Thank you Wes for the series, for making it available to all of us for FREE! Hope you keep making this type of videos that are instructive to us all, especially to the farmers that are trying out new machinery. Giving us courge to tackle our own machines.
@Centennial_farms6 жыл бұрын
I love these videos, these are the way videos were back years ago. No explaining to the trolls, not worried about who commented what. Just good videos of Wes working. I love it, videos like these are what got me hooked on OLF’s channel years ago. Great job!!
@holv22796 жыл бұрын
I absolutely enjoy seeing you fix all kinds of machinery. Impressive. Thank you for sharing all it.
@kevinwillis91266 жыл бұрын
I was just getting into watching that Wes. Now we have to wait till tomorrow.. Thanks for sharing..
@nectcruiser6 жыл бұрын
I had to laugh when you hooked that second wrench on to loosen those bolts, I've done that for years and have never seen anyone else ever do this until I saw you the other day and again today. To my knowledge no one ever showed me this, I just figured it out probably like you out in a field fixin some broke farm machinery with just a roll of wrenches and 2 bent screwdrivers oh ya and a hammer. Good series Wes I never worked on these so its interesting to see how it all works Thanks
@hturbo10076 жыл бұрын
Alf anderson II I had to laugh also, because I do the same thing.
@davyjones2326 жыл бұрын
A lot of guys do that. I do that same thing by using two wrenches....but I push with an OPEN PALM hand to avoid hurting mu knuckles when the wrenches slip.
@tooez906 жыл бұрын
I use the box ended wrenches on allen wrenches all the time for extra leverage
@snoopdogie1876 жыл бұрын
Many mechanics do this, its very common. Its the easiest way to get more leverage when you need it. I also do this with ratchets since I haven't invested a lot of money into getting good, long ratchets yet.
@clearingbaffles6 жыл бұрын
Alf anderson II Sears replaced a 9/16" combination wrench The guy gave a strange look as it was bent/twisted about 45 degrees The TORQUE 3/4" Multiplyer was a Craftsman
@buckhorncortez6 жыл бұрын
"Planned obselescence..." Yeah, just like they planned the input shaft being round so that baling twine would wrap around it more easily...
@chadharmon57166 жыл бұрын
I think I've learned more about this guys mower than he does at this point lol
@agriman866 жыл бұрын
Great educational video series again. Thanks!
@GerraldFarms6 жыл бұрын
Nice info on cutter ready to see more. Thanks for sharing.👍🏻
@adrianburdess92216 жыл бұрын
First class great watch Wes
@canvids16 жыл бұрын
knowledge pays off. Great instructional video Wes.
@HNCahoon6 жыл бұрын
Very educational video series. I like the way you tell it like it is. You might want to mention a few products you've gotten in the past: For instance, the shop lights, the grease-zerk tool that stays on while you are pumping grease from a reservoir with a foot pump, TireJect, and other unique products you have talked about before. This might encourage manufacturers to send products to you. The way you handled the WD40 account was brilliant! Still laughing when I think of the video. I think I'll go back and watch it again. LOL
@stanleyjones41806 жыл бұрын
great video wes thanks
@kristinacarr16766 жыл бұрын
When this style bar came out we had customers complaining about streaking. We found it was caused by the cup type bolt protector. The stem would hang under the cup knocking down the crop. After working with NH we came up with a socket head bolt it worked well at stopping streaking.
@dewainwoodard48406 жыл бұрын
Great video Wes thanks for sharing have a great day
@dejanira26 жыл бұрын
Getting tougher to get underneath the equipment as we lose our youth.
@markgamble83776 жыл бұрын
Hmm tea cup nice.i have been replacing the bolts on my 1990 Kuhn from time to time.that bolt looks same.
@MailFarmBoy4 жыл бұрын
Great video series 👍. Where can I find the T-Cups to order??? Thank you!!!
@farmworkMi6 жыл бұрын
Great work glad you are almost ready
@jankotze19596 жыл бұрын
Great learning video
@mikenicholson25486 жыл бұрын
Great job Wes thanks for making it clear great info
@robertthornhill43796 жыл бұрын
hi good video 10/10
@leol16826 жыл бұрын
Thanks like video 10/10.
@jassonmathews13336 жыл бұрын
I’m sure someone is going to bitch about how you linked those wrenches together for more leverage. Those will be the people who have no clue what it’s like to work on equipment.
