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grandpa Love

grandpa Love

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80 miles from home installing a large horse fence. Had the Ford 640 with our fence trailer. Got a 1/4 mile away from the truck and the steering quit! Uggggg. Quick field diagnosis and decided the steering wheel had stripped out on the shaft. Limped back to truck, steering with the brakes. No socket big enough to remove the steering wheel. Load tractor on gooseneck, off to town. Got a socket, adapter for impact,and some 3in1 oil. Took a bit to get nut off but the steering wheel was easy. Of course no one in that little town had one so we call the nearest Tractor Supply (40 miles away) yeah!!!! They have one!! Drive over and get it, it works!! 40 miles back to work. Work til dark get all the corner ,gate,and pull poles set. Terrible rough working conditions. Tropical storm Gordon had dumped alot of rain there and the area has been clear cut recently. The things we do to pay bills!!
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My wife says I left out the best part ..... loading the tractor with no steering!! 1/2 second of oh crap but it made it! Don't know why it double posted one picture?
 
That's an unnerving feeling when you're in control of a machine one minute, then not the next. Glad to hear it was a tractor (and at slow speed, even for a tractor) than a truck!
 
When I saw the mud I thought I was going to see you stuck or about to tip in the mud or something. Glad your problem worked itself out.
 
glad it worked out, bet it aged you a few months worth.
I remember seeing a lot of clear cut areas when we were there.I'm guessing that this land will be something besides trees when it is done?
 
Had something similar happen to a piece of off road equipment years ago.

The shaft splines were toast and obsolete so decided to drill and pin the wheel to the shaft.

Drilled through it and stopped for a few seconds the melted plastic cooled and the bit was stuck for good, undid the chuck, cut the end of the bit off and left in there as a pin.
Saw the machine about 5 years later and the wheel was still as tight as a vice.
Someday if someone ever goes to take it apart they will be scratching there head before they start swearing.
 
I am trying to figure out why you would load the tractor and haul it clear into town and back, just to fix a bad steering wheel. Call first to see who has a wheel and socket, unhook trailer, run pickup to town to get the parts and run back, take nut and wheel off, put new on, and you are back in business.
 
When I read the story, I was thinking all good except loading a tractor on a trailer without a steering wheel that has to be the best part and you didn?t even give it its own line........

You have a 100 series Ford with working brakes? Wow, that?s a rare one! :)

Paul
 
Hey Bill, most if the time around here when an area is clear cut it get replanted fairly quick with pine trees. This property owner in turning this in to horse pasture. He has a lot of work ahead of him!!!
 
Retired Farmer, reason we loaded it up and hauled it to town is because we weren't sure how hard the steering wheel was gonna to to get off. 10 miles to parts store and we figured if we needed to rent a puller of some sort we would save a trip.
 

To look on the bright side, whenever anybody else wants to remove the steering wheel they have to fight with it for hours. You were very lucky.
 
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