not so nice project

jon f mn · Sep 11, 2014

Stopped by Jeff's house today and he asked if I could fix his manure spreader axle. Done a few of these over the years, they are not fun but not hard. Sure wish he woulda cleaned it up a bit better before he put it in front of the shed tho. Lol. Oh well, it could be worse, at least it's not a liquid tanker.

I got the old axle out and the spindles removed and mostly cleaned up before I ran out of grinder wheels.

Found an old plow beam for the axle and got it cut and almost ready to weld before it started raining again. Cut it to square the end, then saw that the cut was too close to the holes so had to recut it. Oh well, not my first mistake and it might not be my last.

Guess I'll have Finnish tomorrow.

fordfarming · Sep 12, 2014

That"s a crappy job. Lol

showcrop · Sep 12, 2014

Well it is a lot better to make your one mistake for the year in September than January.

Bret4207 · Sep 12, 2014

Before I even looked at the pics I knew it was a NH spreader. Why a company that can build such fantastic balers builds such a flimsy spreader I'll never figure out. FWIW, I boxed my stub axles in and used a lolly column and big u bolts for an axle.

fred goodrich · Sep 12, 2014

That's one machine we don't stand behind. I wonder if the sides are still guaranteed for the life of the machine?

Mike M · Sep 12, 2014

Cut it off twice and it was still too short ?

RLA · Sep 12, 2014

Those photo"s bring back memories, I"ve redid
both of our N/H 520 Spreaders,, But only one had
load in it. But I did the same as you did.

PJH · Sep 12, 2014

I've never seen a spreader break when it was empty. Looks like you're making a good repair to it.

GordoSD · Sep 12, 2014

What size/type wheels you need. I have a shipload of them I won't ever use up? PM reply, mail is open.

jon f mn · Sep 12, 2014

Don't need wheels for this project, but will keep it in mind. What sizes do you have?

Don-Wi · Sep 12, 2014

(quoted from post at 07:34:57 09/12/14) Before I even looked at the pics I knew it was a NH spreader. Why a company that can build such fantastic balers builds such a flimsy spreader I'll never figure out. FWIW, I boxed my stub axles in and used a lolly column and big u bolts for an axle.

For the same reasons Gehl could make such nice chopper boxes but skimp on the beaters, then keep the same design all the way till the very end. Of our 2 Gehl wagons, we only have 1 Gehl beater left. The last one we had a local machinery builder
make one of their beaters to fit.

Donovan from Wisconsin

rabbit-1 · Sep 12, 2014

Mine broke around gearbox. had to empty it the hard way... Has a flail on the back instead of beaters. Very hard on driveline components. Had it pretty well cleaned up before I took it in to the shop for the guy to repair. Now waiting for a sprocket as well. At least it's not like haying. The s---t is going to be there when ever I get the spreader back.

sam in mo · Sep 12, 2014

Where is Mike Roe when you need him the most??

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