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Posted by John S-B on June 14, 2005 at 19:37:18 from (64.12.117.7):
I got an old horse drawn manure spreader that I finally had some time to use. Problem was I broke one of the links for the bars that draw the manure to the beaters when I was trying to loosen up all the rusted drive pulleys.
So to TSC I went, natch they did'nt have the size I needed. That's okay 'cause I did'nt want to buy 10 feet of chain to replace one link.
So what to do?
I ended up wrapping some heavy wire through the links and twisting it with some channel locks to tighten it. Then I put a hose clamp on and tightened it up the rest of the way.
Well it held! I was pretty darn proud of myself. I could imagine Roger Welsch standing there giving an approving nod.
Got me to thinking, what kind of ingenious solutions to equipment problems have you guys come up with? I remember my grandfather had some pretty neat things he cobbled up around the farm.
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