Posted by rrlund on March 31, 2011 at 16:22:36 from (207.241.137.116):
OK,let me see everybodys hands. Somebody's been messing with my manure spreader. I used this Gehl 250 spreader with a T-bar apron all winter without much trouble. When it warmed up and turned everything to liquid,I hooked on to the Meyer V-Max type spreader. Tuesday,I started cleaning barns and hooked back on to the Gehl. Right off the bat,if not every first load,then every second load,the apron would jump one link on one side. If I didn't loosen it up,jump it back and re tighten it,it would jump another link on the next load then slip off the front idler. I fooled with it all afternoon Tuesday,getting filthy about every load,adjusting everything 6 ways from Sunday and no luck. Yesterday,I changed one paddle that had been bent and straightened,thought it might be twisted and riding up. Still no fix. Thought I had it last night. Worked til almost dark rebuilding one shoe where the apron rides back up into the frame.Figured a paddle was catching. Second load this morning,it jumped again. Out of pure frustrated desperation,I started counting links. Sure enough,one spot in the chain,there was 5 links on one side,6 on the other. For the life of me I don't remember having it apart. Something must have been wrong last time I used it because there was a small pile of manure in the garden where I unhooked it and I remember letting it run to clean out,but can't remember what I had to fix. Obviously the chain must have come apart and I lost a link in the road or the field,but I don't remember it. Guess I'm one more day closer to needing a trained chimp follow along to make sure I can find my way home. I can't imagine anybody being clever enough or wanting to get that dirty as a practical joke!
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