my little 3 cylinder diesel workpony.
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Oct 5, 2018 17:14
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You know what you need to do.... Get a 47hp tractor. Gotta one up the father in law.
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Oct 5, 2018 21:10
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Modus Man posted:I have a 17hp kubota b7200 that does everything I need. I can pick up 500lbs in the loader, I pull a 60” mower on the pto, and I can clear up to a foot of heavy snowfall using a 60” back blade. For deeper snow I just plow through with the loader on the ground and lift the snow out of the way. If your loader is a quick attach (skid steer style) let me just say that adding front hydraulics so you can operate some hydro attachments like a grappler... Is a game changer for a small machine.  I operate full sized equipment at work so I realize its limitations... But for what I paid and how much I get out of it I have never had a whiff of buyers remorse. If I had spent the 35-40k that the John Deere dealer quoted when I told them what I needed, I think I would have regretted that. JD didn't think a 3038 (the one they always have package deals on) would pick up a hay bale with the loader, and the 3pt was barely rated for it.  That's a 5' bale but I've handled 6' bales too with it. I think I paid about $12k for it with a bucket, grappler, and bush hog, with under 500hrs.
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Oct 5, 2018 23:00
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chrisgt posted:How many times did you call it a oval office? Many, many, many times. That machine has an insatiable appetite for metal though- one of the other operators at work wrapped 3m of rusty 1” water pipe around the head once- that was an oxy torch job and the other regular operator found the end of a part roll of [url= http://www.cycloneproducts.com.au/Fencing/Wire/RINGLOCK%AE]ring lock[/url] that had fallen off a ute and rolled into the bracken fern on the side of the road and sucked that into the head. Filled the entire head to the point of jamming in about 2 seconds. That took two guys with wire cutters and an angle grinder 2 days to cut out.
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Oct 6, 2018 02:36
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what's the advantage of a flail head mower vs a rotary mower? Seems like the flail head is a lot easier to jam up with debris
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Oct 6, 2018 05:06
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Previa_fun posted:what's the advantage of a flail head mower vs a rotary mower? Seems like the flail head is a lot easier to jam up with debris Well... For one you can delete trees with them!   They tend to have a mulching effect too, so they're REALLY good on woody weeds and small bushes, rather than a rotary which just cuts them and drops them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agt3nPjZEaM Its size too- thats a 1.2m flail head, but its only about 800mm wide. The 2m head they make for the same machine is also 800mm wide. A rotary deck with a 2m cut would be about 2x2m wide and probably weigh close to a tonne- That heads 300kg. Means your not trying to hang a tonne of weight out on the end of an arm.
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Oct 6, 2018 08:01
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Its finished. It uuuuhhhh looks a bit different than I was envisioning. I'm heading out to Edmonton for a day or so next week so they can show me how to use this poo poo. I guess its a bit different than the older one we've got. Then it'll be on a truck to our shop. Those things sticking out of the tower are (I assume) for the invisible guard. About 10 years ago, some guy, got himself killed when he got caught in rotating augers. So the story goes, it was the helper's first day, and he had no idea how to shut the rig off, or where the kill switch was, if it worked or whatever.  Owner of the company is supposed to have had to come out to the site and spin the augers in reverse so that paramedics could untangle what remained of his carcass. It was an old CME 55 trailer mounted rig. Once you drop the clutch on a rig like that, with mechanical rotation, it ain't stopping till you pull back on the clutch (manually), or you run out of fuel.... The rigs my company has are all hydraulic rotation and set up so that the valves spring back to "off" when you let off the handle. Never the less there is one company that mandates the use of a guard to keep people from getting caught in the augers, even though that threat is minimized by the "deadman controls" on our, and some other company's rigs. Also some thing some thing something about Ministry of Labour rules and guarding, that doesn't actually apply to our rigs because of the hydraulic rotation and the controls going back to off, when released. Well, those guards are awkward as gently caress, and impede production rates, and then project managers bitch because jobs take too long, because they budgeted for X number of hours that it would normally take, while not taking in to account the fact that the guard makes poo poo take so much longer. This manufacturer has had this invisible guard equipped on some of their company (drilling division) rigs for about 10 years, and we're the first to have them on a rig made for an outside company. Yeefuckinghaw. Hopefully that poo poo doesn't get in the way.    First thing I noticed is that track needs tensioning.  Specs n' poo poo: Engine: Tier 4 Final 36.8 HP with Digital display. Control center: Hydraulic control system. Drill deck: Slide base with 18” travel. Tower: 9’Limited access drill tower w/manual extension to 15’. Feed slide base: 2 speed rotary head. Low gear-3381 ft/lbs of torque @ 100 RPM, High gear-1690 ft/lbs @ 200 RPM. Single feed cylinders capable of push force of 4,000 lbs and retract force of 10,000 lbs. Feed stroke 56”. Winch: Pullmaster PL5 with 3/8” cable and safety hook, with adaption for tow mode. Leveling jack: 4 Leveling jack system with upgraded heavy ears. Tracking System: Variable width tracking System 35.5” to 51”. Tracking wireless remote: For wireless maneuvering of the unit. Chain down system: 4 Chain down point for transportation. Crane lifting points: 4 Engineered crane lifting points. SPT Hammer: MARL 140 Lb Auto Hammer.
