[AT] winter projects?

[charlie hill]

John what sort of horse drawn stuff are you wanting to get rid of  and is 
any of it still serviceable or repairable?

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: john hall
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 8:31 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] winter projects?

I posted this back at Thanksgiving and thought since the list is practically
dead, maybe some of you would like to give updates on how you did on your
winter project to do list?

I still haven't made my sprayer, re-worked my dump trailer,  worked on the
3300 combine, or replaced the hydraulic seal in the Farmall M.

The Cadet Original left the shop in time to be a Christmas present.
The Ford truck got all new gas lines.
The one Super A in need of attention got what it needed.

We also learned about the vacuum governor on a Ford Dexta. We spent quite a
bit of time on a Cub Cadet 1650 that had seen a LOT of use to get it ready
for spring. Got a Jari walk behind sickle mower back ready for action--those
things are pretty cool!

Dads DC Case got a new starter gear as well as got the brakes cleaned up.

We decided to thin the herd of horse drawn equipment so we got my
grandfathers horse drawn hay rake and stalk cutter back into useable
condition. This actually took quite a bit of time as neither piece has seen
a shed since the 40's. I also got another hay rake and stalk cutter ready to
sell for yard ornaments--sold the rake, need to put the stalk cutter on
Craigslist. My grandfathers equipment will stay along with 2 sickle mowers
and a riding cultivator. I also sold another sickle mower we had put back
into useable condition.

I bought a small grain cart (175 bushel capacity) at auction that needs some
minor work.


Now that is warming up I'll probably start on the combine and welding
projects.  All 3 of those projects will require the door to be up and I'm
just not a fan of cold weather.

So, how did you guys do on your list of winter shop projects?

John Hall




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "john hall" <jtchall at nc.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2011 9:15 AM
Subject: [AT] winter projects?


> 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
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