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[StuartDK45SE]

I put together a video of spreading ammonium sulfate. Too bad I only got 1/4 inch of rain this week.

Neat video. I received maybe 2.5" here. I should have got fertilizer last week, but that is when they were predicting like 6"-8". Oh well.

 

[cat fever]

So I was just having a good time cutting hay then BAM. I look back and the PTO driveline is on the ground. Can't get a new one till Monday so I guess I get a day off.:laughing:

I can't see any other damage so that's good. New yoke is 217 bucks OUCH!!!!!

 

[StuartDK45SE]

Ooops

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

So I was just having a good time cutting hay then BAM. I look back and the PTO driveline is on the ground. Can't get a new one till Monday so I guess I get a day off.:laughing:

I can't see any other damage so that's good. New yoke is 217 bucks OUCH!!!!!


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First a shear bolt and now a driveshaft....is something in a bind or the blades totally dull?

 

[Bigfoot62]

First a shear bolt and now a driveshaft....is something in a bind or the blades totally dull?

Could be a dry cup on the U-joint. Only 3 sides getting grease. I've seen it before.


Cat Fever, thanks for taking the time to share your pics. A long, long time ago, I was working a construction job near Evanston, WY. Had a cousin that lived in Preston, ID. I went up and visited several times. Pretty country.

 

[cat fever]

I'm no metal fatigue expert, but I think it's just old and will not last forever.

I was at the top of the hill and turning kinda sharp when it broke. Also I had raised the cutter bar with the PTO engaged.

Question; Can I leave the PTO engaged with the cutter raised? Or should I be shutting off the PTO every time I raise the cutter bar?

 

[dieselcrawler]

We mowed the fields at my parents last weekend. Got rained on, so quality is lower, but it did dry enough to bale. We put in about 500 small square bales. Some of the heavy ones went to my father in law for his cows, the rest came home to our barn.

I ended up running the MF 12 baler with my JD 3005, and used dad's MF 135 for the rake, as the old wheel rake he has wasn't going to fit my 3005 right. The baler was a workout for my lil 3005, but it got the job done. As expected, there was about 20-25 mis-ties, the inboard knotter on the baler always gives us issues.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I put together a video of spreading ammonium sulfate. Too bad I only got 1/4 inch of rain this week.

Thanks for the video. I hope you get some rain soon.

 

[cat fever]

No picture to prove it but I baled 800 bales today. Give or take that's half the field. (small squares)

 

[japody]

No picture to prove it but I baled 800 bales today. Give or take that's half the field. (small squares)

That's some pretty hay fields you have.