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Lou from Wi. · Mar 11, 2011

Gonna make some one mad, but I really don't care. Gonna rant a little as I don't understand why equipment isn't fixed right during winter season, when farm field work can't be done.If we can , fix it why not the guy who owned it before us ? Were not farming 100's acres ,just gardening here at the homestead so we need the tools for the tractor to pull around, making it easier on the guy working up the garden area (son). The cultivator isn't the worse we looked at but it only took aprox 3 hrs to make parts that was missing,fit new parts and make template for pieces. When we re built the 706,I said the reason it is in such state of dis repair was the farmer who used it was so darn lazy and cheep he wouldn't put a tarp over it, he was to busy eating cookies and watching Oprah.Now before you sell something to us, would you PLEASE FIX IT so we wont have to?LOL. Now comes back from some of you posters, the nasty reply's.Butttttt, Like Rhett Butler said"FRANKLY MY DEAR,I DON"t give a Da---!BY YA ALL. Regards to some. LOU & VICTOR LOL!!!!!!.

RalphWD45 · Mar 11, 2011

MY LAND! New hardware! Lou, I don't know if I could figger out how to assemble something with new shiny hardware!

Anonymous-0 · Mar 12, 2011

You do realize that if it had been all fixed up you probably wouldn't have bought it? Generally when equipment is restored to like-new condition the asking price reflects that and can be considerably higher.

Nate V. IA · Mar 12, 2011

Does your wife know what you're using her place-mats for? Nice work on the aftermarket parts.

Lou from Wi. · Mar 12, 2011

Hi Nate. Yep she drags out the old mats and says "HERE! use these!!! lol. All ranting aside. we like making parts ya just cant get any more. Springs we can't make .all the rest yep, except the shovel arm springs. We had to buy the hys cylinder but we have the hoses from the 706 and O.C.46 that will do for a long time. Were thinking spring.Regards LOU & Victor.

larry@stinescorner · Mar 12, 2011

nothing better than working on equiptment in the shop with the radio playing some soothing country western music in the background , Nice looking repairs Lou!

Lou from Wi. · Mar 12, 2011

Fix it/ sure do. any one can tell ya that (if they know me)I don't quibble on the price if it's a top notched assembly. The only reason I can justify in non repaired units is ,if there was an Illness in the family that didn't allow the units to be fixed in the winter months.Another thing I can't understand is why take off the hyd lift cylinder when the buyer(us) would be happy to pay more for the equipment ,if it was on the unit and in working order.Most used units we looked at WERE WELL USED to say the least and still the seller wanted prices that was well beyond reason.(almost new prices). WE bought a new Hyd lift cylinder for the cultivator.$79.00+ tax. Would have paid $80.00 more for the unit if it was already on it, and WORKED! Saves us the time.
Like I said, Making parts I enjoy , it's the neglect of repairs I really dis like. I can only think the previous owner/owners were just down right lazy to begin with.Just kept dragging it out and patching it up for another season,if it lasts that long,if not ,sell it for beer money then cry that they can't make it farming.because it's the cost of new machinery.Hear a lot of that in our search for items we can use. Any way Thanks for the reply. and the suffering you endured reading my rant. Regards LOU.

James Howell · Mar 12, 2011

Half the fun of buying used equipment is removing all the "farmer tech" and getting it back into "shape" for field use.

Totally agree with you on the off-season maintenance/repair of equipment.

Looks like y'all did some very good work fabricating the replacement parts.

Thanks for sharing your photos with us.

Lou from Wi. · Mar 12, 2011

Ralph. DID YOU OWN THIS CULTIVATOR BEFORE???? lol. That's the reason it wasn't repaired .lol Thanks for the reply. Regards LOU.

Lou from Wi. · Mar 12, 2011

James. Your 100% right. Obvious neglect (farmers Tech) is the reason it's up for sale in the first place. Like I said, it all comes down to just pure laziness because parts cost to much and making parts is well beyond their capabilities ,so it's JUST PATCH EM UP AND USE EM TILL THERE"S NOTHING LEFT TO USE, Don't cover em up to protect em from the elements, Easier to sell RUST lol. Thanks for the reply. Regards LOU .

Lou from Wi. · Mar 12, 2011

Larry, Your partly right. about the nice warm shop but listening to the radio with the 3 cord country growling would drive me right out the door. LOL.
NOTHING WOULD GET REPAIRED. Regards LOU.

Goose · Mar 12, 2011

Careful, you're talking about my late father, here. LOL!!!

I don't think the concept of fixing something right ever reached him. He never replaced a full set of spark plugs in his life. If one plug failed, he replaced that one. Couple of months later, he'd go through it again with another.

He's spend twice the time cobbling something together than it would have taken to fix it properly.

Space doesn't allow me to relate the time I went on a hairy ride backwards down a creek bank with one of his tractors because the brakes were non-existant.

Best one was one time I walked past the folk's car and saw about an inch of a 3/16 stove bolt sticking out of the top over the windshield. I thought WTF? I investigated. Apparently one of the sheet metal screws holding the sun visor had stripped. Instead of simply using the next larger size screw, he drilled all the way through, put in a stove bolt, and never bothered to cut off the excess sticking out of the roof.

On the flip side, he designed and fabricated an adjustable wide front end on a Fordson tractor before the manufacturers ever thought of it.

