Now It's really broken! Let's get out the Wrenches!

Now It's really broken! Let's get out the Wrenches!
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[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

stoneyridgeshop.com Folks thanks so much for watching today! Please...grab yourself some Stoney Ridge goodies and support the farm/channel and content! It all helps so much....Without you there would be no Stoney Ridge Farm! I appreciate you all so much!

[@JohnR9965]

Check the bushings in sprockets. It’s all wear items. Including the chain… I would think have a chain and sprockets on both sides of that bucket would be more ideal

[@scottleeper8332]

One thing I’ve always heard about living or working on a farm THERES ALWAYS SOMETHING TO DO!! You will never be bored! 😂

[@karlnitz1126]

Josh, add a jam nut to the idler pulley spindle on the out side to keep it fixed in one position. Bet that motion shakes that loose.

[@RichardMoe-xs8pl]

Now thats a skill riding a four wheeler with an open mug of coffee .

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

and filming too! lol

[@RichardMoe-xs8pl]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer 😂😂😂....truth .

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

bhahha...you should see me fly the drone and run the tractor!!! Yep...every drone shot is me too my friend...takes a special skillset...than you for recognizing the difficulty!

[@scottsmith6846]

Hey Josh thank you for the video and that machine loves to eat rocks choose them up and spit them out woo

[@materialclassified]

Hence the name, Stoney!

[@blueridgehomestead566]

Put a blocker bolt behind and against the idler pulley bolt and tighten the dickens out of it. Won’t be so easy to move next time a rock hits it. Plums look great! Ground tornado got our peach trees, they were loaded.

[@wadesmith9165]

For clearing those rocks u should try ur ventrac with a harley rack Run ur attachment an angel Just have the discharge going the same direction

[@leighelliott5097]

Here’s a video idea Josh, why not give us an update and explain to us how the pig pen is going to be set up and what it’s going to look like and where it going to be located exactly 👍🏻

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

because I don't know lol

[@ShortbusMooner]

Mmmmm! Now I'm dreaming of fresh plum preserves! 🤤😋 You're such a smarty, Josh! God Loves an handy man! 🙏🏻💪🙏🏻

[@taurota1554]

Awesome content as always

[@yoyoswift9926]

Hi I was wondering what you spray around your garden beds to keep the grass down. Garden looks great Wooh!

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

it's called "eco friendly lonarch pro" here's a link for ya from my Amazon Affiliate page: amzn.to/3W6YzTy (link earns commissions fyi which helps keep the cows fed and the videos coming)

[@tomtruesdale6901]

Looks like a spacer is missing from that idler sprocket shaft and the difference is made up with all those washers. I know you said the chain was aligned but it sure looked a bit off to me. Maybe fab up a cover for the adjuster bolt head on the inside of the bucket?

[@jmltech7]

All those washers are not part of the original design. It's been "hacked" by the previous owner. You probably need a partially threaded bolt that is bigger at the start, preventing the sprocket to come too close to the bucket.

[@131dyana]

So nice to see you but sorry about your machine.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

All good

[@mtnmover7794]

Build a wall with them to help catch top soil run off

[@alh9338]

Didn't like that attachment the moment you got it, Josh. No knocks on you because it has been educational for all evolved. It's one of those nice ideas that isn't so nice in practice. Great review and warning for anyone considering it. "Chopsticks Vs a fork" 😅

[@stegsauto]

cool machine attachment

[@robertduncan2742]

Being a steel welder of items 8n this way I'd say there's a issue with the thickness on the walls and if there's room either weld a x brace from angle iron with the v facing out. If there's not enough area in the gear side do the best. Weld about a two inch weld every 6 inches

[@4BikeMike]

They sell a special Loctite that is oil tolerable. You might want to try it if you already haven't... Also clean that sprocket with some Brake Clean before installing the set screw...Also I thought I saw the motor shaft move in or out when you engaged the motor. You might have some wear on it which is causing the chain to jump...Good Luck....

[@timziegler9358]

I enjoyed your video and the repairs. You will get the rocks picked out of that field! Best wishes.

[@sorrentowolf2201]

Hi Josh good fix, but when using Loctite (any variety) for best results, first degrease the area, your applying Loctite to, then apply as much as is necessary, ie into the threaded hole then on the bolt/screw, reassemble ! The Wait approx 15/20 minutes minimum for the chemicals to react in the space between threads, BEFORE trying it out? WWWHHHOOOOOooooooooWoooooo

[@petermavus4131]

You Rock

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

now I do....hopefully for a bit longer than last time it broke lol

[@jmltech7]

Call Andrew Camarata with his rock crusher! 🤣

[@bobearl7859]

Grab a chunk of angle iron roll it over top of your adjuster on the inside of the bucket put an end on the one end the closest to the tip and nothing will hit that bolt again

[@SamatiiTrillium]

That rock picker should have a shaft running thru in the middle of that, instead of a short shaft on each side. The short shaft on sprocket side is bent throwing off the chain off the idler. IMO

[@danielwidener5943]

Hello from Tennessee, I’m sure you probably already know but the battery sitting on the direct ground will drain it pretty quick

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

old wives tale my friend....there's a few youtube vids out showing that it's a wives tale...check them out...I used to think the same thing!

