Making progress!
sighs deeply WHAT AN ADVENTURE.
Alright, so.. I get out there again this morning, crack of dawn. I have to replace the broken shear pin on the shaft with the new shear pins I OVERNIGHTED for over $175 ... but of course the old shear pin.. sheared.. so a piece is stuck in the shaft.
So BACK to google..
"You're a farmer.. whack it with a hammer dummy."
Well shit.. ok.. time for some elbow grease. Except I cant get to it because of the safety cover over it.. and FUCK disassembling my whole implements PTO shaft just to replace one bolt.. time to get creative.
One pair of bolt cutters and a small cut out in the cover later.. I can see the stuck pin. Whack whack POP.. right out, no fuss.
GREAT.
Ok looks like this was lubed up too.. off to the shed to lube up the new one nice and good.. alright all set.. shove it in annnnnnnnd.
Its fucking short.
ITS FUCKING SHORT.
Check the manual, 1/2 x 3 1/2" .. yep... bust out ruler... 1/2 x 2 1/2"... ffs facepalm they sent the wrong ones. After overnighting them.
Slam everything away annoyed, go to the house to check my order... realize I bought 20 of these things so id have spares ... annnnnd... its only one bag thats short, the rest are the right size.. thank god.
Time to get back out there...
Popped another in the field. Was ready this time, got the hammer and spare and swapped it out in 5min!
And then while fixing another problem i accidentally dropped my phone in the field.. glad i found it before i mowed it lol.
groans .. I did 4 hours lol... the field is 75% done, ill have to finish wednesday.
Im sooooo glad I ponied up for the air ride seat ... even with that it was hard on my back, fields are bumpy!
Theres a LOT of water in my field.. not surprising since im near the creek, but yea I have literal like little streams and pools of water in the field.. made it hard to mow cause it makes the thick matter grass super heavy. But Im getting it done, ive gotten used to how it sounds when its getting in trouble so im constantly raising and lowering the bushhog to different heights. Also figured out the cruise control so I just ride along back and forth.