I've learned over the years to trust what I'm told from experienced mechanics, at least those that I know do good work. I had a shaft seize up on a manure spreader and it also booger-ed up the gear, so hauled it over to the guy I got it from new. He replaced the shaft and gear and also said the chain of the apron needed replaced. He said it would be about the same to get a new complete one as it would be to knock all the bars off and rivet them back on a new chain. I told him after 10 yrs that was probably right and go ahead and get a whole new one. I have had to replace broken links, after unloading it by hand, in 20 degree weather... didn't want to do that again. It was $800 but he could save me the freight if I could wait until he got a truckload shipment from the factory. Not being in heavy use then I waited. So, for about $1,200 total I have a like new spreader again and won't worry about busting an apron chain. Cost of these spreaders has gone up from a little over $4,000 then to now over $6,000 so I consider it dollars well spent.
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Today's Featured Article - Grain Threshing in the Early 40's - by Jerry D. Coleman. How many of you can sit there and say that you have plowed with a mule? Well I would say not many, but maybe a few. This story is about the day my Grandfather Brown (true name) decided along with my parents to purchase a new Ford tractor. It wasn't really new except to us. The year was about 1967 and my father found a good used Ford 601 tractor to use on the farm instead of "Bob", our old mule. Now my grandfather had had this mule since the mid 40's and he was getting some age on him. S
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