[@bobearl7859]

You can use red Loctite all you have to do is apply heat and it'll come right out

[@romancharak3675]

Remember to order a few more of those setscrews while you still have the packaging !!

[@bohammarberg4072]

Good morning !! 🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@keithhillis4855]

" Woo ", It's alright, just another day on the " Beautiful farm ", making it much much better !!! " Woo "

[@Telluridepilot]

Does the set screw go into an indexing hole on the shaft ?? When the carrier is pulling up the rocks and binds up the sprocket will get loose and the set screw won’t work because it will free soon. I’d alter it to run a pin all the way through. The pin should be made of stronger material than the gear or it will break. A machine shop can do it Another way so weld the gear onto the shaft. Just a thought.

[@marksherwin9110]

The chain tensioner is on the incorrect side of the chain. I’m aware you didn’t make this piece of equipment but it’s not designed correctly..

[@farmboy4012]

That/s a neat machine, but you can do the same thing with a rock fork and no moving parts to worry about.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

na....ya can't my brotha...this is super handy for my needs

[@jalopyjoe4483]

Was hear. Wooooo

[@markhoppes8210]

would changing to a grade 5 Carriage Bolt keep the sprocket from coming loose? Just a suggestion

[@dougsullivan3909]

The idler bolt may be a replacement it could have originally had a carriage type bolt that the rocks would have had a harder time hitting .

[@taurota1554]

Are the cows not getting into the pond

[@markturner2065]

I would use a carriage head bolt on that idler, rocks wouldn't be able to strike it so much

[@markrabbia8281]

I would fabricate a guard around that bolt off of that gusset

[@billwilliams9527]

Do you need to lubricate the chain?

[@stegsauto]

bro use a small torch for the heatshrink

[@electrohacker]

might need some shims behind that drive sprocket, help those set screw with that torque. obviously I'm not there working on the machine, you'd know better than me.

[@user-rs6zi5dx4n]

There's a few things I can see to improve the rock picker but it is what it is it does work and that's what its made to do One thing you can do is put a backer bolt on the back side of the idler bolt to keep it from loosening up KEEP ON FARMING AND DON;T SLIP ON A COW PIE

[@robinadair152]

Hey Josh just a little advice. Put your battery on a short piece of 2x10 and it won't let the ground draw out it's power,your welcome

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

I’ve heard that’s an old wives tale

[@robertrousseau5264]

Josh make a suggestion to you take them out one at a time drill a pilot hole into the shaft then put them back in and then hold it down it should work and keep them tight

[@georgepetty-n7s]

put a carrage bolt on the idler instead of a hex head

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

agreed!!

[@flir67man84]

Why so many washers? Could you not remove washers , add lock nut to lock bolt against frame , heck you could even weld it bolt in place, then a washer then clog..

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

probably so!

[@johnme7049]

🎵Pick, pick, pickin' on the Stoney Ridge, I'm a just, Pick, pick, pickin' on the Stoney Ridge Farm.

[@prodesign8189]

You are taking jobs from local kids! I used to pick rocks with a few friends while sitting the bucket on an M with the 90 yr old dairy farmer picking rocks all day...loved it...$2 an hour in 1980s. We would prove who could pick up the heaviest ones and we were all like 14 yrs old at the time. It beat unloading hay bale wagons!

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Bhahaha local kids working Bhahaha! You’re funny

[@SLCOutdoors]

Just curious the chain jumps a bit, is the scraper supposed to be in a certain postiion in order to align the chain or do you think the gear is a bit out of round? I would guess the chain shouldn't jump much or not at all when rotating. Fun implement etiher way!

[@Comshawfactory]

20:33 Looking at the idol roller. It seems you would need the same set of washers on the inside to stable that rod and not have that gear to travel. I could be wrong. From the west coast of Tennessee

[@Stick_in_the_Woods]

I wanna see a video of you taking those set screws out without a torch. 609 is green and used to chemically bold bearings to a slightly loose shaft. You will probably wish you never bought it.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

oooh....let's hope I didn't make a boo boo

[@stanwooddave9758]

Something you may want to try, to keep those "GRUB-SCREWS," from loosening-up besides the LOCTITE, is drill little divots (maybe 1/16" in. {0.0625"}) or more deep into the shaft of the motor. This way your getting more surface area, for the "GRUB-SCREWS," to hold onto. FYI, more than likely the "GRUB-SCREWS," are case hardened, the motor shaft is case hardened. Which would mean your "GRUB-SCREWS," have less than 1/32 surface area in contact, i.e., a point of a sewing needle, trying to hold on to the motor shaft. To test the metal for case hardness, use a everyday metal file, using average hand pressure (approx. 1/2 pound) take two or three strokes with the file over the suspected metal, (motor shaft in this case;) and see if the file removes any metal at all, or does it just skate across the metal surface and doesn't leave any marks what-so-ever. If the file skates across, it's case hardened. Congratulations you just completed your first metal testing. Assuming the motor shaft were case hardened, you would first need to anneal (soften) the shaft metal (Via heat up to cherry red, and let air cool,) then drill your divots, then to bring back to a case hardened state, heat cherry / white hot, quench with water / or oil, (used car oil or vegetable oil) Bob's your uncle, the shaft is now again case hardened. To soften the shaft, the whole shaft need not be brought up to cherry red, just an area equal to the divot dia. and depth. Wrap a dripping wet rag around the shaft closest to the motor itself, to act as a heat shield. Maybe setup say a 16 oz plastic bottle with a hole on the bottom (to one edge of the bottle) enough to just seep / pee water onto the rag. If I had to guess how long using a number three or four welding tip (NOT A CUTTING TORCH HEAD) to heat, maybe between four to eight seconds.

