Bang ... implement misuse and a 12v conversion problem

[Glenn D]

Well on the weekend I had the 2N out. we are trying to get our property fit to be a farm again there is a lot of disrepair around. well anyway I need to bush-hog this whole area around a barn that's coming down. it's left wood and roofing strewn all over and there some places where the land has swallowed stuff whole. Also there's the regular mountain of discarded what-nots stuck in the ground around there too.

Pulling posts removing some fences only to find more fences grown in the ground. I guess we could hire a dozer to come in but I used my cultivator to drag the first couple of inches of soil and expose stiff we could them pull or lift out trying not to damage things more than they are.

The cultivator worked really well for this and I don't think the N is strong enough to break it,the only problem is if you wanted it to stay in the ground when something tough to pull came along the hydraulics would lift it so if you keep an eye on it and it starts to lift you can stop and let the shanks sink in again. it's a Dearborn rigid shank cultivator.

Anyway this unit served to rip out a bunch of grass weeds, the odd tractor wheel (yes there's a whole rear wheel from a tractor that came out of the ground) and stuff into piles that I would have to drive over.

Going over a particularly large pile there was a bang and in a short time a little smoke . I found out the front axles can articulate far enough to hit the Alternator, the smoke was from the belt because the axle hit the fan on the front of the alternator and froze the pulley. I was able to get it all freed up and working again without ruining the belt but I guess I'll have to be careful of what the front axle goes over in the future.

I actually went around looking for a box blade but the one guy that had a couple of used ones wanted $1k for a 6' one and though that was too much, I'll need one in the end to level out everything we did with the cultivator but at least I was able to get a lot done in the mean time.

 

[Jim WI]

On my 2N, spreading the front wheels out one hole
gained more clearance for the alternator fan. Worth
looking at.

 

[HCooke]

A 6' box blade would be too much for a 2N in my
opinion.

 

[Glenn D]

Thanks for the tip on the wheels. I'll have a look, in the mean time i'll be careful.

HCooke: I thought as much, I also have an international B275. I was actually looking for a 5' box scraper but the 6' was the only one the guy had. i'd like to use the N's with it but if I have to I found a place that has new scrapers for half what the used guy wanted for his. Probably not as solidly build but I think neither tractor is going to break these tools anyway.

 

[souNdguy]

your front kingpin and axle bushing may be pretty worn. .. to keep from having to spread the front wheels.. get a couple salvage big hex nuts and weld them to the axle stops to limit axle travel. it's mor eof a bandaid than a fix. but is cheap.. and will let you get a lil more work down the road in the mean time..

 

[Glenn D]

I'll go have a look now and see whats supposed to stop it and report back.

Except for the little barrel and gas can here's an example of the junk pulled out or discovered in the ground. the wheels look like they fit the same car except one of them has a tractor tire on it and is a solid rim the other is clearly a fancy white walled car tire with heavy steel spokes.

 

[Geo-TH,In]

You can get a new box blade cheaper than $1k at TSC or Rural King.

I sold my box blade after making an A-shaped self leveling blade. Works great. Only cost me a few welding rods. Used 10 inch I beam from mobile home frame. If I need more down force, I add cement block. Just helped a guy level ground for his horse rink.

 

[souNdguy]

really doesn't matter where it is stopping now.. it's traveling too far.. that's what the hex nut is for....

 

[Glenn D]

Yes but if there is something else that is supposed to be there then I don't mind doing it. it looks like it just stops on the rad support

 

[36 Coupe]

Tires are expensive, better hire a dozer to push the junk in one pile and sell it for scrap.

 

[Glenn D]

(quoted from post at 18:50:25 08/07/13) Tires are expensive, better hire a dozer to push the junk in one pile and sell it for scrap.

Well. I think the worse part is over. There are a couple of wood piles and a mound of cement that was an aborted pour when the truck got stuck because the expert said the pumpcrete machine was overkill and we should stop asking for it. They never came back to clean it up.