[AT] hour meters & stump grinders

[Larry Goss]

Humm.  That's interesting, Herb.  The rental companies I deal with contract on a half-day and full day basis.  That usually stops any arguments about accurate time keeping. 

Larry 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Herbert Metz" <metz-h.b at comcast.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, March 5, 2012 2:16:58 PM
Subject: [AT] hour meters & stump grinders


Larrys stump grinder, something I always wanted.  We had a couple stumps
removed last year; guy had a neat, narrow, self propelled unit.  His B-I-L
designed and built them; it would fit through a 36" door; worked great in
some restricted areas, he would go through the garage big front door and
then through a normal back door to get to a stump in the back yard.  That
was the only access.
Hour meters - talk to the guys at rental shops about guys complaining about
units not working well in an effort to not pay the full bill.  The
criticising of the unit ends when the rental guy shows them how many hours
they used the unit.


> [Original Message]
> From: Larry Goss <rlgoss at insightbb.com>
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Date: 3/2/2012 1:51:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT- hour meter
>
> Well, since I own the stump grinder, I took all the items off it that
made it look like a rental unit.  So it has no instruction manual case, no
tach-hour meter, etc.
>
> Larry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 2, 2012 11:26:44 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT- hour meter
>
> Larry or you could do as I suspect I would have, throw away the Veermeer
rip 
> off battery unit and re-wire the thing with my own battery, hour meter
and 
> tach.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Larry Goss
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 10:42 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT- hour meter
>
> FWIW, I have several hour-meter's on small engines, Mike.  One I have on
a 
> PK has been mounted to the instrument panel for 7 or 8 years, and still 
> gives the rpm's and elapsed hours.  It's one of those $30 jobs that is
sold 
> through small engine repair shops, etc.  I had one on a Vermeer stump 
> grinder that I bought at Home Depot when they were upgrading their rental 
> units.  The battery went dead on it, so I contacted the Vermeer dealer to 
> get a new battery (and for instructions for how to get the unit open). 
> Answer -- the whole unit is designed as a throw-away.  When the battery
goes 
> dead, you buy a new tach/hour-meter.  If you go that route (El Cheapo
model) 
> be aware that there are two models available depending on whether your 
> ignition is timed with a cam/magneto that only fires on the compression 
> stroke, or if the plug fires on every crank revolution.
>
> Larry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike M" <meulenms at gmx.com>
> To: "at" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 1, 2012 10:27:40 PM
> Subject: [AT] OT- hour meter
>
> Hi all,
> I bought a new wood splitter the other day and would like to install a 
> simple hour meter on it for maintenance tracking. I see some digital
ones, 
> but thats really fancier than I need and I question their durability. Any 
> suggestions?
> Thanks,
> Mike M
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