[AT] [External] Caution: antique tractor usage
Spencer Yost
spencer at rdfarms.com
Thu Jul 25 17:18:22 PDT 2019
By the way all the hay is cut....
I’ve mentioned this on the list before, but one time I nearly turned a tractor over. I was pulling out a little shrub with my Farmall A. In fact I was only using a rope not a chain. I had the rope tied to the draw bar and was messing around with it getting on the shrub. In the process I didn’t realize the slack got looped on the rear lift rocker arm. When I pulled the load that front end came up like it was shot from a canon. To this day I don’t know how I had the reflexes to get the clutch disengaged in time.
I was in a hurry to finish the honey-do list. I should have slowed down 2 seconds and double checked everything. Haste makes waste - and death....
Spencer Yost
> On Jul 25, 2019, at 7:33 PM, Bo Hinch <bohinch at gmail.com> wrote:
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> A lesson I learned years ago with a old J.D. Model "D" was to drive up to the load you are wanting to drag . hook the chain up to the rear ( underneath ) tractor and pull in reverse . Works safely and perfect every time .
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> On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 5:28 PM Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I was looking for something else and ran across this.
>> https://ag-safety.extension.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/English-Task-Sheets-Group-6.pdf
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>>> On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 6:02 PM Spencer Yost <spencer at rdfarms.com> wrote:
>>> Taking a break from finishing up the field from yesterday (and another) - a third 2 acre field to go. Bearing operating fine. I forgot to mention that after brushing off the old one I found the shield/seal on one side (opposite side than the one in the picture) had failed and there was a nice gap all the way around. Tons of rust and trash in there.
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>>> New bearing didn’t help with the chattering on tight turns.
>>>
>>> Spencer Yost
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>>>> On Jul 25, 2019, at 3:20 PM, Mike M <meulenms at gmx.com> wrote:
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>>>> Can't speak for auto parts Steve, but I sold V-belts wholesale for a while years ago, and if you knew the markup on those, you'd fall out of your chair.
>>>>
>>>> Mike M
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>>>>> On 7/25/2019 3:04 PM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
>>>>> I'm on a first-name basis with the owner and one of the longtime counter men at my local NAPA. I'm not sure how the price breaks work, but typically they give me a list price and then "my" price which is significantly lower, usually 10-20% percent. I can't say for sure that isn't just some marketing ploy they tell everybody, but like Spencer, I like to think relationships matter.
>>>>>
>>>>> SO
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>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 1:46 PM Spencer Yost <spencer at rdfarms.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Went at lunch to to get the bearing and it’s an exact match. SKF brand and $43. I said he wasn’t charging me enough because I was quoted $49 and he said “Na, just cutting you a break. You buy all your sh at t here”
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Relationships matter...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now just got to find a stopping point here at work so I can press it in and roll.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Spencer Yost
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>>>>>> On Jul 25, 2019, at 8:22 AM, David Myers <walking_tractor at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>>>>>> Don't remember if it has been brought up recently but Cecils post reminded me of this. You have to be very careful with pillow bloic bearings when replacing the bearing itself. Aisian bearings generally have the grease hole in a different location than our standard blocks and therefore can't normally be lubed once installed. I have used a die grinder in an emergency to provide a pathway but not what I like to do.
>>>>>>> David
>>>>>>> On Thursday, July 25, 2019, 08:15:05 AM EDT, Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Just a note FYI, there are pillow blocks that use a flat OD bearing as they are not self aligning pillow blocks. Self align blocks are higher priced.. The bearing holder in the case of a PTO shaft is really a trunnion mount if we want to be technically accurate.
>>>>>>> Cecil
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 7/24/2019 11:41 PM, Mark Greer wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 207KRR is not a pillow block insert bearing. It has a cylindrical OD where a pillow block insert has a spherical OD.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 10:59 PM <bradloomis at charter.net> wrote:
>>>>>>> Fafnir was a biggie at one time. Installed a lot of replacement pillow blocks in fans a lifetime ago. I guess there isn’t a 6 in grunge. You can always mic the OD, ID and width in MM and look up that way. And of course Google is our friend! Is that in a pillow block? Shows as an insert bearing
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>>>>>>> https://www.123bearing.com/housed-bearing-207-KRR-AH03-INA.php?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpJTqgYjP4wIVEsZkCh1cwQLIEAQYASABEgKuivD_BwE
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Brad
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> From: AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> On Behalf Of Spencer Yost
>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2019 7:36 PM
>>>>>>> To: Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AT] [External] Caution: antique tractor usage
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>>>>>>> The name/numbers are “fafnir” “207krr”. As I understand it Fafnir(which I have never heard of of before) is now Timken and that number seemed available at several online outlets but only NAPA could get it locally. We used to have a Bearings Distributors locally but they closed up. We have a Graingers locally but the web site said they don’t have it.
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>>>>>>> If I need something for haymaking that is almost always right, quality, and in stock I go to Messicks but they ain’t cheap and then there is the shipping delay and costs. Plus I haven’t lost time if the one at NAPA isn’t right. The bearing at Messicks can still ship out tomorrow.
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>>>>>>> Spencer Yost
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>>>>>>> On Jul 24, 2019, at 9:22 PM, <bradloomis at charter.net> <bradloomis at charter.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Appears to be a 6207 shielded, both sides I would assume. No zerk. McMaster.com if someone is away from a store. I’d get sealed both sides but shielded is OK as well. Very common size in 15HP electric motors on the fan end. We had a drawer full of bearings at the wine factory.
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>>>>>>> Brad
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>>>>>>> From: AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> On Behalf Of Cecil Bearden
>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2019 6:11 PM
>>>>>>> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AT] [External] Caution: antique tractor usage
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>>>>>>> Spencer, I don't want to brag, but I think I have one or 2 of those in my bearing stash. Back in the 90's when Bailey's had a lot of cheap bearings I ordered about $2000 worth of bearings to have in case something broke. Now the problem is just finding them....
>>>>>>> Cecil
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 7/24/2019 6:03 PM, Spencer Yost wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well, the curse of old equipment struck me. The carrier bearing of the PTO shaft on the mower conditioner locked up. Amazing how a little bearing can make that kinda of a racket and pretty much stop an entire 50hp diesel tractor. Only got about 1.5 acres mowed before this happened.
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>>>>>>> Managed to get the carrier off the mower, managed to get the rusty snap ring out, managed to press out the bearing, and found to my surprise it something the Napa carries. They’ll have it in the local store tomorrow by lunch. 49$; and while Messicks is $45 and there would be shipping and a delay.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This model was manufactured from 1968-1972. Judging by the paint it is original equipment, so I guess 47 to 51 years of service is acceptable :-)
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>>>>>>> Hopefully I won’t run out of sunshine.
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>>>>>>> <image001.jpg>
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>>>>>>> Spencer Yost
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Jul 22, 2019, at 11:35 PM, Gunnells, Brad R <brad-gunnells at uiowa.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That's a forecast that will make a man smile if he's trying to bale. 😊
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Brad
>>>>>>> From: AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> on behalf of Spencer Yost <spencer at rdfarms.com>
>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2019 7:45:10 PM
>>>>>>> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>>>>> Subject: [External] [AT] Caution: antique tractor usage
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>>>>>>> I’m no haying professional but I’d say I have a spell of weather suitable for cutting and baling with my old tractors ....
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>>>>>>> Spencer Yost
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