QRTRHRS
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Warning, some of this might upset some. I had to bury a horse last week (she was coming up on 32, it was time) and had some weight issues.
I had placed the deceased horse on a sheet of plywood and picked it up with my forks with no issues. However, when I went to lower the animal into the grave, I had the chains hanging from the tips of my forks which put the weight to far foraward and took to much weight off the rear end. Got as little hairy but I managed to get the horse in and keep myself and the T9 out of the hole.
My tires are original circa 2001 and have had some slow leaks. I had tubes put in and calcium on the rears. The fronts were so bad, we put "boots" and tubes in them. When I got everything back together tonight, one of the fronts was leaking so I did not get to move the unit around. Guess the tube got pinched.
I am anxious now to see how much difference the weight makes.
While I had the rear wheels off, I pulled the rear drums off to inspect the brakes. Lo and behold, standard rear axle drum brakes that the emergency uses. So, I cleaned them up, put the drums on and adjusted them. They ought to hold better now.
I had placed the deceased horse on a sheet of plywood and picked it up with my forks with no issues. However, when I went to lower the animal into the grave, I had the chains hanging from the tips of my forks which put the weight to far foraward and took to much weight off the rear end. Got as little hairy but I managed to get the horse in and keep myself and the T9 out of the hole.
My tires are original circa 2001 and have had some slow leaks. I had tubes put in and calcium on the rears. The fronts were so bad, we put "boots" and tubes in them. When I got everything back together tonight, one of the fronts was leaking so I did not get to move the unit around. Guess the tube got pinched.
I am anxious now to see how much difference the weight makes.
While I had the rear wheels off, I pulled the rear drums off to inspect the brakes. Lo and behold, standard rear axle drum brakes that the emergency uses. So, I cleaned them up, put the drums on and adjusted them. They ought to hold better now.