Posted by jon f mn on April 11, 2020 at 06:08:18 from (174.219.2.225):
Well it's official, I go back to work on Monday as long as I don't get sick. Was good to have these days off and get some things done and could use a few more. Especially since it won't hurt much financially. Apparently I get "sick pay" from the stimulus package and get paid for 40 hours a week because my wife was sick. This will be the first government money that I've collected to my recollection. I know I've never collected unemployment, work comp or welfare and can't think of anything else. At any rate, it has allowed me to do most of a summers worth of projects, so that is good.
Speaking of projects, made some progress on the manure spreader yesterday, as usual not as much as I wanted. Worked on patching the rusted parts. Cut a piece out of the old header to patch a round shield.
Two of the angles that carry they rear beater were rusted badly, so they got replaced.
Guess I didn't get a pic of those done. I had cut the old bulk tank apart to get it out of the milk house and it had some shapes that worked for some parts, so I cut that up to patch the rest of the pieces.
The upper lip of the tank had an angle that was just right to fix the parts that hold the upper beater.
The front panel had some fatigue cracks that needed fixing. Sure is tough trying to weld thin rusty metal, especially with a welder set up for heavier work.
The last part is the sides which are rotted all the way along the bottom. Used the long strips of stainless I cut from that piece above to make patches. Lots of square holes to cut for carriage bolts with the plasma. I'm not as good at it as I was, out of practice I guess.
That's as far as I got yesterday because I ran out of gas for the welder, so a trip to Napa today for another bottle. Which brings me to the worst part of the day. Was carrying the old header out to the back yard when a pin fell out of my loader and this happened.
As I was driving I saw the pin sticking out and tried to stop and lower the loader, but as soon as the loader started down the pin rotated and flew out and the load dropped. The bent frame is no big deal and I can easily fix that. But the bent cylinder shaft is more problematic. Hopefully I can get it straight again. The pin fell out because the bar welded across the end as a stop broke so it came out backward. The cotter pin is still in it. I see one other pin has one side of the round bar broken too. Guess I'll be checking those regularly from now on.
Hopefully today I'll get the rest of the sides done and get the loader fixed. But we shall see what surprises await. Lol
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