[AT] winter projects?

[john hall]

First off let me wish all list members a Happy Thanksgiving.

I haven't seen hardly any posts the last month or so, kind of figured everyone has been too busy getting ready for winter. Maybe everyone is getting caught up enough to share what type of projects they have for the winter. Possibly someone has a real restoration project in the shop?

 I only have one restoration project, its a Cub Cadet Original. We've done all the mechanical work (except for new front wheel bushings) and parts scrounging. The owner wants me to paint it, I haven't decided about that.

My '91 Ford F-150 keeps rupturing the fuel lines. After the third line blew in 4 months, I parked the truck. It has been sitting for about 6 months. I'm going to pull the bed off so I can see more easily what is going on and replace every line on it.

Next on the list is a bunch of farm related mechanic and fabricating work.
 
 I bought a larger sprayer barrel for my 3pt field sprayer so I need to make a new frame for it and transfer the boom system over.

 I bought a dump trailer made out of the back half of a 1 1/2 ton dump truck. It works pretty good but I want to make some changes. The body goes so low to the ground it will hit my elevator so I will probably cut off the end of it. It also doesn't raise high enough for wheat to slide--especially if you were to get into some ryegrass, so I may have to move the lift as well. I've got a jack off a tractor trailer that I want to mount on the tongue. It will need sides made as well. Hopefully when all is done I'll have something that will hold about 2-250 bushels.

 As far as tractors go, one of the Farmall Super A's needs some work. The last hay we raked with it (rake is PTO driven), the PTO was getting really loud. Hopefully its only a couple of bearings gone.

The Farmall M has needed a seal put in the hydraulics for a few years now. It hasn't ranked high enough in importance to do it yet, maybe it will this winter.

The last project won't get much attention until next summer. I bought a Deere 3300 combine that needs a lot of TLC. Its not really beat up but several maintenance issues need addressing. I bought this one to use strictly for cutting beans. My old 55 is in fantastic shape but I am tired of sitting in the dust (no cab) cutting beans. The plan is to use the 55 for wheat and the 3300 for beans. The floating header should make life easier cutting beans as well. If everything works out well with it I may try to find a straw chopper for it so I can use it in wheat as well.


So, what's on your to do list?

John Hall