As the old adage goes " an ounce of prevention is better that a pound cure". Great vid. Thanks for sharing. Keep the snow north of S. E. Ohio. Have a great rest of the day
Hi John! That is a great adage. One I did not know. Thanks for watching and I promise to keep the weather north of Ohio….. I think. Take care my friend! WST
I live in NC and don't have a tractor, so I can't really relate to this video, but I still enjoyed it. I'm that guy that could watch someone take apart a submarine and just be enthralled. Good job explaining stuff and showing the importance of regular maintenance. I'll be on the lookout for the video about the ash that just fell.
Hi Phil! If I had a submarine to take apart, I would so show you that! I appreciate the fact you enjoyed the vid, despite it not pertaining to your everyday life. That’s cool you gave it a chance. Preventive maintenance is king! The ash video will be coming soon, I hope. Thanks for watching as always. We appreciate you. WST
Hello BuildAlot! I’m glad you enjoyed the video. I wouldn’t say Alex learned his mechanical aptitude from me, but he did learn work ethic and doing things the right way. That kid is miles in front of me on knowing mechanics! Thanks for watching and commenting! We appreciate you! WST
Hey FM! I can’t wait for either of those things….. either. Bad weather and a disaster of a woodyard forces me to show you my mechanical wizardry 🙄 Thanks for watching and well, for watching. Take care, Rod!! WST Out!
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Fumes may help you😂 Be Safe in that Foul Weather, Same thing I do when the weather turns, Have air, fuel, oil filters and grease on hand for days like that👍🏼🚜🪵
Hi David! Thanks for the comment. This time of year up here you are going to get days where you can’t do what you want. Maintenance or repair takes the front seat. Glad you could help out the neighbor! Always good to be handy! Have a great week too my friend! WST
Thanks for the video Mike! Totally jealous of your shop! My dad was not a fan of mechanical work and his saying was if it’s not broke don’t fix it! Probably not the best advice! I have been guilty of neglecting preventative maintenance but I’m getting better! Now I probably go a little overboard with my equipment what little I have. Interesting content and nice job!👍🏻👍🏻🐿
Who is this? 🤣 Hey Todd, hard to forget you. That is interesting about your dad. Knowing you, I figured he was attentive to that stuff. Regardless, I appreciate you watching this PSA on maintenance. Hope camping gets better and better! Take care brother! WST
@@WSTMike well I have been a big advocate of taking care of and cleaning all of my tools, cars, campers pretty well everything I own! My whole family and extended family knows how picky I am about my stuff! They always poke fun at me and say you bought this stuff to use it. I always respond with I do use it I’m just careful not to tear it up and scratch and beat my stuff up while doing so!🤣 That’s why most of my belongings still appear to be brand new. So I guess the if it’s broke don’t fix it is one things I took from my dad and used a preventative way of thinking to avoid problems!
@@toddsoutsideagain Looking at the 5’er and the roof you put over it told me a lot about you. You don’t do what you did if you didn’t care. Don’t change and pound it into the kids!!!
Great preventive maintenance on your New Holland! I do alot of preventive maintenance as well on my equipment. My dad was always the opposite and it would always break when we needed it the most. It would drive me nuts. So i do it now. Great shop that you have!
Hi Craig! Hoops you are on the mend. I saw a few weeks ago you were in the hospital. Hope all is getting better. I love maintaining things. It gives me things to do when the weather is not great. I’m rarely down and that’s a good thing. I love my shop. It was an empty 30x40 building when I bought the property. I’ve built it out and made it my man cave, essentially 🤣 Thanks for watching and commenting. I appreciate it! WST
Yeah i just got home from the hospital! I am doing better. Lungs need to heal so i am still down and not doing a lot! The property that we bought has an open 28 x 56 baut we are planning on taking it down and put a 40 x 60 up with a man cave in it. I love maintaining things and having them work when needed! See ya on your next video!
Hi Bill! Glad you enjoyed the video. Hope all is well with your tractor. Wouldn’t hurt to change the gear oil if you haven’t. Thanks again for watching and commenting. Take care my friend! WST
Totally agree on preventative maintenance. My stuff lasts me a long time because I take care of it. Good tips on the RTV selection as well. Good video Mike!
Thanks for the info I'm going to check my tractor I have a Massey Ferguson 4 wheel drive and have never had the front end apart or changed the oil I thought one fluid covered the whole front end
Hi Larry! I thought the same thing! I mean, who reads the owners manual?? Glad this helped and hope all is well on your Massey. I actually plowed fields when I was a kid with a Massey 285. It was just a 3 bottom plow and did well. Thanks for watching and commenting! WST
preventative maintenance is some of the hardest stuff to do to any equipment if you procrastinate BUT it can also help in prolonging the equipment as we see in this video where the tractor is 20 plus years old. ive worked with ppl that hated pm's but after it costing him thousands to replace a few things, he wised up and quit making excuses and he put the services in his calendar so he could do what he needed to keep his stuff up and running.
PM's are frequently missed and neglected by most. In my line of work I have many wood plants that do a very good job hitting the PM schedule. They change many things before they even break. All based on wear and tear and service hours. You were exactly right. Your man wised up and not he's running more and being productive. The mentality that we only pay for services when things are broke is crazy. Pay before they break is what people need to grasp onto.
I am like Phil I don'tt have tractors but watching some take something apart just because. Count me in.. Preventive maintenance in key to everything.. To a point " if it ain't broke don't fix it" almost go hand in hand.. But when something is starting to make noise that is should not be making ita time to look into why.. My dad has been using Amsoil products since the early 80s I also run it in my cars and trucks too..
