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Bob Bancroft

Well-known Member
Location
Aurora NY
so this is what I get for wanting creature comforts!
Bought a CaseIH 5230 a year ago. Went through it this past winter. Used it to spray with this spring successfully.
I'm happily mowing along enjoying AC and stereo sound, when I notice this strange odor. First thing that comes to mind is refrigerant. I'm looking up at the air outlets for a mist when I hear this terrible sound. So I shut down.
The rotary mower has picked up a small rock, busted it, hurled a sharp piece at the end of the hyd. filter,(wouldn't you think it would glance off???)and guess what? The sound is the hyd. pump starving for oil!
Later, I can see the stained stubble back to about where the smell started! The spin on filter hangs on the right side of the tractor. The hole is on the bottom. Yet the air flow has carried an oily mist back, up, and around onto the rear window, right above which is the cab air intake!
 
The real sick feeling is yet to come. When you go and buy the hydraulic oil to replace what is leaked out is when you will feel real sick. I will bet that the new filter and hydraulic oil will run you $150-200.
 
Or sound!
Several years ago I had this old behemoth of a Steiger. Turned and dropped the chisel plow, headed out across the field. Heard, and felt a little, unusual thump. It's a short field, but before I get to the end, my power steering is going, going, gone!
Big, low pressure return hose has slipped off the barbed fitting on the valve stack under the cab. Dumps entire hyd. oil supply. My oil barrel was low. So I had to pay the long price for a barrel locally, and carried it right from the pickup to the tractor in the field in the loader on the 4020. Both tractors in this story were antiques!
 
Only good part is this time(see other story below) my new hyd. oil barrel sat here untapped from late winter, when I got barrels of hyd. and engine oil both. Truck hoist had issues, and I was sure I'd need the new barrel, but didn't!
 
When I was a the golf course we had a Roseman Hydra-gang mower. Picture a Ford 3000 tractor with 7- 3 foot hydraulically driven reel mowers mounted on arms off the tractor. The reels were powered by a separate hydraulic system with a PTO mounted pump and 30 gallons of hydraulic oil in tanks mounted behind the seat/between the fenders. One of our genius turf grass students was out mowing and he notices the reels stopped. Seems about a 1/4 mile earlier he hit a tree and broke off a reel, dragged it for a while but eventually the hydraulic hose broke, the reels stopped after he pumped 30 gallons of hydraulic oil out on the course. The boss wasn't real happy what wasn't dug up by the reel being dragged was oily and yes hot hydraulic oil kills grass, we had a dead streak of grass most of the rest of the season.
 
My Skid Steer on HI-Flow is ~35 GPM When a hose goes on the Rotary mower you are almost empty by the time you think and reach up and turn the hydraulics off!......$$$$$$....$63 for 5 gallons!
 
I had that same feeling today. Got almost all the way to town in the grain truck wondering what smelled. I convinced myself it was just the old girl putting up with 100 degree weather. That wasn't it, though. Sure enough, the drive shaft parking brake was on. Not sure why- it doesn't work much at all.

Funny thing is that it didn't smell like brakes. Come to think of it, it might have smelled like 55 year old asbestos covered with dust, dirt, and wheat chaff.
 
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