Milling Around the Logosol CSM

richhiway · January 29, 2017, 08:11:23 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unTUkr7a9go&t=137s

I just love the sound of those old international tractor engines!

Ed_K · January 30, 2017, 09:44:20 AM

If you've got a lot of mud up there, you might want to walk them tracks up onto some junk logs or old 2x8s to keep them from freezing down. I had an old TD 6 back in the 90s that I got lazy and just left it at the end of the day. Next morning it took me 2 hrs to un freeze it :( .

richhiway · January 31, 2017, 01:16:11 PM

Quote from: Ed_K on January 30, 2017, 09:44:20 AM
If you've got a lot of mud up there, you might want to walk them tracks up onto some junk logs or old 2x8s to keep them from freezing down. I had an old TD 6 back in the 90s that I got lazy and just left it at the end of the day. Next morning it took me 2 hrs to un freeze it :( .

Good Advice! I always park on boards and clean the tracks. I won't need it until spring though unless we get a blizzard!

richhiway · February 05, 2017, 07:43:26 AM

Need some 6x6 and 4x4 16' Hemlock posts for a new shed project.

richhiway · February 05, 2017, 07:45:40 AM

Good tools are a simple pleasure.

richhiway · February 05, 2017, 07:47:47 AM

Found a few sixteen footers that look straight enough.

richhiway · February 20, 2017, 08:07:38 AM

A friend loaned me his trailer to pick up my dozer. So I surprised him with a bench for his fire pit.

richhiway · February 20, 2017, 08:16:42 AM

Never leave a rusting muffler on a above the manifold engine. The rust can fall down and enter the engine through the exhaust valves. I had it happen to a J.D. "M" and thought the engine had thrown a rod. The rust particles were banging between the top of the piston and the head.

richhiway · February 20, 2017, 08:24:01 AM

New muffler and rain cap installed. Simple enough,but preventative maintenance can save your operation a lot of headaches and a lot of money. Well taken care of machinery is safer and lasts longer. I learned long ago that one bad action or decision usually multiplies and turns in to a bad day. I try to have my tools ready to go the night before starting a project.

richhiway · February 20, 2017, 08:28:50 AM

Just in case you ever think things can't go bad in a hurry or that you shouldn't wear your safety gear.
Luckily no one was hurt.

richhiway · February 20, 2017, 08:33:22 AM

Those blades and holders exploded and bent the shoot on the way out. A few hunks went through 1/4 inch plate.
Not sure if a rock or hunk of metal caused it. It may have just been fatigue bolts,although they were always replaced with new blades.