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Allan in NE

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Ya haven't lived until you had to lift a 1066 off the ground (with 3 big round bales) to replace a broken front hub.

Oh, did I mention that it was coldern' Billy He!! out there in the middle of that county road? And that I had to walk a mile and a half against a 40 knot wind to get my tools and the pickup?

Afraid to go outside today.......... :>)

Allan
 
But, what the heck.

Only took 4 hours and a kind neighbor who let me swipe the hub off his 986.

'Course his tire wouldn't handle the load so had to switch tires and wheels to get the silly thing off the road.

Allan
 
Maybe you need to cut back to 2 round bales instead of three?? It might be a little easier on the old girl. Of course nothing like that can ever happen in front of the shop when your driving by it
 
Guess I've got nothing to complain about then. I was loading manure yesterday in that miserable cold wind and the 1365 started to lope,raced a few times and died like it was out of fuel. The bucket was full of manure and it was right crossways of a narrow feedlot. Couldn't get fuel to it anywhere. I took the line off the shutoff at the bottom of the tank and could even get fuel there. Took the valve off and it was packed full of crap. Fuel wouldn't even run out of the tank. Had to poke a wire in it to get the fuel running. I let it run a minute to flush the crud out. Then I had to bleed everything right there in the chit with cattle all around me. Nothing like the smell of diesel fuel in manure. I still stink like fuel. Gonna take a week to get that smell out of my skin.

But you've got me beat. Somebody always shows me that it could be worse.
 
I know,

Two in the bucket and 1 on the rear. Took out both front wheel bearings and scared the spindle a little.

Maybe I'm my own worst enemy?

Allan
 
Guessing this wasn't an option ???
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Naw...not really. I always say "No risky, No makey". It's kinda like loading wood on a trailer.....there's always room for "one more stick".
 
Know what you mean...I once broke an M wide front in half.Had a big heavy 6row corn planter about 6 ft off the ground to load onto a trailer.Nothing quite like the feeling you get when everything suddenly collapses.MAJOR 'pucker factor'!
 
I shouldn't complain,

Leastwise I had the loader on and was able to lift that damned heavy tractor up outta the dirt. :>)

Allan
 
Broke a spindle on my Ford 3600 with a large square bale on the loader. My luck was a little better in that I had just pulled off the road in front of my barn. Tractor could sit until parts arrived. Kind of surprising when it lets go. Being a horseman, I expect your first instinct was put your heels down.

Hope your weather starts improving.

Kirk
 
At least when Dad broke the right rear axel on the Farmall 400 with the mounted 2MHD corn picker on it it happened in the middle of the corn field, no mud, and nice weather. I feel your pain! Talking about a broken axel at the shop our neighbor had a IH 2MHD picker mounted on his Case 400 D broke an axel at the end of his drive way just before he got to the county road. They made a skid using a hedge cornor post and drug the tractor back to their shop. Then there was the time we broke an axtl on the John Deere Model 6 corn sheller on the county road. Drug that one on a skid about 1/4 mile to get it to the shop but that's another story. Got that on vidieo! The corn sheller happened in the early 2000's; the pickers happened in the late '60's And I don't even want to discuss the 4 broken steering kingpins on the 1961 Ford F750 lime spreader truck in the '70's. Hang in there! This to shall pass! LOL. Armand
 
That sure does sound like a sad story. Better luck next time. I seem to have a recollection of someone, maybe Glennster, who broke a spindle on a loader tractor and chained the loader to the broken side and lifted it up so he could drive to the shop. This was a few years ago.
Zach
 
Now that's a plan. Hope the link works.

Allan

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Co2uzJOePg">Double Eagle</a>
 
yup, that was me, broke the spindle off the minnie moline loader-backhoe, chained the front axle to the loader, raised it up, and limped er home.
 
That's the first thing I thought of but didn't have the picture on my list.
Allan how much does the wife weigh or is that not a good question to ask.
Giggle.
Never let a let a neighbor use your tractor.
Walt
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Once heard about a guy that broke his tractor in half right at the transmission. It was a cheapo Chinese tractor with a loader. It just about got his legs when it snapped and folded up. I think he ended up making a frame for that part of the machine and brazed up the broken cast iron. Never could get the right cast part from the dealer and certainly not out of the "land of almost right". Apparently didn't hurt the guts of it too much either.
 
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