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Great update, thank you for sharing!
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XJSuperman
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Agreed, it looks like a lot of repairs over the last few months. You guys just have some goofy luck with some of these things. I haven't seen a 3pt arm snap in a long time.
I'm curious to know what state the planter arrived at the dealership in. Often pieces like that need a good amount of assembly by the dealer, and if they were hurrying to get it to you after months of waiting, I could see how things like fittings and fold stop adjustments would get missed. But if it came fully assembled, then the factory QC definitely screwed up, which is obvious with the missing parts in the meters of course. Very aggravating.
I love the 320. That'll be a handy one to have around for mowing and moving trailers and such. It would be the perfect one to throw a sicklebar on and hit the fencelines and ditches. Does your dad have a plan on restoring the others in the series?
I'm curious to know what state the planter arrived at the dealership in. Often pieces like that need a good amount of assembly by the dealer, and if they were hurrying to get it to you after months of waiting, I could see how things like fittings and fold stop adjustments would get missed. But if it came fully assembled, then the factory QC definitely screwed up, which is obvious with the missing parts in the meters of course. Very aggravating.
I love the 320. That'll be a handy one to have around for mowing and moving trailers and such. It would be the perfect one to throw a sicklebar on and hit the fencelines and ditches. Does your dad have a plan on restoring the others in the series?
cvairwerks
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Might have to push the pulley in some to release the tapered key....
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cliftonbros89
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It feels like it is. Especially since no one knows anything about parts anymore. I think I could honestly work for the Deere dealer at one of their locations and do a better job by far than some of the people they have.
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cliftonbros89
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I can’t say it’d be an abnormal amount of repairs. Tires and hydraulic hoses you can’t always catch. I’ve seen both that have looked like **** and last for years. I’ve also seen both look like they should last years and end up blowing right away. They’re both aggravating and not cheap either.
I feel we’ve avoided a lot of repairs since I try do a decently thorough job of inspecting things before they go to the field. But I feel I could do more with that as well.
As far as the 3pt arm goes it broke right at a place where there’s a bolt hole so we didn’t think it would hold up well if we did try to. Plus, it’s that weird cast stuff.
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cliftonbros89
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We had a 3pt arm on the 3020 come apart before but that one we did weld back. Which putting a full trailer load of bales on it several times a year probably isn’t recommended on them either.
I know there was some assembly at the dealer on that planter but I’m not sure what all they had to do. But right the meter issue was definitely QC at the factory. But I’ve also was told by a good source that the dealership received an ordered planter with the wrong set-up three times from the factory. I also heard of another one coming in with the main connectors for the wire harness being jammed together the wrong way from the factory. Nothing would work on it. The dealership had to completely redo both ends of the main connector and replace all of the wire terminal ends.
I doubt the 320 will be seeing much action. Dad won’t want to get it dirty. I know he’d like to restore the others. But I’d rather have to equipment that makes the money looked over first. But that’s pretty much an endless job. So I don’t know when it will happen. There’s also an A and a G sitting in pieces in one of the barns too. I also have my L that has been sitting in pieces for about 7 years now.
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cliftonbros89
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I’m not sure the pulley will move back. I know it would’ve have for sure before because the bearing was right behind it. But we cut the bearing off. I’m not sure if it’ll move back or not. That thing is on there.
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cliftonbros89
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Picked up bales today. Tedded the hay that dad cut yesterday. Got a new tire for the water tank trailer and got it on.
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cliftonbros89
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So when we’re making hay I always keep my water jug with me. Over the weekend, this coming weekend, temps in the mid 90’s with high humidity. It gets fairly warm out on the tractor for hours at a time.
The 4010, 2520, 3020, and 4020 still all have the old cylinder hook on them. It was a great spot to hang my water jug. Out of the way, didn’t catch the heat from the engine or transmission. I’ve done that for a good 6 years or more with that same water jug. Never came off. Well yesterday going up the road with the 4010 the jug came off. Between point A and point B it was lost. About a 13 mile stretch of road. I’ll never see it again.
