Hill Top adventures
- Thread starter Shorty
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where did you pick that up from? I just sold that back in the summer of 2023. Did you get it from my brother?
The pain definitely made the first couple weeks stretch forever. But it is better now, the pain is how I tell if I have tried to do too much.
I got it from a guy in Lebanon County. I don't know the history of it at all.
Last evening I got to do something I haven't done for a few years. Plow snow. Last year we didn't have any, and several years before that Jr did the driving. What a situation tho, to get started. The battery was dead, the charger didn't charge. Jr got a new one on his way home from work. Two tires were flat, air compresser thought 20 pounds was enough, the air moves very slow, just like me. Finally just after dark, I was able to get it started. Jr had left for the evening, leaving me to drive. And then my next son got to ride along to learn how it's done. Just a couple years and he can take over.
My little princess enjoying her first snow.
My little princess enjoying her first snow.
Awwwww.
And that is not going to change Shorty. Carolyn and I are both that way. Forecast is to start raining this afternoon and we knew it Friday morning already.
The other week we decided it was time to plow the garden. 1 furrow done and the steering decided it was done as well. Kinda guessed it would cost more to fix the steering valve than what the tractor is worth. So we pulled the power steering off and started swapping in a manual steering box. We have a mid 80's Gravely 18H and using steering off a mid 70's Ariens S16.
The power steering is on the left side and the manual is on the right. Swapped out the spindle to take care of that small item. Even though the Gravely had power steering, the frame had the bearing mount for the steering arm. They must have been using a different steering box tho for the later years. The holes didn't all line up. And it is closer to the engine than I like. Now if it works I have an extra set of hydraulic lines. The idea of another valve and power angle on the snow plow is floating around. Jr got a welder and needs projects.
Looks like fun.
I had lines made for mine. Wasn't that bad, $$ wise
Just the big boys did the long field. The garden tractors had another shorter section to play.
I hadn't looked at the lines very close, just capped the 2 I took off the steering valve. I soon realized that it was part of the lift valve circuit. And the lines needed to be rerouted to run the lift cylinder. One of those times that I didn't look far enough ahead.