So what did you do today?

[Wilhelm]

Charging the batteries I depleted yesterday trimming the hedges.



Five 3.0Ah completely depleted, one 4.0Ah down to two bars (out of four).
And this is supposed to be the future?
Doubtful , or the future will have to slow down considerably.

 

[Wilhelm]

Getting summer tires on our cars.
Over pressurized them, easier to set desired pressure releasing excess air.

 

[Bill G]

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picked this 955 up Friday, about 15 mins from my house. it's a 1990 with fairly low hours, 3 cyl Yanmar, 33hp, hydro, 4x4, power steering, mid & rear pto, 3 point, 72" mid mount with mulch blades & the previous owner threw in another 72" deck.

gave it an oil change, cleaned the air filter, greased everything, changed front diff oil & sharpened blades saturday. picked up a new hydro filter & 5 gallons of HyGard today before work.

I mowed with it yesterday for about 4.5 hrs, I'm not a Deere guy, but man it's a peach.

The 955 was/is one of the best they made. I am not at all a Deere person but I respect quality and in its day the 855/955 was very good. I cannot and will not say they were the best because I did not run a bunch of others. I started with the US Army Corp of Engineers in 1991 and they had a 855. I had a 72" deck that was well constructed. We also had a 84" front snowblower but without a cab I cannot say that was a peach to run. Then they later put a small loader on it which I was happy that did not have during the "Great Flood of 1993" If you would have had it then I would have been using it to haul sand for sandbags. Instead they brought me a Case 1845 skid loader. I loved running that 855. The foot control hydro was a huge upgrade.

 

[Stem]

drained the hyd oil & cleaned the suction screen before work. nothing bad in the bottom of the gear case & minimal junk on the suction screen (who knows if its ever been taken out).

even more peace of mind on this investment.

 

[hacskaroly]

And this is supposed to be the future?
Doubtful , or the future will have to slow down considerably.

Grow smaller hedges....

 

[furb]

Managed to pull everything back in line with the four wheeler on the first try. New radiator, saved the ac fan and condenser. Found more broken stuff. The Amazon special tie bar has odd ball size threads for whatever reason.

 

[Wilhelm]

Not mine...



Owner didn't wanna purchase new pins, said "You know me, just weld them up!".
Fine!!!
Holes were all wallowed out anyway.



Tiny Gorilla welder did great.

 

[dangerousatom]

Dang! thats a thick bit of stick welding from that tiny thing. I was interested in what it could do when you posted it in the " what you bought " thread.
Looks like it got ok penetration....was it wound all the way up?.....the plug looks 120v ?

 

[hacskaroly]

the plug looks 120v ?

I believe it is a European 230v plug. They don't mess around with the pansy 120v...



When I lived in Germany we needed stepdown transformers to allow our 120v stuff work from the wall.

 

[Partner]

I believe it is a European 230v plug. They don't mess around with the pansy 120v...

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When I lived in Germany we needed stepdown transformers to allow our 120v stuff work from the wall.

And what are these devices?

 

[hacskaroly]

And what are these devices?

The plugs go to the welder that Wilhelm was using.

 

[Partner]

The plugs go to the welder that Wilhelm was using.

I'm asking about the ones you used in Germany

 

[hacskaroly]

I'm asking about the ones used tools in Germany

Oh, these:



These allowed us to use our TVs and other appliances that needed 120v.

 

[Partner]

Oh, these:

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These allowed us to use our TVs and other appliances that needed 120v.

Did you take the TV to the other continent ?

 

[hacskaroly]

Did you take the TV to the other continent ?

Yes, I was stationed over in Germany with my family for 4 years, we took all of our household goods, used our appliances with transformers and then brought them back when we moved back. We did pick up a few dual-voltage items while there so we could use them where ever as long as we had a wall outlet adapter.

 

[Stem]

new Carlisle Trac Chief's showed up today. picked up a new battery & started making new cables before work, 2 gauge vs 6 gauge.

 

[Wilhelm]

Dang! thats a thick bit of stick welding from that tiny thing. I was interested in what it could do when you posted it in the " what you bought " thread.
Looks like it got ok penetration....was it wound all the way up?.....the plug looks 120v ?

Welder was cranked up to its max 110Amps, tuned up all features like hot start & stuff I don't yet fully understand.
Standard European 220Volt Schuko plug in a random wall socket.
3.25mm Basic coated stick electrodes, over 3 decades old Oerlikon Spezial.

Spent 3 electrodes on one pin, and 4 on the other (was wallowed out more, I filled in the gap between the pin and the hole in the carrier sheet) - small prep pause in between welding each pin.
Welder didn't overheat nor shut down once.

 

[Wilhelm]

This is the right side pin that needed a bit more welding.

 

[Wilhelm]

...
Looks like it got ok penetration....was it wound all the way up?....

Turned all the way up once the (basic coated) electrode arcs I can push it into the weld seam and it will melt a hole into the steel pieces without extinguishing.

Doing second & third fill passes I can move the stick sideways from one steel piece to the other and it makes a nice wide & flat weld bead.

This was a first pass, V-ground, no preheat


This was a second pass

 

[Stem]

@Wilhelm mighty fine lookin welds!