New JD4520 cab is destroyed
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dcyrilc
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Some nice lumber there.
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eepete
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Important criteria for site preparation for the new (current) house: No tree can fall and hit the house. Previous house was in the woods. It was very nice, but with a few hurricanes and microburst we had our moments and one tree on the house. Getting too old for that. Seems like the Red Oaks can fall down if an errant chickadee motors into them the wrong way.
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dcyrilc
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Any new word on the tractor?
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eepete
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I visited it Monday at the dealer (sounds like I'm visiting a friend in the hospital...). It's done, they should have the invoice Thursday and it might come back Friday. I had them move the loader QCs to the rear of the tractor for a TNT, I'll post pictures when it comes back. Waiting for side cylinder from CCM to finish that. If it shows up today or tomorrow they can put the connectors on it.
The did not use the top of the hood section with the headlights and Deere emblem, so that's going to the new tractor garage. Might wire up the headlights so I can turn them on.
Pete
The did not use the top of the hood section with the headlights and Deere emblem, so that's going to the new tractor garage. Might wire up the headlights so I can turn them on.
Pete
kennyd
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That would be cool! Put them on a motion detector and they can also serve as a little security light.
dcyrilc
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Glad to hear the tractor's close to being home. How have things gone with the insurance co?
I like kenny's idea for the motion sensor.
jenkinsph
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Pete,
Good news to hear the tractor is coming home, I hope the new shop building is complete too.
On the extended hydraulic lines for top n tilt, I have not had to disconnect mine since I bought the tractor. I mention this because in my opinion it serves no purpose to hard mount these couplers. Better to have them bundled farther in and out of the way of the hitch. It is still very easy to reach them to uncouple when needed. About the only time you will need to uncouple the top link is when using your phd. I do have the third scv couplers mounted for plugging in the various implements though.
Good news to hear the tractor is coming home, I hope the new shop building is complete too.
On the extended hydraulic lines for top n tilt, I have not had to disconnect mine since I bought the tractor. I mention this because in my opinion it serves no purpose to hard mount these couplers. Better to have them bundled farther in and out of the way of the hitch. It is still very easy to reach them to uncouple when needed. About the only time you will need to uncouple the top link is when using your phd. I do have the third scv couplers mounted for plugging in the various implements though.
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eepete
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kennyd: yeah, I'll probably do that. I'll put them on a ten volt supply so the bulbs last forever, maybe toss in a NTC resistor for slow start up.
The insurance co. is waiting for the repair bill. They were trying to get up with Deere (don't know who they were talking to) to get an estimate. When I told them it was being fixed, they decided to just wait for the bill. When they have that, then all that info goes to the "decider" and I'll see where I stand. The local scavenging effort goes on, so the $4600 for demolition looks like it might be as low as $1000 or lower. As per an earlier post, note that letting time pass worked out well but I had to have some $$s in reserve to be able to pay repair bills.
Steve: I had the dealer do the hydraulic work. I've never done it, so learning on this one time seemed like a bad idea plus I've got a lot of other stuff going on. I told them to use the QCs on the back, and described them as "in line" and tucked up under the tractor. Well, they mounted the plate in the rear. I brought my hydraulic top link in and had the plate moved up about 4" so all the hoses clear. So down side is QCs not as inconspicuous, up side is easy access when putting on the PHD. I'll put pix on the thread I started months ago on the subject so others can see your approach and what I ended up with. Sometimes miscommunication is serendipitous, other times it's just dippy
. I have the 3rd SCV for the cylinder on the sickle mower.
New tractor garage is at a point where I'm putting in studs so I can put up plywood walls. Here's a shot of part of the electrical work which is done and has passed inspection. It's raining today, so the task is the last step inside the house to connect water to the garage. Once the studs are up, I'm finally ready for insulation. Had to take a week off of that for the solar project, we finally had good weather and dry ground.
Pete
The insurance co. is waiting for the repair bill. They were trying to get up with Deere (don't know who they were talking to) to get an estimate. When I told them it was being fixed, they decided to just wait for the bill. When they have that, then all that info goes to the "decider" and I'll see where I stand. The local scavenging effort goes on, so the $4600 for demolition looks like it might be as low as $1000 or lower. As per an earlier post, note that letting time pass worked out well but I had to have some $$s in reserve to be able to pay repair bills.
Steve: I had the dealer do the hydraulic work. I've never done it, so learning on this one time seemed like a bad idea plus I've got a lot of other stuff going on. I told them to use the QCs on the back, and described them as "in line" and tucked up under the tractor. Well, they mounted the plate in the rear. I brought my hydraulic top link in and had the plate moved up about 4" so all the hoses clear. So down side is QCs not as inconspicuous, up side is easy access when putting on the PHD. I'll put pix on the thread I started months ago on the subject so others can see your approach and what I ended up with. Sometimes miscommunication is serendipitous, other times it's just dippy
. I have the 3rd SCV for the cylinder on the sickle mower.New tractor garage is at a point where I'm putting in studs so I can put up plywood walls. Here's a shot of part of the electrical work which is done and has passed inspection. It's raining today, so the task is the last step inside the house to connect water to the garage. Once the studs are up, I'm finally ready for insulation. Had to take a week off of that for the solar project, we finally had good weather and dry ground.
Pete
