Hydralic fittings

[curly]

Curly, a year from now you're going to look back at all this new tractor owner stuff and laugh out loud...

If I haven't sold you this tricked out "Thorn in my flesh" by then.

 

[IslandTractor]

Curly, a year from now you're going to look back at all this new tractor owner stuff and laugh out loud. Yes, you will break more stuff. But every time you break something you will learn something.

Ain't that the truth. I managed to destroy a brand new hydraulic coupler over the weekend by tightening it just a bit too much. In retrospect I should have realized it was aluminum not brass like the others. I smooshed it, fracturing the contact cup and thereby ruining the seal. Ah well, another $30 for a replacement hose down the tube. Lesson to self, pay attention to the material and don't over tighten. It is always easy to tighten a bit more or add teflon tape if it leaks but you can't do much with a broken fitting.

 

[curly]

... I managed to destroy a brand new hydraulic coupler over the weekend by tightening it just a bit too much...

Yeah, that's what I did to get the hydralic shower, over tighten the new connector. The second one I just drove off from the grapple without unhooking the hose...crocky man.

 

[Dougster]

If I haven't sold you this tricked out "Thorn in my flesh" by then.

There is no way on this earth that you are going to sell me that magnificent new beast. Your fun has only just begun!

Dougster

 

[Dougster]

Ain't that the truth. I managed to destroy a brand new hydraulic coupler over the weekend by tightening it just a bit too much...

And last week I managed to put a very expensive set of scratches in my backhoe bucket cylinder rod.



That's just life in the tractor world.

Dougster

 

[john_bud]

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Yes, you will break more stuff. But every time you break something you will learn something.


Dougster

Dougster,


Having followed many of your posts, you must be the smartest man in the world!



jb

 

[Dougster]

Dougster, Having followed many of your posts, you must be the smartest man in the world!
jb

Okay for you JB! Go ahead and have your fun! I may learn everything the hard way... but at least I am learning!

Dougster

 

[curly]

Allright...got the new fittings home and on the tractor. Then FINALLY got that grapple back on. I can't see that thing when I'm trying to drive into it. So, I had it kinda opened up sitting on the driveway and had my 9 yr old directing me. She said yeah, you got it, now go up. I just knocked it over. So I had to hook the chain to it and pick it back up. When I finally got it on it was dark and all I could see was a drip coming from the newly added fittings. Man, I've got nothing done since I bgt this tractor.

It'll get better...right?

 

[Rara Avis]

Okay for you JB! Go ahead and have your fun! I may learn everything the hard way... but at least I am learning!

Dougster

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[Dougster]

Allright...got the new fittings home and on the tractor. Then FINALLY got that grapple back on. I can't see that thing when I'm trying to drive into it. So, I had it kinda opened up sitting on the driveway and had my 9 yr old directing me. She said yeah, you got it, now go up. I just knocked it over. So I had to hook the chain to it and pick it back up.

Now you know why I own a nice, stable "flat-bottomed" grapple!

When I finally got it on it was dark and all I could see was a drip coming from the newly added fittings. Man, I've got nothing done since I bgt this tractor. It'll get better...right?

Correct. You can only go uphill from here!

Dougster