Tuesday, July 7, 2009
I'm Learning
So the next morning I called the place where we purchased the tractor. BTW...I have to plug Mitchell-Bourland Tractors of Terrell, TX. They are fantastic to work with.... So anyway, I told them the issue I was having with the tractor not starting. I also told them the issue I had with the bush-hog not raising up all the way and actually raising up crooked. They said they would send someone out that evening to look at it. Well I met the tractor guy at the ranch that evening. I showed him the problem I was having. He was stumpped for a minute. Then he bent down and started looking around the seat of the tractor. He found a loose connection under the seat. Apparently there's an emergency cutoff switch and the connection was loose. He plugged the wire back in and VROOOOOOOOOOOm the tractor started up on the first try. Then I asked him about raising the bush-hog. He showed me on the levers that there is a "stop" built into the lever action. Once the lever reaches that "stop", you have to push the lever to the right and continue to move the lever back. We did that and the bush-hog raised up perfectly....well almost it was still unlevel. But I was so excited that it raised up, I forgot to ask him about the leveling. Oh well another day perhaps. I spent the rest of the evening learning to remove the bucket from the front-end loader and replace it with the hay fork. I actually moved my first two round bales of hay by myself. Just me and my tractor. I was so excited. No more relying on neighbors. Hallelujah!!
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Bit of advice. When you park the trailer with the bucket on, rest the bucket on the front 'lip' instead of flat. most people tend to lay it flat, which actually exposes more of the bucket to moisture (mud/grass, etc). by just resting the lip, you'll expose less metal to the possibility of rust.
ReplyDeleteThanks Chris, good advice. I appreciate any and all tips.
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