@donwoltz7126 жыл бұрын
i like all your videos watch them all keep up the good work for all the naysayers tell them to start their own utube channel thanks
@Ham682296 жыл бұрын
When disc mowers became popular, I used to be envious of those who had one... until the day I went to my local JD dealership for a few extra sickle guards and sections. Spoke with a fellow hay farmer who had his machine in the shop, turns out the gear box exploded on him, said, basically it destroyed entire cutter bar. No offense to those that have these, but, I'd rather stick with the old sickle mowers. Break a section or guard, only down maybe 10mins tops. Wes, you really should invest in those "garden seats", I have one with pneumatic tires, can roll it around anywhere and one huge knee, back saver!! Way better than those shop roller seats.
@lukestrawwalker6 жыл бұрын
Yeah the first ones were a grenade waiting to happen-- no shear protection against disks impacting heavy stuff, and virtually all of them back then were gearbed type cutterbars. These modular cutterbars are WAY more robust and if something DOES go wrong, you're fixing one module or twisted off quill shaft, which is cheap... or a shear hub (which is about $40 bucks or so from New Holland for these... Kuhn shear hubs are about $250 bucks because it's the entire gear/bearing/shaft/bearing hub/disk hub assembly, and they don't sell the parts individually, which is why I won't buy a Kuhn...) The modern disk mowers have come a LONG way from the first ones. I know when we were ready to replace our antiquated Ford 501 sickle mower back in the late 80's, we had two choices-- a first generation non-top service hub Kuhn (or an equivalent New Holland, which was just a Kuhn machine painted in NH colors at the time-- the old 416/417 mowers) or our dealer was also selling PZ Zweegers drum mowers built in Germany (IIRC). We had a Ford 640 combine built by Claas in Germany and so I knew from experience that German engineering is second to NONE and so I was more than willing to take a chance on the Zweegers drum mower. When I looked at the design, it was also easier to tell which would last longer and be more durable... the Zweegers has the gearbox up about 2 feet off the ground, and only had 6 bevel gears in the entire gear train of the mower. The Kuhn/NH disk mowers had *23 gears* in the cutterbar-- a pair of bevel gears to input power from the belts into the cutterbar through the drive gearbox, and then the rest was disk drive gears, with 2 idler gears between each disk, all running in a common sump bar case running right on the ground UNDER the cutting knives, with just skid shoes and "bullet noses" between it and the dirt... The drum mowers are pretty well bulletproof... we're still running the drum mower we bought in 1988 or 89 all these years later... We've only had to replace the input gears once and belts, and the skid shoe saucers underneath once... everything else (except blades) is original. Can't beat that! The only problem with drum mowers is that they are not very wide... we got the widest one at 7.5 feet... which was the same width we had in our old 501 mower sicklebar. Reese made some wider drum mowers with 4 drums instead of two, and I think the PZ Greenland (after PZ Zweegers merged or was bought out years ago) made some slightly wider 4 drum models, but our dealer didn't stock any... The 3 point disk mowers can be had up to about 10- 10.5 feet IIRC and some even have conditioners if you want them. The modern disk mowers are designed with shock hubs to protect the cutterbar and internal parts from damage if something is hit... the design of which varies by manufacturer-- NH uses 'Shock-Pro" hubs that only have 4 splines which shear if something is hit; Kuhn cuts a slot into the drive shaft under the turtle mounting hub so if it hits something it twists the shaft off and tosses the turtle out the back. Krone is probably the best, because they use a threaded hub that screws down onto the shaft, then a steel roll pin is driven in to lock the hub to the shaft... if the blades hit something solid, the roll pin shears and the shaft spins inside the hub, the hub runs back up the threads and freewheels, lifting the blades out of the path of the adjacent disk's blades on either side, so they cannot collide despite being out of time... The disk is retained on an unthreaded upper portion of the shaft, where it can spin freely til the mower stops... not sure if they use a C-clip or bolt and washer or what into the end of the shaft to retain it... to fix it, you spin the hub and disk back down the shaft, align the hole in the hub with the hole in the shaft, and drive in a new 50 cent roll pin... no expensive broken hubs or more expensive broken shaft assemblies to replace like NH and Kuhn, respectively... Don't be afraid of the modern disk mowers-- they've come a LONG way from the early models, and once you experience the ease of use and speed of a disk or drum mower compared to the old sickle bar machines, you'd never go back! Later! OL J R :)
@hzgts3086 жыл бұрын
Had a bad run with our 1412. Spent a fortune having the cutter bar rebuilt, then the gearbox shat itself a month later. $5,000 AUD for a replacement. Said goodbye to that machine very quickly.
