Dan Anderson

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Every mechanic has an illicit stash of salvaged treasures.
Brazing is a skill that approaches art. Do it right and it’s a thing of beauty. Do it wrong and you’re reaching for a can of spray paint to hide blobby abominations.
Don’t let the excitement of getting in the field this spring provoke planting mistakes.
There are farmers, there are professional mechanics, and then there are farmer-mechanics. You qualify as a farmer-mechanic if:
Midwinter is a great time to rejuvenate the Great Chain Lubrication Debate.
John Steinbeck wrote in “The Grapes of Wrath” that, “A man has to do what a man has to do.” That’s my excuse for some of the repairs I’ve made over the years.
There are many repairs that can be simplified and speeded up by a special tool tool designed for a specific repair.
Let’s consider all the moving parts that must mesh to make complicated parts distribution networks for agricultural equipment work correctly in a “good” year.
Moral of the story: There are a lot of experts on the internet. Some of them actually know what they’re doing.
There are many repairs that are fast, cheap and easy the second time you do them. The overhead panel in a particular brand of combine is a good example.