Above 1200 Sq/FT The Warthog Hidey Hole

[jbmatth]

It'll be good for your horse pasture someday too, help break the compaction.

Getting new tractor attachments is always a good day.

One thing I didn't know about was to use them around the fence where trees have grown to help cut some roots to allow the grass to get more of the water when it rains. Win win. I was pretty stoked to find them both and make one big trip and save a bit of time.

Can't remember if your 4010 is wide front end or narrow?
If wide front end, with all that extra weight, tie rods are a known weak spot. If you don't have one, might want to inventory a spare for when you need it. Avoid the temptation to beef up the tie rods because then the steering arms break.

With the ripper, go slow, don't let the front end come back over you, it can happen that quick.

It is a wide front end, is it the outer tie rod end that breaks typically? I'm all for having a few spare parts on hand if it keeps from being dead in the water for a weekend. I have heard that can happen when using them which is why most of the bigger ones have a shear bolt to let the ripper pull back rather than flip the tractor. I currently only plan to go at it in first or second hopefully it doesn't catch me.

New tractor toys are always fun

I'll know more after I use them a bit, I know it'll be easier than doing this stuff by hand.

JB

 

[Sifan]

"is it the outer tie rod end that breaks typically?" Yes

 

[racer-john]

Every time I come here I am looking for the Warthog (A-10), so far no luck. Lol.

 

[jbmatth]

Every time I come here I am looking for the Warthog (A-10), so far no luck. Lol.

Ask and you shall receive:

I still love this plane, would love to fly one or at least ride one someday.

Sifan,
Thanks again for the advise.

JB

 

[racer-john]

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1108476&d=1614777794
It's only half there. Lol

 

[jbmatth]

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1108476&d=1614777794
It's only half there. Lol

But that is the important half.

JB

 

[mybigwarwagon]

But that is the important half.

JB

Not if you are flying along and suddenly that is all you have.

 

[jbmatth]

Not if you are flying along and suddenly that is all you have.

That would be a terrible way to fly, or would it be falling in style?

JB

 

[83VillageRepair]

Drives,
This is the first time this has happened since moving here and the only time ol' timers have mentioned it happening. I heard a good idea that I could install a small solar panel with a battery to run a lamp switched off of a thermal switch to make up for the loss of electricity.

I would like to get a much bigger generator that may just so happen to be able to weld with and wouldn't be much more than just the generator. Time will tell if I can justify it though. To hook it up to the pump and house would take some pretty big rewiring that would be a big expensive project. If it came down to it I could use my current generator to run the heater in the pump house and the watering trough heater. But all is well now and we should see 15°F (-9.5°C) so hopefully through the toughest part of this weather.

JB

I bought a propane powered Miller Trailblazer from an industrial Surplus Center in the Rust belt for $1500 It runs on liquid propane using forklift tanks. I am going to convert my house propane tank to have a "wet leg". It has a 10kVA generator which is plenty for a primarily propane house. As a bonus it can power a tig or a suitcase wire feeder and I plan on using it to build a pipe fence surrounding my 20Acres.

Wade

 

[jbmatth]

For the past few evenings I've been playing er working on the tractor pulling some concrete up and moving it back into a hole in the pasture. No photos as I was to busy playing and forgot.

We are supposed to have rain coming in a few days so I decided it was time to pull the S10 in to start the transmission removal. I used the winch on Lever Action to do the hard work while I pushed a button and turned the steering wheel in the Lil' Blue Truck. Once it was on the concrete I simply pushed it in place:

Picked it up and started by draining the trans fluid, I don't think it is supposed to be this color:

Also with rain on the way I wanted to get Bo Jeep loaded up and into town. I'm going to have a professional do a really good detail on it, then am thinking of listing it on Bring A Trailer to hopefully get the best price I can for it with the least amount of work dealing with people wasting time. So loaded it up and ready to go:

JB

 

[jbmatth]

I bought a propane powered Miller Trailblazer from an industrial Surplus Center in the Rust belt for $1500 It runs on liquid propane using forklift tanks. I am going to convert my house propane tank to have a "wet leg". It has a 10kVA generator which is plenty for a primarily propane house. As a bonus it can power a tig or a suitcase wire feeder and I plan on using it to build a pipe fence surrounding my 20Acres.

Wade

Wade,
Thank you for the input, I'll have to keep my eyes open for something like that, certainly much cheaper than many of the options I've seen around.

JB

 

[OutlawDrifter]

JB, that ****** fluid definitely looks suspect!

Good luck on getting Bo Jeep sold!

 

[XJSuperman]

We need to find you an old No.5 sickle mower for the B so you mow under all those pasture and property fences.

 

[jbmatth]

JB, that ****** fluid definitely looks suspect!

Good luck on getting Bo Jeep sold!

I thought the same thing, I'm really curious what the trans pan will look like when I drop it this afternoon.

Thanks for the luck, I sure hope I don't need it but always good to have a bit stashed away.

We need to find you an old No.5 sickle mower for the B so you mow under all those pasture and property fences.

