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37 chief

03-12-2006 21:27:55




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What would be your worst repair job you have tackeled mostly by your self? I think mine would be splitting my JD 5020 to install the clutch shaft seal. ( in the dirt) Then removing the real dules, with very rusted taper locks, to get at and remove the final drive to figure why the axel pulled out. That was last year, it is up and running now. Stan in calif




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Tom in Central Pa.

03-13-2006 17:01:26




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 Re: Tough Repair Job in reply to 37 chief, 03-12-2006 21:27:55  
Like Comfortking, this was not a repair, but a job, done without another person helping.
I was sent out of our territory to Repo a Deere 550 Dozer.
I found it, stone-dead, with junk undercarriage, in the middle of a swamp.
There also was a Deere 450 crawler-loader nearby.
It would crank, so, with a sniff of ether, it started. I moved it over to the dead 550, and tried jumper cables. No good. With the 450 still running, I removed one of it"s batteries.
I put the battery in the 550, and with jumper cables, and a little ether, it was running. When I tried to move it, I found that one side steering-clutch was out. It only wanted to drive in a circle. So with the usual tricks and jerking around, I got it the 60ft. or so over to the side of the trailer. I rested the blade on the side of the trailer, used down-pressure, and got the front of the crawler up in the air to where I could put some wood blocks under the tracks. Next I raised the blade, and set the brakes. I went back for the 450, got it behind the 550, and after releasing the brakes, tried to lift and push the 550 on to the trailer.
That wouldn"t quite do it. I put the 550 blade back down, then chained it down tight across the trailer deck. By trying to raise the blade, the rear of the 550 came up in the air, level with the trailer deck, Then the 450 could push it on the trailer, cross-ways. After taking the chains off, the one-side-drive, and a little help with the 450, the 550 was on the trailer, turned around square. I shut down the 550, put the battery back in the 450, and parked it, just as I found it. I chained down the 550, and headed back for the shop. When I got back I dragged it off "dead" with another machine. I wondered if the old 550 was worth all the trouble!

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in sticks

03-13-2006 14:01:01




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 Re: Tough Repair Job in reply to 37 chief, 03-12-2006 21:27:55  
removeing and replacing a starter on a ''piston bully''a german made at the time grooming machine on top of mountain in new england in early jan. machine jelled fuel,quit at the top of mountain,the operator ground on starter until it smoked.had to burrow in snow under machine then get pulled out feet first.then take batterys to charge,new filters,bleed fuel lines. o yes they were also making snow in the area

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Maark

03-13-2006 12:09:13




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 Re: Tough Repair Job in reply to 37 chief, 03-12-2006 21:27:55  
My wifes honey-do list. Been 25 years and not done yet.



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JT

03-13-2006 12:00:58




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 Re: Tough Repair Job in reply to 37 chief, 03-12-2006 21:27:55  
this was not the dirtiest job, but putting a hydraulic hose on a forklift or changing a starter on the same forklift rates right up there with the most difficult job ever done. Had no lift, so it was jacked up about 6 inches off the ground and and had to reach up under the forklift to do this. Was an interesting job to say the least.



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Ken52M

03-13-2006 08:58:03




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 Re: Tough Repair Job in reply to 37 chief, 03-12-2006 21:27:55  
Repair of munure spreader apron has to be near the top of the list.
I was about 15 Y.O... WI dairy farm, January.
Full load of fresh stuff nice n' warm yet, fresh out of the gutters. Just started to spread and the apron snaps. Then pitch it off by hand. Try to clean it up as much as possible. Pull in into the barn alley where it is fairly warm. I remember it was a Sat. & I had a hot date that night. But after working in those conditions all day to get the repairs done it did not turn out to be a very pleasent evening. I scrubbed my hand till there was almost no skin left but could not get rid of that smell. I don't even remember who the girl was. I sure do remember how uncomfortable I was that evening though. That's my story... KB

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RayP(MI)

03-13-2006 08:20:58




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 Re: Tough Repair Job in reply to 37 chief, 03-12-2006 21:27:55  
My worst was removing heads, repairing and replacing, on a 5.7 diesel. Was working in a corn crib where I had to keep tools and temporary tool bench covered with a plastic sheet and dump the snow off every time I started working. Did this during one of the coldest Decembers in my memory. Corn crib wasn"t much of any protection at all, and there was no way to heat the building. About all it did was to provide a leaky roof overhead. One of the nasties was the injector system and those dang fuel lines. All this for a broken head bolt!

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kraigWY

03-13-2006 07:26:54




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 Re: Tough Repair Job in reply to 37 chief, 03-12-2006 21:27:55  
My worse job was when I was living in a one room cabin in Alaska, north of Healy. No electricty, I had to short block my pickup in the winter, it was about 40 below and two foot of snow. Spent two mins working and two hours warming my fingers. I moved to town shortly after that. That was in '72, I couldn't handle it now, my bones have aged some since then.



