Way to avoid engineering, permits and contractor fees. You saved yourself $2k plus. :drink:I made a nice compressed air hose pass-through port on the side of my garage with my tooth bar... very useful!
What have you Missed / Hit with your tractor?
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I relocated a full size manhole cover that was buried on my property... didn't plan to relocate it... it just took me awhile to realize I did.
MinnesotaEric
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My arborist sister told me that we couldn't cut branches on oaks we wanted to keep during the summer for fear of oak wilt. I had one small oak branch rip a taillight off and a rear fender while I drove by it with my rotary cutter. Upon inspecting the damage, I rendered judgment upon that oak with the next pass of my rotary cutter and it is no more,
While running the rotary cutter I also banged the top of my cab on a large birch tree. sitting to the right, I glanced left, making sure the left rear wheel was clearing the tree. What I failed to consider was the 25-30 degree angle the tree was growing and so that became an $1100 lesson.
Brush has broken four gas caps. I now keep a spare.
A 3' tall sapling ripped off the fuel nipple on my gas tank. After my first attempt to field repair failed (not enough heat to plastic weld right), I ordered n a replacement fuel tank. This fall I puzzled out a solid repair method for polyethylene diesel tanks and made a video to save others the hassle and expense of figuring how to do it.
I punched a hole through my grill unloading on one of my huge brush piles. I still need to make guard inserts out of perforated metal.
I had a sapling come up from below and get into the engine's radiator fan. The sound made me think the HST transmission pump was failing on my then new tractor! I figured out the problem marveling that the sapling found a wee little ole from the underside to slide up in. Now such things happening are somewhat expected.
I've made belly guards to protect most of the underside stuff since then. My last inspection showed that they were working and already had one sizable dent from something. As I'm able to, I'll likely continue to fab up guards for everything.
While running the rotary cutter I also banged the top of my cab on a large birch tree. sitting to the right, I glanced left, making sure the left rear wheel was clearing the tree. What I failed to consider was the 25-30 degree angle the tree was growing and so that became an $1100 lesson.
Brush has broken four gas caps. I now keep a spare.
A 3' tall sapling ripped off the fuel nipple on my gas tank. After my first attempt to field repair failed (not enough heat to plastic weld right), I ordered n a replacement fuel tank. This fall I puzzled out a solid repair method for polyethylene diesel tanks and made a video to save others the hassle and expense of figuring how to do it.
I punched a hole through my grill unloading on one of my huge brush piles. I still need to make guard inserts out of perforated metal.
I had a sapling come up from below and get into the engine's radiator fan. The sound made me think the HST transmission pump was failing on my then new tractor! I figured out the problem marveling that the sapling found a wee little ole from the underside to slide up in. Now such things happening are somewhat expected.
I've made belly guards to protect most of the underside stuff since then. My last inspection showed that they were working and already had one sizable dent from something. As I'm able to, I'll likely continue to fab up guards for everything.
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Eric, I have discovered there are a handful of posters to TBN that are impressive in their experience, skills and commentary. You are in that group. Your ability to articulate, on a variety of issues from finance to tractors, is a bonus.
Whether I find myself in agreement, or not, I always appreciate your contributions to the forums.
Whether I find myself in agreement, or not, I always appreciate your contributions to the forums.
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Eric, I dont know the timeframe that this all occurred but that was a fair amount of bad luck.. Glad you sorted it all out and if you have a thread about your guards I am interesting in seeing them.. I have two quick disconnects kind of protected on the bottom but not above being pulled in half while going through heavy brush. I think making something for that is a direction I need to take
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I finish putting up new mailbox I took out this morning.
Dr_Zinj
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I bump trees with my FEL and backblade all the time. Just have to go slow and brake fast before backing up and turning a bit more.
I do recall one time mowing a slope by the road and sliding into a telephone pole. Couldn't scrape past it because the pole was up against the engine and the front and rear axles stuck out too far to get around it. Had to run a cable to the truck, winch the tractor up on two wheels and walk it back and forth until it would clear the pole. My father wasn't real pleased about the whole thing.
I do recall one time mowing a slope by the road and sliding into a telephone pole. Couldn't scrape past it because the pole was up against the engine and the front and rear axles stuck out too far to get around it. Had to run a cable to the truck, winch the tractor up on two wheels and walk it back and forth until it would clear the pole. My father wasn't real pleased about the whole thing.
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I finish putting up new mailbox I took out this morning.
Nice!
I've "remodeled" some things unintentionally as well.
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I have hit one particular pine tree several times when backing up. It happens to be center of the road at my creek crossing. When I am working on the rock fill, I have backed into it many times with box blade and disc. I keep thinking I should just dig it up, but it is such a nice tall pine for a bit of shade and since my big oaks on the creek died, that is the closest shade on the far side of the creek.
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Was brush hogging four years ago, with the V417, backed over a large, long, curved stick. The right rear tire rolled over the stick, causing it to rotate upward, with the end poking through a vent hole underneath.
The stick came up on the backside of the engine, right into the plastic fan blades.
They punctured the radiator in several places. Here it is back from the radiator shop.
It won't happen again!
I bought new blades and reused the hub.
It has over 800 hours on it now, no leaks from the radiator. :thumbsup: