the new yr just isnt looking up for me

well on jan 1st in the morning when i was about to clean alley my new holland l565 skid steer fell all apart. i just finished moving to last group of cows to holding area and it was time clean the last alley. it has had a clicking sound for the past week but i couldnt find it. i had put a brand new alternator on it about 2 weeks before jan 1st but it had a bolt where it wasnt sopposed to be from the company. i took it apart and pulled the wires out by mistake so i had my neighbor soder it up and i got the screw out and put it back together. it still isnt working but no point of putting the old one back on. so once again a couple days after i started hearing a clicking sound. couldnt find where it was coming from so i just left it till i had time to look harder. so here we are i started cleaning ally and all these sounds comeing form the back of the skid steer and it sounded like the muffler fell off so i left it running put the loader up took the panel off and i looked and the water pump had all come apart. luckly it didnt go through the raidiator but then i notice the nut on the altinator had came off too. well now i have been running it for the past couple days trying not to overheat it because i havent had the chance to get a new waterpump yet. so tonight we start early in the barn to get done early for once. its below 0 here and we get done milking early while im feeding heffers. i have to pull the little 6610 up the hill with the nh tm190 wich started find with the clock heater an battery charger because the battery is only a yr old and it is junk so i get it running. i feed heffers. now its waiting in the driveway to be pulled up for the cows and what do you know it wont start now. after an hr with trying to start it with the battery charger it still wont start. i got my unfinished 7710 out of the barn wich still needs a lot of work before it gets put on anything and that wont pull it up the hill and now the 6610 is stuck in a rut previosly made. i still havent fed cows im just getting warm. and the 6610 wont move because it has a rearend leak and so it wont drive so i got the oil on the wood stove warming up. ill be going back out soon to see if i can get. it cant wait. it is too cold and nothing ever ever ever works right around here. this is just frustrating.

If that battery is only a year old, you need to get
it back to the store. As soon as possible. You just
can't follow a tractor around with a battery charger
in that kind of weather. Keep your spirit up and
just do the best you can.

Mark , If you didnt have bad luck you'd have no luck at all. Hang in there ,it will get better

just came back from it. only took 2 tries this time.

I live in north-central Texas & often speak of a need/desire to move south to a warmer climate.............I don't understand ANYONE who lives where zero is common!!!! Get out! :roll:

I really feel for you,man. That dang machinery always acting up when your low on funds.Hope you git 'er done.

if i wasnt so far away i would give you a hand.hope
it all works out for you.
RICK

My cousin in northern VT milks about 200 same as you. He runs three NH skid steers plus a back-up, which is now a worker because his newest just burned up. He told me that he saw where a landscape company near Lancaster PA was advertizing some NH skid steers for sale. I'll see if I can get details for you. I know feed is high but at least milk is paying well.

i feel your pain, ive had times when it seems like there is not 1 thing on this farm that is actually in running condition in spite of my best efforts, hopefully it will be a case of your getting all your kicks delt at the beginning and the rest of the year will be smoother for you, be careful

I always try to keep the tractors I may have to use close to electric so it is never further than an extension cord may reach. I heat the machines up for at least 1/2 hour or an hour before use, and our main feeding tractor is on a timer. Sure saves batteries and starters and aggravation.

Can you weld up a bracket to carry the 4DLT battery out of one of the 10's on the NH? It would be a temporary fix but at least a way to keep things going.