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Hal/WA

03-13-2006 23:43:36




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 Re: Tough Repair Job in reply to kraigWY, 03-13-2006 07:26:54  
I guess the clutch job on my 72 Duster in the driveway with snow blowing around me and flat on my back seems kind of mild, compared with your ordeal! I finally built a cardboard wall to keep the snow out and made it to work the next morning in that car. A mighty chilly repair in the teens.

My son was a HR manager for the company that does hospitality for Denali National Park and spent several tourist seasons up there, wintering in Anchorage. He once had his car worked on in Healy and said that town has become a place with alot of rich people. How did you happen to land up in that area during the winter? ASP?

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Fred Martin

03-13-2006 07:02:50




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 Re: Tough Repair Job in reply to 37 chief, 03-12-2006 21:27:55  
Rebuilding the backend of fertilize spreaders. It rusts your tools and everytime you skin your knuckles it burns like the dickens. Fred OH



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Dave_Id

03-13-2006 06:57:32




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 Re: Tough Repair Job in reply to 37 chief, 03-12-2006 21:27:55  
Pulling the rear wheels off Massey Harris 101 Senior Standard.



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IaGary

03-13-2006 05:24:21




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 Re: Tough Repair Job in reply to 37 chief, 03-12-2006 21:27:55  
I've got several but the one that sticks out was when I worked at the Welding Fab shop.
In a auto parts factory I had to weld a new tube on a burner in a heat treat oven.
The burner was at the bottom in a narrow area and I had to lay in there standing on my head with guys holding my feet so as to not slide in to far and weld around a 6" tube using a mirror to weld the back side. Ruined two mirrors with spatter but got it on the first try with no leaks.
Saved the company about two days down time if they tore the whole oven apart to fix it.
Talk about blood rushing to your head.

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comfortking

03-13-2006 05:00:32




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 Re: Tough Repair Job in reply to 37 chief, 03-12-2006 21:27:55  
While this may not be a repair job, one my worst jobs was unplugging the outlet on the honeywagon. I hauled manure from a large laying house that had pits with liquid manure. We had an 8 inch suction hose and only a 4 in outlet. Chickens would get loose and fall in the pit. The big hose would suck them up but the small outlet would not let them throgh. If we put a small screen on the suction you could not load. when this happened I would reverse the pump and open the discharge gate. A weed hook worked good to fish them out, but then the pump would not keep up and manure would spray.

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barnrat

03-13-2006 04:33:51




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 Re: Tough Repair Job in reply to 37 chief, 03-12-2006 21:27:55  
Silo unloader repairs have to be the worst repairs. Rusted bolts, taper locks and shafts that rival any repair on a tractor thats been stuck in the weeds for 30 years(been there done that). I try to go over my silo unloaders when they are at the bottom, but it always seems like I'm doing major overhauls on the coldest day in winter 40ft in the air. Then to top it off I get the flu for a week because of the mold. Luckily I have all three just about completly rebuilt so they don't give me the problems like when I first started farming.

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Glenn F.

03-13-2006 09:43:01




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 Re: Tough Repair Job in reply to barnrat, 03-13-2006 04:33:51  
Here Here on the silo unloaders! That is one of the biggest reasons conventional silos are disappearing! Silo unloaders are an ongoing headache at best, especially in the haylege silo. Northern Wisconsin farmers have lots of fun in the winter. I do not farm for a living anymore(my brother still does), but it always amuses me when people say winter is their favorite season. I have a few tasks for them which will have them rethinking that in a hurry. I can't remember a farmer up here ever saying winter was his favorite season. Wow, I feel better now! Glenn F.

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Quebec Red

03-13-2006 17:34:39




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 Re: Tough Repair Job in reply to Glenn F., 03-13-2006 09:43:01  
Certainly silo unloader repair rate high on the list. We had 3 unloaders, all Patz. They would be in perfect condition on December 15th, but by Christmas, repairs were required. Got into the routine that EACH one was checked (visually) EACH day. Saved a lot of headaches. No wonder now, and milking 60 or so cows that as well thatI have no knees left. Praise the Ag-Bags and a heated garage!!!....QR..

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Don-Wi

03-12-2006 21:50:42




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 Re: Tough Repair Job in reply to 37 chief, 03-12-2006 21:27:55  
I would say it has to be a hydraulic line on our Oliver 1855, that comes right off the pump. It goes under the platform and connects somewhere under there. It was late at night when it blew, about 5 miles from home so I called home w/ my cell and got a ride. I spent the next 3 days in the mud(it rained later that night, and I was working the feild for corn) taking off parts of the platform, getting the line off and also the lube filter while I was in it that far. It was a filthy job and I was caked in mud by the time I had the sheet metal all back on.

Next worst ones are changing a flat tire on a full load of corn silage in the mud because you gotta tow it down the road(no fun)
Donovan from Wisconsin

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