I had to go into to pick up that trailer tire yesterday. So I stopped in Walmart real quick to grab a new jug to get me through the day. Not cheap. Not exactly what I wanted. But I didn’t have a lot of options.
I also ordered a different one online to have as a back up.
That being said I’m trying to come up for an idea I can kind of mount a holder to a tractor to hold it. While either being out of the way and compact enough I can have a few, one on a few of the tractor each. Or have a fast and easy way to move the tractor from one tractor to the other.
The thing is, sometimes I can be running the tedder on one, by the afternoon be on another with the rake, then my the evening be on the 3020 or 4020 moving bales around.
Anyone have any ideas?
The 4010, 2520, 3020, and 4020 still all have the old cylinder hook on them. It was a great spot to hang my water jug. Out of the way, didn’t catch the heat from the engine or transmission. I’ve done that for a good 6 years or more with that same water jug. Never came off. Well yesterday going up the road with the 4010 the jug came off. Between point A and point B it was lost. About a 13 mile stretch of road. I’ll never see it again.
I had to go into to pick up that trailer tire yesterday. So I stopped in Walmart real quick to grab a new jug to get me through the day. Not cheap. Not exactly what I wanted. But I didn’t have a lot of options.I also ordered a different one online to have as a back up.
That being said I’m trying to come up for an idea I can kind of mount a holder to a tractor to hold it. While either being out of the way and compact enough I can have a few, one on a few of the tractor each. Or have a fast and easy way to move the tractor from one tractor to the other.
The thing is, sometimes I can be running the tedder on one, by the afternoon be on another with the rake, then my the evening be on the 3020 or 4020 moving bales around.
Anyone have any ideas?
cvairwerks
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How about one of these with a lanyard?
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XJSuperman
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Look into these: https://www.niteize.com/collection/Gear-Tie.asp
My mother buys them for us all the time (don't know why really) but I have begun to use them all over. Holding toolrolls together, hanging ext cords, hoses, etc. I use them to hold gear in place on the jeep, keeping rattling things quiet and such. I'm sure you can easily tie your water jug to any place on a machine. Probably on that same hook, but the tie might prevent it bouncing off. Think of it like a reusable ziptie.
Another option: cut the top off a windshield washer fluid jug and bolt it to a fender or other surface. Hard to tell with the jug pictured, but as long as the jug is fairly tough and just large enough to set the water jug into, its just a big cupholder.
Third option: Think fire extinguisher mounts. Either find one off the shelf that fits or make something similar. Should be easy to compare with the ones on your combines.
My mother buys them for us all the time (don't know why really) but I have begun to use them all over. Holding toolrolls together, hanging ext cords, hoses, etc. I use them to hold gear in place on the jeep, keeping rattling things quiet and such. I'm sure you can easily tie your water jug to any place on a machine. Probably on that same hook, but the tie might prevent it bouncing off. Think of it like a reusable ziptie.
Another option: cut the top off a windshield washer fluid jug and bolt it to a fender or other surface. Hard to tell with the jug pictured, but as long as the jug is fairly tough and just large enough to set the water jug into, its just a big cupholder.
Third option: Think fire extinguisher mounts. Either find one off the shelf that fits or make something similar. Should be easy to compare with the ones on your combines.
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cliftonbros89
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It’d have to be a small one. Magnet fishing magnets on a flat surface won’t hardly come off. If I’d stick a 400 pound magnet to the fender it’d be staying there.How about one of these with a lanyard?
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cliftonbros89
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Look into these: https://www.niteize.com/collection/Gear-Tie.asp
I used to have a small bucket ratchet strapped to the fender mount on the 2520 for a smaller older jug I had several years back. It worked ok. Other than collecting dirt. The smaller jug bounced out a few times as well. But that’s sort of what I was considering as well.
I have gear ties for extension cords and air hoses. I’d probably need a fairly heavy one to hang an almost gallon water jug from I would think. But I had thought of those. I just wasn’t sure how it would hold up bouncing through a field.