Glen SW Wi · Mar 12, 2011

Lou

You know we don't say yall in Wis.. The correct term is yous guys.

TomH in PA · Mar 12, 2011

"The correct term is yous guys."

Here in PA it depends on which end of the state, in Philly it's yuzz, in Pittsburgh it's yoons. I worked with a guy who moved from Philly to Virginia, he ended up saying yuzz-all.

JayinNY · Mar 12, 2011

Looks like nice machine work to me, noW come on, dident you have fun makeing those parts? If not Im sure you'll have fun useing the equipment, which Im sure you will post pics of this summer LOL..... J

Lou from Wi. · Mar 12, 2011

Jayin NY.Sure had fum making the parts and just waiting till the unit is finished and we can start using it for the garden. Thanks for the reply. Regards LOU

Lou from Wi. · Mar 12, 2011

Sorry. I just forgot my Wisconsin manners.lol. Will make a mental note (notice the pun?) Thanks for reminding me lol. Regards LOU.

Lou from Wi. · Mar 12, 2011

YOUS GUYS KNOWS Yous can get your toung wrapped around yousess eye teeth so yous cant see what yous guys are saying. I THINK.!!! AM I ALRIGHT NOW????
Regards, LOU.

Lou from Wi. · Mar 12, 2011

Goose. ILOFLMAO Your DAD sounds like the kind of a fellow I would have liked to know. The Visor fixing reminded me of my friend(left this world) who came up to visit and was driving a KIA with a 3 way switch duct taped to the steering column for the lights. Guess it worked. His grand dad who use to run a machine shop(belt driven units)would run low on motor oil, grab the coffee can and dip out the oil he needed from the plainer raise the hood on his 51 chev. pour in the oil. You could follow him any where he wandered. Said the fumes helped his asthma. 'Bob (the guy with the light switch) said the engine was so loose the pistons were swapping holes. Both are gone from this old world. Sure miss em.
Thanks for stiring memories , WARMEST REGARDS
LOU.

Old Roy · Mar 12, 2011

Nice work there Lou --- "Ya all" --- Must be some of the S westren Pa hillbilly slang rubbin off on ye --- LOL

55 50 Ron · Mar 12, 2011

Lou,

One of the reasons that there was no cylinder to buy with your cultivator may be that the former owner only had one cylinder and had to keep that for use with other JUNKY machinery!! When I was growing up Dad, uncles and neighbors typically had one cylinder that stayed with the tractor and was moved from implement to implement. That also was in the time when most farms (at least around where I grew up) had only one main tractor for heavy tillage and MAYBE one smaller chore tractor.

mnoliverguy · Mar 12, 2011

Lou,

Nice work, I bet you had fun. I think maybe my favorite whinner has left us for awhile. Keep up the nice work.

Old Roy · Mar 12, 2011

LOL now ya sound like yer from Brooklyn

msb · Mar 12, 2011

Obviously you are young and don't know to drop everything when the field work is done and head for the coffee shop in town.lol.

Lou from Wi. · Mar 12, 2011

msb. Your observations are correct. I'm 75 years old and have lived in the time when owning something was a delight and was taken care of so it could be used over and over again Since the advent of a throw away society came about, well that's what happens. Younger folks got into the habit of neglect. Not only that but the farmers (parents of that generation) succumbed to the same philosophy probably because the kids hated farming and found ways to get out of the chore of protecting the farm items necessary to keep the farm going strong. JMHO.any way that's another rant. lol.Any way,I'm off to the coffee shop to discuss the rest of the worlds problems.Won't be able to solve them either. Regards LOU.

Lou from Wi. · Mar 12, 2011

Thanks for the nice reply. I'm with you. lol Regards LOU.

Lou from Wi. · Mar 12, 2011

Roy Didn't mean to ignore your reply. Just was a little tired and needed to close these old eyes for a tad. Nope My lingo isn't wisc natural just yet. Maybe in another 75 years it will be. Then I can say (WITH PRIDE) I speak vinder voonder goodly. lol. Right now as you know, I speak 3 languages fluently,ENGLISH, OBSCENE, AND PROFANE. lol.Regards LOU.

Lou from Wi. · Mar 12, 2011

ROy Right now at this very moment I'm in the state of CONFUSION.Some would say that's a natural state for me to be in lol.

Lou from Wi. · Mar 12, 2011

Ron. Interesting reply. I would have thought that selling the cultivator for more money with the Hyd cylinder ,would enable the guy to buy 3 more hyd cylinders. JMHO.Sounds like having only one engine for all the tractors.Hard to go figure but just maybe your on to something I never thought about.
lol. regards LOU.

Don-Wi · Mar 12, 2011

I know on our farm we've got cylinders for almost every peice of equipment, but some that rarely get used have the cylinder swapped from peice to peice.

When I was growing up we only had 3 cylinders on the farm for all of our tillage equipment, the corn planter, and the green chopper. (the haybine kept it's cylinder because the hoses were much longer, and the one on the chopper was kinda odd and was bolted on)

Since then we've bought a few cylinders from the bone yard for $25. I'd pick the greasiest one I could find because they were the cheapest, even though most times it was because of a leaky hose, not the cylinder.

Other times we would get a cylinder with something we would buy. But if we're selling it, the cylinder stays on the farm because often times around here the price doesn't change much, and we can use it on something else.

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