[AT] 430V and First cutting of hay...

[Indiana Robinson]

What do you dislike about the NH rake? We got a Ferguson 3 point rake when
I was about 11 (about 1953) and I loved raking with it. It was also trouble
free, I think I patched a tire on it once.
The NH #57 looks about like a copy of the Ferguson.
I did much of the mowing and about all of the raking. My father usually ran
the chopper (we did dry chopped hay) and I did the wagon running and the
unloading, all blower set-ups etc.
When I was around 13 my father was laid up all summer with injuries to both
legs and I filled 3 barns to the rafters working alone from about 30 acres.
That and cultivating about 100 acres of corn and 20 acres of soybeans,
combining 20 acres of wheat and chopping straw for bedding pretty much used
up my whole summer that year...


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On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 12:06 PM Phil Auten <pga2 at basicisp.net> wrote:

> Spencer, is it possible the main jets are a size too large. Just
> spitballin' here.
>
> Phil in TX
>
>
> On 5/18/2019 11:00 PM, Spencer Yost wrote:
> > Quick antique tractor update:
> >
> > Due to the failing health of a friend, I picked up two new hayfields, at
> least temporarily. Probably a total of 4 1/2 acres new to me. Very nice
> fields of good fescue with some orchard grass planted in. So I brought in
> 358 bales over the past week between all three fields(6.5 acres). The Ford
> did cutting, baling,  and tedding, and the John Deere 430V did the raking.
>  I would put the Pacer on tedding, but the previous owner put a twist in
> the PTO shaft of the tedder, so it only goes in so far. I can’t slide the
> shaft in enough to get it on the PTO of the Pacer.
> >
> > My animals are not crazy about predominately  fescue hay (they eat it OK
> but I can sense they are secretly writing letters to PETA complaining about
> the treatment they are getting :-) so I sold about 150 of the fescue bales.
> Will probably use that money to get a new shaft.
> >
> > Also, I cuss that damn NH 3 point #57 hay rake every time I use it. A
> new hay rake is probably in my future as well.  I am seriously thinking of
> a wheel rake this time.
> >
> > I realized with the extra seat time in the 430V, that I have an issue
> with it running a bit rich. I can always tell “rich running” by a slight
> stinging in my nostrils. Plus whenever the governor opens up I can see some
> black smoke. I’m not sure what I can do as I’ve been through the carburetor
> a couple of times and even replaced the load mixture needle assembly
> completely.  If I turn it down anymore, it falters when the governor opens
> up. But at it’s currently setting  it clearly is allowing the tractor to
> run a bit too rich.
> >
> > I am going to double check timing and all my settings.
> >
> > Spencer Yost
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Francis Robinson
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Central Indiana USA
robinson46176 at gmail.com
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