Re: BEWARE!! BECARFULL, ALL NEWBEE'S AND OTHERS

Posted by Hugh MacKay on August 25, 2006 at 03:30:49 from (216.208.58.107):

In Reply to: BEWARE!! BECARFULL, ALL NEWBEE'S AND OTHERS posted by Magman on August 24, 2006 at 17:27:25:

Jon: Since last evening, I decided you deserved a better answer than the other guy was more humerous. Personally I tend to stay away from engine, TA, etc. rebuilds. My experience was using tractors not rebuilding them. I have never tackled and engine or TA rebuild. I never had the time or the expertise to try it and now that I have the time, I don't think I'll broaden my expertise. I have a tractor that needs an engine rebuild, I'm going to ship it off to a rebuilder. Sure it will cost me $2,500. to $3,000. but it will come with a guarentee.

One of the most common statements we see on this forum is, " My TA is gone again." I expect a lot of folks don't have the expertise to rebuild a TA, but they waste money trying it. My experience with 5 different TA equiped tractors, is they are good for about 10,000 hours between rebuilds.

This forum is not all picnic for guys giving advice. Many times I see guys trying to answer questions without enough info. It's painful to watch. What is more painful, you go back to the guy looking for more info, and he never responds. It almost seems as though they treat it as an insult, to think you would ask a question. When I came to YT almost 6 years ago it was very common for a guy seeking advice, to be at the same time apologizing for a long post. I was one of the first to get after those guys. I would say don't cut it short, sometimes it just takes that many words to describe the problem.

I once got into a disk building project here on YT, with a guy close to a 1,000 miles away from me. He had a Super C and wanted a 24 blade disk. All 24 blade disks in his area were in the $600.+ range. He could buy a 44 blade disk for$100. I said why not buy the 44 blade disk and cut it down. After Mon., Tues. and Wed. and about 12 full page e mails each, I never heard tell of him on Thurs., Fri., Sat. or Sun. By Sun. I made up my mind he was so annoyed with me for getting him into this, that he would never speak to me again.

On Mon. am I rose to find an incomming e mail with attachments. Yes, 3 photos of a Super C tractor out disking with the new 24 blade disk. I've never had another encounter here at YT that gave me as much satisfaction. You know something, 90% of that success goes to the guy who built the disk. He had the shop, with equipment, but most of all he had the fabrication expertise and excellent communication skills.

To you and everyone else, I can't stress enough the importance of those communication skills. Don't be afraid to ask and answer questions, doesn't matter which side of the question your on.
EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION IS WHAT WILL MAKE THIS FORUM EXCELLENT.

Replies:

• Re: BEWARE!! BECARFULL, ALL NEWBEE'S AND OTHERS Allan In NE 03:36:18 08/25/06 (2)
  • Re: BEWARE!! BECARFULL, ALL NEWBEE'S AND OTHERS Hugh MacKay 12:59:26 08/25/06 (0)
  • Re: BEWARE!! BECARFULL, ALL NEWBEE'S AND OTHERS El Toro 04:26:03 08/25/06 (0)

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