10/29 " hours & first tractor work"

This is really the first tractor i have worked on to any extent other than maintanence. I got to take off the front axle to get to the pinion seal and im replacing that and i might get to split it to get to the other leaks it has. Its so great working on these smaller tractors getting a feel for everything. i picked up the axle and put it on the table. its much less intimidating that way.


HRS WEEK 24
HRS TOTAL 134.4

Oct 21st "First week"

    This was my first week at my new job with Scholten Equipment in Burlington. Its another tractor dealership shop. they mainly deal with Kubotas. My first week went so great. I am doing some chores but getting to see how some of these tractors are split and how they work on the inside. I dont know if this applies to everyone but i have see tractors split and talked about them time and time again and still felt confused to an extent. But with these three cylinder Kubotas split and helping split them it feels so much more possible. Maybe just the size of them or that these dont have all the a/c and other auxilary functions but i undeerstand the inside much better. I have done some small put together stuff like putting a tailgate on an rtx 500. and putting the tall stack back on a larger tractor. But all in all i have realized that the atmosphere of your workplace greatly affects how you learn. even the smaller things you dont see so always have that in mind when your working. Are you learning everything you can? Can you learn faster? and do you even feel like your accomplishing anything? If not you better think about that.

HRS week 20
HRS total 110.4

Oct 17 "Lethal strike"

I knew that this could happen with air and water but i never thought of oil. Also your body probably rejects the oil alot more and causes way more damage. to think all those times i was messing with pressurized hydraulic lines. Its amazing how fast it happens. I have seen stuff like that happen in my work place where small accidents never get reported. and if that happened i think someone would blow it off for sure.

Oct 14th "engine disassembly"

These were the First stages of disassembly. Where we brought the engine over to our working area and starting taking the head off. These are beforew we got the pistons out and started taking to crankshaft out. We found that there was heat on the connecting rod that may have caused the blowout of the bearing. We cleaned all the parts that were in the bottom of the pan to see if there was heat or anything else of significants. Im learning that nothing can be overlooked when doing failure analysis. Its not just about finding the part and replacing it! Alright if you just do that then it may happen again and wont you feel stupid! Find the problem Problem solve dont be a parts thrower. I really like doing this kind of diagnosing becuase its challenging and always interesting.
    We took off all the other connecting rods and found no heat and are trying to figure out if maybe the oil flow had a probelm and let the bearing get too hot.
    I am all done at Farmers EQ. company.  I am moving onto scholtens equipment.

HRS Week 22
HRS Total 90.4

"hours and video" 10/7/12

    So the first picture is what i did on saturday. I repainted the jacks and rewrote the tonnage on them. just a small job that occupied my saturday.

This is a video of the lighting board after i completed it and testing it.

This week i put in my notice and im moving to Scholtens eqiupment in Burlington. I learned to do things that i need to that are not easy sometimes. Figuring out the light board was fun too. Im still learning about the two stroke motors some but i have learned alot this week.


HRS week  24
HRS total  68.4