Taylor Way harrow Repair.....

[scott_vt]

Evenin Guys,
I have been thinking about how to repair a 7'disc harrow that the farmer down the road gave to me last year. The harrow was originally fabricated with rectangular tubing that through the years rusted and cracked. The piece thats in real bad shape is the center support that changes the angle of the front gangs using a 3/4'" pin.

I fabricated a new bar out of solid stock where I work in Ct and brought it to my house in Vt. Of course when I got there I realized that the repair is going to be a bit more extensive. This is something that I can do a little bit everytime I go up to the Vt home. Something tells me it may take a few trips !

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Evenin Guys,
I have been thinking about how to repair a 7'disc harrow that the farmer down the road gave to me last year. The harrow was originally fabricated with rectangular tubing that through the years rusted and cracked. The piece thats in real bad shape is the center support that changes the angle of the front gangs using a 3/4'" pin.

I fabricated a new bar out of solid stock where I work in Ct and brought it to my house in Vt. Of course when I got there I realized that the repair is going to be a bit more extensive. This is something that I can do a little bit everytime I go up to the Vt home. Something tells me it may take a few trips !

Howdy Scott!

You could fab every part on the disc, 1 at a time, then build a NEW one.

That's one of those jobs where "removal" is 10 times the work of "re-install". That's a good disc. Well worth the effort to repair correctly. I finally have my disc ready to clean up and paint. Then I had an attack of "I DON'T WANT TO PAINT ANYTHING ELSE". I do believe it's turned into a project for next winter. (and it's just barely April)

Oh well, who's in a hurry anyway.....

 

[scott_vt]

Mornin Bill,
Yep, this job will take awhile ! Next time up I will try and cut the old support out with my right angle disk grinder. The problem is that you can see on the back side there is a support strap welded in that goes underneath the back side that needs to come out first. I also noticed that the piece on the back side of the harrow for the rear gangs is in bad shape also, so guess what ! To top it all off, I dont have a welder out here in the middle of nowhere so I gotta go plead my case to my farmer buddy Neil up the road and ask for yet another favor !

Should have it ready for next season !

BTW, I know what your sayin about the paint thing !

 

[wushaw]

Your on the right track...bring plenty of cut off wheels and grinding wheels also a big hammer

 

[bjr]

I'm missing something here. Your using a solid plate, 1-1/2 maybe 2" . That's serious iron to weld. You do have a welder? I would think if you have a welder to weld that thick of steel you would also have a oxy-acetalyne outfit also. I'm not trying to be negative here but you are going to need some proper tools to accomplish this. A grinder is a good start but there will be more to it than that. bjr

 

[scott_vt]

I'm missing something here. Your using a solid plate, 1-1/2 maybe 2" . That's serious iron to weld. You do have a welder? I would think if you have a welder to weld that thick of steel you would also have a oxy-acetalyne outfit also. I'm not trying to be negative here but you are going to need some proper tools to accomplish this. A grinder is a good start but there will be more to it than that. bjr

Mornin bjr,
Your absolutely right ! I dont have a welder up there but the farmer up the road does ! I will probablly drill and tap the new piece and drill clearance holes through the angle iron to get this thing positioned and transported up the road to my neighbors. Then he will weld it for me. He has an old tombstone welder that should work.

 

[Soundguy]

Don't overlook the usefullness of a big honking welder and a chamfer rod when oxy-acet is not available..

Soundguy

 

[schmism]

Don't overlook the usefullness of a big honking welder and a chamfer rod when oxy-acet is not available..

Soundguy

"big honking" being a technical term for LOTS OF AMPS!

 

[MJPetersen]

You do not want to air-arc it out? That is somewhat like the "big honking welder" only with finesse.

Mike

 

[scott_vt]

Don't overlook the usefullness of a big honking welder and a chamfer rod when oxy-acet is not available..

Soundguy

Mornin Chris,
When we do weld this thing up all the lights in East Wells should be gettin pretty dim !

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evenin Guys,
I got some quality time on harrow repair this past weekend !

The first job was to get the harrow up the road to my buddy Neils' house, first pic is chaining it up to the bucket and the second pic is going up the road to Neils' about a mile up the road. Good we dont get much traffic up here !

The third pic is removing the old section with a combination of disk grinder and oxy- acetelene torch.

The fourth pic is the new piece I made just tapped into position but not welded yet. I have a couple more pieces to make yet ! So far so good !

 

[Farmwithjunk]

So far, so good! Looks like minimal collateral damage while removing the old piece.

ANOTHER ONE SAVED FROM THE SCRAP HEAP!!!!!!!!

 

[scott_vt]

So far, so good! Looks like minimal collateral damage while removing the old piece.

ANOTHER ONE SAVED FROM THE SCRAP HEAP!!!!!!!!

Mornin Bill,
Well she aint saved yet ! But Im workin on it !

The plate that connects the two front gangs together and has the center hole for the pin location, determining the agressiveness of the discs needs to be fabricated. I started making a new one of those. Also some of the heavy duty threaded U-bolts have been broken and need to be replaced.

Good thing the fields arent waiting to get disced, cuz they might be waitin for awhile !

 

[scott_vt]

Afternoon Guys,
Well Im really moving along on this project !

Finally got around to fab the plate that connects the two front gangs together and also has the hole for different pin locations to change the aggressiveness of the disk. You will notice the filler plate welded on the new one, thats because I used a 1 1/2" x 2" bar to replace the origianal bar which was 2" x 2". Had to use that size because thats what was available from work for free !

 

[scott_vt]

Afternoon Guys,
This project aint dead yet ! We welded in the replacement piece on the front gangs and that worked out well. I had to get it out of Neils' barn so put it back together and hooked it up to the 3 pt. I am gonna need to replace one of the wooden bearings inside the right front pillow block next. Im also gonna need to fix the rear bar that controls the agressiveness of the rear gangs also.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon Guys,
Sorry about bringing up a two year old thread, well not that sorry ! No sense starting a whole new thread.

Does anyone have an idea if the inner bearing spool that has a broken flange can still be purchased ?

The bad news is that I dont have my machining capabilities anymore, darn after 36 years, it seems pretty strange !

It might be possible to weld the flange back on, but it doesnt look like theres much there to weld !

I looked in Agri-Supply and couldnt find anything quite like I have.

Any ideas ?

 

[HowlingWolf]

Have you thought about using or making that one side a new sealed bearing set-up. Keep the extra old unit as a back-up. Just an idea.

 

[keyser soze]

I googled them. Call 'em @ 800-456-7929. Thatis the number for Taylor Pittsburgh Mfg., which still makes the Taylor-Way brand of equipment. They might still have your parts.