Archive through August 25, 2011

[dfrisk]

GLEN - On your Uncle's 50 inch deck there must be something wrong, I think possibly the wrong blades. Something for a narrower deck. I can see missing a few blades of grass on turns but to mow straight and leave two strips of uncut grass should be impossible.

I'd suggest he take the deck OFF and lay it down side UP and inspect it closely. And if he needs blades order them from Charlie, then you KNOW you'll get the right blades.

 

[dfrisk]

KEN - And maybe a "MOM" tatoo on the hood?

 

[kweaver]

Or maybe it's got loose spindles / bad bearings letting the blades wobble.

He could drag two push mowers behind him to clean up the strips ... just saying ...

 

[gcoleman]

Dennis, I will pass that information on to him, I showed him the forum back when I first got my 149, hes used chris westfall a few times since as well. Ken, tongue piercing, MOM tattoo and maybe a green mohawk would suit it well IMO

On another note, I was playing with my cub today and remembered I had this in the front yard. I hitched it up and it looked natural behind my fresh 21466 haha. I got it from a friend who was moving a year ago, and it came with the property. Its a frankendisk looks like, but I want to see if I can modify it for my 3pt or perhaps fix the draw tongue on it and use it if mom decides to ressurect our garden this year. Anyone know what it is? Forgive me if its off topic, I figure my cub is in the pic so it kinda counts

All the disks still turn and despite its sitting stationary both in her yard and in mine, theres only surface rust on it. I would venture to say that it might be a little too much for my hydro to pull once its loaded up and cutting ground. Id like to use it for something tho, what do yall think?

 

[gcoleman]

Actually Ken I showed him the setup of self powered mower decks in a gang mower setup that I found in the archives, I want to say the IH Cub Cadets not OEM but better'n new section, I think its an excellent idea especially since hes got almost two acres to mow

 

[kweaver]

Glen - Just that single disc wont cut all that good for you. It'll pull easy with your Cub but to really cut it needs another set behind it turned the other direction. Then it'll take more weight to cut but it'll cut finer.
I bought a new Sears disc once and put it with another single that I had that was built much heavier. I weighted it down and the faster I pulled it the better it cut.
You can make a three point frame and put it on there but be sure you leave enough slack movement up and down that it can "float" with the uneven ground.

 

[kweaver]

Glen - One more thing
Don't ever pull a drawbar implement with the lift arms down. Get them up out of the way so they don't contact the tongue of the implement.
I've horse-shoed a few PTO shafts that way ...

 

[kmcconaughey]

KENtucky, those are the only photos I have of that deck.

Glen, umm, I apparently don't have photos of an SGT with a custom side mounted wing blade for snow removal that I thought was posted a few years back. I've looked all over the place for them.

I'm starting to feel beat up by my archives.

Denny, yep, it's mounted on a 125.

No messing with the 1x4/5!

 

[kweaver]

Timothy - Back on your 104 post I don't think you'll get hurt on the price paid but I sure hate seeing something sit without a breather on the carb. The worst thing (unless you did it) is it sitting without a breather AND the choke butterfly open ! There's a good chance of all kinds of critters in the combustion chamber if the intake valve was open when it stopped.

Let us know what ya find !
<font size="-2">BTW Art loves snakes!</font>

 

[kweaver]

Kraig - I went blind by looking too ya know ! ... but if you don't have them then I don't either LOL.
I wasn't even in here then , musta been fishin !

Kraig , dear friend ... turn your head !

<font size="-2">now where'd I leave that #20 nail I use for piercing</font>

 

[gcoleman]

Ken, I'll remember that (it was FREE, looked like they had a brinly eque bottom plow too but I didnt grab it, wonder if its still there), Im also curious if it would benefit from one of those "sheepsfoot" rollers I've seen attached behind a gang of disks. The tobacco farm across from my high school gave me plenty of hours staring out the windows during math class plowing with one of those aforementioned disk roller combo behind a 686 hydro

 

[dfrisk]

GLEN - On your "Franken-disc", I'd load it up with all the weight you can hang on it and leave it as a pull-type disc. With the long tongue you should be able to turn it with it almost pivoting in place. And KEN's correct, raise your 3-pt arms up so they don't hit the tongue.

