Redlands Okie
Veteran Member
Seems the lack of comprehension of what is written versus what is interpreted from reading is often a issue
I would ask where I complained? Because I said building a tractor out of plastic seemed like a bad idea? Am I wrong?
It's been a very good tractor other than the durability of the body parts. It seems most modern tractors are plastic now, I'm sure to save the manufacturer money.
My question would be why are some of you guys being such judgmental jerks? I'm not blaming anyone but me for the damage and I just wanted advice on what might be the best adhesive to fix it. I even said in the very first post I should have had a grill guard, I didn't think about adding one until I broke this. I'm sure I'm not the only one to have learned something the hard way, if you never have then good for you.
Thanks for your useful and informative suggestions. Oh wait, you didn't have any of those, just pointless criticism.
I don't have much to add here either...Exactly. Couldn't agree more. Why do people post when they have nothing of value to add?
I would ask.... since you know plastic it not as strong as steel, why did you buy a plastic tractor, beat the heck out of it and come here to complain?
I was going to suggest using 3M type tape adhesive products, possibly even in conjunction with your rivets and washers solution. You know, band-aids and suspenders....
That sounds like a good addition for the repair, is like that Flex all water proof tape advertised on tv?
Why New Holland thought that plastic was the right material to use for the body parts on the TC series tractors will always be a mystery to me but, they did. I guess I should have put a grill guard on mine before using it to load the dump truck but, I didn't and the hood made contact with the truck a few times and came apart. I'm not really sure what my best adhesive option is going to be to get this thing back together, it looks like whatever they used originally created a solvent weld because chunks of the mated piece came out where it broke apart. I'm thinking maybe hit the bonding surfaces with some 40 grit sandpaper to rough it up and use an epoxy but, I don't know if there might be a better option so, I'm asking first. I've got to wait a week or so for the right side headlight bracket to get here anyway so I've got time to do this right instead of twice.
So, what would you use?