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  1. FarmWrench

    Yarder moved by rail...

    That load is balanced over 4' 8.5". Doubtful there's that much smooth straight and leveled track on the mainline much less in the hills to do that today.
  2. FarmWrench

    I am appreciating a stump grinder more and more

    I'm not sure I want to try a method the Amish use. They plunge cut a slot or cross into the center of the stump and fill it with black powder. Claim is they can split the stump into 1/4s. Tamp it with a feed bag of soil or a 1" thick rubber cow mat. I'll probably end up with"Stumpy" as a...
  3. FarmWrench

    Everyone knows how to do that

    Time to hand fit and make the tooth good and tight appears worth it. Thank you for letting me know I'm not the only one as well.
  4. FarmWrench

    Everyone knows how to do that

    Ok don't have any pictures right now. It's the standard two chunks of steel, rubber sandwich with the points to go forward, Flex pin. I have a bucket buddy tool to put them in and take them out. A little wiggle is good? How much is a little
  5. FarmWrench

    Everyone knows how to do that

    Except I don't. What is the proper way to fit and mount backhoe teeth particularly 230 held on with the little pin with rubber in the middle. My Case 580SM is struggling to keep teeth on the bucket. ( Haven't run it without teeth.) Dad went digging out trees and the ripping up roots got a...
  6. FarmWrench

    Turning 50 kinda sucks.

    Got vertigo at 50. First ear infection since I was an infant. Kicked me down HARD. I'd heard a lot of "without your health you don't have much" but it didn't really hit home, until it hit home. I got expelled from my doctor at 40 and it hasn't gotten any better dealing with them. (Long...
  7. FarmWrench

    case 2366 combine electrical problem

    I have a 2388 manual download. It's enormous and on my Dropbox. Not great at sharing that stuff. When it comes to the adjustment, climb in there and remove the 2040 roller chain that goes on the adjuster. My bet is you find that chain so stiff you have to cut it off. Make sure everything...
  8. FarmWrench

    Laser questions

    Form farm use it's been ok. Receiver has taken a swim in a tile ditch a few times too many. I'm looking at something newer but not actually looking. The detector was small for a machine mount. Angle iron painted silver and then with headlight paint and an engineering scale painted on is what...
  9. FarmWrench

    Laser questions

    I have a Spectra (Trimble?) Has a magnet mount for the receiver. It's an ebay special and taken a lot of abuse. Getting glitchy.
  10. FarmWrench

    Looking at used tractors

    I'd agree with one caveat, if you are equipped to haul a 7000# tractor don't go for a 10k#+ machine if you're not equipped to move that. 100#/HP as a rule of thumb for tractors. Compact and sub-compact weigh significantly less, and that's why they get that name.
  11. FarmWrench

    Oil Filter Cutters?

    I used the Cat number at NAPA and got it for $20 less than the Cat dealer.....~10years ago~ You won't need parts for it as long as you use it. Let some idiot pop play with it and YMMV
  12. FarmWrench

    Metal building / pole barn owners group...

    Spud monkey...... potatoes?
  13. FarmWrench

    Trying something I've heard about on here

    I've got a few tubs of gasket pipe lube from an irrigation pipeline..... hadn't considered using it for tire mounting. Really dries out your skin and turned hard. Hate to have to scrub it off a rim.
  14. FarmWrench

    Trying something I've heard about on here

    Thanks for the link. Won't do me any good unless I order a few tons of chemicals to make fentanyl or it won't make it through Customs. I still remember that smell. Stuff has been off the market for 40 years+
  15. FarmWrench

    Trying something I've heard about on here

    That's the stuff but it's kinda like the old Mercury based Mercurochrome or the Golden Marlin fly bait. Names there but the ferocity isn't.
  16. FarmWrench

    Trying something I've heard about on here

    Bag Balm is for cracked hands.....er' veterinary use I meant to say. Don't put it on your feet it will stain everything yellowish. If you really wanted something for what ails you, Blu-Coat. I don't know if you can even get the stuff anymore but everyone I know has saved a last can. Again...
  17. FarmWrench

    Trying something I've heard about on here

    Do a search with the quotes "pine tar" here. Come on guys..... Tar and Feathers was the original Never Seize for skin. In the short time where steel and sail coexisted coating all the rigging stays and other corrosion parts in tar was standard practice (or so they said at...
  18. FarmWrench

    Trying something I've heard about on here

    It's not the sanctioned brand but I've never found Stockholm brand.
  19. FarmWrench

    Old manuals

    There's a big stack of D8 books but I'm going to hang onto them because one of the machines lives nextdoor. If it ever comes up for sale (probably stay tied up in that estate for a while) I can drive it home. Sorry At this point there's no dozer books I want to part with.
  20. FarmWrench

    Cable Yarding Manual

    "Cable Logging Systems", U.S. Department of Agriculture -Forest Service. Just put the title into Google and there's pdf copies available. Google copy might be better than the US Forest service. "Skyline Logging Handbook on Wire Rope Tensions and Deflections" by Hilton H. Lysons and Charles N...
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