Mowed some very nice hay yesterday and finsished right at dark so decided to wait till this morning to ted it. I just finsihed teffing it and the frame on the tedder broke. Crawling underneath I saw where it had been cracked for some time, just decided to finish the job today. # hours later had it fixed. Decided to finsih mowing the rest of the field I had started, around noon. Made 5 passes and I was engulfed in a cloud of smoke. Hauled the mower up to the hsoue. Last time that happened it was the belts that had gone bad. Dawned on me on the way up that I hadn;t retightened them recently. Open the cover over the belts and ball bearing started rolling out. Both main bearings had come apart. Permanantly lubed sealed bearings, what gives when they only last for 20 years before crapping out? Had to go buy bearings 50 miles away, also had to get an open end wrench to reach an odd sized nut to loosen things, 24mm isn;t a size that many places carry. At dark finally got the the ready to reinstall on the mower.
To top it all off I had forgeotten (neglected) to eat anything today and tonight was was too tired and hungry to eat. Wife had a kitten because I've lost another 5 pounds since saturday.
To top it all off I had forgeotten (neglected) to eat anything today and tonight was was too tired and hungry to eat. Wife had a kitten because I've lost another 5 pounds since saturday.