It looks similar to a Brinly but appears much heavier built, which is great for a disc, more weight means deeper discing.

When you disc the same ground repeatedly the ground works up real nice, just not very deep since discs really don't till that deep. The last year Dad farmed I fall plowed EVERYTHING that was going into corn or beans the next year except for about 3-4 acres where all our "A" Hog houses were sitting. About the time the first frost went into the ground I was able to pry them up and haul them out of the way but wasn't able to get that area plowed. The next spring we disced up all the fall plowing and I bet we went over that 3-4 acres a half dozen times and was able to stir it up real nice but only 4-5 inches deep.

KEN's correct, the faster you can pull a disc the better job they do. With our 4010-D I'd run in 6th gear in everything but plowed ground with our 12 ft Kewanee disc and sometimes in 7th gear in corn or bean stalks. Plowed ground I was stuck in 5th. Our disc was a "finishing disc", had 7-1/2" blade spacing, it would have cut deeper and tilled better if it had 9" blade spacing, and an extra 500-600 pounds would have helped too!

 

[dfrisk]

GLEN - A 686 Hydro was a HYDRO 86.

 

[kweaver]

Gettin more off topic but the BEST disc I ever was in front of was my Great Uncle's 3-pt MF. It was adjustable and with it set to cut all the way I could make half lap overs and lay off a garden perfectly straight at the same time I was discing.
It made perfect depth seed rows.

I gotta quit typing or I'll mess up the tongue stud ... Kraig turn your head , it's going to get messy !

Glen park that disc on something solid or flip it over.

 

[gcoleman]

Ken, its already on its back haha. Dennis, in many ways I envy your seat time and farm life experiences, Im sure it was just work but also fun getting to use all that diesel power to make your farm run smoothly and look pretty doing so. Ill keep you all updated on the disks progress. Only thing Im really concerned with is overheating my hydro from pullin all that weight around. I know they can pull alot for their size but I dont know for how long, Ive been contemplating an aux cooling system for my hydro all day.

 

[snicklas]

Glen,

Not sure if/when it would be an issue.... When I was younger, Dad and I plowed our garden every fall. It was 100x100. We plowed every inch of it... with Dad on the seat of the tractor, and extra ballast (Me) on the Brinley Plow. We would be plowing for hours, with turf/chains.. and I do not remember smelling hot Hy-Tran..... It was quite a load on it.... as it would be growling/howling (hydro "noise") but it never stopped, and we never lost any fluid from it.... well other that what leaked out of the cork gasket.....

Dennis - Did the full size Farmall Hydro's have a transmission cooling system? Never got to play with the big toys... and the only "big" hydro I have played with is on a Bi-Directional Versatile 256, with a loader.....

 

[kweaver]

Blink Slinkin 32bit programs on 64bit machines !

 

[wshytle]

Glen-

Any CC hydro should pull that disc all day and all night...especially a 149. You don't need auxillary cooling but it pays to keep the pump fins clean and a good fan. I'm sure heat was a main concern during their developement.

The disc does a good job after the ground has been turned. If you plan to do much discing I'd follow Kens suggestion and get another to work in tandem. The more you go over the area the finer the dirt becomes. It also helps to wait about two days after a rain if you have that option. The ground cuts better and the dust is at a minimum.

 

[rnajecki]

Ken - like Glen, I'm looking to use my 149 to help prepare a 3/4 acre piece of land for a vegetable garden for the town food bank. This land was farmed fifty years ago, but now it is dense grass. I'm not a farmer, and don't know the terminology (plow, disc, ...). What kind of implements should I be looking for?

 

[dtanner]

Glen M. Coleman
I have three sets of disk here and towed them with my 149 helping a friend prepare the lawn for seed.I had 100 lbs on the first set and 200 lbs on the next and 100 on the third set. Get her moving and go. I had no problems towing that with 100 lbs on the drive tires and and trupowers on the cub. starting off once the ground was soft and a little wet ,sometimes the 149 would spin some ,but once moving I could keep it going. Did a nice job of leveling things up and the job took me three hrs. Gave the 149 a good work out and the rear end was nice and warm.
later Don T

I did like the way my stack sounded with the muffler when she would snort lol.