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arrow · Mar 20, 2014

Gordon Gould said:
Choker Chain Grab Hook. Push it under the fallen log/tree, hook on to the choker chain, and then pull the choker chain under. A lot easier than pushing the pin end of the choker chain under and then trying to find it to grab it with your finger tips and pull it thru.

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Its also a lot easier than what we used to do of driving a log hook into the end and lifting it to get choker under it. Gosh we were stupid back then, Strong but stupid.

rasorbackq · Mar 22, 2014

Was tired of my logging winch snatch block . It had a bent pin and most times hard to hold the cable, get the chain around a tree and get the pin in to hold it all.
Ebay 5" sheave $30 scrap flat bar and 3/4 axle (old washing machine agitator axle) and a couple hours and its done.
Now just rotate it open , drop the cable in, close it. Drop the chain through the hole wrap around the tree hook it up and done.

1977212 · Mar 23, 2014

I modified my box blade to level an existing lawn. Or at least try to.

PhysAssist · Mar 23, 2014

rasorbackq said:
Was tired of my logging winch snatch block . It had a bent pin and most times hard to hold the cable, get the chain around a tree and get the pin in to hold it all.
Ebay 5" sheave $30 scrap flat bar and 3/4 axle (old washing machine agitator axle) and a couple hours and its done.
Now just rotate it open , drop the cable in, close it. Drop the chain through the hole wrap around the tree hook it up and done.

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I needed to pull the old brake discs off of my F350, and my HF hydraulic gear puller's arms were to short to span the diameter, so I cut and drilled longer side plates like yours shown here to make them reach. A few turns of the handle later the discs fell right off with a whimper.

My F150's discs were stuck so hard that it took several hours of heating them with a OA (non-cutting) torch, beating them with a drilling hammer, and cranking on the screw type gear puller my B-I-L borrowed from the printing shop is foreman at, normally used to pull the rollers out of the 5' rolls of paper they print on.

At that,we had let them cool while we ate Thanksgiving dinner, and then heard a very loud spanging sound, only to find the disc 4' away from the axle (where I had been standing to crank on the puller.)

Thank God we were too hungry to keep working.
Thomas

PhysAssist · Mar 23, 2014

wareagle50 said:
Well thank you sir. I think the pics make them look a little better than they really are. I cut the heads out of 1"x3" angle iron and the handles are old galv trampoline poles. I painted them and wrapped the handles with sandpaper tape. They work pretty dang good.

Bummer, I thought from the looks of those rakes, someone had finally found an actual use for a RatchetRake. :laughing:

Seriously though, those are awesome!

dieselcrawler · Apr 12, 2014

Made some internal snap ring plyers today at work. Replacing bearings on an L2850 kubota in the front wheel housing pivot. Found an old set of slip-jaws, a 1/8" 7018 welding rod and after a few minutes I had the flux knocked off the rod, cut 2 small pieces, and mig welded them on the plyers. Had about 20 minutes in it all together. Couldn't have drove 10 miles to town and bought some any cheaper or faster. Worked great!

Oliver1655 · Apr 17, 2014

To make the degree sign ° , hold the <alt> then using the number pad, 248

Here is a great reference to the ASCI codes:

Special Characters — Alt Keyboard Sequences

graydog111 · Apr 18, 2014

I was wanting a hand cleaner that worked as good as Goop brand, but without the hassle of prying off the lid of the plastic tub. I wanted a liquid, but Goop's Orange doesn't work as good as the white stuff. I gave up on that idea and decided to add some baking soda to it to make it gritty like the old Lava bar soap. When I mixed in the baking soda, the Goop turned into a liquid, exactly what I wanted. I poured that into an old Joy dish soap plastic squirt bottle. That makes a handy liquid Goop dispenser bottle I can carry on the tractor & combine and is much easier to use than the Goop tubs.

downsizingnow48 · Apr 18, 2014

Oh excellent! Thx for this.

bmaverick · Apr 19, 2014

graydog111 said:
I was wanting a hand cleaner that worked as good as Goop brand, but without the hassle of prying off the lid of the plastic tub. I wanted a liquid, but Goop's Orange doesn't work as good as the white stuff. I gave up on that idea and decided to add some baking soda to it to make it gritty like the old Lava bar soap. When I mixed in the baking soda, the Goop turned into a liquid, exactly what I wanted. I poured that into an old Joy dish soap plastic squirt bottle. That makes a handy liquid Goop dispenser bottle I can carry on the tractor & combine and is much easier to use than the Goop tubs.

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Nice tip. However, have you looked over the MSDS sheet for Goop? It has some questionable things in the reactive realm.
"Materials to Avoid: Strong oxidizers, ketones, nitric and sulfuric acids, halogens and halogen compounds." So, if you are spraying or putting down fertilizer with the tractor, use caution. It also has a storage issue, "Do not store above 140° F or below 10° F" So, living up north, do not leave a bottle on the tractor outside in the winter. It has a health warning of 1.

Now, a better hand cleaner is the GoJo Orange with that slightly gritty feel. It has no reactivity and no health level warning. Storage is still an issue at below freezing due to expansion in the container.

Around the farms, it's always good to read the MSDS sheets on simple things like hand cleaners to chemicals in the fields. Your hands, eyes, lungs and skin are important part of our bodies and livestock too.