@markgamble83776 жыл бұрын
o my.learned a lot from this.i see that u joint with grease fitting.im afraid to look on mine now.a grease fitting didn't know was there.
@Ravolta6 жыл бұрын
Wesley, how do you remember all of this stuff? I mean sure you have done it a few hundred times but still.. It's somewhat amazing that you can go from refurbishing a Model A to rebuilding the 4960's gearbox to fixing a 1941 Ford truck and then fix a mover for a friend. :D
@michaelellis64054 жыл бұрын
any idea where to purchase the tea cups?
@kayleneforrester93836 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the series on this cutterbar service. I was wondering if you have had any issues before with the “bolt , bushings “that hold the cutterbar on wearing out and causing the cutterbar to settle down enough for the input shaft to bind and break the gear box case that drives the cutterbar. Also thanks for the teacup I saw you mention that a few years ago and did the upgrade to my 1411 and 7230
@anniereilly806 жыл бұрын
👍👍
@4gauge106 жыл бұрын
Wes,you might want to mention the"modification"to your friend,he just might take you up on it.
@mikegoodman4476 жыл бұрын
He's fixing it because his friend let him have some free hay. If he fixes it to good the friend won't need him no more and there goes all the free hay. Besides if he converted it he would have to take all them things off and install all new parts which would make the "free" hay kinda expensive. In this case cheap and easy is the best fix.
@4gauge106 жыл бұрын
Mike Goodman Nothing like friendship...😀👍
@4gauge106 жыл бұрын
Mike Goodman Nothing like friendship...😀👍
@jamesmckay99666 жыл бұрын
Wes, What does the Tower do? Jim in Boise, ID
@lukestrawwalker6 жыл бұрын
Towers or "top hats" as they're also called serve two purposes-- 1) they keep hay from winding around the shafts in these pull type cutters where the gearbox is above the cutterbar and connected up with a U-joint shaft, and 2) the transport the hay cut by the end disks over and around on top of/with the hay from the second disk in... this leaves a clean, clear path between the edge of the cut swath and the mown hay, so on the next pass the skid shoe is not running into previously cut hay. It also helps on conditioner machines to feed hay into the conditioning rolls, and also to separate hay cut by the disk from uncut hay just beyond the outside disk, so that the swaths are separate (or to separate it prior to uncut hay being fed into the conditioner rollers or flails). 3 point mowers typically have "top hats" that are a solid round 'drum' with a couple angle-irons welded to them to help move the hay around them, and are removed by accessing the bolts in the top of the outside disk through a hole in the top (usually). Pull type mower-conditioners typically have "towers" that are sorta like 4 angle irons upright welded to rings on either side, so the bolts can be accessed from the outside, since a shaft goes down the middle making top access to the bolts impossible... Later! OL J R :)
@leebuck1806 жыл бұрын
thanks for the 1411 series. ok, I have heard your take on the "ramps" on the turtles, I noticed that the 1411 you are working on has right and left blades. is this the way its equipped? I'm asking because the New Holland 411 (which looks the same to me) has flat blades, any blade will work on any turtle. the 411 in my youtube home page is not mine, the owner lets me use it in return for "swapping work" with him.
@dakotabeuerlein14436 жыл бұрын
have that same 1411 and the nicest disc bine eveer
@OnefishTwofishROC6 жыл бұрын
Oh how I wish I was mechanically inclined....*sigh*
@jenniferwhite60896 жыл бұрын
never to let to find a book on it and never have too many parts new in hand for the tracker and machine 2 years ago we build a new building to house the new parts it amazing how much parts you have we have for each machine we have its own place in the part building we have a full-time person to look after all the parts we use now it, their job to have the stock on hand and reorder what we need for the big jobs that we do a major repair, they do have to order all the new part find the books and all the info on the machinery we do custom work on the side for the dealerships too they will bring use a machinery to repair or just part it out for use parts pay very good but a lot of time to identify the parts afterwards with part number and what it came off of some time it a new machine they need the parts from
@TheMuskokaman6 жыл бұрын
First!
