We had a combined birthday party for my 2 boys and myself, since I turned 30 today. After that I went to the farm because we had hay to chop with rain in the forecast. Our 1855 needs a starter (been making funny sounds all summer) but we got it going.
The IH 986 we rent to run the bagger blew a hose between the block and the heater on the very 1st wagon of the day. Got that fixed with some new 5/8 hose and 2 gallons of coolant.
Our Massey 285, as of yesterday, doesn't want to start. Yesterday she'd start with a fair amount of cranking. Today it took a sniff of starting fluid. Top it off with weak batteries, but as long as it's above 40 (it was 50-60 today) it'll pop right off without heat. Not sure what's going on but it's like it's not getting fuel. 2 days ago while I was cutting I was running a little low so Dad brought me 2 cans. They looked clean he said with a dribble of fuel in the bottom, but who knows? Seems to have started shortly after using those cans. Plan on changing fuel filters tomorrow and looking in the tank with a flashlight.
It's sprinkling right now by my house, so we may be done for a few days. That'll give me some time to get the starter fixed for the 18, work on the 285, and work on getting our other new wagon working so we can run 4 wagons when we start corn. Gotta have the toungue modified to be about 18" longer, move the front wheels back 6-12", chain it down, and reverse the cross conveyor.
Piece of cake right?
Had a rough start, but we still got 10 loads chopped in about 4 1/2 hours, including repair time. Our other new to us wagon performed flawlessly.
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