Jumpin' the Gun

Pacing around like a cat in a cage. Decided to take Dug's advice and go out and grease something. :>)

Looks awful small compaired to that fold-wing outfit I used to have, but it'll do.....just as long as it gets me out there again!

Allan

I just watch and do what you fellas, who know what you are doing, do. :>)

Thanks Buddy,

Allan

Yeah, and remember how they always filled up 'on their own'? :>)

I noticed on this one, the guy who previously owned it had it set at the "extreme" factory angle of cut.

However, a fella can pull those pins, move the gangs another 2 inches towards ‘more angle’ and then drop the pins in "wrong".

She'll 'for sure' go in the ground without any weight. :>)

Have a good Sunday,

Allan

That is a "face" laying sideways with a grin. Two eyes, a nose, and a smile. :>)

Allan

Hope your grease job went a little smoother than mine. Just got back from a "s'more fire" at my brothers and we discussed, in great detail, the intricacies of filling a grease gun. Turns out neither of us knows how to do it, we just keep messing with it till grease starts coming out and we pray it will continue until we are done. Nothin' like a couple of city slickers moving to the farm and buying "toys"!

Dug

Those old guns were really fun to fill back in the days before they came out with the cartridges.

Had to fill 'em out of a 5 gallon bucket and use that plunger to 'suck' the grease up into the barrel. So, instead of carrying extra cartridges to the field, we had to carry extra 'previously loaded' guns. :>)

Yeah, I guess you're right. If you are born into something it just seems natural; whereas coming into something later in life, there is more of a 'learning curve'.

Hey! Tell ya what I’ll do, the next time I load my gun, I’ll take some pictures to kinda give you some idea of how it is done. Would that help?

Allan

Yep, it's a 370 14' model.

I drove by it at a dealer's lot, turned around and went in and looked it over; blades have 1/2" wear and all the bearings have been replaced.

I bought it on the spot 'cause it is just like the one my Dad used to have and I, like you, rode that ol' devil across a million acres also.

You've got a decent, upstanding boy there, Pard

Allan

Here's our "garden disc". It's handy to have around. IH called it 8'-3". They sell like hotcakes around here. It's easy to move on the road because of it's width. This is a model #350. Real good disc. lots of weight per blade. We sold off the last disc that we actually used for field work, some 10 years ago. It was a John Deere 220 Flex-Fold. If memory serves me, it was 20'-9". Everything is no-till around here. Tillage equipment is more of a novelty item anymore. John

Ain't that the cutest little devil! Bet you can run right up a tree row with that little guy.

Yep, lots of the guy's are going no-till around here too. It’s the darned economics of the game, I guess.

Allan

I can't hardly say; I've just never been around the 06s of any size;....

Wish I could be more help to ya,

Allan

Yeah, I've seen those monsters! My little pee-brain can't even get around those huge things.

Hence, the 220+ horsepower, FWA tractors nowadays?

Allan