what grinds your gears

[Courier]

Why are most trailer shoes not solidly fixed ? That tiny bit of movement they allow normally results in the hitch sinking on soft grass and my new tractor pickup hitch doesn’t touch the floor [emoji35][emoji35] so if it sinks a few inch it won’t pick it up

Poor design and trailer manufacturers don’t seem interested in improving them.
I made our own for silage trailers which were stream lined at the front so as to glide over swaths without dragging and were no wider than the drawbar itself but sufficiently long to prevent any significant sinkage - the front end was still fastened by the regular pin and the rear by a tongue welded under the drawbar.

We were using trailed forage harvesters towing the trailers behind which involved 25 second changeovers.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Summer. It’s crap.

If it’s not boiling hot it’s raining and if it’s not either it’s both.

Flies, horseflies, thunder bugs, itchy dust, sweaty, narky farmers, busy roads, long hours, humidity, uncomfortable nights, every bugger is on holiday so feck all gets done, cantankerous machinery and whenever any member of my family chooses to get married it’s always when I’m flat out.

Apart from that, I like it.

 

[Lofty1984]

..... Outside and with a forced ventilation welding mask of course

More like inside smoking a cigarette no mask just synchronised blinking to avoid arc eye

 

[nick...]

Summer. It’s crap.

If it’s not boiling hot it’s raining and if it’s not either it’s both.

Flies, horseflies, thunder bugs, itchy dust, sweaty, narky farmers, busy roads, long hours, humidity, uncomfortable nights, every bugger is on holiday so feck all gets done, cantankerous machinery and whenever any member of my family chooses to get married it’s always when I’m flat out.

Apart from that, I like it.

You having a bad day Pete
Nick...

 

[br jones]

Summer. It’s crap.

If it’s not boiling hot it’s raining and if it’s not either it’s both.

Flies, horseflies, thunder bugs, itchy dust, sweaty, narky farmers, busy roads, long hours, humidity, uncomfortable nights, every bugger is on holiday so feck all gets done, cantankerous machinery and whenever any member of my family chooses to get married it’s always when I’m flat out.

Apart from that, I like it.

Steady on ,drink the beer ,smell the flowers ,keep clam and just do what you can, it will be still there tommorow

 

[Cab-over Pete]

You having a bad day Pete
Nick...

No, well, no worse than usual!!!

I just don’t like hot weather, never have.

 

[nick...]

No, well, no worse than usual!!!

I just don’t like hot weather, never have.

I’m with you on that.20 degrees is plenty
Nick...

 

[Shovelhands]

Summer. It’s crap.

If it’s not boiling hot it’s raining and if it’s not either it’s both.

Flies, horseflies, thunder bugs, itchy dust, sweaty, narky farmers, busy roads, long hours, humidity, uncomfortable nights, every bugger is on holiday so feck all gets done, cantankerous machinery and whenever any member of my family chooses to get married it’s always when I’m flat out.

Apart from that, I like it.

Ahh well mate, look on the bright side.....

 

[Shovelhands]

Some animal, has damaged my favourite shovel and just chucked back in my van like it’s nothing! Like it’s ‘just’ a shovel!

 

[nick...]

I had a favourite mounted on the steps of my avatar.had to take it out to re fuel and one day I left it beside front wheel and then drove over it.i was gutted.
Nick...

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Some animal, has damaged my favourite shovel and just chucked back in my van like it’s nothing! Like it’s ‘just’ a shovel! View attachment 825352

Oh man........ that’s bad. Did you educate him?

 

[Agriimark]

When your topping, put back window guard on and take the front window out instead [emoji85] not a fan of picking glass out my sandwiches [emoji849]

 

[Lofty1984]

When your topping, put back window guard on and take the front window out instead [emoji85] not a fan of picking glass out my sandwiches [emoji849]View attachment 825427View attachment 825428

How ??? Bet that’s going to be expensive

 

[Shovelhands]

Oh man........ that’s bad. Did you educate him?

I doubt I shall identify the culprit! Mr Nobody again I would think...

 

[Agriimark]

How ??? Bet that’s going to be expensive

Exackly what i thought. All i can think is a stone has somehow gone under the tractor and bounced off the tyre or axell. I expect so and has my pride more as i have only broke a wing mirror in the last 10 years

 

[bovrill]

When your topping, put back window guard on and take the front window out instead [emoji85] not a fan of picking glass out my sandwiches [emoji849]View attachment 825427View attachment 825428

I've been doing a fair bit of topping the last couple of days, and it's unbelievable the angle some stones attack the glass from! I hear them ricocheting under the cab floor, and I'm sure they're bouncing off the front wheels back at me sometimes. (Being in an older JD, with no air con and an SG2 cab, I've got the door open!)

 

[Shovelhands]

Exackly what i thought. All i can think is a stone has somehow gone under the tractor and bounced off the tyre or axell. I expect so and has my pride more as i have only broke a wing mirror in the last 10 years

It’s hardly your fault though, is it?

 

[Bogeyman]

You need a beacon on to break, that will clock up your breakage numbers.

 

[Agriimark]

It’s hardly your fault though, is it?

No not my fault, just one of them things, now have a front window guard for next time [emoji23]

 

[Agriimark]

I've been doing a fair bit of topping the last couple of days, and it's unbelievable the angle some stones attack the glass from! I hear them ricocheting under the cab floor, and I'm sure they're bouncing off the front wheels back at me sometimes. (Being in an older JD, with no air con and an SG2 cab, I've got the door open!)

Yes it is surprising, the topper has chains and rubber matts to try and keep stuff from flying out but still manages it.