Somebody had a slight "oh, crap" yesterday on GA 540, right outside Sandersville. Clean up on aisle #540... Don't know what happened, didn't see another vehicle involved. Should be plenty of happy birds and deer...
Pretty typical with a hoper bottom and grain but typically they don't break in two like that. Every farmer I know (including myself) overloads a hopper bottom. You want to haul as much as possible to the elevator in one trip. Hopper bottoms are pretty strong to begin with but will break if severely overloaded and really, there is no practical way to ascertain how much product you put in one other than knowing how full is 'full' No scale here at the farm so it's all visual and certainly no scale in the field when direct loading from a grain cart or combine. That hopper bottom was grossly overloaded. I've grossed close to 100 grand on 5 axles in the past, or 20 over gross. I can visually tell how much is in the trailer or at least close. My Timpte has level windows in the side to see how much product I have inside. As a rule around here, the weighman turns his head and ignores hopper bottoms, they all know we are heavy but they also know the fewer trips to the elevator the faster we get it done. The owner of the unit will have to pay for the remediation no matter what. How it works.
That's definitely a no no! In Wisconsin you are required to wrap compression fittings with duct tape.
That's kinda like when we use stainless band clamps to repair underground leaks on cast or DI water distribution lines...once a crack has progressed to the point where you eventually have a bunch of SS clamps butt to butt for a ways, they just say that part of the line has been upgraded to SS
Started cutting a limb crotch from a pecan tree. Never saw anything on the outside of the tree, but the chain sure quit cutting... ...it should just buff out, right???
Does that work like one of those clamp on sharpeners just hold it against the rock and it will self sharpen
Not quite...lol... I think I rescued that chain today... 3 passes around the grinder, then set the rakers. Not quite perfect yet, but I think it will cut.
