I am attempting to help the barn owner where our horses are.
She has/boards 30 horses.
We have been there about 2 years with our horses.
She is 73 and is now by herself, lost husband a year ago.
I now help her as much as I can with things as well as money for repairs, hay .
She has a JD and I think that it is a older 4030 with a Bush Hog loader on it.
As I was moving roll bales the front bar that attaches to the JD dropped down. After looking at it the bolt that attaches the cross bar to the front of the JD sheared off.
I had not noticed this before now but the other bolt at sometime had done the same thing and by the looks of things it broke sometime ago.
There is only two bolts hole on the front for any attachment.
So i was looking to repair the problem by drilling and re-tapping the two bolt holes on the front of the JD.
Well needless to say that did not work. Unable to drill steel on the JD.
I got a hold of a welder and he has been out twice and leaving tell her that it will take a special type of welding material to make repairs, not sure if he is telling the truth or not.
So question, how can this be repaired?
Tractor is down and the manure is piling up.
Thanks to all for and help solving this issue.
Mark Bell
Plainfield, In
She has/boards 30 horses.
We have been there about 2 years with our horses.
She is 73 and is now by herself, lost husband a year ago.
I now help her as much as I can with things as well as money for repairs, hay .
She has a JD and I think that it is a older 4030 with a Bush Hog loader on it.
As I was moving roll bales the front bar that attaches to the JD dropped down. After looking at it the bolt that attaches the cross bar to the front of the JD sheared off.
I had not noticed this before now but the other bolt at sometime had done the same thing and by the looks of things it broke sometime ago.
There is only two bolts hole on the front for any attachment.
So i was looking to repair the problem by drilling and re-tapping the two bolt holes on the front of the JD.
Well needless to say that did not work. Unable to drill steel on the JD.
I got a hold of a welder and he has been out twice and leaving tell her that it will take a special type of welding material to make repairs, not sure if he is telling the truth or not.
So question, how can this be repaired?
Tractor is down and the manure is piling up.
Thanks to all for and help solving this issue.
Mark Bell
Plainfield, In