Hopin' Just Maybe???

Started tryin' to bring this old hay-head back from the dead today.

Me thinks if I can straighten all the forks and do a little hot wrench fabrication, I might be able to save it in somewhat "fair" condition.

Then maybe, just have to buy one hydraulic female connector, one pillow block and that one missing tooth, which will probably cost me a small fortune, if things run true to form at the parts house. :>(

Allan

How are those teeth attached? I have lost three, found two but the third is still missing. Some of the remaining teeth have been welded, others just bolted. What would you recommend?

Dug

See those two bolts at the back of each tooth? Take those out and the thing should just pull out towards the front if it is anything like an F-10 manure head.

I think the teeth on both the F-11 and F-10 are the same, but the F-10 uses a U-bolt instead of these machine thru-bolts.

Have you priced the things yet? I'm almost scared to ask.

When I get the hydraulics ready, I'm gonna straddle a tree with the forks and give 'em a tug with a tractor. These steel forks should straighten, I think. Heck, they bent. :>)

Allan

I guess you were right about that tooth costing $10. But, for some darned reason, they made me add another $42.62 to that amount before they'd push it across the counter to my side. :>)

Pillow block cap only came to $12-something, so guess I can live with it. Grease zerk, was extra, of course. :>(

Allan

Dug

I would have thought that those old teeth would cost me an arm and a leg.

Just went and measured the darn things; you're right, it has the new style thick ones. Should have remembered those old thin ones were painted red.

Thanks! I'm off to see your buddy in the morning.

Allan