Rear End Vents??

[Anonymous-0]

I am making a trailer to tow behind my tractor for Parades , Tractor shows and such . It has 3 Benches mounted to it so people can ride along and see the show . I am using an old rear end and axles . I took it for its Maiden Voayge this weekend and the rear end whined pretty loud after a short time . I found it was dry and I put some gear oil in it and figured I was all set. Well when going in my shop Sunday Morning i found the gear oil on the concrete floor . It seems I mounted the rear end upside down and it has vents , which drained all the oil . Theres a drilled hole in one of the axle tubes and one in the front tube thats been made to cover where the drive shaft used to attach . Can I just plug /weld these holes closed since I will not be doing any fast driving and maybe very little use 2 or 3 times a year ? I seem to think it will be ok to close them up , but I need some advice here . Thanks everyone ...

 

[IaGary]

Plug them up or some had a hose on them to get up higher to keep water out.

Just run that hose from the bottom to higher than the rear end it and it won't drain out.

Gary

 

[Anonymous-0]

When I saw the subject line I thought this was gonna be about some new kind of overalls.

 

[Anonymous-0]

Well if it was Posted Sunday Morning ( after beans and franks Saturday dinner) I would have been curious too. I kinda chuckled after I read it ...

 

[paul]

I came from the brick outhouse thread to this one, was kinda scared to open it......

--->Paul