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[bill from lachine]

folks,

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[releventchair]

The weather has swung a little back to the wetter side. Bill must of been feeling a tad guilty for taking most of it away.

There's times where I wouldn't trade the 5000/3000 for a new anything-then the next thought is I have a new tractor wrapped up in the 2 beasts. I have an issue with the filter being clogged in the power steering pump on the 5000. The back pressure causes it to leak, no time to do a parts run, maybe next week when I'm in that area.
Then the regulator is acting up again, so it throws 20+ amps into the battery when I'm at 1000rpm.
So I just shut the key off when i'm running around working.
Back into a tree no problem, run over something-no problem.
When I break it-the tractor guy fixes it-$30 per hr, machine shop redoes the machining-$40 per hr. Cheap-cheap the way I look at it.

Learning the personalities and common faults /cures/ workarounds is half the battle.

I've one aside from the leaker that's not charging. The leaker has a magneto and I can hand crank it to start. Of course , it charges well...L.o.l..

I've debated about new. I'd devalue it fast probably though. The old ones I'm careful with. Not that they don't get worked hard at times...
Not having a shelter for a new one might be the biggest reason I can keep dodging an acquisition.

I did offer a sales manager the chance to sell one , after I told him I needed a hungry salesman. He came up with a ridiculous figure on a year old "new" demo. Not even a top brand!
There's a dealer I've done business with that can kick his backside. And he knew that. As well as a private sale on one hardly used I told him he could check on.
Oh well. Service/parts is more a reason to buy at a locale than brand sometimes. But not if the price is way off....

Still like old tractors. But the good ones hold their value when in decent shape too. Often selling as much as they did new. Though many decades later.

Here's the noncharger at the previous owners site when acquired.
Having a brush hog on the other Cub , I let him keep the flail mower missing it's mule drive , (for a reduced price on the tractor of course).

 

[bill from lachine]

Jim,

I saw a truck on my morning walk that gave me an idea about your connundrum with the well. The outfit is called Sanivac it's a local company that specializes in cleaning storm drains, sewers, etc using a tanker truck. Not sure how far away the well is from where a truck can safely get to but they do seem to have long hose since they we doing a flush of some sort behind an apartment building.

Should be some other industrial plumbing type operators in your area.

 

[releventchair]

Letting a well flow helps. But where a pump is required to lift....Driving water down the well might be needed to flush. Then your fighting the foot valve , so it would need to be pulled.(?) And still risk clogging the point from the inside.

Watched a well service pull the downpipe out of a neighbors well.
We're around 80 feet deep here.
I was not overly impressed at the handling of the pipe. Or it being laid on the ground when out...
Mine is under an oak tree. Going to be a pain to pull. Submerged pump has outlived it's warranty by a good margin. That tree may need to go.

Unused wells need to be capped here. Abandon ones need sealed off. /Plugged with a mixture inside the pipe.

Trucks just drive to wells to service them. Or near as they can.

 

[ARC]

Letting a well flow helps. But where a pump is required to lift....Driving water down the well might be needed to flush. Then your fighting the foot valve , so it would need to be pulled.(?) And still risk clogging the point from the inside.

Watched a well service pull the downpipe out of a neighbors well.
We're around 80 feet deep here.
I was not overly impressed at the handling of the pipe. Or it being laid on the ground when out...
Mine is under an oak tree. Going to be a pain to pull. Submerged pump has outlived it's warranty by a good margin. That tree may need to go.

Unused wells need to be capped here. Abandon ones need sealed off. /Plugged with a mixture inside the pipe.

Trucks just drive to wells to service them. Or near as they can.

Just rebuilt whole well system while back... arrrrg what a pain in the arse.

 

[pepperj]

The well is 200 ft from where a truck can get to it.
I think I need a brain!
I can get through the field, down a long section of my main trail.
Just have 100ft of trail repair to do.

 

[bill from lachine]

Jim,

Sounds like a crazy idea but what the heck here goes....some companies give away old skids or pallets just a matter of picking them up. Would they work as a temporary road to bring a truck into the well location?

The well is 200 ft from where a truck can get to it.
I think I need a brain!
I can get through the field, down a long section of my main trail.
Just have 100ft of trail repair to do.

 

[bill from lachine]

Jim,

Sounds like a crazy idea but what the heck here goes....some companies give away old skids or pallets just a matter of picking them up. Would they work as a temporary road to bring a truck into the well location?

The well is 200 ft from where a truck can get to it.
I think I need a brain!
I can get through the field, down a long section of my main trail.
Just have 100ft of trail repair to do.

 

[pepperj]

Jim,

Sounds like a crazy idea but what the heck here goes....some companies give away old skids or pallets just a matter of picking them up. Would they work as a temporary road to bring a truck into the well location?

The main problem is a real estate company used a bulldozer to open an unassumed street. Changed the drainage in the ravine so it floods now. We bought the property and the one they were selling just to protect our privacy.

I got stuck during maple sugar season 3 years ago with the ATV and 50 gallons of sap loaded on it. So I got the small tractor (ford 3000) to tow it out-then the small tractor got stuck-then I proceeded to get the big tractor (5000) stuck-so I had a choice the Tundra or the wife's Honda. Everything seems to work well until it starts to be unstuck, then it's what do I steer, stop, protect from getting damaged. So it was stop the big tractor before it hit the truck. I just let the truck spin till I could deal with it. Hence the ruts in the trail, and a comedy of errors.

 

[ARC]

Flood the road with water...

Then take a boat.

Oh wait... you need the water first to flood the road.

:P

 

[ARC]

Just rebuilt whole well system while back... arrrrg what a pain in the arse.

The PVCwork was the pain... and the Home Depot suggestions and help only confused the whole escapade... so after I just decided to do it the way I wanted... things went better.

I made trip after trip to return a piece and get another,,, back again... etc.

 

[ARC]

Anyway...

Wells... they are a deep subject.

And goodnight on that note.

 

[pepperj]

Night AARC-and the rest of the folks.

 

[WHADIFIND]

Nite!

 

[ARC]

Mornin.

 

[pepperj]

Morning AARC

 

[ARC]

Morning Pepper.

 

[Rookster]

Good morning forum folks

 

[Rookster]

Morning ARC

 

[Rookster]

Morning pepperj