It's not my day...

Anonymous-0 · May 29, 2009

I went to get fertilizer for the hay field today and instead of renting one of the older trailers that you have to manually engage the spreader function, I decided to get one of the ones that hook to the remotes. Well, the tips on the hoses will not fit in my remotes (67 JD 4020). At least I can't get them to fit. So now I have a trailer full of fertilizer that I cannot spread. Got a call into my neighbor who has a MF 383 to see if I can ask a favor.

Any ideas?

Ya'll ever have days like this?

-steve

Gary from Muleshoe · May 29, 2009

Why not just change the ends out with some you have on a cylinder, use it then change them back.

kyplowboy · May 29, 2009

Might want to get a set of adapters. Local rural king has some that have old school JD male tips and female ISO ends for (I think) about $10 each. Get a set of two and keep'm in the tool box for $20 and the next time this happens you will be good to go, just plug the adapters into the tractor and the iso male ends into the adapter and roll on.

Or like Gary said, just "borrow" tips off one of your cylinders and put the iso tips back before you take the buggy back.

Good luck.

Dave

RodinNS · May 29, 2009

I'd rather not use adapters if it's a coupler style thing. Minimize the number of couplers you're running through when you have a large oil demand.
I'd just swap ends with another set of hoses for the duration of this job... but in the end I think I'd see if I could convert the tractor to ISO females if it didn't involve changing too many male tips (cost) It makes life easier when they're compatiable with everything else...

Rod

Anonymous-0 · May 29, 2009

I wish I had another set to "borrow" from, but I do not. I will check a few farm supply stores in the morning to see if I can find a set of adapters.

fixerupper · May 29, 2009

Adaptors will save you frustration. If you take old style JD male couplers off a cylinder they most likely will have the small O ring threads and the hoses on the fert spreader will be either larger O ring or 1/2" pipe thread. BTDT and been very red faced and frustrated. Jim

RobMD · May 29, 2009

I've ran adapters to standard ISO on my 4020. I seriously got sick and tired of wrenching 4020 fittings onto an implement.

jim johnson · May 29, 2009

Are you saying that you do not have any other set of hoses that you can take the ends off and switch for one job?

Jim

GeneMO · May 29, 2009

An extra set of ends might be more readily available and cheaper than adapters maybe.

Gene

Don-Wi · May 30, 2009

Got a TSC or Fleet Farm near you?

Donovan from Wisconsin
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Handyman · May 30, 2009

Deere now has a repair kit that lets you change your coupler body from the deere type coupler to ISO, not sure what the cost is but neighbor just changed one of his tractors over with this kit.

TripleRange · May 30, 2009

Are you kidding? Every day is like that around here!

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