Henro
Super Member
- Joined
- Jul 4, 2003
- Messages
- 5,977
- Location
- Few miles north of Pgh, PA
- Tractor
- Kubota B2910, BX2200, KX41-2V mini EX
Well it happened. I knew it was a possibility...and tried to be careful and avoid it. I knew the risks and took care not to go beyond the limits...I pulled it out constantly before I needed to. I repeatedly inserted and withdrew to be sure everything would go as expected...
But it happended anyway. I got my auger stuck!
Fortunately I remembered posts by other's here and did not bend it by trying to rock it back and forth in an attempt to break it free. I stopped and decided to just get a pipe wrench and screw it out while it was attached to the PHD gearbox. Probably a bad idea as it must have been bound up a bit...a conclusion I reached one broken pipe wrench later... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
No problem...just take the auger off the gear box shaft and turn it out by itself. Wait...I can't get the wrenches on the bolts...that guard is in the way...That guard that WAS there was in the way. But before I could get to the past tense, I had to get the auger off before I could get the guard off... /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Power up the tractor again, and screw the auger in a little deeper to get the two bolts for the auger to line up with the holes in the guard...hope this is the right thing to do...already broke one 18" pipe wrench. Lucky me got the bolts lined up with the holes on the first try...
Auger is now naked in the ground...my 14" pipe wrench is too small to grab the shaft...put the bolts back in the auger and that gave the smaller wrench something to grip on...the 4' cheeter bar was enough to get it turning backwards. After it gets turning it seems easier to turn each revolution.
Funny thing was how fast it screwed itself in when it grabbed on that root. Like right NOW! Talk about down pressure. There must be a lot of down pressure when one of the flutes is under a strong root or rock!
Sorry Rhino, but those guards at the top of the auger are history now. Why could they not be more easily removable when needed to be? The one on the end of the PTO shaft at the PHD gearbox input shaft is.
Nothing intersting about seeing an auger screwed into the ground...so instead attached is a pic of my cheap "drop forged jaws" pipe wrench...now two pieces. Drop forged jaws...maybe...drop forged handle...nope, cast iron by the looks of it. And I was only using a 3' cheeter pipe to boot! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
But it happended anyway. I got my auger stuck!
Fortunately I remembered posts by other's here and did not bend it by trying to rock it back and forth in an attempt to break it free. I stopped and decided to just get a pipe wrench and screw it out while it was attached to the PHD gearbox. Probably a bad idea as it must have been bound up a bit...a conclusion I reached one broken pipe wrench later... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
No problem...just take the auger off the gear box shaft and turn it out by itself. Wait...I can't get the wrenches on the bolts...that guard is in the way...That guard that WAS there was in the way. But before I could get to the past tense, I had to get the auger off before I could get the guard off... /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Power up the tractor again, and screw the auger in a little deeper to get the two bolts for the auger to line up with the holes in the guard...hope this is the right thing to do...already broke one 18" pipe wrench. Lucky me got the bolts lined up with the holes on the first try...
Auger is now naked in the ground...my 14" pipe wrench is too small to grab the shaft...put the bolts back in the auger and that gave the smaller wrench something to grip on...the 4' cheeter bar was enough to get it turning backwards. After it gets turning it seems easier to turn each revolution.
Funny thing was how fast it screwed itself in when it grabbed on that root. Like right NOW! Talk about down pressure. There must be a lot of down pressure when one of the flutes is under a strong root or rock!
Sorry Rhino, but those guards at the top of the auger are history now. Why could they not be more easily removable when needed to be? The one on the end of the PTO shaft at the PHD gearbox input shaft is.
Nothing intersting about seeing an auger screwed into the ground...so instead attached is a pic of my cheap "drop forged jaws" pipe wrench...now two pieces. Drop forged jaws...maybe...drop forged handle...nope, cast iron by the looks of it. And I was only using a 3' cheeter pipe to boot! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif