[AT] Ralph's rotary mower

Ralph Goff alfg at sasktel.net
Fri Jul 28 19:31:05 PDT 2006


Just changing the heading on this thread as we are not discussing my website 
anymore, but my rotary mower.
This machine is not one that actually makes me any money, just what I use to 
keep the yards and roadsides looking good and under control. If it was a 
swather or combine and I had crop waiting to harvest I would likely be doing 
the repair using whatever costly parts it required to get back in the field.
Seeing as its just a mower I'm in the position of being able to look for a 
"cheap fix" if it is possible without compromising the reliability of the 
mower or shortening it's lifespan. I'm guilty of not wanting to spend any 
more money than I have to when it comes to repairs.
We are a week or more away from any harvesting at this point so I have some 
time to explore my options on this repair. So far I have installed a grease 
fitting in the former level plug hole and pumped in some ordinary gun 
grease. I did'nt go overboard on that as I found the oil level was still up 
to full when I removed the plug. Not too bad considering it had done an 
hour's work the day before. I have not run it for long enough to see if the 
gearbox heats up mainly due to a self inflicted tractor breakdown which I 
will leave for another posting.
I do appreciate all the comments and suggestions and will keep you informed 
on any further progress on this fix.

Ralph in Sask.
http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lyle Myles" <lyle45859 at peoplepc.com>
To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'" 
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 7:30 PM
Subject: RE: [AT] Ralph's website


> Who knows, maybe that darn horse died that was bring that computer. I've
> been a farmer most of my life and most times you have to fix things in the
> field and cannot afford to bring the machinery back to the farm for proper
> repairs. The one thing that we did have was good neighbors and if 
> something
> was in to bad of repairs we could always count on each other to loan our
> equipment to one another. Every repair has to be based on its own merits 
> and
> the amount of time to fix the problems and the costs to do the repairs. We
> farmed over two thousand acres and repairs during harvest time had to be
> completed and no we did not have the time to get on the Internet asking 
> how
> to do something, we just did it. If our neighbors did not know how to do 
> it
> then we made do with what we had until the time was right to set down and 
> do
> the proper repairs.
>
> Lyle Myles
>
> May the Lord be with each and everyone this beautiful day that the Lord 
> has
> given each and every one of us to enjoy and behold!
>




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