Today in Pictures

[cropgrower]

anybody else have a herd of aprox 30 elk having a feast in their Canola? and flattening it everywhere they lie down ?

[shtferbrains]

Have more than a few in the area.
They can cause problems if you have hay rows in the field waiting to get hauled.
They jump up on the rows and piss all over it so nothing else will eat it.
Can destroy a grain bag in a couple of nights.

[furrowtickler]

Moving day in Saskatoon Saturday.
overall cost to put a child through University is crazy now .
They only time the kids like seeing the ole man roll up in the deck truck lol

[AlbertaFarmer5]

This was one of my temporary permanent fixes. The welding was so awful I thought I should share.
Front damper pulley on one of the old auger tractors. Rubber between the outer pulley and inner hub failed and the pulley was spinning on the hub.

Found half of a stamped steel pulley that had about the right outside diameter. Clamped it against the inner half with the bolt in the end of the crank, and welded the outside to the pulley. Welded it inside the tractor. All welding was done blind with a welding rod bent 90° to reach. Weld a couple of inches, stop to bend it again.

The weld held. But the center had broken out of the pulley and it was slipping again.

That was a few years ago. Nothing more permanent than a temporary fix.

I had to rebuild the water pump the other day. So I figured I might as well fix the pulley correctly since I was halfway there. Pulled it off. Remove the remaining rubber. centered to two halves perfectly by driving 5/32 welding rods in at three points. Welded the two halves solid. Not exactly a dampener pulley anymore. But if it didn't fail with it flopping around with the temporary fix. I don't think it's going to fail with a solid pulley.


Feel free to critique the blind welding.

[rumrocks]

This was one of my temporary permanent fixes. The welding was so awful I thought I should share.
Front damper pulley on one of the old auger tractors. Rubber between the outer pulley and inner hub failed and the pulley was spinning on the hub.

Found half of a stamped steel pulley that had about the right outside diameter. Clamped it against the inner half with the bolt in the end of the crank, and welded the outside to the pulley. Welded it inside the tractor. All welding was done blind with a welding rod bent 90° to reach. Weld a couple of inches, stop to bend it again.

The weld held. But the center had broken out of the pulley and it was slipping again.

That was a few years ago. Nothing more permanent than a temporary fix.

I had to rebuild the water pump the other day. So I figured I might as well fix the pulley correctly since I was halfway there. Pulled it off. Remove the remaining rubber. centered to two halves perfectly by driving 5/32 welding rods in at three points. Welded the two halves solid. Not exactly a dampener pulley anymore. But if it didn't fail with it flopping around with the temporary fix. I don't think it's going to fail with a solid pulley.


Feel free to critique the blind welding.

Being forgetful with my welding helmet and doing a temporary field job resulted in similar beads. We all have to improvise at times.
Hugh difference between private and public sector.

[TSIPP]

I know all about a temporary fix, when I actually get time to really fix it 5 or more years went by.

[TSIPP]

Okay ill stir the pot, looks like AB5 was welding with chucks solar panels…

[blackpowder]

Any newer a tractor and the crank wouldn't take it ha.

[shtferbrains]

Any newer a tractor and the crank wouldn't take it ha.

Harmonic balancer?

Or the ground thu the mains?

[blackpowder]

Both but was thinking of the balancer aspect.
An 88 Oliver is one thing, a 3406 another.