The fences on our property would work great with one, the ones connected to neighbors, not so much, way overgrown with lots of trees and limbs. Hopefully this year I'll be able to make a good dent in getting them more cleaned up though. I could have a full time job for a few months getting done what I want to out there. I guess it keeps me off the streets at least.

JB

 

[Grizz1963]

Dang.......

Wish I could have a use for Bo Jeep


Really like it, a lot.

 

[jbmatth]

Dang.......

Wish I could have a use for Bo Jeep


Really like it, a lot.

Grizz,
Bo Jeep is awesome and I would really like to keep it too, but I would rather have the money for it that I think it is worth. You would stand out in the UK for sure with it. Of course getting such terrible gas mileage you may not want that expense at all.

JB

 

[Grizz1963]

Grizz,
Bo Jeep is awesome and I would really like to keep it too, but I would rather have the money for it that I think it is worth. You would stand out in the UK for sure with it. Of course getting such terrible gas mileage you may not want that expense at all.

JB

LOL.

You know I have a V8 C10 waiting to be finished, an S10 4.3 I love.

Gas mileage never put me off.

And being a 79 makes that Jeep a free road tax car, so you end up with around $400/year in your pocket to offset the gas mileage.

Of course getting it here from Oklahoma may cost around $3000 though.

I still think someone is going to buy a brilliant car.

 

[jbmatth]

Grizz,
I do, and know your love of American iron, some people such as yourself have a higher paint tolerance than others. I've only filled the tank twice in the Jeep and it got 9.4 MPG which is 4 km/l, ouch!

Shipping would be a pain, too bad you couldn't ship something over here and they could offset each other and it'd be free shipping. That is how it works right?

JB

 

[jbmatth]

I continued pulling the S10 apart, drained the coolant and pulled the pan on the trans, doesn't look good:

I have a recommendation on a trans shop to do the rebuild and a few upgrades with a warranty and piece of mind it'll be done right the first time. The best part is it'll only cost $400 on top of parts which he can get cheaper than I could buy them. Hopefully I'll be ready to drop it off sometime next week. More disassembly to come.

JB

 

[drivesitfar]

best of luck with the ****** AND the Jeep sale.

I bet it was fun playing with your tractor and it's new accessories, but maybe not as much fun as the go cart even though you might have got some work done.

did I mention i'd love to own a go cart and have a place to drive it often?

cheers

 

[jbmatth]

best of luck with the ****** AND the Jeep sale.

I bet it was fun playing with your tractor and it's new accessories, but maybe not as much fun as the go cart even though you might have got some work done.

did I mention i'd love to own a go cart and have a place to drive it often?

cheers

Thanks Drives, hopefully it all goes smoothly, time will tell.

The tractor was/is fun to work with, I do enjoy getting stuff done with minimal effort vs doing it all by hand.

Everything is for sale, come on down and take it for a spin.

JB

 

[drivesitfar]

i'd love to take a 2000 mile drive just to go for a spin in your field or an empty highway so thanks for the invite.

for now i'll just live vicariously in your shoes so take a few go cart videos to post up.

having a good weekend??

 

[jbmatth]

i'd love to take a 2000 mile drive just to go for a spin in your field or an empty highway so thanks for the invite.

for now i'll just live vicariously in your shoes so take a few go cart videos to post up.

having a good weekend??

Drives,
I did have a good weekend, I'll post more about it later but kept busy, accomplished a few things, and even took the go cart for a spin.

JB

 

[jbmatth]

Well as mentioned before, it was a very productive weekend and also destructive. Started off by working on the S10 a bit and taking a break before pulling the body on Sunday morning:

Went to go to town to get my cherry picker back but sadly the clutch pedal in Lever Action wasn't feeling right and I wasn't really able to engage the clutch by the time I made it back home after throwing in the towel. We shall see what this means when I get to it eventually.

Went to get lunch and it was nice enough I decided to take the cobra out for a spin:

Still love that car, can't wait to get to drive it a bit more this year.

Pulled the go cart over to get it ready to fire up but the brake was locked up:

Got that sorted and took it for a spin to fill it up with gas:

Made it hope but it was cutting out, parked it to figure out later and took the mini bike out for a spin around the block as well waiting on the girls to make it home.

Last thing for the weekend was to take the girls for a ride around in the Pink Jeep, stopped at a creek to play and sadly it wouldn't start back up. Walked home after initial troubleshooting didn't reveal anything and came back with my truck to jump start it but to no luck so I towed it home. Turns out it was a loose connection on the positive cable to the starter solenoid. All good now:

Then it was no bake cookies before being lazy the rest of the afternoon watching a movie with them.

JB

 

[OutlawDrifter]

Looks like an eventful weekend JB.

PS - looks like someone could use a trip to the barber, haha

 

[jbmatth]

It was, we have had some nice weather the past few weekends and I've gotten pretty spoiled by it. I have at least another year before another haircut, hopefully by then it'll be long enough to donate. This is the longest my hair has ever been, sadly it is pretty thin so this is my last hoorah before I'm just an old bald man.

