Well, DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Donald Lehman · May 30, 2015

Was loading TMR this morning and when backing away from the pile I noticed a trail of fluid on the cement. A quick check of the gauges revealed everything reading normal. So I finished loading while keeping a eye on the gauges. Stopped on the way out and mentioned it to the mechanic. He said it was probably the air conditioner. I had to laugh at myself and told the mechanic, "Ya know, the only air conditioner I have on any of my tractors is soaking my hat under the water faucet before I head out".....................

No matter how familiar I am with the tractor, it still makes me nervous about using someone else's $100,000 tractor and damaging something expensive. It has been 30 years since I quit farming and the constant downtime and expense of machinery smashed by fools who assured me they were good equipment operators haunts me to this day.

howdy1960 · May 30, 2015

My stepfather used to run a payloader and one day he told mechanic torque converter was going.
Mechanic told him he didn't know nothing and nothing wrong with converter.
Next day mechanic towed loader into shop as converter let lose and took out tranny.

Fawteen · May 30, 2015

This Spring, I sold the trusty ol' 1988 John Deere 750 and used the money for a down payment on a new Kubota B2650 with a cab.

My main reason was I was tired of freezing my wrinkled old butt off blowing snow in the winter, but I'm telling ya, that AC is some nice! Even in mid-60° weather, all the glass on that cab makes for a pretty good greenhouse and I've been using the AC pretty near every time I run the tractor!

Power steering, live pto, suspension seat...who knew tractor riding could be so comfy!

jeffcat · May 30, 2015

You are not going to believe having a real heater in the winter!

tim52160 · May 30, 2015

Even in the dead of winter hauling liquid hog manure i had to use the ac sometimes. lol. Seriously thinking of when i finally rebuild my d 17 of putting a cab on it, I cant believe the ways guys suffered for centuries when some canvas and a little bit of wood strips could have made a cover for the driver back in the horsedrawn days.Think about all of the people who got sick and died from being soaked and chilled to the bone in bad weather.

wisbaker · May 30, 2015

My dad used to haul cars. Got his truck back after an overhaul, made a trip with it and told them something wasn't right, they told him he was a dumb truck driver and to drive the darn thing. Made another trip and it quit, opened the hood and saw parts of connecting rod hanging out through a newly made hole in the side of the block. He called them and told them it threw a rod, what did they want him to do, they told him he was a dumb truck driver and they'd send a guy out to fix it. The road service guy came out opened the hood, well I guess he must of been a little smarter 'cause he could identify what rods came through the block. So dad signed the ticket, the company had to pay $250 but a least they had a "certified" mechanic tell them the #5 and #6 rod went through the side of the block and dad got 2 more hours breakdown time waiting for them to get a guy out to tell them what he told them.

paul · May 30, 2015

Brother in law used to run dispatch and other such for a few trucking companies.

He said farmers as truckers were a mixed blessing.

They always brought the truck back home, never had much trouble just kept running.

But, you had to look the truck over so close, with all the baling wire and vice grips holding stuff together, as they never said what had gone wrong along the way.....

Paul

Fawteen · May 30, 2015

No kidding!

I even bought a remote control outlet so I can plug the block heater in when I park it and turn it on from the house when I get up in the morning.

I wonder if they make remote starters for tractors???

Hmmmmmmmmmm...."8^)

T in NE · May 31, 2015

When I was driving truck mechanics hated me. Tell them they may want to check a drive line, sounds like the carrier bearing may be going. "You're hearing things. You can't hear something like that." A week later it got towed in with the (very twisted) driveshaft strapped on behind the cab.

Donald Lehman · May 31, 2015

Gotta laugh at your reply! We loaded two loads of logs the day before yesterday and "the hat under the faucet" proved to be somewhat "inadequate" at 80 plus degrees in the direct sun. (smile)

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