[@denniscleveland669]

Someone makes those wire connections that have a bit of solder in them, so when you heat shrink them, the solder melts and give the best contact.

[@johnshanks251]

Needs more grease

[@kathrynbraun2073]

You oughta do whatever you did to your rock picker to all you vehicles-make ‘em all move that fast! 😜😜😜

[@lynnplestid2711]

Perhaps bolt a heavy cover over the bolt head ?

[@petesawicky5635]

Quit hitting buddy,, give him a hug instead.

[@denniscleveland669]

That should be double width chain and sprockets.

[@denniscleveland669]

I’ve mentioned you channel to other groups so they can see some of the ways you’ve done stuff, like solar operated livestock well and waterers and that Bison hand pump.

[@sunshine3914]

I could use that bison pump.

[@davidmack8813]

Yeah I see why you've got rock machine. I'd like to see you with a good group of KZbin friendly fellas/blokettes having a BBQ live stream followed by some pickin & grinning

[@TheBlackbearforge]

Are you going make a video about harvest honey?

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

I may if I get some this year

[@briangrammer898]

❤❤VIDEO ❤❤

[@user-wc3gu4pd4z]

What is the attachment that’s connected to the tow bar of the grey suv type vehicle parked in front of the mega sheds??? Love the colour of your shirt ❤

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Mountain bike

[@user-wc3gu4pd4z]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer fantastic I couldn’t quite see what it was as it was in the back ground We both really enjoy watching the Stoney Ridge farm you look like a really nice man ❤️❤️

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

awesome!! I'm getting ready to go ride it in about an hour! Soon as I can slam a couple cups of coffee and check the cattle

[@user-wc3gu4pd4z]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer fantastic do you live on that large homestead on your own? Would be a lot of work, Hank and Richard here we have a small block 2 1/2 acres which we have some sheep and chickens ❤️❤️❤️

[@user-wc3gu4pd4z]

We are in New Zealand 🇳🇿

[@ClickinChicken]

Can you irrigate your pastures with one of those corn field waterers I see all over the place up here? "DUH-day", cost a small fortune, I suppose... 🔴⚪🔵

[@jerryhubbard4461]

Josh, you ever thought about renting a mid size motor grader and turn the soil into wind rows then use the rock picker to sift out the rocks in the wind rows or use a root rake?

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Ooh….you haven’t seen the last 3 videos have ya 😆

[@jerryhubbard4461]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer I thought I was up to speed on the videos. I must have missed them. I will check.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

yessir...so the vid just before this we were raking up with the landscape rake....the rock picker isn't perfect..that's for sure, but man it saves my back

[@jerryhubbard4461]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer I did watch the one with all that. rock picking. No way that can be done with back and hands. I have been watching you since the beginning or your videos and you have one beautiful farm. Keep up the good work. Still hate your marriage could not make it. My guess she just did not like living on a farm. Been there.

[@Forest_Actual]

I want one of those rock pickers for the Zombie Apocalypse! LOL

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

now you might be right!! It would be rough on some zombies!

[@alnglenn]

Yeah, collecting up the zombie bodies.

[@otiskeithwatkins1679]

You've made a huge mistake with that rock picker. You'll have to rename your farm and lose all your branding. Well, never mind. Those rocks will grow back.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

bahhahhha....I'll never get them all!!

[@stephenreese5921]

PAC-Man’s rock picker.

[@carloloturco1659]

How Do You Know What The Bees Need, Do You Speak Italian ?

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

been beekeeping for 15 years now....ya kinda learn from experience

[@BouncingBaller]

Time for a rock crusher and have all the gravel for all your roads.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

would be nice!

[@roberto.peterson9917]

while i am not an engineer? the sprockets should be keyways and keys be of soft steel for shear pins keys are slip free where a set screw has limited point of contact pulleys also function better with keyway design worked HVAC for 30 yrs when come to blowers the set screws design would always slip and score shaft one's with keyway early fail but never ruin shaft just key would fail as a safety remove old key realign install new key

[@dmark6699]

Wish my plum trees were that loaded.

[@denniscleveland669]

I can hear it now. What? You don’t wash them before consuming? Josh/me, heck no, where do you think all of the goodness is. There’s nothing like wild yeast and bacteria, to give your digestive system a little kick.