(quoted from post at 01:22:22 09/03/16)
No worries Trains
I wrote a detailed account of the dismantling on the Grey Fergie Forum here .
http://www.greyfergieforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=69&start=160
The hardest thing is the removal of the crown wheel , patience here is all you need .
The seal numbers aren't really that useful , the old one as long as it is still reasonably intact is all the bearing supplier will need . Just make sure that they understand that it is an Imperial size so they don't try to give you a metric one .
If you have any specific trouble just ask .
(quoted from post at 22:16:38 09/04/16)(quoted from post at 01:22:22 09/03/16)
No worries Trains
I wrote a detailed account of the dismantling on the Grey Fergie Forum here .
http://www.greyfergieforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=69&start=160
The hardest thing is the removal of the crown wheel , patience here is all you need .
The seal numbers aren't really that useful , the old one as long as it is still reasonably intact is all the bearing supplier will need . Just make sure that they understand that it is an Imperial size so they don't try to give you a metric one .
If you have any specific trouble just ask .
Hi Charles.
Thank you for the pictures, and the link.
Wow, great to see the time and effort you have put into your collection, well done.
Very helpful and I have invested some time going over the forum and absorbing as much info as I can.
Trains
(quoted from post at 03:03:58 09/15/16) Hello Trains ,
I have only just today put the first coat of paint onto the shaft of the post holer I am working on at the moment . Once the paint is hard enough to handle tomorrow I can take further photos and measurements as well , The Universals are Hardy Spicer , the main shaft is a piece of 2'' or there abouts steel tube and the sliding part is a section of heavy walled 1'' square .
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(quoted from post at 19:12:35 09/15/16)
My hands are about to be operated on , they are giving me grief at the moment, so the focus is unfortunately blurry , it was the best I could do .
Some measurements , Fully closed , including universals the shaft measures four foot ten and one half inches .
Fully open with only about one inch remaining inside the sliding socket the shaft measures six foot three inches .
The bar is as you suggested one inch by fifteen sixteenths of an inch and is seventeen inches long . The universal joint and socket adds a further ten inches to make twenty seven inches overall .
The adaptor piece at the end of the pipe shaft is eight inches long , this receives the solid bar .
The pipe shaft itself is thirty seven and one half inches without the universal joint or the adaptor fitted , it is made from two inch medium walled pipe , much lighter than you would expect .
Hope this helps I am happy to clarify anything if you need it .
(quoted from post at 19:12:35 09/15/16)
My hands are about to be operated on , they are giving me grief at the moment, so the focus is unfortunately blurry , it was the best I could do .
Some measurements , Fully closed , including universals the shaft measures four foot ten and one half inches .
Fully open with only about one inch remaining inside the sliding socket the shaft measures six foot three inches .
The bar is as you suggested one inch by fifteen sixteenths of an inch and is seventeen inches long . The universal joint and socket adds a further ten inches to make twenty seven inches overall .
The adaptor piece at the end of the pipe shaft is eight inches long , this receives the solid bar .
The pipe shaft itself is thirty seven and one half inches without the universal joint or the adaptor fitted , it is made from two inch medium walled pipe , much lighter than you would expect .
Hope this helps I am happy to clarify anything if you need it .
(quoted from post at 01:16:26 10/14/16) I'm in South East Gippsland Trains , where are you ?
My farm is covered in fallen timber , roads washed out and sheds all needing repairs after the last big blow .
Have to be envious of your augers , the 6 inch one is as scarce as hen's teeth ! and really , really useful . Only one rarer, the short tree planting 18 inch diameter one .
(quoted from post at 05:07:07 10/14/16)
More land equals more work
I suspect that the posthole digger will be welcome in SA's rock strewn limestone soils .
(quoted from post at 05:07:07 10/14/16)
More land equals more work
I suspect that the posthole digger will be welcome in SA's rock strewn limestone soils .
(quoted from post at 02:58:59 08/28/17)
Great stuff Trains !
Thanks for the feedback always good to know when things work out . I have never seen this model post hole digger behind a 35 before , I thought they were supposed to not fit without modification . In fact I'm almost certain an application book I have by Ferguson mentions this ; I must check .
One tip with planting trees in post holes I learnt from a forester years ago was to score the sides of the hole with a shovel before planting the tree . It seems that the auger can ' polish ' the sides of the hole , especially in clay soil . This can collect too much water in Winter and create a barrier that makes it difficult for the young roots to pass through .
Impressive power developing by the looks of all of those chopped up roots in the photo , I wouldn't fancy digging in that by hand .
(quoted from post at 17:49:22 08/28/17)
I finished the restoration of my second post holer the other day Trains , photos of which are at the link I posted to the ' Other ' forum
I searched through my TE20 to FE35 Implement adaptation book today and found the reference I recalled . It is a really useful book printed in 1956 and lists the part numbers and process for adaptations needed to continue to use existing Ferguson implements on the newer FE series .
So it seems that only the very earliest models needed to have new ends welded onto the arms and that later models like those we have were able to be used on both tractors .
PS , love the hay rake !
(quoted from post at 04:54:35 08/29/17)
Odd , I have collected and repaired clocks since I was a boy
Handorf comes to mind when thinking of restoring old clocks , at least it's in your state .
The mysterious knob :?
It is a locating pin for the drive shaft when transporting the implement over long distances . It isn't really needed with a 35 but is almost essential when behind a 20 .
Because the pto needs to be engaged to keep such a heavy implement raised it would mean that the auger would keep turning as you drove about on a TE20, clearly not a clever thing to do . So to transport ,the drive shaft was disconnected at the pto and the entire gearbox, shaft and auger flipped over upwards towards the tractor , the lugs on the sides of the gearbox hit the arms and stopped the whole thing from flipping right around . The end of the drive shaft sat on that pin quite neatly . It is a sight to see such an unwieldy thing all packaged up neatly and ready for the road . Try it sometime , it isn't as hard as it looks to flip the thing around .
(quoted from post at 15:10:51 08/31/17)
Alternate Universes Trains ! My wife is also an author
(quoted from post at 18:21:35 08/31/17)
Also an illustrator , Childrens' picture books , close to three hundred in various forms up to now .
A little too well known to name here though .
It is an odd world , tractors , clocks , farms , probably Landrovers as well .
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