Hi Daniel! Love my Amsoil for sure! PM’s are very important and allows you to prevent catastrophic failures. I hate failures that I may been able to prevent. Thanks for watching and commenting! I appreciate you! WST
Hi WST!!😀😀 Mahindra has the final drives separate from the differential also. A little preventative maintenance goes a long way in keeping your equipment running!!😀👍👍 Take care my friend!! Logger Al
Logger Al!!! Hope all is well my friend. Thanks you for the info on Mahindra. Good to know. Preventive maintenance is a good thing. It some weird way, I enjoy it. I really appreciate you watching and for commenting. Take care! WST
@@outdoorswithlarryrobin Hi Larry!! Every time I think I'm finally over it. That pesky cough just keeps coming back. It will be good for a day or so and then it's back for a week. I hope it gives up sometime soon.
Hey Heinzie! Hope all is well in western WI. That’s funny! I always wore glasses for computer work etc. now it has become the norm where I need them for the shop also. It’s a pain, but it’s necessary, unfortunately. Maybe the subscribers will think I really know what I am talking about now? 🤣 Thanks for the funny comment and for watching. We appreciate you! WST
I’ve got a New Holland T2410 that I bought this time last year. I am planning on changing the oil in the front end in the next couple weeks, so excellent timing. On a different topic, how do you like that pex for running your air line in the garage? I’ve heard mixed reviews. Finally, I always add Anti Seize to all my lug bolts. Makes it easier to remove.
Hi John! The T2410 is a 55hp unit if I recall? Nice size tractor! I am running 3/4 pex and have not had one use since I installed it 3 years ago. I bought a kit with the tools and did it all myself. I really like it and took no time to install. Just take your time cutting the pex straight and beveling out the ends. It won’t leak if you take your time. I have been hesitant on putting anti seize on lug bolts. Always was concerned they would loose and walk out. That may not be the case? I have used the Amsoil HD which has done me well. I appreciate you sharing and commenting. Very good stuff! Good luck with the oil change! WST
Hi Richard! I rely on hydraulics and God to keep the loader in the upright position. I’ve never had and issue or heard of one. Therefore, not sure I can help you on what to do. I appreciate you watching and commenting. If you hear of anything, please let me know. WST
Hey Richard, my skid loader has a C channel sleeve that you slide into place after you get your cylinder extended. Maybe you could fabricate something like that?👍🏻
When we work on equipment at the dealer we have angle iron cut to various lengths .Raise the loader to full height measure between the chrome rod and the barrel and cut a piece of angle iron to fit one one each side .I electric tape or zip tie them on to the cylinder so they will not slip off. Then lower loader so weight is on the angle iron!
WST, good pmcs but here is my take on these front ends…most part they are slick and give good ground clearance but are they built for heavy loader work…no. It doesn’t matter which make either. Everyone is on borrowed time until a bearing failure. I predict Chris will be having his failure with in the next year. I’ve done about every make. It’s poor design…at least the ones with ball bearings. I’ve switched some drain plugs to magnetic plugs to help remove metal but the ball bearings are not the right bearings for this application. And from factory they will probably hold up fine but folks start adding ballasted tires, then 3 point weight all in the hopes of getting more lift capacity but in turn adding much more stress on the front wheels. Also running around in 4wd all the time stresses these too. Which bearing did you have fail on other side?…inboard? Outboard? Both?
Hi Garny! That is a very astute observation. I use this tractor to lift a lot of logs. I agree the the ball bearing design is not optimal after thinking about what you said. A Roller bearing design would be better? The outboard bear is what went and then took out the seal. The bevel gears were fine, as was the inboard bearing. I took everything apart and had a machine shop press everything on and off. I supplied the best Timken bearings I could find. I just changed inboard/outboard out to be on the safe side. I completely agree with your analysis and appreciate you sharing this with me. I would love your opinion on my 50 year old log splitter. I’ve seen you build a splitter and overhaul the Rugged Made. If you have time, take a look at my vid called Finally Splitting Maple Firewood. She has good bones, but it is terribly slow. Let me know if you have any questions. I’ll even email you all the specs! I need some expertise on this one. Thanks for commenting and sorry for the long response. WST
I am an ag mechanic by trade, the front end with the( bevel gear) type like the newholland he is working on ,kubota ,kioti are used to provide tight steering angle. The larger models use a truck style front axle design but that style has less steering angle. I have seen that style fails also .I have seen jd, newholland shear off the hub .All the bearing failures are in my opinion (normal wear) for a loader tractor. People over load and over work these small tractors but if you catch them in time its just some seals and bearings.The big thing is to change ,check the fluid in them .
@@andrewslagle1974thank you very much for this information. I know I tend to push my tractor a bit too far at times. Fluids will be checked and changed on a regular basis for sure. Could I ask what you’ve heard about the Shibaura Diesels? Good longevity? That’s what I have now and hoping to run this tractor for a long time. It has 1700 hours on it, which isn’t that much. Thanks for commenting. I really appreciate it.
@@andrewslagle1974 I agree with what you said but what my beef is is the bearings. These should be tapered roller bearings. Single row ball bearings are not the correct bearings for these front axle loader applications. I see some mfgs have switched oil to a atf fluid. Not sure if that will help.
Sorry writer’s block. Oh what did zero say to eight? Nice belt. Kid joke family friendly give me a brake I’m in the middle of a freaking wind storm 65 mph. Did I forget to tell you 70 ft pines next to my house I’m stressed. I’m OUT TOO
