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Just not going the repair route. Its really hard to work in that small space thru the access panel yet. Its getting cold soon and I have no heated shop. I can do repairs but this aint one of em. I was going to go to the same stuff Im using in my 784 which is a J20 46 to 68 vi as opposed to the 32 AWG Ive been using AND use the Stop Leak which they say to put in first. I had been using a Hy Tran clone like that before. Yes it does go full 360+ thats the purpose of the "manifold" which is a kind of ring collector on a silo unloader. Lots of special O rings in there. It took me a long time to figure out it wasnt a hose fitting. Its just oozing out the seams in this cylinder-like collector.

I can see that yes. But I really cant use it the way it is and fixing it properly just seems like a bridge too far given all the issues with the truck its on. I just need it to last a little longer before it hits the scrap heap. If that gets me there then a cheap fix might be worth it. Thats my reasoning anyway. If it does anything at all which Im a little skeptical of.

I have an 80s era Hi Ranger/Terex 4E bucket lift. It works but has a leak such that if I let it sit for more than a couple weeks the fluid drains out of it. It appears to be a slow oozing leak in the rotary manifold in the center of the pedestal. I expect it needs rebuilding but frankly after watching a video on it I think its beyond my ability to get it out and do all that touchy work. I dont use this thing much anymore so unless Id drain it over a couple months the whole thing regularly drains out. Its been suggested that I try Lucas Hydraulic Fluid Booster and Stop Leak. Ill probably give it a shot but Id like to hear what you guys think first. Also, Im using factory recommended AWG 32. Will higher viscosity help even a little? What can I get away with? I never use it in cold weather. https://www.lucasoil.com/product/hydraulic-oil-booster-stop-leak/

Sometimes you dont know whether to laugh or be horrified...

Have you ever seen any of the Kick A$$ movies with Nicholas Cage?

And it is still there! Too bad the pics are still not working.

thats only one field and then not al of it. Most of the flood zone is now in the CRP and previous tenants were paying the higher rate for the all of it including the worst areas which are not out of it. My beef has been that he waited until it was too late to find a new tenant to make the demand and then there was the secondary SNAFU with the county over the bad property lines that could not be corrected before the signup period ended - again because of the late notice. Now he comes running wanting me to sign a new lease the night before he wants to spread manure on it. Sorry! I was already shopping it around by then. Now Im just waiting for him to get his wrecked wagon out of the marsh grass field. Not that it matters. The new prospective tenant does not even want it.

Maybe all is well. Found a dairy farmer willing to take it and even plant alfalfa on it! Imagine that!

I think it has something to do with taxes. Im completely out of the loop on this.

UPDATE: Tenant emailed me yesterday in a rush to get a new lease signed NOW so he can apply purchased manure. This after I only gave him a one year renewal last year after delaying until April and then demanding a cut in rent. I told him NO and I told him why. If hehad given me fair notice about that in fall 2024 I could have shopped it around and/or gotten it into the CRP. But as I already related the field he demanded concessions on had GIS mapping errors and FSA refused it and the county refused to admit their errors but there wasnt enough time to get a surveyor in to refute that. So, no alternate renter and no options for 27 as well I took his offer under protest. NOW, I have plenty of time to find a different renter and can probably get full prise or more. CRP is dead in the water at least for 27 now with no new farm bill but again if he had given me decent notice I could have gotten it in for this fall even with a survey. Just tired of getting jerked around. Toying with the idea of quickly planting it to winter wheat but we have not officially been farming it and my wife is balking at all the paper work we have to do for that. This amazes me more than just a little. Any comments on that?

PTO work was what they were good at but plowing in our heavy clay soils put them in the shop for rear end trouble. If they hadnt come out with the newer series it would have ended them right there. Finding a used working 190 is a rare thing today.

AC was kept alive by Gleaner. The 190xt really hurt them. Jack Daun in Chilton WI was a huge Gleaner dealer but sold really few tractors. Ironically he and his new partner took over the IH dealer in the early 80s. Today they are gone too. I can count, Chief in Oshkosh, Miller in St. Nazianz, Hingis and Chilton, C.J. Klienhans in Cablesport and Fond du Lac. Theresa Implement and Weyers in Kaukauna. Today Weyers is the only one left standing.

This seems a bit late to me. I quit at the end of 86 and I still remember test driving a 1086. Something I doubt I would have done that year given that I had my auction in November. I could be wrong but Id put it 83 or 84 when I first saw one.

Oh we have a lease and he did not break it but it was up for renewal last year. We had discussed renewal and I thought we had a deal to let it ride as is. But he delayed and in April(?) he said he wanted that field for $50/acre less. We really didnt have a lot of choice by then so we agreed on a one year deal only figuring wed just get it into the CRP. Thats when we found out about the acreage boondoggle. Not sure if the program is open for enrollment now yet but wont have the paper work and filings done for a couple weeks yet. Im currently considering putting all the rest of it in and just not dealing with renters anymore.

I see that all the images I uploaded here have been disabled. I dont know why. They are all publicly available on government sites.