DC and Duncan

Case Nutty 1660

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I know how some here like to slam my DC and Duncan,, I have a number of round grain bales the voles have cut all the strings on and are a mess to deal with so I dug out this grapple from the moth balls and mounted on the Duncan to clean them up,, I got to thinking how long it has been since I used it,, over 30 years now it seems,, still have to run a set of pipes and hoses for it as I only have a one-way control on the Duncan now for the push off and loose hay grapple I have for it that Duncan made,, I happen to have the whole setup on a junk duall loader here that should work,, the DC was wanting to do some extra jobs besides loading 200-800 straw bales a year
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Well Tom, Duncan is part of a fan club, how can they slam that?? Duncan can appear in pictures that you don't expect!
Seriously Tom I would like to have a Duncan, with high lift like that.
 
Dan,, just the way some are I guess,, been told its a deathtrap, the front axle supports will break, this list is long,, it does take a OPERATOR to run these type machines I sure do not let many even set in the seat,, I mean hey that is even a challenge to get in lol,, some are just in jest for sure others not so much,, but you know me I have big shoulders and can carry a load of dung just fine if shoveled on me,, many would go and buy a attachment for a skid steer,, or use a grapple on their loader,, all will work,, I feel mine has Style that nothing new can top,, I do have a water pump leaking on the DC I see,, time for some Bars Leak I guess,, maybe even a shot of grease int he bearing cant remember if I greased it last summer do not think I did, what I do find funny is how some will steal my pics and post them as their own,, one punk was claiming it was his bosses tractor they put up building with lol same guy had a pic of my 960 when I towed it home,, said it was his uncles,, even tried to argue with me about it until I asked for other shots of them and produced Many of my own shots,, the pics posted on-line are free to the World but when they start claiming things as their own I do get involved lol
 
Hey Tom: There are some "engineering marvels" in the world, mostly here in the USA, span bridges in mid air come to mind, but that Duncan is also an "engineering marvel". No criticism here, I just marvel at it.
 
Had to give you a hard time John you have valid points for sure,, come on out I will let you drive her around and feel it
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There she is in full splendor!! No one can argue w/ that!! I hope you don't think I ever criticized it. I've always "marveled" at it. Quizzed you about it some, yes, but never criticized it.
 
Tom, I just marvel at the set up. To me it is a work of art and very functional. On your water pump do you still have water pump grease. I remember dad had a can an told me I needed to grease the pump on the CC, BRINGS BACK MEMORIES. Jerry from Ohio
 
Jerry I only buy a lithium based gun grease have for many decades it works fine in them,, I doubt that will stop the drip I am thinking I may have to replace it if the two things do not stop it,, not bad for a 72 year old pump life I guess
 
No worries at all John you are far from the only one who said anything about the front end I never took yours as a slam
 
The way I see it, it's an mechanical marvel. Someone got an idea or was assigned a task and this is what they cam up with.....Kenny
 
It has not seen more than a night or so in a shed all its life,, I bought it from the original buyers estate auction and talked with his sister and brother about it when they stopped by with the ops for the Case plow I got with it and the DC as well as a set of cups for the cylinders on it,, it has low hours on it,, I am sure I have put more on it than the original owner did,, he had 50 acres of ground,, he would plow up 5 acres or so every year and replant it back to hay,, his one brother was a blacksmith and he said he hammer the points sharp every year for him even though they were showing almost no wear,, he only did this until he got all the hay fields replanted to hay,, he always had a brother put up the hay for him. I am guessing I only have about 20% of the things I own in a shed
 
Tom, So was this machine designed to "scoop/rakeup" the windrows and build hay stacks? Was that a common thing in your area, building hay stacks? With that reach it looks like it would make a great stack. gobble
 
The hay head was for either loose hay or small bales round or square, the grapple was for feeding out of the loose hay stacks,, you could make a 30 foot tall stack and retrieve from it, I have used them to sweep up tumble weeds on one place we used to farm also
 
Tom why don't you bring that over when you get some spare time. Sure could use some help trimming trees, I'll drive, you can ride and cut, OK. Thanks! Rod.
 
That is one impressive machine. I imagine you have to be pretty careful when using it, this is not meant as criticism but it doesn?t look like a machine you would put a kid on to run. I really like the buck rake you have for it.
 
It does Indeed take a skilled and what I call a real operator to keep them on all four,, you get that much weight moving in the air things can happen fast,, I have had the rear wheel off the ground a time or two,, been going to put another set of wheels on it for better stability and more wheel weights as I had the CC removed a few years ago and she is not as stable as it was, I am the only one anymore who runs it,, but yes for sure not a kid unit,, or at least a run of the mill one,, I have over 40 years running one and it makes me pucker once in a while lol
 


I sense that 1370Rod knows how to be more tactful and polite than me about the ?situation? this loader presents. ?I will drive and you can ride and cut--------?. LOL

I am more the Paul Revere type and tend to yell ?The British are coming? when danger is present. I had to study structural stability early in my Engineering classes. It was vigorously impressed on ?us nerds? that structural instability can kill people. We were taught how to spot structural instability in design.

This loader has moderate lateral structural stability for carrying loads down low such as loading straw bales on a truck. With the eye it is obvious to me, the higher this structure raises its lateral stability becomes very poor.
 
Duals and more weight would definitely make it a lot more stable. If you do it we would like to see more pictures!
 
I guess I had my training in things like that in my life's work,, ( no degree) I knew at age six how you can break/upset machines,, this unit has done many hundreds of hours of work on my farm the last 35 years I have owned it,, other than breaking a couple mounting bolts she has been trouble free,, as for carrying loads low,, I was taught and self taught that also at age 6 I would guess I have swept up 50,000 bales with it and ones similar in my life time,, not once have I tipped one over,, although it is very easy to do with a person in the seat who has no clue how to run one safely, seen it done a number of times over the years. I have a saying "any one can "run" a piece of equipment, but there are dang few operators" I have ran most any farm machine and construction units in the last 51 years ,, and am proficient at them all which again is ever rarer than what I call a operator, I also can do any repairs on them,, again a rare trade today, but then I have always been able to do any job I set my mind to well,, never was a good musician or at sports which I cant stand other than soccer and hockey which I was again top of the heap doing,, that said is this a machine to let any one operate NO WAY but then how many can work as a team and carry a railroad engine off the tracks and set it on a display and work with a very seasoned crew who had been doing that job for over 15 years as a team and get offered a job on the spot to join that team lol I would say that number is very low indeed
 
Tom, I would bet that combination of highly functional implements was conceived, designed, and built by people with the same mind set and skills as you and Loren. Thanks for the pics and comments.

Joe
 

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