Great stuff, I have a 885 with loader and as much as I love it, it is worn out. Great to see how well they work when repaired, I will do the same sometime soon.
Yes, I had the front of the box blade too low for awhile. I never can remember how to adjust that thing! I got it right by the end though. Wish I could remember (or write down) the right adjustment at the beginning. Oh well! I'm just happy the hydraulics worked great!
It's rewarding when problems are fixed and successful can't beat that inner feeling off overwhelming happiness well done good job indeed looks like you was having fun tell me one thing is your radio stuck on one tune mines normally la la la da da la la da da lol 😆
Yep, sounds great! Had to get out my hearing protection after an hour or so. Engine noise and the scraping had my ears ringing! From what I understand, the power steering assist like on mine was an option primarily in the US.
Hi Shane, amazing, thats what they were made for, it's looking really good and sounds amazing, that country side looks wonderfull to, is that some forest land close to your home? many thanks for sharing Barry
Thanks Barry! We've got around 800 acres leased in central Alabama about 20 miles from the house. Woods, dirt roads and wide open spaces feeds my soul.
Hi again. I think (my own opinion here) that your DB should wear bigger front "shoes." I know it has nearly nothing to do with traction what so ever but I think it can improve it just enough to do it. You've done a great job on that DB so far. Hope you'll solve that oil leak problem. I don't think it comes from final drives. They're both deep in the wheel and you got oil on tire side. Well, that's what I think. I'm sure that a quick inspection will tell you where it comes from. That's often what's happening when try to fix old machines. You solve a problem. But you create another one.
Yeah, I've got to get this thing back to the house and start to diagnose why oil is leaking out to the inner part of the tire. It's intermittent though. Sometimes it leaks, sometimes it doesn't. It's actually been doing it for at least a couple of years, but never really affected anything. Just gotta figure it out I guess. You got it right, solve a problem, find (or create) two more! As for the front tires, I had to replace one of them due to dry-rot, and the rims/wheels are so rusty that the hole where the valve stem is had to be filed/rounded out and packed with rubber from the old inner-tube so the new inner-tube wouldn't be cut from the wheel touching it! So far it's held up after a few years! The other front tire may be original to the tractor, but I doubt it.
@@path.of.discovery Thanks for answering. I'm presently having my DB880 painted. Telling you man... a real pain on the ass for me. Not because it wasn't done properly. Mainly because that's the third color I'm having mixed to get closer to what it was. I finally should buy it on line or from a DB dealer in England. At least, I would end up with the right brown color the first time. Sometimes you have to learn the hard way. But I'll manage. This whole thing has cost me nearly $20K. What's a few hundreds more ??? Up here in Quebec, those tractors from the 60's were ballasted with liquid calcium. Don't know if you familiar with this but it ruins rims good ! When I had mine sand blasted, one rear rim was so rusty that sand got thru it. I had to buy another one. Now my DB is like a big toy. And if I had to ballast for purpose, there are plenty of liquids that can do the job and not rusting metal. I'd say that new rims are not a bad investment. Course the originals were made stronger but going thru sand blasting and zinc or building primers can be very expensive too. My humble opinion here. Keep on your good work.