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Oct 14, 2018 20:34
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I’ve noticed since I finished with my drilling company that the rock master units on the back of the cruiser Utes have all grown guards, despite the return to neutral hydraulics. Usually changes like that only come about out of an investigation into an industrial accident... The old rigs I used to work on doing piering for buildings used way bigger rigs on rotary tables boring holes up to 1200mm dia to 9m deep. Those rigs used the powertrains out of old 60 series diesels to run the drill shaft- 4.0L straight 6 diesels through a 4 speed gearbox and a 2.5:1 reduction box. It took a 2” copper phone trunk line wrapped around the auger to stall that out- it wasn’t going to even hesitate to consume you if you fell down the hole and got caught in the auger.
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Oct 15, 2018 10:45
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Ferremit posted:I’ve noticed since I finished with my drilling company that the rock master units on the back of the cruiser Utes have all grown guards, despite the return to neutral hydraulics. Depending on when they started getting guards, it may have been a result of the dude I mentioned. The one company that we work for who requires it, has offices in OZ, and I recall that the dead guy's boss organized some sort of International safety conference of some kind. My boss attended and he mentioned that there were a bunch of guys from down under there. The foundation guys around here, I think now will inspect the bottoms of holes if there is any significant length stoppage in work (lunch break basically). Story goes, about 15 years ago, a guy fell down a caisson hole, they didn't find him until they started drilling again and pulled the auger out of the hole......
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Oct 15, 2018 11:47
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My cousin fell down one of them. Was carrying a big half sheet of plywood we put over the top of holes that are really close together so we're not endlessly digging holes out of flung mud. 4m deep, 900mm wide in damp clay. He went straight to the bottom and the big sheet of ply neatly fell over the hole. We thought the slack gently caress had gone to the pub (owners son) until we finished up the last of the holes. 3hrs later and shut the machine down and THEN could hear the screaming!
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Oct 16, 2018 10:38
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Is this a good thread in which to discuss getting a fairly modern push mower running? My wife's grandpa gave me a nearly-new Toro recycler push mower. It hasn't run for years, has been used a few times I guess and then wouldn't start. It has electric start. They lost the charger but it also has a pull cord. The battery shows 12V. I don't know what kind of engine it is and there's no markings on it. It's four stroke though. I'll post pictures tomorrow. When I pull the cord, it's like the motor is seized. Just won't turn, drat near broke my arm trying. I pulled the spark plug and it'll turn fine. I did get it running for about five seconds (it blew a ton of blue smoke) but it died immediately so I don't think it's seized, but I'm in unfamiliar territory and I don't know what to check or if it's worth even trying.
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Oct 16, 2018 22:42
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Check the oil level, see if it's over full from a dirty carburetor overflowing into the crankcase. Or, if it's been mishandled / tipped over, oil could have easily flowed from the crankcase into the combustion chamber.
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Oct 16, 2018 22:58
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I still rent excavators at work, but we got a smaller Canycom tracked dump and it's The loving Jam. Thousand times easier to run material down a bench trail, carries a shitload for it's width/gradability (which is like 25 degrees tipping empty).  36" bucket sort of dwarfs it  Big one/little one. The little one weighs nearly 2000lbs and carries 2200, big one is 5100 and carries 5500lbs.
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Oct 20, 2018 02:57
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Hypnolobster posted:I still rent excavators at work, but we got a smaller Canycom tracked dump and it's The loving Jam. Thousand times easier to run material down a bench trail, carries a shitload for it's width/gradability (which is like 25 degrees tipping empty). Hell yeah! My boss is looking at maybe getting one of those. The company that built the drill I posted above, is also a distributor for them.
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Oct 20, 2018 16:03
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Dagen H posted:Check the oil level, see if it's over full from a dirty carburetor overflowing into the crankcase. Oil level is fine, but I did notice that the air filter is coated in fuel. Does that point to the carb? edit for a picture. I still haven't ID'd the engine or mower model yet but honestly I haven't tried that hard. 
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Oct 22, 2018 12:18
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CornHolio posted:Oil level is fine, but I did notice that the air filter is coated in fuel. Does that point to the carb? A fuel-soaked air filter would indeed indicate a carburetor problem, most likely a gunked up needle valve not shutting off fuel flow and allowing it to overflow. What you have there is some flavor of Tecumseh. If you were really interested in fixing it, your best bet would be to find the part number for the carburetor, then look on Amazon and eBay for a replacement. They're usually under $20.
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Oct 22, 2018 12:59
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Dagen H posted:A fuel-soaked air filter would indeed indicate a carburetor problem, most likely a gunked up needle valve not shutting off fuel flow and allowing it to overflow. PN: 640303 , like $10-15 on amazon probably.
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Oct 22, 2018 22:25
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So. This is the thermostat from our 4000hr old Massey Ferguson 6265 at work. Kinda answers and asks questions simultaneously.... On one hand, we now have an answer to why the thing would NEVER get up to operational temps unless you were thrashing its guts out. On the other hand, just WHERE in the cooling system is the gasket that used to be there now???
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Oct 23, 2018 09:34
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 Being a pro tractor toucher is great.
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oooooh.... Bet that made an expensive noise. The 4wd clutch assembly wore out on our new holland earlier in the year. $3200 repair. Clutch pack itself was only about $1100, the rest was labor, 6.5 million gaskets and seals that had to be replaced to get to it and 60L of transmission oil!
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