Got a little too much sun yesterday and got sick so I didn't get a whole lot done today except wet sand a paint job I did on a truck and eliminate an ornery old nasty tom cat I've been stalking for awhile. I plan on getting a full day in tomorrow. Back twenty and thirty years ago I'd bale hay out in the sun all afternoon, as all farm boys did then and I could get up the next morning and help stack four or five loads in the barn before the baling started all over again in the afternoon. Sometimes I'd be so hot I'd feel like dieing but I kept going. I was too proud to go sit in the shade for awhile. Today if I get so hot in the sun I feel like dieing it might happen. Back in 2005 I was by Midland SD on the harvest trying to keep up with the breakdowns on 12 combines. The temp in the digital readouts in the pickups read 115 degrees sitting in the stubble. I thought I'd show those young bucks in the air conditioned cabs this old guy could keep going no matter how hot it is, and I did, but it took it's toll. Do you know how hot it is raplacing the PTO clutch in a CIH 2388 when the temp is 115 when the engine is still hot? Jim
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Today's Featured Article - Hydraulics - Cylinder Anatomy - by Curtis von Fange. Let’s make one more addition to our series on hydraulics. I’ve noticed a few questions in the comment section that could pertain to hydraulic cylinders so I thought we could take a short look at this real workhorse of the circuit. Cylinders are the reason for the hydraulic circuit. They take the fluid power delivered from the pump and magically change it into mechanical power. There are many types of cylinders that one might run across on a farm scenario. Each one could take a chapter in
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