I used to have a small bucket ratchet strapped to the fender mount on the 2520 for a smaller older jug I had several years back. It worked ok. Other than collecting dirt. The smaller jug bounced out a few times as well. But that’s sort of what I was considering as well.
cvairwerks
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They've got a number of sizes available. Easiest would be one on each tractor....
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cliftonbros89
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Well we finished raking and baling the hay I tedded yesterday. Another 70 something bales. It’s hay that we did custom so we got half. Two loads on the trailer and two down the road on the 3020.
Pretty easy going day. Got things moved around and set for dad to do some spraying tomorrow. Hay is done for now, I think. But it’s about time to start mowing pastures. Before too long we’ll be ready to cut wheat as well.
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cliftonbros89
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Getting a little bit done the last couple days.
Dad has been keeping the sprayer going. The other morning we switched to spraying beans. Cleaned the tank and I cleaned up all the tips. After a good greasing it was ready to go.
Cleaning up the sprayer tips was just a reminder that I wish I had a bigger compressor for the truck.
I kept dad loaded with water.
The guys we are doing the custom spraying for again got it set up through the city street department in town that we’re able to fill up out of a water hydrant in town. It’s off on a dead end street on the edge of town that know one knows where it is. I can fill up 2500 gallons in about 10 minutes. It’s way faster than waiting on a regular garden hose to fill them up. It’s also easier to run it in and fill it up rather than keep running the 1000 gallon tanks around everywhere to pump into them.
One of our valve floats came off. But I was able to fish it out.
Awhile back I bought the longest, strongest paint roller I could find strictly for this purpose. We’ve had to retrieve floats and other things out of the water tanks and the sprayer tank before. I need to tank the roller piece off though.
That afternoon I unhooked the hay cutter and put the rest of the hay equipment in the shed and hooked to the brush hog to start mowing pasture.
I started at dad’s and was able to get quite a bit done. For the most past the pastures have looked pretty good this year. But it’s to the point where the tall headed out fescue can irritate the cattle’s eyes and it makes it a little tough to find calves. Plus, it kind of freshens things up a bit.
Dad has been keeping the sprayer going. The other morning we switched to spraying beans. Cleaned the tank and I cleaned up all the tips. After a good greasing it was ready to go.
Cleaning up the sprayer tips was just a reminder that I wish I had a bigger compressor for the truck.
I kept dad loaded with water.
The guys we are doing the custom spraying for again got it set up through the city street department in town that we’re able to fill up out of a water hydrant in town. It’s off on a dead end street on the edge of town that know one knows where it is. I can fill up 2500 gallons in about 10 minutes. It’s way faster than waiting on a regular garden hose to fill them up. It’s also easier to run it in and fill it up rather than keep running the 1000 gallon tanks around everywhere to pump into them.
One of our valve floats came off. But I was able to fish it out.
Awhile back I bought the longest, strongest paint roller I could find strictly for this purpose. We’ve had to retrieve floats and other things out of the water tanks and the sprayer tank before. I need to tank the roller piece off though.
That afternoon I unhooked the hay cutter and put the rest of the hay equipment in the shed and hooked to the brush hog to start mowing pasture.
I started at dad’s and was able to get quite a bit done. For the most past the pastures have looked pretty good this year. But it’s to the point where the tall headed out fescue can irritate the cattle’s eyes and it makes it a little tough to find calves. Plus, it kind of freshens things up a bit.
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cliftonbros89
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Yesterday morning I helped dad get things moved around to spray some more. Since we had other things to get done I put the feed grinder repair on hold. But yesterday morning dad just could stand it.
We finally got the pulley off the shaft for the hammermill! It took a bunch of heat, but we got it. But even after it finally broke loose it still probably took a good 25 minutes to get the pulley all the way off in the press. It was on there good.
Then it was getting pretty warm so I go back to mowing pasture.
I finished mowing everything at dad’s and moved over to my uncle’s place. I mowed over there til just after dark. But I’ve got lots more to do. I’m hoping I can get all of the pasture mowed before we get started on wheat.
