Who will stop and take pictures of a nail through the finger........someone like me who would also take one of a messed up finger that just about had the end taken off......
This was the worst OOPS I have had in nearly 25 years. I might not get hurt often, but I definitely save up so I do it right when I do.
The first pic was the Mon before Christmas, right after I got to the ER, but before the doc had done anything.
The second is after doc deadend it and cut away everything that had become detached and had died. It was bandaged up looking like this.
The third was about 2 weeks later. It's amazing how resilient the human body is. It's been a little over two months now, and I have something akin to a nail coming back. I just stopped wearing any kind of bandage/cover on it last week. The feeling still isn't right, but it's getting there as I work with it and get used to the 'new' feeling.
On the mechanical side of things, the pin came out of a customers machine. They wondered why the cylinder had so much slop in it.
The last one is the #1 piston out of a 3306 CAT engine with less than 100 hours on a fresh rebuild. It's the only engine I have ever warrantied....and it wasn't my fault. A cracked head meant a brand new, fully loaded head was purchased and used on this engine. For some reason the stem broke on #1 intake just below the head. If you look you can see the mark where the valve embedded into the top of the piston before shattering it.
The company we got the head from warranted it, even though it was technically out of the warranty period of 1 year (the machine wasn't used regularly at the time). I installed a new piston and liner. The old girl is once again up and running like a top.....and has been for several years now.....
Upload one or more videos to your post. Photo filesizes should be less than 300K and Videos, less than 2MB. Formats allowed are gif, jpg, png, ogg, mp4, mov, and avi. Be sure to use filenames without spaces or special characters, and filetypes of 3 digits lower case.
We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]
Today's Featured Article - Earthmaster Project Progress Just a little update on my Earthmaster......it's back from the dead! I pulled the head, and soaked the stuck valves with mystery oil overnight, re-installed the head, and bingo, the compression returned. But alas, my carb foiled me again, it would fire a second then flood out. After numerous dead ends for a replacement carb, I went to work fixing mine.I soldered new floats on the float arm, they came from an old motorcycle carb, replaced the packing on the throttle shaft with o-rings, cut new ga
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
1964 I-H 140 tractor with cultivators and sidedresser. Starts and runs good. Asking 2650. CALL RON AT 502-319-1952
[More Ads]
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy
TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.
