Backhoe You can't fix stupid!

[chuckhole]

On Memorial day weekend, I managed to get a tree limb hung up in the lower hydraulic line of the left side stabilizer on my JD 310G TLB 4x4. Chalk that one up to being a new owner and learning what to do and what not to do.

I have done it again. Three day holiday weekend, July 4th and I am not able to use the hoe because I let a 5' diameter root ball from an oak get too close. I had just knocked over the tree and was dragging it to the burn pile. I snapped the same hydraulic fitting on the OTHER side. And there is no telling when I can burn anyway because of the extreme drought conditions here in Texas.

To make matters worse is the fact that an extra day of play is lost and I managed to do this twice. And both times were just after closing time of the local NAPA Auto Parts that has the tools and parts needed to repair the line.

 

[magicheater]

Operating a tractor can be a 4 dimensional experience. The fourth being the unanticipated consequences of the forces applied in the first three. I have been there myself and the fourth is the one that you usually don't see and/or don't anticipate. It is fortunate if only the tractor is hurt. Parts are way cheaper than an emergency room visit.

 

[bigtiller]

You have my type of luck. Two Saturdays in a row something around the home broke about twenty minutes after lunch and the store with all the fixings closed at noon. Both times we had to wait until Monday morning. What a pain!!