Get the pastures mowed. Beans sprayed. Get wheat cut. Probably round bale some straw. Beans planted after the straw. Get that ground sprayed. Get the last of the beans and corn hauled off. Ween some more calves. Weed eat all the fence rows. Add in fix the grinder in there somewhere. Then I can take a little bit of a breather. At least til it’s time to cut hay again.
Grain markets have been taking a big hit the last couple days. Not sure how that’ll turn out. I argued with everyone that said it was just going to keep going up. I think I was right.
We finally got the pulley off the shaft for the hammermill! It took a bunch of heat, but we got it. But even after it finally broke loose it still probably took a good 25 minutes to get the pulley all the way off in the press. It was on there good.
Then it was getting pretty warm so I go back to mowing pasture.
I finished mowing everything at dad’s and moved over to my uncle’s place. I mowed over there til just after dark. But I’ve got lots more to do. I’m hoping I can get all of the pasture mowed before we get started on wheat.
Get the pastures mowed. Beans sprayed. Get wheat cut. Probably round bale some straw. Beans planted after the straw. Get that ground sprayed. Get the last of the beans and corn hauled off. Ween some more calves. Weed eat all the fence rows. Add in fix the grinder in there somewhere. Then I can take a little bit of a breather. At least til it’s time to cut hay again.
Grain markets have been taking a big hit the last couple days. Not sure how that’ll turn out. I argued with everyone that said it was just going to keep going up. I think I was right.
XJSuperman
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Glad you got that pulley assembly apart!
cvairwerks
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Coworker's been trying to cut his hay for the last three weeks. Said he made 8 passes with his cutter at the blistering speed of 1.2 mph and was still running on the edge of bogging the cutter down. He runs a sickle bar cutter and has been having trouble chopping up fire ant mounds with it this week.
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cliftonbros89
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I am too! I hope once I get it cleaned up that it goes together without much trouble.
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cliftonbros89
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That would not be enjoyable. That one good thing about these newer style mower conditioners. They’ll eat stuff up quick. It will annihilate a turkey!
XJSuperman
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Plus side to sickle bars is they only take the legs off the turkey so you can go back and collect it for supper.
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cliftonbros89
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That’s true. All you get is feathers with ours.
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cliftonbros89
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That’s true. All you get is feathers with ours.
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cliftonbros89
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Just more of the same today. Dad sprayed. I spent majority of the day mowing pastures again.
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cliftonbros89
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I forgot to mention, apparently the dealership has been having trouble getting those missing parts for the meters. According to everything they’ve searched those parts don’t exist. Which is interesting.
So they ended up just giving us 2 whole new meters. They brought them over a few days ago. I’m hoping they get that issue resolved for the future. It’s going to be ridiculous if one of those parts wears or breaks sometime. If we’d have to buy a whole complete meter each time….I’d not be very pleased to say the least
So they ended up just giving us 2 whole new meters. They brought them over a few days ago. I’m hoping they get that issue resolved for the future. It’s going to be ridiculous if one of those parts wears or breaks sometime. If we’d have to buy a whole complete meter each time….I’d not be very pleased to say the least
Sifan
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Testing your loyalty to mother deere, you're just going to have to buy a new planter every year
How does wheat look? Some on this side of the river didn't winter well, disked it under and planted.
How does wheat look? Some on this side of the river didn't winter well, disked it under and planted.
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cliftonbros89
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That’s no joke. It’s getting ridiculous anymore.Testing your loyalty to mother deere, you're just going to have to buy a new planter every year
How does wheat look? Some on this side of the river didn't winter well, disked it under and planted.
Wheat doesn’t look bad. We actually tried cutting yesterday. Lots of people started cutting wheat this week. We’re planning on hauling ours off and selling right away. But it still too tough. We put a fungicide on it all this year. Hopefully that helps it out. Lots of fields I’ve seen look good. Other than there are places where some wheat went down due to the wind and rain awhile back.
