Rounded off drain plug

[Redlands Okie]

Sounds like things moving along for you in the right direction

 

[Tractor Seabee]

Truck is back home, head replacement, wiring repair, fuel filter, fun stuff. Took friday and the weekend off. Plan is to pull the tires off the tractor and get them settled, then talk to the shop down the road about welding a nut over the bolt and removing it that way.

Hooray!

 

[milkman]

I like these, work like a pipe wrench, that is the harder you pull, the harder they gripl.


414 Nutbuster(R) 13.5″ Tongue & Groove Pliers – Channellock

 

[goeduck]

Truck is back home, head replacement, wiring repair, fuel filter, fun stuff. Took friday and the weekend off. Plan is to pull the tires off the tractor and get them settled, then talk to the shop down the road about welding a nut over the bolt and removing it that way.

Did you ever get the drain plug removed?

 

[Kando]

Not as of yet, tire and rim are still out, shop is looking at doing some patching on the rim.

 

[Kando]

Here's the state of the rim. I don't know if it would be worth sandblasting and patching at this point. Getting a normal set of rims wouldn't be an issue unless I want to use the plow. Current rims were adjusted for the 2 bottom we have.

There's a bit more cracks and thin spots on the side wall of the rim that I didn't take a picture of.

 

[sixdogs]

Those are about the worst wheel I have ever seen. I'm going with buy new ones unless you are a capable welder with experience and a pile of sheet steel plus a press to make those repairs. Owning equipment sometimes costs money for repairs and this looks like one of those times but that's just my opinion.

 

[downslope]

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Here's the state of the rim. I don't know if it would be worth sandblasting and patching at this point. Getting a normal set of rims wouldn't be an issue unless I want to use the plow. Current rims were adjusted for the 2 bottom we have.

There's a bit more cracks and thin spots on the side wall of the rim that I didn't take a picture of.

What is the reason you can't leave them set at the plowing width all the time? Do you need them spaced different for some type of row-crop work?

 

[Gary Fowler]

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Here's the state of the rim. I don't know if it would be worth sandblasting and patching at this point. Getting a normal set of rims wouldn't be an issue unless I want to use the plow. Current rims were adjusted for the 2 bottom we have.

There's a bit more cracks and thin spots on the side wall of the rim that I didn't take a picture of.

I would only attempt to fix that if there was no way to buy an new one. Repair will cost more than a new rim if you have to take it to a shop.

 

[fried1765]

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Here's the state of the rim. I don't know if it would be worth sandblasting and patching at this point. Getting a normal set of rims wouldn't be an issue unless I want to use the plow. Current rims were adjusted for the 2 bottom we have.

There's a bit more cracks and thin spots on the side wall of the rim that I didn't take a picture of.

Those rims don't even qualify as JUNK !!!