Search results

Love my job lol

My daily laugh is from work today,guy brought his car in Monday,he tried to change to the window motor,it had the old style spring loaded window regulator,says he needs it put back together,doesn’t think the window motor was his problem,so I get a car that has the door in pieces,and broken glass...

I work on diesel trucks and yes I know they love to be run but trucks can’t be run at wot all the time and they last for hundreds of thousand miles,even the city and construction trucks where they spend most the day idling with guys sleeping in them lol,of course the dpf and egr systems don’t...

Are y’all talking mostly from an hst side of running rpm?i have a gear tractor,I use the foot throttle control more then anything and rpms always vary,only time it runs at pto speed which is around 2500 rpm on mine is when I’m bush hogging

I grew up in Illinois and start my wrenching career there,done hundreds of manifold bolt extractions,tig welder is the most effective tool that I’ve found,can get much better penetration then a mig,especially when they recessed a good bit,but fortunately I left the north about 5 years...

I put a jack stand under the back of mine when I raise it on the 3 pt,even with a new tractor any thing can happen

Another thing I do when bush hogging in unknown areas it keep the bucket rolled all the way back and keep it almost all the way down on the ground,helps to find objects on the ground before you hit them with the mower

The blades will stick out as u say when it starts to spin,they should pivot freely on the center hub,I’ve used wd40 to free them up,spray where the pin holds the blades to the hub,also make sure the hub didn’t get bent not allowing them to move free

I use a two bottom plow on my l3200,it works but needs to be in 4wd

Been on tractors my whole life,grandparents on both sides of my family had large farms in Illinois,my dad’s side started renting their fields before I was born,my moms side is still farming today with my uncle doing it,growing up during the summer my mom hold drop me and my older sister off at...

Ain’t the the thing u plug your extension cord into? Lol,but seriously,lots of good points on tool,I’ve spent thousands of dollars on tools at work from snap on,Matco and Mac,at home I’ve been buying the kobalt stuff from lowes,even switched to them for my cordless tools at work,only thing I can...

Mine was flat until it got bent clearing brush/trees

Just received my Titan pallet forks tonight,I don’t have the pirhana bar on my bucket,you will have plenty of room to clamp it down but I don’t know how the bar will affect it,clamp part is probably about 6 inches back on mine with the plain bucket,forks about 4 inches wide so may not fit...

Get the tractor jacked up just enough to roll the tire into place to get on the studs,if necessary use a pry bar under tire to get it up into place,I don’t deal with filled tractor tires all day but do deal with big truck tires,shouldn’t be that bad to roll into position,should be able to turn...

I live just a little farther south of you but this time of year I never use the glow plugs to start my tractor or truck,usually under 50 degrees I’ll use them,don’t have experience working on tractors but I do work on diesel trucks,quick way to check glow plugs is resistance check between the...

Wish I had that problem when it came to tractors and wife lol

Have you made sure in between the fins of the radiator are clean?i have to blow the radiator out at least once a year,dirt will get past the screen

Had a customer last week complaining her heated seat wasn’t working right,it’s 100 damn degrees out,who the heck uses a heated seat

Took a vacation about a month ago to Illinois to visit family,was hotter in Illinois then Louisiana,has changed since lol,got a cool front coming thru now,low 90s,temp in the shop I work in has been over 100 for most of June and July

I’m using 5 gallon cans right now but looking to get a bigger setup up,seems I’m always needing fuel,can get off road fuel at a station two miles down the road,don’t know about sea foam but I use hot shots fuel treatment in my truck and tractor,use their oil treatment in the truck as well, 05...