I already got a few messages this week with market prices from the elevators. They’re really pushing everyone to avoid trying to pick up the down wheat. Quite a bit went down a few years ago. It turned into a huge deal with deer **** ending up in the wheat. A few elevators had whole barges rejected because there was a deer turd found. We’ve never had an issue with that luckily. But it’s not often we have wheat go down. If we did it’s very minimal.
Sifan
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Learn something new everyday. Had not heard about the deer ****. Wouldn't think that much would be picked up and would have thought the cylinder and fans would have blown it out. Sounds like an extra reason to take more samples before you hit the scales and another dock. Two years ago while sitting in line at ADM it occurred to me they pull samples before you hit the scale. The accountant in me got curious, pulled my first and last ticket from the previous day and ADM dumped over 400 trucks that day. If they pull a 5lb sample? that's 2000 lbs of FREE product and over a 45 day harvest season? that's 90,000 lbs of FREE product. Two semi loads! Figure half corn, half beans and that's about $10,000. All given freely so they can dock you for moisture, foreign material, and test weight
( had plenty of time waiting in line)
Have a safe and profitable harvest and double crop plant.
jollygreengiant
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Wait, what?
I have never heard of anyone picking up deer turds when harvesting down wheat. Not even harvesting soybeans/dry beans. But even if they did it should never make it to the grain tank on the combine. Unless it was set terribly but then the ample would be just garbage. And even then, the odds of it surviving all the augers and stages between the combine and eventually getting loaded on the barge?? Sounds to me like cover for something else.
As for your planter, your dealer gave you new meters straight from the factory? If so then shouldn't your dealer be able to pull up a parts list for said meters? People can accuse Mother Deere of many things but lacking in paperwork isn't one of them. If those parts are on the meter then deere has them recorded somewhere. Unless of course Deere is catching on to how the auto companies do it and forcing you to buy the whole meter vs just the part that you need. Gotta do what they can to help their struggling sales volumes.
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cliftonbros89
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Oh I know! I’ve thought of the sample thing as well. The place we go to most the time just puts all their samples down a tube that empties into a gravity wagon. Not sure what they do with it but everything goes into the same wagon. Corn, beans, wheat, whatever, all goes together. I’ve never seen a place do that before. I’ve also seen a few places that with manual probe the truck and just dump the samples in a 5 gallon bucket. When the bucket is full they just dump it on a truck. Sometimes you get to be the truck that gets the bucket. Not that it’s hardly enough to make the 20 pound difference on the scale.Learn something new everyday. Had not heard about the deer ****. Wouldn't think that much would be picked up and would have thought the cylinder and fans would have blown it out. Sounds like an extra reason to take more samples before you hit the scales and another dock. Two years ago while sitting in line at ADM it occurred to me they pull samples before you hit the scale. The accountant in me got curious, pulled my first and last ticket from the previous day and ADM dumped over 400 trucks that day. If they pull a 5lb sample? that's 2000 lbs of FREE product and over a 45 day harvest season? that's 90,000 lbs of FREE product. Two semi loads! Figure half corn, half beans and that's about $10,000. All given freely so they can dock you for moisture, foreign material, and test weight
( had plenty of time waiting in line)
Have a safe and profitable harvest and double crop plant.
But yeah the deer **** is a legit thing. I know you wouldn’t think it would make it through either. But I’ve seen pictures of a truck with it. Just little black spots here and there. The place we haul to a lot sent a barge down to the gulf that got rejected. They had to bring the barge all the way back up the river, unload it, screen it, load it up again, and back down the river.
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cliftonbros89
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I’d never heard of the deer **** thing either until about 5 years or so ago. It’s a real thing. If you see the post above this one, my rely to Sifan, it really happened. I heard of it happening at several places in the area, not just the one elevator, it was crazy. I wouldn’t think it would’ve made it through the combine either. But apparently it’s even been found in loads that even went to the bin and back on a truck. One turd and it’s rejected. Which with the way the deer population is in some areas around here I could see it.Wait, what?
