Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

this is what I ordered, doesn't look like it would compress very much but if it works
guess I need two sets

 

[m7040]

Peter nailed it, no pun intended, Belleville washer is full name
it's a little flying saucer washer that exerts its own force.
I saw them being used on my Gravely mower equipment in places.
apparently over time they lose their oomph and should be replaced but I doubt anyone does.
maybe on nuclear turbines or something critical

the ZT mower uses them for the blades and has two of them for each blade about 2 inch outside diameter. If not torqued correctly and the blade slips the heat will destroy the spring action and they will need replacement. Forgot how much but remember it was not cheap

 

[daugen]

the ZT mower uses them for the blades and has two of them for each blade about 2 inch outside diameter. If not torqued correctly and the blade slips the heat will destroy the spring action and they will need replacement. Forgot how much but remember it was not cheap

yes, it was on my Gravely mower blades. Just don't overtorque them or squish the life out of them I guess
not many folks use a torque wrench installing mower bolts but I sure would with these
thanks Frits

 

[rswyan]

86F and "Fair" @ 11:30, heading up to around 91F for the day's high. DP 70F, HU 61%, "feels like" = 97F.

Attic fan just kicked on.

Under Heat and Ozone Advisories.

Got hopper and both tube feeders refilled yesterday, also one suet feeder ... plus scattered some seeds for the ground feeders. Almost out of regular cheap bird seed.

Noticed new neighbor out mowing yesterday while I was doing that so walked over and said hello and chatted for a bit.

After that I headed around back and got the arbs and plants on selves watered.

Once that was done I worked on getting the goat panel fully secured on the t posts and got that done. Then threaded the two Casper pumpkin vines up through that and got those secured.

Looking for some shade to continue on I took the Cub and dump cart over to the woods on the west side and started loading up the small piles of debris.

Did some grading with the box blade and bow rake to level out the area and fill in some depressions.

Have one small area to finish up on that and then will call it done ... at least for now.

Rockbox ran out of battery so I took that inside to charge, grabbed another battery for the B&D chainsaw while I was in there.

Did some banking and paid some bills and switched over to a more refreshing drink while I was inside.

Doe came by to visit while I was taking a break:

Used the grapple to move another couple of bites of debris to the brush pile in back by the carpenter bees' nest. They still seem to be working on it, haven't given up yet ...

Hauled the debris in the dump cart up along with the compostables from the kitchen and got those added to the compost pile.

Gathered up tools in the dump cart and then parked the Cub over by the garden.

Picked another two yellow squash and three more cucumbers and called it a day.

Ordered a replacement water filter for the refrigerator from Amazon which is due in today, along with the cold brew coffee maker from Menards.

Heard back from doctor's office with the results on the ultrasound for triple AAA. No aneurysm but there is some stenosis and build up of plaque so got a referral to the vascular guys which I still need to schedule.

Not sure what all on agenda for today.

Probably start on mowing.

Need to swing by the garden center and pick up a couple bales of straw to mulch the grass seed I'm going to sew over on the west side.

Also pick up a prescription refill.

Looks like a decent amount of cloud cover this afternoon ... so may remove the box blade and grapple and try to get the PHD put on at some point.

Beyond that see what else comes up.

Hope everyone is having a good Thursday ...

 

[sodamo]

71°F and 0 rain.

Another day of progress mowing yesterday. Met the SIL of a neighbor with his new 60 inch, Diesel Kubota mowers, the over $20k model. He was mowing my next door neighbor’s. Nice machine. He has a side mowing business. He did admit he wouldn’t tackle what I was doing.

Hope to get another hour or 2 in this morning but maybe not.

We host H&F this afternoon.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[m7040]

yes, it was on my Gravely mower blades. Just don't overtorque them or squish the life out of them I guess
not many folks use a torque wrench installing mower bolts but I sure would with these
thanks Frits

The problem is when they are not torqued enough and the blade slips that will destroy them. Used to use the impact wrench that is difficult to hit the correct torque and is either two much or too little. Broke a couple of mounting screws and also at times had issues with blades slipping. Broken bolts are hard to get out because they are hardened and difficult to drill and reverse screw extractor it out. Have not had any problems since using the torque wrench and torqued to spec

 

[LouNY]

the ZT mower uses them for the blades and has two of them for each blade about 2 inch outside diameter. If not torqued correctly and the blade slips the heat will destroy the spring action and they will need replacement. Forgot how much but remember it was not cheap

My F2000 also uses them also, it takes two per blade stacked together. $8.55 each plus shipping, so $17 per blade.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon Drew,

since the beginning I have been leary of any offbrand lithium battery

I bought this battery and charger last week from Amazon for running portable at the parks. Seems to be a nice combo !

 

[ponytug]

this is what I ordered, doesn't look like it would compress very much but if it works
guess I need two sets

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That's something else besides a Belleville washer, but looks great for mounting shocks.

Probably on my own do list for one of the cars that squeaks going around corners cold. It seems to me as if the strut is dying.

Since Belleville washers are basically heat treated spring steel, any heating from friction, like on a mower blade pivot, will trash them pretty quickly. Mower blade pivots are one of those areas where I see a bunch of different ways of engineering them, and that suggests to me that none of them work well, or the solution that does is fiendishly expensive, but what do I know?

All the best,

Peter

 

[LouNY]

Afternoon all;
I just got a 100 page flyer in the mail today from this outfit;
New & Used Lawn, Turf, And Golf Course Equipment For Sale | NeedTurfEquipment.com
Very interesting browsing, almost a 100 pages of equipment inventory from numerous dealers. Mostly smaller tractors and mowers some ATV's some implements.
Most of seemed to be geared for most common TBN members most of the tractors were under 75 hp.