Messing around in the shop

[RoamingGnome]

Looks like you had an interesting and productive day
...and open face gears - That brings back some memories of working on old Link Belt crawler cranes...
didn't think I'd ever get that sticky black open face gear lube off me

[Eugen]

Fun day eh? Which cylinder is leaking on the 648?

You have a pretty big garden, you till it all with the walk behind tiller?

[JSinMO]

Fun day eh? Which cylinder is leaking on the 648?

You have a pretty big garden, you till it all with the walk behind tiller?

All of them! actually at this point the cylinders on the hoe can wait. It’s the loader and power steering cylinders on the front that are leaking bad and draining my oil tank.

I do till it all with a walk behind. I had a bigger walk behind but the engine finally gave up, haven’t come across a new one yet. It beats doing it all with a hoe! Although now that I have the 446 maybe I’ll come across a tiller for it.

[Eugen]

I don't know about you but leaking oil is one of those things that bothers me quite a bit! The good news is that the loader cylinders are quite easy to deal with when you decide to tackle them!

[JSinMO]

A beautiful evening to hangout in the shop. I decided to try and finish up my adjustments and replace the broken pick up teeth on the baler.
I tried to use the 446 to bring it in, but it’s way to heavy. I broke the hitch I made for the 3 point now I can see how crappy my weld was. Oh well I’ll bang it back in place and weld it again!

I think I’m just about ready to try to make some more hay!

[Eugen]

Makes me wonder if there's a weight limits for the 3pth. Weld it again and it'll be fine!

[JSinMO]

Makes me wonder if there's a weight limits for the 3pth. Weld it again and it'll be fine!

Good question. I don’t know the answer, but I have to think these three points could handle 700 to 1000 lbs. It might handle the weight of that baler. I move it with my pickup and it does squat it a bit, but I knew I was surpassing my welding ability! I stuck it back together today, we’ll see how long it lasts this time!

[Timj]

Makes me wonder if there's a weight limits for the 3pth. Weld it again and it'll be fine!

I was moving stuff around so I could mow behind the barn where I have my equipment parked. I was moving the trailers with the drawbar on the 4118. This 20' trailer was about all the 3pt could lift, then it picked the front off the ground.

Probably won't try it again unless it's totally empty.

[dhitching]

I was moving stuff around so I could mow behind the barn where I have my equipment parked. I was moving the trailers with the drawbar on the 4118. This 20' trailer was about all the 3pt could lift, then it picked the front off the ground.

I have to say my 6018 moves trailers around much better than my 4020 did hahaha. The 4020 was a wheelie machine with a big trailer on the back, I'd sit backwards on the hood and drive it like a forklift to keep the front end down! The short wheelbase and the extra weight up front definitely makes the 6018 and its 3pt my vehicle of choice when moving my 4500lb car hauler around the driveway, very maneuverable!

With a small trailer the 4020 looks cute though, so I use it anyways, even if it's not the beefiest machine.

Makes me wonder if there's a weight limits for the 3pth. Weld it again and it'll be fine!

The 6018 has a bit higher pressure relief on the lift circuit, but I've lifted enough with the 3pt to need a scoop of dirt in the bucket to keep the front end down! I can't speak for the J26 style hitches but the HH34 at least is a very stout unit.

[JSinMO]

I quickly cleaned up my crappy weld and hopefully applied a less crappy one to my homemade C channel hitch. After seeing the stuff @Timj and @dhitching are dragging around i had the confidence to see it work a little!

No problems, pulls fine. I’m sure I’ll overload it again at some point!