I have never heard of anyone picking up deer turds when harvesting down wheat. Not even harvesting soybeans/dry beans. But even if they did it should never make it to the grain tank on the combine. Unless it was set terribly but then the ample would be just garbage. And even then, the odds of it surviving all the augers and stages between the combine and eventually getting loaded on the barge?? Sounds to me like cover for something else.
As for your planter, your dealer gave you new meters straight from the factory? If so then shouldn't your dealer be able to pull up a parts list for said meters? People can accuse Mother Deere of many things but lacking in paperwork isn't one of them. If those parts are on the meter then deere has them recorded somewhere. Unless of course Deere is catching on to how the auto companies do it and forcing you to buy the whole meter vs just the part that you need. Gotta do what they can to help their struggling sales volumes.
Yeah you can order a full brand new meter no problem. But before I even contacted the dealer about the parts I tried to search them myself on the dealer portal site. The two parts show the part numbers don’t exist. You can look at them in the parts book, you can look them up on the JD parts website, it shows them, shows a part number, shows they’re separate parts and not just a full assembly that can’t be separated, but when you try to look up those numbers there’s nothing. I know the dealer did at least try on that, they said they don’t know what the issue is either. They were also confused. It’s ridiculous I know. But the dealer tried for 2 weeks to get it figured out.
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cliftonbros89
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Well as mentioned, yesterday we made an attempt to cut wheat.
Got the 9500 ready to roll and got it moved. Now keep in mind this was not my plan for the day. Just two days before this dad had complained about how it was too thought yet and would be next week before we could get to it. But come Monday (tomorrow) there’s supposed to be a pretty good cold front coming it, which naturally means a real good chance for rain. Now, we’ve known about this chance all week, it’s never changed.
yesterday morning though dad had completely changed his mind, acting as if I had no clue of the chance of rain and we needed to get started cutting that wheat immediately. So we got the 9500 moved, got a truck moved and he started.
While dad started I went to the shed in the bottom and unhooked the 8400 from the drill and hooked to the grain cart. Looked over the grain cart. Then I thought I should probably run the auger on it just to be sure there wasn’t a bunch of junk in it. Turned the PTO on and nothing…light came on the dash, threw up a code. PTO solenoid. Just what I needed on a Saturday afternoon.
I searched for the solenoid. But I got lucky.
I checked the connector to the solenoid and it looked loose. I unhooked it and the terminals were full of dirt. Sprayed them with some cleaner, blew out the terminal end on the connector and the solenoid, put it back together, turned on the PTO, and it worked! Simple, easy fix that was enough to agitate me a bit!
So the grain cart was good to go. But dad kept complaining the wheat was too tough (as if he somehow expected it to make some drastic change in moisture in just a day and a half). So we called it quits. On that at least. For now.
So it was back to the shop for a bit to do a few things. Checked on all the cattle and checked mineral.
Got the 9500 ready to roll and got it moved. Now keep in mind this was not my plan for the day. Just two days before this dad had complained about how it was too thought yet and would be next week before we could get to it. But come Monday (tomorrow) there’s supposed to be a pretty good cold front coming it, which naturally means a real good chance for rain. Now, we’ve known about this chance all week, it’s never changed.
yesterday morning though dad had completely changed his mind, acting as if I had no clue of the chance of rain and we needed to get started cutting that wheat immediately. So we got the 9500 moved, got a truck moved and he started.
While dad started I went to the shed in the bottom and unhooked the 8400 from the drill and hooked to the grain cart. Looked over the grain cart. Then I thought I should probably run the auger on it just to be sure there wasn’t a bunch of junk in it. Turned the PTO on and nothing…light came on the dash, threw up a code. PTO solenoid. Just what I needed on a Saturday afternoon.
I searched for the solenoid. But I got lucky.
I checked the connector to the solenoid and it looked loose. I unhooked it and the terminals were full of dirt. Sprayed them with some cleaner, blew out the terminal end on the connector and the solenoid, put it back together, turned on the PTO, and it worked! Simple, easy fix that was enough to agitate me a bit!
