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<p>My MTZ/Belarus 1220 broke the pin that held the power steering
cylinder a couple of weeks ago when I put the front mounted post
auger on it.. The pin is shown in the top right of the picture.
I welded it in the bracket the threaded section was broke off. It
looks like it was over torqued at the factory. They are going to
warranty it even though the tractor is out of warranty. It broke
out next to the weld yesterday when I wanted to grade some ditches
I had cut with the dozer. I spent most of this afternoon
measuring the old one and drawing it on a cad program so I could
send it to a machinist. I got so many questions and crap about it
when I posted it to 3 different sites that I will just fix the
belt on my old lathe and make it. By the time these self taught
engineers get it analyzed I will have the one that is stuck in
customs out of Canada. I happen to have 20 hours of college level
metallurgy when I was going for a technical degree before I
transferred to engineering. I get very impatient when a machinist
starts to tell me about metallurgy!!! Just one of my shortcomings
I guess. <br>
I went out to check the cows a couple of hours ago and one of our
first calf heifers was acting really nuts. I could not find her
calf and she kept going to the south end of the pasture. On the
second round I found a calf that had got its head caught in
between the cross members of an old tank trailer that was
parked. We tried for a while to pull her head out but I guess she
had been in there so long her head had swelled. I went back to
the shop and loaded the cutting torch and bottles on the bale
forks of the tractor and headed back. I put a piece of sheet
metal to divert the sparks and soaked her head with water. She
was so thirsty she was drinking the water off the ground. Got the
cross member cut and had to pick her head up to get out. A very
tired out calf. Hopefully she will be ok.... A big storm is
headed here tonight, so stress and weather is a perfect
prescription for pneumonia.. <br>
Life on the farm..................</p>
<p>Cecil<br>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Looks like we are going to
have a week of rain. It rained almost three inches today. I
got my garden in a couple weeks ago after rebuilding the
transmission in my 1074 Gibson tiller. I found the parts on
line at the Gibson Snow Blower Repair shop in Maine. The man
who runs it is a engineering Manager by day but runs this
service in his spare time. Rapairs and supplies parts for
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Took 5 days of soaking and
hammering to get it apart. After that except for having to
finish the wiring to my lathe to make a seal installation
tool. All things went well. The 8HP Briggs started on the
second pull as normal. The tiller worked fine except for being
a pain to operate. Weights way too much for this 65 year old.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">No potatoes this year but
corn, water melon, zucchini squash, Jalapeno, tomato and
Okra. The next door neighbor gave us a bunch of green beans
and Potatoes from their garden. Our garden still has a way to
go before harvest. This is a small new 20ft x 50ft garden in
the middle of what was a pasture last year.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">If I can get the Farmall H
running again I might try a couple of acres next year. I have
50 acres to work with so who knows. The Farmall was running
when parked 20 years ago so should not take too long. ;-}<br>
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between the rains every 15 minutes. :-)
<div> Went from here (Central Indiana) to Eastern
Kentucky (About Lexington) with son Scott (masking and
distancing) so I could help him look at a flatbed
roll-off with a wheel lift. Diana went too. It met
needs and he put his ton dually on it and we drove it
back. OK, he drove it back, I only drive when I can't
get out of it. I used to sell wholesale on the road
years ago and drove enough to get my fill of it.</div>
<div>I didn't get those spud rows far enough apart for a
full tractor to fit so I decided to pull out a Gravely
LI walk behind to cultivate them (if it ever gets dry
again). I had driven that little tractor under a
building that sat about 3' off of the ground back
sometime before my 2013 quad bypass and it had sank in
about 4 inches and both tires were flat. I tried to
pull it back out from under there (like I used to) but
apparently somebody glued it to the ground... I
finally drove my little VAC Case over by the building
and put a chain and come-a-long on it to pull it out
without breaking something. Did I mention that it had
gotten %$#& hot this weekend? Got it out and
looked it over and sat the portable air tank on the
golf cart and started to fill the flat tires. The left
one filled fine and looked good. The right one didn't
do as well. It aired up but then I heard a sound like
stitches letting go. Then all of the air left that
little tire in a split second and pretty loudly. I
could maybe patch the tube but I don't think I have
any 12" patches. :-) I do have maybe 8 Gravely's from
complete to parts hulks so I'm pretty well supplied
with parts, tires etc. I have a couple of Gravely L -
8 speed tractors but I don't have time for that kind
of project right now. I have a couple of Garden-Aid
two wheel tractors that I bought at a Portland auction
a number of years ago. I need to look and see if I
have cultivators for one of them. It doesn't take much
to rig something up. I also have a McLean two wheel
tractor (made in Indianapolis) but it is in a building
in the next county and I can't remember how the back
of it is made.</div>
<div> I also have a couple of Troy-bilt Horse models I
could use. I have to decide quickly, the weeds are
germinating very well.</div>
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<div>Went to 2 cemeteries today to check and see if
everybody is still there and that none of their graves
have been vandalized. It would have been easier if the
cemeteries were not 50 miles apart but it was a nice
ride. We have a few more to check.</div>
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<div>Is anybody else here getting tired of having to
look stuff up for jobs you learned to do years ago but
now have to fight to make your mind cough stuff back
up out of the dark back corners? Even at one of the
cemeteries today I had to fight to recall blocks of
the family tree that I used to just recite off of the
top of my head. It will usually come back with some
effort but sometimes it seems like a cat trying to
hack up a hairball...</div>
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aka "farmer"<br>
Central Indiana USA<br>
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