BANDITFARMER
Well-known Member
My soybeans have a week to go before there ready to cut (still soft) and with the combine is ready to go I figured it was time to fix the grain head from my screw up from the last day I cut last year. That 5 o-clock shadow got me good (going north to south) by plugging the corner of the head and not catching till it was to late. Thank god for duck tape, And finished up limping it along.
After putting the head back on and replacing all 6 tine boards on that end of the real and adjusting some of the hold down plates on the cycle bar. I had just come out from under the real ( head all the way up as well as the real) with the tools in hand when I herd that sound of a hydrolic hose blowing. Down the real came fast! 5 seconds sooner it wound have got me good! Kinda sent a chill down my spine to say the least. My Angel was watch out for me for sure. I got lucky! Dad on the other hand was not so lucky as he was sitting on a stool at that end of the head and got covered in hydrolic oil. It really makes you wonder sometimes how lucky you can be while working on equipment. Me and God, Well we be mates! Bandit
After putting the head back on and replacing all 6 tine boards on that end of the real and adjusting some of the hold down plates on the cycle bar. I had just come out from under the real ( head all the way up as well as the real) with the tools in hand when I herd that sound of a hydrolic hose blowing. Down the real came fast! 5 seconds sooner it wound have got me good! Kinda sent a chill down my spine to say the least. My Angel was watch out for me for sure. I got lucky! Dad on the other hand was not so lucky as he was sitting on a stool at that end of the head and got covered in hydrolic oil. It really makes you wonder sometimes how lucky you can be while working on equipment. Me and God, Well we be mates! Bandit