harmless said:
You bought something and didn't get keys for it?! Great job!
Don't you work at INCO (Vale)? I'm sure someone there knows how to start an old diesel, no?!
I'd love to try and drive that thing... maybe even level out the road so you can get it paved with the rest of the equipment you're gonna eventually buy...
Trick is, someone would have to pick me up or give me a ride to your place. harmless doesn't do gravel roads well.
Two things my friend.
1)
Actually the gravel road is the best it's ever been.
Because I have a grader and my neighbor has a gravel pit complete with dump trucks, we put ~10 loads on the road and I spread it around this summer. Worked like a charm to fill in the rough holes.....
Then every two weeks or so I pull a screen behind my Polaris Ranger. That smooths over any washboard... The road has never been so good! I have to keep the road in good shape now. I own a ..... 'car' for wifey now.
All of this means that Harmless could potentially come down the road without getting stuck or bottoming out..
But yes, someone will come get you... [INSERT Deliverence banjo playing here] But you may not get back out....
And now you've got me thinking about how much would a paver cost, and could I somehow explain that to my wife???
2)
Ah, but the deal was that 'Whoever can figure it out by themselves how to start it could drive it.' Asking a mobile mechanic to start it is cheating....
Ok, I'll give you some clues.
The GRADER has a 'special' starting sequence. Remember it was built in the 40's. And no keys....
I spent a few hours one Saturday morning trying to figure out how to start this thing... What follows is the best method that I have of starting it. There may be better ways, who knows.
First you have to figure out the switches and levers to start up the 2cyl gas 'pup' motor.
After the gas motor has been running for a few minutes and the intake of the diesel is hot enough to burn your fingers, then there is a series of other levers that will break your arms that engages the clutch from the gas to the diesel... Pull on them as hard as you can... The diesel slowly starts to crank over to life....And the gas motor sounds like it's going to stall... And eventually the diesel starts running...
'LET GO OF ALL OF THE LEVERS SO YOU DON'T BREAK ARMS OR MACHINERY!!!!
Now you are staring at two running motors, you have to figure out how to shutdown the gas motor......
Once your only running on the diesel and it's been warmed up pretty good, then start staring at the two gear selectors to determine how to make it move forward or backward.. After much experimenting, I've determined that one gear lever is for high/low and the other is the R/1/2/3 gear selector.
Cool! Now what are all those levers for in front if you??? What do they do??? That's for you guys to figure out when you get here!!!!! Actually these levers try to break your arms too! They jump around and clunk and clank... There are no hydrolics on this thing, it's all mechanical...
Have fun!!!!
Wooluf1952 said:
Those are to help keep you between the ditches.
Yup! That's exactly what I told the neighbors when they asked me WTH I've done to our road!!!!
Eventually, I got some 'not bad' from them when I explained that I had never driven a grader before in my life....AND I only had 4 beers....
Kirkz28 said:
I believe the implied warranty was 30/30 - thirty steps from the seller or 30 seconds after the sale, whichever comes first!
Hopefully we don't need the snow tires for a few months yet. PC decadent chocolate chip would be my vote, but the 2 dozens eggs more than fit the bill!
Ya, that warranty sounds about right!
I swear I saw frost one morning already.. Snow shouldn't be to far behind...
And now you've gone and dun told tham that I have laying chickens!
Now everyone here is going to be wanting factory fresh farm eggs!!!! I won't be able to keep up with demand!!!
So here's another incentive to sweeten the pot! Anyone who treks North for a meet will get to drive the grader AND go home with a few dozen fresh eggs.
Can you guys tell the bottom third of my fridge is full of eggs??? I get about a dozen or so eggs a day from my chickens..... hit or miss...depends on if you talk to them or not....chickens are funny animals....Actually someone in the chicken biz has a sence of humor... I buy 'red sexlink chickens' that come 'ready to lay'.
Fixed it for you... 
Maybe I should bring a peace offering!
