Soundguy
Old Timer
- Joined
- Mar 11, 2002
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- Central florida
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- RK 55HC,ym1700, NH7610S, Ford 8N, 2N, NAA, 660, 850 x2, 541, 950, 941D, 951, 2000, 3000, 4000, 4600, 5000, 740, IH 'C' 'H', CUB, John Deere 'B', allis 'G', case VAC
Drove the 5000 w/10' 3pt mower down the road to my pasture this am to cut about 7 ac of cow pasture... was about 5.5 ac into it when i hear a loud snap and Klang, and feel the mower tug oddly. I was on the clutch fast and looked back to see my right lower lift arm not hooked up...
After i got down to check it out, I find that the right side cat 2 lift pin on the mower sheared off at the a-frame support ( 1/2" thick a-frame bolted to 1/2" plate coming off mower deck. ) Setup uses the lift pin as a forward bolt. then has 2 1/2" bolts making atriangle pattern.. for each side. Top of aframe has another couple 1/2" bolts and spacers.. yada yada..
Mower was dug in the ground good.. didn't feel like dropping her completely as I thought I might have a time hitching back up with 1 corner buried 4".. After looking around I see the mower hit the stub of the old pin and tossed it a ways,.. no apparent blade damage. Looks like my sway chains keeper nuts loosened up and allowe dthere to be some side to side movement and when i went around that last corner it popped the pin clean off.
Had to call the wife on the cellphone.. luckilly she was in the next pasture trying to teach some manners to a mule. We rode tot he house and I rummaged around and found a spare cat 2 pin, and then loade dup my farm jack, 3/4" socket set.. a couple BFH's and a copper maul.. a big drift, and a few assorted large pipe wrenches and adjustable wrenches, as well as a couple extra har pins to use as drifts if needed.. and a new lynch pin.
Had to drive the slug of the old pin out and then loosen that side of the a-frame bracket so i could get the new pin in. It had a single nut and lock nut. I salvaged the old nut from the remnants of the old pin and used it like a keeper nut. In all.. betweent he drive time, gathering tools and the repair.. I killed an extra 1.5 hours on a job that should have only been a couple hours anyway. Oh well.
After the fix, I had to finagle with the pto shaft and toplink to get them out of a bind so I could then get that other arm hitched.
Once on the go I took her easy for a pas to make sure I had everything buttoned up... Poured the fuel to her after that and knocked out the last acer or soe and then headed for home.
The worst part about it was the longhorn that kept coming over every time I stepped of fthe tractor or mower deck. ( I got a real pushy cow that will get on ya if not carefull ).. so i had to keep an eye on the hostile bovine while working. Nothing like that to keep you alert..
In short.. check that linkage often!!!
soundguy
After i got down to check it out, I find that the right side cat 2 lift pin on the mower sheared off at the a-frame support ( 1/2" thick a-frame bolted to 1/2" plate coming off mower deck. ) Setup uses the lift pin as a forward bolt. then has 2 1/2" bolts making atriangle pattern.. for each side. Top of aframe has another couple 1/2" bolts and spacers.. yada yada..
Mower was dug in the ground good.. didn't feel like dropping her completely as I thought I might have a time hitching back up with 1 corner buried 4".. After looking around I see the mower hit the stub of the old pin and tossed it a ways,.. no apparent blade damage. Looks like my sway chains keeper nuts loosened up and allowe dthere to be some side to side movement and when i went around that last corner it popped the pin clean off.
Had to call the wife on the cellphone.. luckilly she was in the next pasture trying to teach some manners to a mule. We rode tot he house and I rummaged around and found a spare cat 2 pin, and then loade dup my farm jack, 3/4" socket set.. a couple BFH's and a copper maul.. a big drift, and a few assorted large pipe wrenches and adjustable wrenches, as well as a couple extra har pins to use as drifts if needed.. and a new lynch pin.
Had to drive the slug of the old pin out and then loosen that side of the a-frame bracket so i could get the new pin in. It had a single nut and lock nut. I salvaged the old nut from the remnants of the old pin and used it like a keeper nut. In all.. betweent he drive time, gathering tools and the repair.. I killed an extra 1.5 hours on a job that should have only been a couple hours anyway. Oh well.
After the fix, I had to finagle with the pto shaft and toplink to get them out of a bind so I could then get that other arm hitched.
Once on the go I took her easy for a pas to make sure I had everything buttoned up... Poured the fuel to her after that and knocked out the last acer or soe and then headed for home.
The worst part about it was the longhorn that kept coming over every time I stepped of fthe tractor or mower deck. ( I got a real pushy cow that will get on ya if not carefull ).. so i had to keep an eye on the hostile bovine while working. Nothing like that to keep you alert..
In short.. check that linkage often!!!
soundguy
