sandman2234
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- Joined
- Dec 4, 2005
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- 6,019
- Location
- Jacksonville, Florida
- Tractor
- JD2555 and a few Allis Chalmers and now one Kubota
Soundguy,
You were almost right with my circumstance. I was operating a green tractor with a boxblade, no front weights, moving a pile of dirt that had been dug for a drainage ditch about 20 years previous. I started down the slope of the hill and the next thing I know, I am looking at the dirt, up close and personal. The tractor broke at the front of the bell housing. Best I can find, that tractor never had a loader or backhoe on it. We never even thought it might have had one. I suspected the previous owner had put a clutch in it and neglected to torque the bolts between the bell housing and engine. When they loosened up, they allowed a little bit too much play and the movement caused the bolts to break out of the engine casting.
A little longer bolts, some cast iron rods, and a lot of time put that tractor back in action and my wife's uncle still owns it.
The tractor is a Duetz 30-06
David from jax
You were almost right with my circumstance. I was operating a green tractor with a boxblade, no front weights, moving a pile of dirt that had been dug for a drainage ditch about 20 years previous. I started down the slope of the hill and the next thing I know, I am looking at the dirt, up close and personal. The tractor broke at the front of the bell housing. Best I can find, that tractor never had a loader or backhoe on it. We never even thought it might have had one. I suspected the previous owner had put a clutch in it and neglected to torque the bolts between the bell housing and engine. When they loosened up, they allowed a little bit too much play and the movement caused the bolts to break out of the engine casting.
A little longer bolts, some cast iron rods, and a lot of time put that tractor back in action and my wife's uncle still owns it.
The tractor is a Duetz 30-06
David from jax