So the grain cart was good to go. But dad kept complaining the wheat was too tough (as if he somehow expected it to make some drastic change in moisture in just a day and a half). So we called it quits. On that at least. For now.
So it was back to the shop for a bit to do a few things. Checked on all the cattle and checked mineral.
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cliftonbros89
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So since we couldn’t be in the wheat field, I greased up the brush hog and got back to the pastures.
Got a fair piece mowed off today. Took a good part of the day. I’d say a decent day left down at our place left to go. Then the retirement farm, which will be basically another full day. Usually on the drive there I stop to mow the road ditches along our fields, on the one side of the road. Then I go mow the pasture, mow the edges along the trees in the fescue patches we cut for hay, then as I go back to the shop I mow the road ditches along the fields on the other side of the road.
Then of corse I’ll be mowing around the field edges of the wheat fields after we combine as well.
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cliftonbros89
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I’ve also recently made several large tool purchases. I told myself it was my birthday gift to myself. I caught a few sales and had some coupons to use. But, as it so often happens lately, several things were on back order, and some of the orders weren’t sending until everything was there. But I figured I’ll post it once everything comes in.
Sifan
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Nephew purchased a new 10 wheel speed rake. After two visits by the dealership and several days use, could not figure out why rake kept balling up in one spot. 86 y/o Dad rolls up in his Lincoln and asks "why is one wheel backwards from the other nine?" LOL
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cliftonbros89
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Wow, even the dealership didn’t notice? That’s tough! Backwards wheel will definitely do it! That’s gotta be tough on those teeth.
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cliftonbros89
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Well today we were promised rain. I guess you can say we didn’t get some in the early morning hours. But it didn’t amount to much more than a tenth…everything else later in the morning either broke apart before it got to us or went south of us. But it did at least cool things down for a few days.
Although since things are first looked like rain we moved the combine to the shed just in case. Also managed to get the grain cart under a roof as well.
While waiting for the supposed rain fall we had an issue with our sprayer for the Kubota. The pump in it isn’t working worth a ****. Naturally, the farm and home store in town doesn’t have any of the shelf. My uncle really wanted to spray his food plots to we had to improvise with a transfer pump.
So no rain, just clouds, but we knew the wheat wasn’t going to be dry enough to cut yet. But we did at least get something accomplished.
We finally had a chance to get the grinder back together.
Both new hammermill bearings we put on and ready to go.
So I decided to try it out right away. Got a batch ground for the calves. Everything stayed together. Maybe I’m crazy, but I think it actually sounds like it’s running smoother now. It sounded different than usual.
The calves were definitely ready for a batch. Just bucket feeding them the last several days wasn’t satisfying them enough. Since it was cooler and cloudy today they all just stood in the lot by the gate, starring at the shop, bawling. Like the knew what we were doing and insisting we hurry up. So they’re good for now. Glad that job is finished. That’s one thing off the list of repairs to do during the winter. Glad it’s done now.
Days like this are when I want to remind certain people in my life that I do in fact have a use for all my tools in the shop.
I needed this 2-3/16” socket to take a nut off the shaft of the hammermill to get things apart. Have I ever used it before? No. Did it come in handy for this job? Absolutely. Was it worth it? Definitely. Will I use it again? Not very often but there’s definitely a chance.
Then I had to quit a little early. My Matco guy wanted his demo 3/4” impact for a job of his own.
I sold my super old used Snap On impact I’d bought used several years ago. It just didn’t have the power it was supposed to. Nor the power I need for some stuff. I mentioned to my Matco guy I was interested in one. So he told me to try out his demo model. I think I’ve had it since at least November. He was cool about it. He told me just to hang on to it for any jobs I may need it for. I used it to swap wheels on the sprayer. Also, to take off and put on the blades on the brush hog when I sharpened them up this spring. Also used them for a few other jobs here and there. Not something I use often. Matco guy said I can use it anytime. He said if I’m really serious about buying one he’ll wait til he can get a good deal on one for me.
