Moving Day

Ever move a combine without an engine? An experiance not unlike that of trying to push a long chain. :>)

Have just about got the old gal gutted and was to the point of needing the torch, welder and power tools, so it was time to move 'er out of the implement yard and around to the shed where I keep my stuff. Took me and the old H an hour to move it 200 yards.

Unhooked the hoses to the steering cylinder to let the pressure off and steered it using a 5' wrecking bar. Move 6' and change the wheels, move 6' and change the wheels. :>)

Machine on the left is a year older, 3200 engine hours and totally field ready. One on the right has 11,000 separater hours and will be under repairs for an extended period of time yet. :>)

Allan

That's why I like coming here. I'll sure remember that little tip the next time. :>)

Thanks!

Allan

Gene

I've already pulled the weights, will remove all the dry bean and corn parts off it, store 'em in a cool dry place and will set the machine up for my wheat.

Had to do a real hard "mental adjustment" over this combine.

For the first few days, I couldn't get past the "What in the heck did they do to my combine?". However, it finally dawns on me that the old slugger has had about a million acres run thru 'er and it would look rough, no matter what and no matter how many owners it has had.

Fact is, it is a good thing that the engine got sold off it. Very, very high hours and getting that separater beater out of there would have been almost next to impossible without coming out thru the roof.

The trick is going to be rebuilding it as cheaply as I can. Still, it's going to be wallet-painful; can aready feel one that coming. :>(

Allan

Just as soon as I get those heavy beaters yanked out of her guts, I can head back the other direction and start putting "things on" for a change instead of "taking off".

Hey! I even found ONE good bearing yesterday. I'm tellin' ya, things are really looking up. :>)

Allan

Pullen a stuck or trouble vehicle by yourself.

Been there done that.

Got stuck with the 76 Ford grain truck backing up to the loading chute to load hogs once.

No one else around.

So I get the Hesston 4 wheel drive loader tractor and put it in low low to pull the truck back and get in the truck to steer to hit the chute.

Got close to the chute and set the brake and jumped out to stop the tractor thinking it would spin in the muck.

It didn't spin it broke the chain and ran into a feed shed with the bale tines going thru it and almost upsetting it before I got the clutch in.

Later that day dad asked if I got the hogs loaded OK by myself?

Then he saw the two holes in the side of the feed shed.

Boy did I catch he!! then.

Gary

When you are by yourself, ya just learn to “work around” those little irritants. :>)

Allan