@connorfield61776 жыл бұрын
I got the same mower but newer we replace all of our blades every year
@nsgkuaov6 жыл бұрын
Connor Field good on you we replace all our blades every time they ware out about once a week or every 3 to 4 hundred acres depending on condition we gave up turning them years ago as they only last half as long and it is as well to change them out as it is to time consuming to be changing them for that little return we use the half worn ones as field replacements when we break or lose blades
@brianwebber71686 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't it be a NUT CUP?
@stuartsplace1006 жыл бұрын
i have learn a lot from watch your vids wes
@stuartsplace1006 жыл бұрын
good taste in tools wes,craftsman
@kevinguthrie4666 жыл бұрын
That's the brother
@josephboley6 жыл бұрын
Good morning Sir
@storminnormanz6 жыл бұрын
when you take those things off what do you do about the extra hole? just leave it or stick a bolt in
@nsgkuaov6 жыл бұрын
storminnormanz just leave it by the way I have 18 of them somewhere that never saw an acre of crop took them off when I got it for exactly the same reason that Wes did but I had to destroy a bed before I figured it out,got at least twice as much out of the second bed. When we took the original bed apart to repair it the ware was unbelievable that bad that replacement was the only option. Have gone for krone now they have the option of light angle lifters that are light and ware but easy replaced and don't cause premature collapse due to excessive ware.
@lsellclumanetsolarenergyll50716 жыл бұрын
Your website is pushing out error messages... any idea ??
@MrVailtown6 жыл бұрын
Is it "Junk or Junk-Junk".
@tristonthefarmer31766 жыл бұрын
What tractor do you plan to run this haycutter
@paulcopeland90356 жыл бұрын
Ask the neighbor.
@teglho6 жыл бұрын
No, Wes said he was going to cut hay with it himself to prove it was fixed. Go watch Part One again.
@tristonthefarmer31766 жыл бұрын
Terry H oh ok
@farmerchris16 жыл бұрын
How do u keep from rounding off grease zerks on that double u joint, we put new ones in at first of year and grease it good then a few days later they are round off and won’t take grease
@dakotabeuerlein14436 жыл бұрын
that is the only problem with that machine I run the same one and have the same problem
@lukestrawwalker6 жыл бұрын
Put in a 90 degree fitting and turn it with the zerk end facing backwards from the direction of rotation... that way it runs in its own "wind shadow" and should minimize wear and dirt from grass and hay rubbing it when turning... Later! OL J R :)
@1995jug6 жыл бұрын
Wes you know your shit on disc mowers wish I had t-cups on my Kuhn mower the nuts are always worn.
@ustinman84466 жыл бұрын
Good wrenching ! Question Wes, Why don't you use a round bailer? To me it seems less problems. No knotters and string. Just cutters , flexible belts, mesh rap.
@America-First20246 жыл бұрын
UStinman 84 Tonnage of hay. The bale weighs more. Bales per field in shorter amount of time. More bales hauled per load. Easier to stack. Ironically I just watched the video when he was explaining his reasoning. 👍🏻
@warp2756 жыл бұрын
It comes down to logistics, you can stack them easier and you can get more hay one a truck, plus there is a lot more hay in each bale especially with his baler.
@nsgkuaov6 жыл бұрын
Money it's way more cost effective at the volumes that he's at.
@advandervelden15886 жыл бұрын
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@ihguy21136 жыл бұрын
looks similar to th e vermeer and laylee cutter bars
@lukestrawwalker6 жыл бұрын
Yes, all are modular... Lely designed and built the Vermeer bars for Vermeer... not sure how that's gonna work now that Lely got bought out by Agco... Lely and Vermeer bars were identical, not sure about the future... Later! OL J R :)
@kenmurphy20516 жыл бұрын
Why would you give this a thumbs down.
@America-First20246 жыл бұрын
Ken Murphy It was probably the designer/engineers at New Holland that give the thumbs down.
@tommypayne19806 жыл бұрын
Tighten the bolts to German Spec GUDandTight
@clearingbaffles6 жыл бұрын
German for virgin
@davyjones2326 жыл бұрын
PUSH the wrenches with an OPEN PALM to avoid rapping your knuckles.