hubcapsc
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... is the place for me.  I charged the battery a month or so ago, and have run the bush hog several times this year. Today the tractor didn't even try to start. It is a six volt system, my multimeter said the battery was doing about 3.5 volts. I went four places before I found a replacement, Tractor Supply had it. I put on a new manifold gasket a month ago too, it had begun to POP POP POP when I was running the tractor last year... I hadn't had to run the bush hog since last June because of last summer's drought... crossing my fingers for no drought this year, I'd rather run the bush hog every day than have flash fire conditions again... it was crispy brown acres last year... -Oliver Wendell Douglas |
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« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2017, 07:13:27 PM » |
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Cool! I used to operate an 8N. Converted it to 12 volt, alternator instead of generator etc. Bullet proof tractors, need to run em even if there is no grass!
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« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2017, 07:15:26 PM » |
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Uh Oh Steamer might get size envy.
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hubcapsc
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« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2017, 07:24:34 PM » |
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Uh Oh Steamer might get size envy.
My tractor is the kind everyone got when they got back from WWII... it's bullet-proof, just like Firefighter says... but Steamer's modern Kubota kicks my tractors ass... he can do all kinds of things, reliably... I can pretty much run the bush hog, as long as the battery stays charged and the manifold gasket holds. I put a $100 Chinese radiator in it two summers ago, the old one finally gave up the ghost. The tractor belched out a half a quart of antifreeze when I turned it off today, it didn't use to do that... -Mike |
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« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2017, 07:45:14 PM » |
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Good old tractor. As a kid I racked up a few hundred hours bouncing around on that steel seat. The summer heat would make your butt burn where the cheeks rubbed together after a number of hours on it. Everyone laughed at me when I dug up some old padding, forerunner of foam, cut a bunch of holes in it and shaped it to match the seat. Then started carrying a box of corn starch with me, would powder my butt with it by dropping my pants while out in the back forty where only the foxes and deer could watch. Took care of the butt burn.  |
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« Reply #5 on: June 04, 2017, 04:21:07 AM » |
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I take it that this is a Hoyt-Clagwell tractor. Heard he made pretty good plastic fruit after his tractor business tanked, at least according to Sam Drucker.
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« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2017, 04:29:56 AM » |
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« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2017, 05:12:46 AM » |
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... is the place for me. ... -Oliver Wendell Douglas Mike, the fashion trendsetter! White socks & shorts for the 8N...  ... black socks & shorts for train tunnel walking with cousin dopy!  |
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hubcapsc
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« Reply #8 on: June 04, 2017, 05:39:08 AM » |
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Dang... I'd forgotten they had black socks!
-Mike
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« Reply #9 on: June 04, 2017, 08:02:45 AM » |
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Why not change over to 12 volt ? That's like running a Valkyrie on a AAA..... Call the motel in Pikeville .
Rooms are still available at ground zero for next year . Dates are Friday 5-25-18 and Saturday 5-26-18 ....( You " MUST " tell the motel you are with The Hillbilly Ride ) to get our rate and the motel worked with us not renting rooms to anyone that didn't say Hillbilly Highway .
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« Reply #10 on: June 04, 2017, 08:09:49 AM » |
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Definitely convert it to 12 volt... I think this one is 12 volt...   |
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hubcapsc
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« Reply #11 on: June 04, 2017, 08:15:57 AM » |
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My 8N is kind of scary in 4th gear in a bumpy field. Imagine that one in 5th! -Mike |
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« Reply #12 on: June 04, 2017, 02:29:33 PM » |
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I've known several who have gone to 8 volt. won't cook ignition, whips it right over, charges fine and only cost is battery. (provided everything else is as it should be).
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hubcapsc
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« Reply #13 on: June 04, 2017, 03:06:48 PM » |
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I've known several who have gone to 8 volt. won't cook ignition, whips it right over, charges fine and only cost is battery. (provided ever thing else is as it should be).
There was a good tractor place in town until just a few years ago. The guy came out here and got my tractor and broke it in two and put in a new clutch and changed out the ring gear that the starter turns (it was slap wore out) and a few other non-cosmetic things... he asked me if I wanted him to change it over to 12 volt and I said no, I probably messed up there... -Mike |
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« Reply #14 on: June 17, 2017, 12:33:32 PM » |
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Adding a test down at the end of one of my old posts...  -Mike "is it animated?" Nope |
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hubcapsc
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« Reply #15 on: June 17, 2017, 12:42:11 PM » |
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Adding a test down at the end of one of my old posts... -Mike "is it animated?" Nope I didn't think anyone would see that  ... I removed it already... It is animated for me on firefox on linux... it is just a "broken picture" icon on chrome... I noticed a while back that sometimes when I park my bike without remembering to turn off the camera, I end up with stuff I can turn into a gif animation. Gif animations don't work well when uploaded to google sites, or any other google service I've tried, including youtube... when I had access to web space directly on an Internet connected machine with an apache web server on it, gif animations worked great. That picture is pretty cool when the water is moving... it might animate if you click on it? ... anywho... it is no fun to put them in posts if they aren't animated without the viewer having to do something special... -Mike |
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« Reply #16 on: June 17, 2017, 12:48:52 PM » |
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Here's another try... this time I've uploaded it to "google photos"...  -Mike "That one seems to have worked including over on chrome..." |
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« Reply #17 on: June 17, 2017, 04:30:51 PM » |
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if you were refering to the water wheel or waterfall one I have seen it and saved it
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« Reply #18 on: June 17, 2017, 05:25:12 PM » |
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Here's another try... this time I've uploaded it to "google photos"... -Mike "That one seems to have worked including over on chrome..." Nope. I use Firefox and Windows 10. |
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hubcapsc
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« Reply #19 on: June 17, 2017, 05:58:40 PM » |
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Nope. I use Firefox and Windows 10.
Depending on how fast your Internet is (I have slow DSL) you might have to wait
a few seconds (not a minute or anything)... a gif animation is numerous whole
pictures melded together, all of them have to load before the animation starts
moving...
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« Reply #20 on: June 17, 2017, 06:07:34 PM » |
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Nope. I use Firefox and Windows 10.
Depending on how fast your Internet is (I have slow DSL) you might have to wait
a few seconds (not a minute or anything)... a gif animation is numerous whole
pictures melded together, all of them have to load before the animation starts
moving...
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« Reply #21 on: June 18, 2017, 03:36:43 AM » |
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I've known several who have gone to 8 volt. won't cook ignition, whips it right over, charges fine and only cost is battery. (provided everything else is as it should be).
The Farmall M Dad had while I was growing up had the 8 volt battery. It is a 6 volt system, with a 8 volt battery. You can still find them. He said it turned the engine over faster than the 6 volt when cranking, making starting easier. Since only the battery was 8 v, the system worked great. |
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