Cab-over Pete
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- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
She's certainly seen a few sunsets.
She's certainly seen a few sunsets.
There is no bonnet. All of the engine is behind the cab so I think, with difficulty, you could actually remove the head if need be. But I concede that maintenance is generally going to be a right bugger of a job.
For a big machine there is just no room around it at all. There’s a lot jammed in there!
This body is only really held on by four pins. If I get the pipes routed correctly I’m hoping we can just tip it up eventually, albeit by lifting the front end of it with the Loadall
I didn’t think of that!!
This body is only really held on by four pins. If I get the pipes routed correctly I’m hoping we can just tip it up eventually, albeit by lifting the front end of it with the Loadall
Stick a ram on it be ideal when traveling down hill, keep the body level.
Or for those days when it sticks like sh!t to a blanket and you feel like picking the machine up by its nose, shaking it violently and then going home.
Remind me again why we do this job
Ideal for those sticky loads....
All jokes aside is that something that could be done sounds like a bloody good idea if it could be @Cab-over PeteStick a ram on it be ideal when traveling down hill, keep the body level.
Or for those days when it sticks like sh!t to a blanket and you feel like picking the machine up by its nose, shaking it violently and then going home.
Remind me again why we do this job
Pto driven oil pump to drive the disks wouldn’t cost a lotBit of a disappointing day.
We don’t have enough oil flow. In theory we do, but we can’t get enough in practice unless the tractors revving flat out, which is obviously no good.
We dont think it’s a wear problem, plenty of pressure, just not enough flow.
The GPS man is coming on Monday so we’ll get it going and see what happens. I thought we can fanny about all week with ideas and theories but you can’t beat getting it all going and driving about with it to actually see what happens.
There’s an outside chance that it will spread lime and fibrophos fine enough, but if I want to spread AN or granular at 24m plus then the discs will use too much oil to power the bed at the same time.
If that’s the case I think I will just drop the AN work rather than spend £6000 plus on millions of hydraulic bits and a new pump. It’s only a very small part of what I do, earning me maybe £1000 per year. I’m not going to worry about that and I don’t enjoy it anyway!
We’ll know more on Monday.
How the f**k can a tractor that big and expensive not have enough oil flow to spin a couple of discs and move a belt at the same time? Would have expected something like that to pee it.Bit of a disappointing day.
We don’t have enough oil flow. In theory we do, but we can’t get enough in practice unless the tractors revving flat out, which is obviously no good.
We dont think it’s a wear problem, plenty of pressure, just not enough flow.
The GPS man is coming on Monday so we’ll get it going and see what happens. I thought we can fanny about all week with ideas and theories but you can’t beat getting it all going and driving about with it to actually see what happens.
There’s an outside chance that it will spread lime and fibrophos fine enough, but if I want to spread AN or granular at 24m plus then the discs will use too much oil to power the bed at the same time.
If that’s the case I think I will just drop the AN work rather than spend £6000 plus on millions of hydraulic bits and a new pump. It’s only a very small part of what I do, earning me maybe £1000 per year. I’m not going to worry about that and I don’t enjoy it anyway!
We’ll know more on Monday.
Bit of a disappointing day.
We don’t have enough oil flow. In theory we do, but we can’t get enough in practice unless the tractors revving flat out, which is obviously no good.
We dont think it’s a wear problem, plenty of pressure, just not enough flow.
The GPS man is coming on Monday so we’ll get it going and see what happens. I thought we can fanny about all week with ideas and theories but you can’t beat getting it all going and driving about with it to actually see what happens.
There’s an outside chance that it will spread lime and fibrophos fine enough, but if I want to spread AN or granular at 24m plus then the discs will use too much oil to power the bed at the same time.
If that’s the case I think I will just drop the AN work rather than spend £6000 plus on millions of hydraulic bits and a new pump. It’s only a very small part of what I do, earning me maybe £1000 per year. I’m not going to worry about that and I don’t enjoy it anyway!
We’ll know more on Monday.
Oh dear Pete , if it doesn’t rain, it pours!
I was worried about the potential flow you might have tbh. Driving spinners efficiently takes some flow, no matter what the hp of the tractor, if it ain’t got the pump, then it ain’t got the flow...
Is there scope for changing the pump? How is the pump driven currently?