JB

 

[drivesitfar]

it looks like the COBRA is the only one not needing your skills to keep it running (and maybe the mini bike too).

did you really need to take the entire body off the S10 to do your ****** work or is it just easier for you to do it that way?

thanks for the pics!!

 

[mybigwarwagon]

Gee. Did you break a mirror or something?

 

[djones1a]

Sounds like a good weekend!

 

[Grizz1963]

Living the good life.

A well deserved respite for all the hard work you put in.

 

[jbmatth]

it looks like the COBRA is the only one not needing your skills to keep it running (and maybe the mini bike too).

did you really need to take the entire body off the S10 to do your ****** work or is it just easier for you to do it that way?

thanks for the pics!!

Many others are doing just fine, it was just a rough weekend which happens when you have a dozen running pieces of equipment or so.

I probably wouldn't have to but the bolts that hold the bell housing to the engine are in a very tight space to remove with the body on and the engine installed. I could have pulled the engine out with the trans and gone from there but I'd have to remove a lot of other pieces. For me it is about a wash on time and this way I'm not doing as much bending over to work on as much and can leave the engine in place.

When I pull the engine in the white truck (Lever Action) I'll just drop the trans from the bottom as long as the engine doesn't want to fall out with it. Speaking of that I found out the clutch pedal failure was due to the slave cylinder behind the clutch which means pulling the transmission to replace it.

Gee. Did you break a mirror or something?

Many, but none lately.

Sounds like a good weekend!

It had some ups and downs, but still better than any day at work.

Living the good life.

A well deserved respite for all the hard work you put in.

Thanks grizz, it is fun to stop and smell the roses as it were.

JB

 

[BUGTHUG]

I thought you might of strike oil with that ripper.

 

[jbmatth]

I thought you might of strike oil with that ripper.

There is always the chance, so far just old junk that had been buried. I did find an old cross cut saw but it is so rusted it folded under its own weight. More treasures to find though I'm sure.

JB

 

[jbmatth]

Well the transmission is out of the S10, it never ceases to amaze me how tight things are on the truck. I'm really trying not to pull the engine if I can help it just to save some time and effort, but think I'm going to have to in order to put the trans back in, at least pull it up a few inches to get the starter off. Either way trans is out now:

Loaded into the truck for the trip to the trans shop tomorrow, sadly it'll be raining and I'll be taking Bandito the blue '14 Silverado and this will be the first time it has seen mud, but I don't have much choice with the S10 down and Lever Action out of commission for the time being. Well I guess I could put it in the trunk of the Lemon. Ready to go:

JB

 

[OutlawDrifter]

JB, my BIL and FIL hauled a couple of 302sbf engine blocks up to a race engine builder in eastern IA. They drove BIL's late model Cougar, with the blocks in the trunk. When they arrived the engine builder was trying to figure out how to unload them, about that time, BIL reached in and lifted them out, one at a time. I'm fairly tough when he's standing behind me

 

[jbmatth]

JB, my BIL and FIL hauled a couple of 302sbf engine blocks up to a race engine builder in eastern IA. They drove BIL's late model Cougar, with the blocks in the trunk. When they arrived the engine builder was trying to figure out how to unload them, about that time, BIL reached in and lifted them out, one at a time. I'm fairly tough when he's standing behind me

I've loaded a few short blocks by hand like that and it is all I ever want to handle. Now I just use a cherry picker any chance I get, lazy has its benefits.

JB

 

[BUGTHUG]

Its not lazy, its good for the back, knees and other things that hurt further down the road.

 

[mybigwarwagon]

I will use any machine or equipment that will make the job easier. My 2 tractors make things so much easier on my back.

 

[LutzTD]

lot going on but looks like you are having fun with it. the cobra surely is always a nice break! agree with you on using machines to do the work, work smarter not harder. I carried a ford FE 501 bare block down the stairs into my parent's basement when I was in my 20's. It was still there when my mom sold the house, it took 3 of us to carry that back up the steps, I don't know how I did it by myself, but things change and your mind thinks you can still do it. I use leverage and steel to carry things now.

 

[jbmatth]

Its not lazy, its good for the back, knees and other things that hurt further down the road.

I agree, but I sometimes think climbing up and down the tractor I'm not being that lazy. I have more to report shortly when I get caught up.

I will use any machine or equipment that will make the job easier. My 2 tractors make things so much easier on my back.

Sometimes I could use a second bigger tractor, or a third smaller tractor, excavator, dozer...

lot going on but looks like you are having fun with it. the cobra surely is always a nice break! agree with you on using machines to do the work, work smarter not harder. I carried a ford FE 501 bare block down the stairs into my parent's basement when I was in my 20's. It was still there when my mom sold the house, it took 3 of us to carry that back up the steps, I don't know how I did it by myself, but things change and your mind thinks you can still do it. I use leverage and steel to carry things now.

I had a 5.4L bare iron block from a GT500 I carried from the bed of my truck into my living room by hand. 5 years later when we moved I got help, I didn't know they were so heavy and hard to handle.

JB