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The Right to Repair movement in agriculture is a popular cause with farmers, for various good and questionable reasons. As multiple states create Right to Repair rules, it looks like we may be watching the wrong battle.
Here’s a story about my father’s experiences with bench vises.
Whereas farmers used to look for tractors with less than 500 hours, now with demand so high and supply constrained, the threshold is less than 5,000 hours.
A fellow mechanic and I used to say, “Fire is our friend” when we were stymied making repairs.
A good bench vise is an essential tool in any shop. Here are tips and facts about those oft-overlooked necessities.
There comes a time when we‘re almost caught up with the most pressing chores. Then we find ourselves in our shop wondering, “What should I do next?” Here is my list.
Some accuse me of having a “negative personality,” and say I focus too much on my mistakes.
Mid-winter often brings the click-click-click sound of a starter solenoid signaling its battery is dead.
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No matter how many sketches I draw with welder’s chalk on bench tops, no matter how many tack-welded prototypes I build, my “improvements” and “inventions” never seem to work as I envision.
Equipment prices soared in 2021. As equipment manufacturers had issues sourcing parts to build new, it placed even higher demand on used. Machinery Pete weighs in on lessons learned during such a dynamic year.
Machinery Pete shares festive tractors displays this year. From tractors lit up with a plethora of lights, to a Santa taking the tractor reigns, tractor owners share their best displays this holiday season.
No matter how long you work on farm equipment, there are always things to learn. In the past few years I’ve finally learned or understood…
A lot of things laying around an average farm shop have multiple uses.
If you were to review your shop inventory this winter, here’s what shop guru Dan Anderson suggests.
As one highlight, check out 15 equipment items from Central Equipment Sales in Hugoton, KS for sale on our Dec. 21 Machinery Pete Monthly Online Auction
Experienced MIG welders will be insulted by the simplicity of these welding tips, but they may help folks who weld infrequently.
Sometimes the difference between a “good” tool and a “bad” tool is hard to discern. Phillips screwdrivers are a good example.
Profanity is often the first impulse after breaking a bolt. After that, try these ideas.
Here are a few good facts, tips and reminders about common fasteners.
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.
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.
Choosing the best time to update equipment and managing costs at the same time can cause heartburn. As you manage through these decisions, there are three major areas of consideration.
No matter what word you use — hot, unique, challenging, historic — the machinery market is idling in a field unlike anything the industry has seen for decades.