tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994429952556375554.post3329552370124176744..comments2024-01-24T10:28:00.747-08:00Comments on Mindless Ramblings: A Week of Progress and a lucky accidentRalph Goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04873610891410100788noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994429952556375554.post-53407890664969511512012-07-03T14:26:01.591-07:002012-07-03T14:26:01.591-07:00i would blame the cat for that air seeder incident...i would blame the cat for that air seeder incident. The 40 looks good on that thing :)Hofford Farmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02855965287025607798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994429952556375554.post-25508985200017475832012-07-01T12:27:25.345-07:002012-07-01T12:27:25.345-07:00Speaking of accidents.
I thought I fixed the brak...Speaking of accidents. <br />I thought I fixed the brakes on my rather old forklift only to discover there is a leak in the master cylinder. I discovered this when I succumbed to the siren whine of the 3 cylinder Detroit diesel and floored the sucker whilst moving boxes of feed in the rain. <br />I missed the box, had no brakes, crashed into a pallet of seed left over from a planting job for my neighbor (that I need him to pick up) and ran over the washtub I borrowed from my longsuffering wife and forgot to return. (I was going to braze a washer on the bottom so I could make a washtub bass in case collieguy comes to visit me again. But I borrowed it to sift weeds out of some soybeans I was planting for some fresh market scheme that failed)<br />So I would say a near miss is still a hit and a near hit is still a miss!buddeshepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747323705664619491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994429952556375554.post-22435748764280024832012-07-01T12:22:38.618-07:002012-07-01T12:22:38.618-07:00I've had a few hours on the old 479 haybine. I...I've had a few hours on the old 479 haybine. It was quite a step up from the John Deere number 9 sickle bar.<br />I met an old guy who had a clever scheme for getting your haybine to cut really well.<br />He used stub guards and lots of hold downs. The key is to shim the guards like you would a swather. Now you can get adjustable guards like the swathers use. When we set up our haybine we used the older kind where you shim the top guard and use hold downs between the guards to hold the sickle tight to the guards.<br />However, if you get the thing so you can cut at 5 mph then the sickle drive bearings start going out...buddeshepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747323705664619491noreply@blogger.com