I'm Bored!!

Have a few weeks 'til hay harvest. Am toying with the notion of putting all new guards and a new sickel in my NH 495 "just because".

Anybody have an idea of what something like that would cost?

Thanks,

Allan

Even bad boys are just as good as they can be

The darned thing was cutting like a knife thru butter last year in the grass hay.

You know darned well your opinion carries a heck of a lot of weight with me. Are you telling me not to mess with it until it starts giving problems?

I just thought since it was an old used machine that it wouldn't hurt for it to have new parts. I sure don't know anything 'bout 'em.

I've also got an old NH 490 that I'm gonna oil up the chains and give 'er a spin just to see if I've got a "standby" machine. From what I experienced last year, seems like the darned New Hollands are just about bullet proof, no matter how old they are.

Allan

KEH

Jim

I like to put a new sickel in about every other year.

Guards seem to outlast about 4 sickels.

Not many rocks here though.

But mines only a 9' 492 NH.

Cost can't remember.

Got to go, daylite and I have beans to spray.

Gary

I just cannot stand "breakin' down". It absolutely sends me into a tailspin and totally ruins my day/life.

So, I try to "catch" and/or fix everything ahead of time. :>)

Allan

Planted some Sorgum/Sudan hybird on a small patch. On the way home from services I found a trailer for sale that I have been looking for for two years now and it was in my price range. So I was a tad delayed getting home to start. Every thing was checked out and set up the night before. Got loaded up and in the field about 4:00. In my first 100' the tractor died. Batt flat, no lights, no gages, no start, nothing. Think a cell broke / opened up, she had just started fine not 30 mins earlier. Went pulled batt outta truck and started tractor. First 100' looked good, make four passes, and think I give it another look. Seed in bin doesn't look right. Sure enough, I find a split shaft on the drive for the drill. 2 of 16 drops actually dropping seed. Fetch truck (take bat of of tractor) and go get welder. Pull shaft part way and spend an hour welding and grinding shaft. Can't find seed on any previous passes. Start over. Bout half way through the tractor dies again. Turns over good just no run. Check it over everthing seems right. Try again and starts right up. (shaking head) Does this twice more. (getting old) Pushing 7:00 only half done. Made two more rounds and she died again. This time no re-start. Called son and told to bring another tractor. While waiting figured out the fuel pump is bad. Got it to go long enough to get it out of the way. Hook up second tractor finished planting. What should have taken mabey 2, 2 1/2 hours took a little more than 6. Get home little after 10 and still have to feed 15 bottle calfs.

Whew! Think I'll throw up the old hands and move to town anyway, just out of respect for you! :>)

We get "tested" sometimes, don't we?

Allan