The tedder is a really nice piece of machinery and scatters the hay in a uniform manner. Isabel is growing up so fast, looks like she is almost about a foot taller than she was just video a couple of months ago. Enjoy being with your children in this special time of life.
It does a great job...if I just stop finding rocks with it, I can keep the tines on it! Thank you for watching and leaving a comment. It means a lot to us and we get to know you! More videos on the way. If you have any thoughts or suggestions for what types of videos, let me know. Thanks Kevin
Cheeky Monkey, Do you place the rebar on the top of the spring and weld it? I tried welding at the break, to no avail. Thanks for the suggestion. And watcing our video! Kevin
@@MillGapFarms ive not had any issues with them, i repair the straights, if they keep breaking then you either got the rake too low or your raking too heavy crop, if you get a heavy crop each year think about getting the heavier duty tines, other than that i can only think you using sub standard tines. is it the weld breaking? if so clean the break off with a degreaser then try, some grasses are oily so it prevents a good bond. i over weld them and then grind off access metal...
@@MillGapFarms are you tempering them after welding? that also might the issue... welds need to be tempered to give the tines the rigidity back, usually by heating it to 175-350°C (347-662°F) for 2 hours. i have a small furnace but when i have a bunch of them i use the fire pit and burn up a bunch of dead brush and waste wood that soon gets them up tot emp and then i just let them cool down on their own time over night.
CM I'm not tempering after welding. That's probably contributing to the additional breakage. I thought a big part of tempering was the rapid cool down of the metal. We used to do that with body panels on cars. Heat up the spot you want shrunk and cool it quickly with a cold wet rag. The metal would shrink a little each time. Then we could dolly it straight and get it ready for paint. Thanks for the info. I will temper next time. Thanks Kevin
The tedder is a really nice piece of machinery and scatters the hay in a uniform manner. Isabel is growing up so fast, looks like she is almost about a foot taller than she was just video a couple of months ago. Enjoy being with your children in this special time of life.
She is getting big for sure sure! I'm blessed to be able to work from now and see her and Gabriel every day. Thanks for watching Mr. Conner! Kevin
Does a great job
It does a great job...if I just stop finding rocks with it, I can keep the tines on it! Thank you for watching and leaving a comment. It means a lot to us and we get to know you! More videos on the way. If you have any thoughts or suggestions for what types of videos, let me know. Thanks Kevin
if its not the spring that broken on the tines i use 6mm rebar and weld a length on to it and re-use them.
Cheeky Monkey, Do you place the rebar on the top of the spring and weld it? I tried welding at the break, to no avail. Thanks for the suggestion. And watcing our video! Kevin
@@MillGapFarms ive not had any issues with them, i repair the straights, if they keep breaking then you either got the rake too low or your raking too heavy crop, if you get a heavy crop each year think about getting the heavier duty tines, other than that i can only think you using sub standard tines.
is it the weld breaking? if so clean the break off with a degreaser then try, some grasses are oily so it prevents a good bond.
i over weld them and then grind off access metal...
@@MillGapFarms are you tempering them after welding? that also might the issue...
welds need to be tempered to give the tines the rigidity back, usually by heating it to 175-350°C (347-662°F) for 2 hours. i have a small furnace but when i have a bunch of them i use the fire pit and burn up a bunch of dead brush and waste wood that soon gets them up tot emp and then i just let them cool down on their own time over night.
CM I'm not tempering after welding. That's probably contributing to the additional breakage. I thought a big part of tempering was the rapid cool down of the metal. We used to do that with body panels on cars. Heat up the spot you want shrunk and cool it quickly with a cold wet rag. The metal would shrink a little each time. Then we could dolly it straight and get it ready for paint. Thanks for the info. I will temper next time. Thanks Kevin