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Michael Soldan

11-06-2005 06:37:34




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Welp, I bought another running gear the other day for$100. It is a good heavy gear and I'm guessing about 6 ton rating. Well I need to extend the reach for an 8x16 hay rack. I had to cut the bolt out and free the collar that holds the reach in place. I have soaked all the adjustment holes along the reach with penetrating oil but the reach pipes will not budge..hook a tractor on each end of the gear? I was thinking of a jack but theres no place for the jack to grab onto the pipe. Any ideas would be appreciated....Mike in Exeter Ontario

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Hugh Mackay again

11-08-2005 04:07:43




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 Re: Wagon running gear in reply to Michael Soldan, 11-06-2005 06:37:34  
Michael: If you don't happen to have pulling devices that I mentioned in earlier post, here is another idea. Hook one of your old Farmalls on each end. Place them in low gear and by using the hand crank, they make a great puller. Gives you far better control than clutch.

I straightened bumper on Mack truck using my Farmall 130 chain and the crank. I've used this method many time over the years. Just one of the benefits in having old tractors.

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Hugh MacKay

11-08-2005 02:54:35




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 Re: Wagon running gear in reply to Michael Soldan, 11-06-2005 06:37:34  
Michael: I think Bill has a good idea, maybe use the tractors for anchors, but do actual pulling with, come alongs or chain blocks. Did you try heat on the affected area? Another thing you may try, is when the puller has a steady strain on it try lifting one wheel of wagon with front end loader so as to osculate the wagon center reach.

Don't rule out a rust build up within those tubes, even though not a real tight fit originally, it may be by now with rust build up. Especially if wagon has been parked a few years.

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BillOH

11-06-2005 15:26:55




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 Re: Wagon running gear in reply to Michael Soldan, 11-06-2005 06:37:34  
I had that same problem earlier this summer. I ended up putting the frame between two sturdy trees, with a coffing hoist on one end and a chain on the other.

Once pressure was put on the pipe, a few turns with the pipe wrench was all it took to free it from the sleeve.

Two tractors would work, but I don't think it would give you the same steady pressure that a chain pull would.



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Don-Wi

11-06-2005 07:35:47




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 Re: Wagon running gear in reply to Michael Soldan, 11-06-2005 06:37:34  
I don't think there would be a problem using a tractor or 2, just hook the chain close to the reach, so as not to stress the rest of the gear. Make sure to soak them really good like you have been. I've never seen a gear where the pipes actually fit very tight inside each other that they could rust tight.
Donovan from Wisconsin



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