Speaking of impacts. I’ve been considering going for a Milwaukee M18 3/4”. I’ve read some good things on them. But I don’t know anyone who has one. I also don’t have anything else that is M18. But I think I’m gradually going for the red stuff and not so much the yellow stuff anymore. The 3/4” impact isn’t cheap. But it sure would be handy for stuff. I’ve seen better reviews on the M18 than the DeWalt 20v.
Although since things are first looked like rain we moved the combine to the shed just in case. Also managed to get the grain cart under a roof as well.
While waiting for the supposed rain fall we had an issue with our sprayer for the Kubota. The pump in it isn’t working worth a ****. Naturally, the farm and home store in town doesn’t have any of the shelf. My uncle really wanted to spray his food plots to we had to improvise with a transfer pump.
So no rain, just clouds, but we knew the wheat wasn’t going to be dry enough to cut yet. But we did at least get something accomplished.
We finally had a chance to get the grinder back together.
Both new hammermill bearings we put on and ready to go.
So I decided to try it out right away. Got a batch ground for the calves. Everything stayed together. Maybe I’m crazy, but I think it actually sounds like it’s running smoother now. It sounded different than usual.
The calves were definitely ready for a batch. Just bucket feeding them the last several days wasn’t satisfying them enough. Since it was cooler and cloudy today they all just stood in the lot by the gate, starring at the shop, bawling. Like the knew what we were doing and insisting we hurry up. So they’re good for now. Glad that job is finished. That’s one thing off the list of repairs to do during the winter. Glad it’s done now.Days like this are when I want to remind certain people in my life that I do in fact have a use for all my tools in the shop.
I needed this 2-3/16” socket to take a nut off the shaft of the hammermill to get things apart. Have I ever used it before? No. Did it come in handy for this job? Absolutely. Was it worth it? Definitely. Will I use it again? Not very often but there’s definitely a chance.
Then I had to quit a little early. My Matco guy wanted his demo 3/4” impact for a job of his own.
I sold my super old used Snap On impact I’d bought used several years ago. It just didn’t have the power it was supposed to. Nor the power I need for some stuff. I mentioned to my Matco guy I was interested in one. So he told me to try out his demo model. I think I’ve had it since at least November. He was cool about it. He told me just to hang on to it for any jobs I may need it for. I used it to swap wheels on the sprayer. Also, to take off and put on the blades on the brush hog when I sharpened them up this spring. Also used them for a few other jobs here and there. Not something I use often. Matco guy said I can use it anytime. He said if I’m really serious about buying one he’ll wait til he can get a good deal on one for me.
Speaking of impacts. I’ve been considering going for a Milwaukee M18 3/4”. I’ve read some good things on them. But I don’t know anyone who has one. I also don’t have anything else that is M18. But I think I’m gradually going for the red stuff and not so much the yellow stuff anymore. The 3/4” impact isn’t cheap. But it sure would be handy for stuff. I’ve seen better reviews on the M18 than the DeWalt 20v.
Farmall450
Well-known member
Here I thought JD sold stuff on parts availability...same with CATI forgot to mention, apparently the dealership has been having trouble getting those missing parts for the meters. According to everything they’ve searched those parts don’t exist. Which is interesting.
So they ended up just giving us 2 whole new meters. They brought them over a few days ago. I’m hoping they get that issue resolved for the future. It’s going to be ridiculous if one of those parts wears or breaks sometime. If we’d have to buy a whole complete meter each time….I’d not be very pleased to say the least
west_perf
Well-known member
Summer of '92 I helped my grandfather combine his 40-acre wheat field there in southern MO. The dust was terrible.
We put it in a cart and he hauled it to the elevator using his John Deere 60 tractor. Came back with around $9000 cash in his pocket, which was a lot for a young boy to see.
It was a combine just like this one.
Anyways, enjoy reading about your trials and tribulations. Here's to a good harvest.
We put it in a cart and he hauled it to the elevator using his John Deere 60 tractor. Came back with around $9000 cash in his pocket, which was a lot for a young boy to see.
It was a combine just like this one.
Anyways, enjoy reading about your trials and tribulations. Here's to a good harvest.
