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Super A near death experience
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- spaceghost
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1950 super A - Location: Middleboro MA usa
Super A near death experience
I was working on the Super A today. I have the left final drive off and a jack stand holding up the left side. I decided to remove the right side tire so I got out my floor jack and jacked up the right side. After removing the bolts I was pulling the right side tire off when the A’s right side flipped up into the air, The floor jack got knocked out from under the A and the left jack stand was teetering to the left. The only thing holding up the rear end was the tilted left jack stand. When the A flipped up the tire (it has a wheel weight on it) pushed me up against the cabinets in my shop. It took a few minutes for me to move the tire off my legs. I than very carefully jacked up the left side and replaced the jack stand. Than I was able to push the right side of the A down on to another jack stand.
My next step was to open a cold Rolling Rock and sit down on a milk create and try to figure out what went wrong. What a way to send a holiday.
My next step was to open a cold Rolling Rock and sit down on a milk create and try to figure out what went wrong. What a way to send a holiday.
Bacon makes everything better.
1959 LO-Boy 1950 Super A
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- Bigdog
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Too close for comfort! Just goes to show you that you can't always tell what is going to happen next. Let's all be careful out there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bigdog
If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem.
My wife says I don't listen to her. - - - - - - - - Or something like that!
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If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem.
My wife says I don't listen to her. - - - - - - - - Or something like that!
http://www.cubtug.com
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- spaceghost
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I did not know about the wood wedges. I will have some cut up and install after work tomorrow. I have split cubs before and had them lean to one side but never thought too much about it. I think I had a case of bad judgment.
“Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.â€
“Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.â€
Bacon makes everything better.
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- Farmall560
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Friend had a Ford 7600 come down on him once. Same thing, pulling a tire and the weight displacement sent the tractor tipping off the jack stand. The tire pinned him against his garage wall(16.9x38). Other than a sore back and some severe bruising, he also was lucky. I wasn't around for the festivities but I'm sure it wasn't "jacked" properly. Must pay attention!! GLAD you weren't hurt.
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Becareful with wooden wedges its a great idea but over a period of time the wood can compress so an extra tap with a hammer every so often will keep them tight. I'm saying months to weeks time wise. I like to use oak or maple wedges. Using wedges in the front end thats a great idea too. I never gave the front end much thought about its ability to tip and swivel on the center pin. Safety first and 3 cold ones would do it for me.
I'm technically misunderstood at times i guess its been this way my whole life so why should it change now.
- Bigdog
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Another way to help stabilize the front is to run a bar through the square hole for implement mounting and using a jackstand or cribbing on each side. This will keep the front from pivoting on the axle pin and even allows removal of the front axle if needed.
Bigdog
If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem.
My wife says I don't listen to her. - - - - - - - - Or something like that!
http://www.cubtug.com
If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem.
My wife says I don't listen to her. - - - - - - - - Or something like that!
http://www.cubtug.com
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How about some extra safety using wedges by taping the outside end with duct tape so it can't back out or pop out just to besafe. I seen wedges just pop out do to the angle on them too.
I know the feeling when i was a kid i was using carb cleaner in an old down stairs deep sink right near a gas stove with a pilot light. All of a sudden i was inside a ball of fire. Luckily as fast as it errupted it was all gone but it scared the sh!t out of me. Never uae carb cleaner near an open flame or in the basement.
I know the feeling when i was a kid i was using carb cleaner in an old down stairs deep sink right near a gas stove with a pilot light. All of a sudden i was inside a ball of fire. Luckily as fast as it errupted it was all gone but it scared the sh!t out of me. Never uae carb cleaner near an open flame or in the basement.
I'm technically misunderstood at times i guess its been this way my whole life so why should it change now.
- Bigdog
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Bill - cut a notch in the wedge and use a large hose clamp to keep it in place.
Bigdog
If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem.
My wife says I don't listen to her. - - - - - - - - Or something like that!
http://www.cubtug.com
If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem.
My wife says I don't listen to her. - - - - - - - - Or something like that!
http://www.cubtug.com
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