What did you break today?

[Hay Dude]

Well I thought I nuked my dump truck PTO.
Started driving up the road, got about 2-3 miles @ 45MPH and looked down to see my PTO was on.
It still dumps, but might break prematurely. I bet I got that thing cherry red before I realized the switch was on.

More sleep is what I need…..

 

[BravoXray]

Well I thought I nuked my dump truck PTO.
Started driving up the road, got about 2-3 miles @ 45MPH and looked down to see my PTO was on.
It still dumps, but might break prematurely. I bet I got that thing cherry red before I realized the switch was on.

More sleep is what I need…..

When we were running a fleet of semi-dumps and a few PTO shafts and pumps got destroyed, we put rather loud beeper alarms in all the trucks using a pressure switch in the airline to the PTO. That pretty much eliminated PTO and pump problems.

 

[flyerdan]

Was spreading out a pile of gravel for the across the street neighbor last Thursday, the calcium finally got the leaking rear tire. Found a set of foam filled tires on FB for $150 so I should be good to go now. Those rims were a ticking time bomb when I brought it home 15 years ago, guess I can't complain.

 

[needmoredirt]

Broke a ZT tire stem. That's all I got today, but tomorrow is coming!

 

[scootr]

Rolled the golf cart wheel off the rim...it's way of telling me I told you I needed air!

 

[tacticalturnip]

Well, nabbed a photo. I couldn't straighten the rod out enough, and then realized the tube had been damaged as well.

So I'll probably retrieve a new one.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

I was checking air on my 40' trailer and one of the inside tires would not take any air. I stuck my head around to see a chunk about 5" missing from the tire. Pulled it off and noticed the rim was bent badly. Took it to a tire shop and a young man with a big sledge hammer bent it back into shape. Put a new tire and we are ready for a 300 mile day tomorrow....I hope....

 

[paulsharvey]

The bank account. Went with wife (both had to take off work) to get taxes straightened out and get tires mounted on her car.

 

[scootr]

The bank account. Went with wife (both had to take off work) to get taxes straightened out and get tires mounted on her car.

I hear ya - I had to send off 4 checks this AM to state and Fed. My bank acct is damaged. lol, Needed a new tire, now I'm looking at a HF inner tube

 

[tacticalturnip]

The bank account. Went with wife (both had to take off work) to get taxes straightened out and get tires mounted on her car.

Tires and taxes...

 

[paulsharvey]

Tires and taxes...

In her words, this is the worst date I've ever been on

 

[tacticalturnip]

In her words, this is the worst date I've ever been on

Good to see she has a sense of humor, it makes those situations easier, lol.

 

[Williy]

My taxes jumped over $400 this year.

willy

 

[sd455dan]

Grapple Tine, It was Only bent (trying to pry out a stump) and I decided to (Fix) it by pressing
View attachment 530063

Heh Heh, I welded that tine back together with 7018 right after that and am still using it.

 

[gstrom99]

Hope you bought the rental insurance

Nope. The SIL's known those guys for like 20 years. Didn't have a problem.

 

[tacticalturnip]

My taxes jumped over $400 this year.

willy

That is gross, I hope you didn't throw up.

 

[Lstlk2hi]

You know its been a long, long time since I've broken anything. Its because I'm all alone out here - NEVER have the cell phone with me when out working on the property( seldom get a signal of any strength ) - I'm just pretty darn careful. Nearest neighbor is well over two and a half miles away. Last thing I broke was my ring finger on my left hand - two years ago. Trimming up fallen trees - tripped on a darn limb - fell hard on my hand. Otherwise about eleven years ago I broke a socket using it with a breaker bar and had to replace the socket.

Walked into Sears, went to tools, handed gentleman 1" drive socket wrench that was missing the large end mostly. Bolt was stubborn so I added 6' long 2" diameter thick wall steel pipe. Ok, that didn't work. Fired up JD 300 Industrial loader/scraper and used loader front cutting edge to apply pressure. The bolt held and wrench outer shell on drive end shattered. No questions and new 30" socket wrench 1" drive handed me with a smile. We're in the same brackets oosik. Starting 7th decade in August, nearest neighbors are/were H and P of HP about 5 miles N and very few places on ranch that cell phone works properly. NW corner of living room built over the years starting in 19 teens years as a cabin kit. 20's the living room and hearth were built. Late 20s through early 40s more building on the house I live in and 2 more parcels acquired. Picnic grounds with dance floor, changing rooms, river rock terraces BBQ pits and other infrastructure adjacent to San Felipe Creek built over time. Concrete pylons(?) with 20' section now 1/4" steel rectangles 4' tall that rest on steel L affixed to concrete backs up a swimming area 1000' upstream a foot to 4 feet deep. It must be dismantled before huge oak root balls with trunks float past and using steel instead of double wall dimensional lumber takes a couple of hours to install and 20 minutes using a tractor loader to lift and move away from stream. I never met great uncle Tony who died same year as my birth. He and his friends did some gorgeous stone, brick and mortar work out here.

 

[sd455dan]

Tore a seal on the right rear axle brake rod (Ford 550 TLB).
Cheap part but sure makes for a leaky mess
until the old seal is replaced. Lost about 2 gallons of Hydraulic fluid since I last checked the rear axle. Ooops

 

[Yander]

About a dozen eggs. Had them on the fender of my trailer and forgot to get it off before taking tractor and trailer over to my big barn for the night. Got there and noticed eggs on my trailer, most broken, and remembered I set the can there after collecting them.

 

[WinterDeere]

I didn't break my fingernail, but I did manage to tear it half off today, while digging a stray rock out of the lawn with my bare fingers. Blood 'n dirt... great.