Just a point to make. A shear pin is NOT a hardened bolt. In fact, it's a soft bolt roughly equivalent to a Grade 1 or 2 bolt (the softest kind). Remember, a shear bolt is designed to shear off if placed under too much load. Replacing one with a hardened bolt - Grade 5 or higher - is just inviting major damage to the equipment and/or personal injury. Like you, I prefer slip clutches. Unfortunately, people do not service them regularly - at least once a year - and they tend to seize up and things break because the clutch plates have rusted together.
Actually, you're only half right. Most equipment that uses shear bolt require a grade 5. Anything less will shear too often. The other thing that is important is to tighten the shear bolt a tight as possible because a loose shear pin will break easily! Also, that chipper is built to be on the ground, not off the ground. And if it is too heavy and tends to lift the front of the tractor, invest in a few tractor weights for the front!
It's nice when you can work with your spouse and still be civil with each other. That should be proof that you two are doing something right. Way to go Mr. and Mrs. Stoney Ridge Farmer.
Hello, Good to see Mrs. Stoney Ridge helping on the farm you got a good one their nothing to make you work harder than having your wife helping as well. All you have to do now is teach her to drive the tractors. Good Video :-) .
Just a point in passing when hitching any 3 point equipment always put left link arm on first that's when your standing looking at back of tractor then if machine is not level you have the adjustable link arm that u can screw up and down to match, then lastly the top link goes on 👍
Hi Josh, I hope all is going well for you and Mrs. Stoney Ridge! The best advice I can give you is this,check for any obstructions inside the chipper that would prevent the chopper drum or knives from spinning freely. Other than that, always engage the pto at low engine rpm's, barely above idle. And always engage the pto slowly. On most newer tractors, they use some type of electric pull/push type switch to engage the pto,so this wouldn't apply to those. But either way, always engage at low engine speed. Hope this helps,and Happy farming! Whoooo!
Great job guys!! I had a Wallenstein 3pt chipper years ago. I did not like it because in order to feed branches with a lot of big "Y's" in them, you have to cut the "Y's" in half. I just rent one now that has a hydraulic feeder and it will grab and chip about anything!
Your guys are awesome. Great information. Great ideas. Iam not a farm person but watching your videos are cool and informative. Great tips. Keep up the good work to you two
I did a lot of projects like that with my wife. My dad had my mom help him and of course I would help. Just handling the bolts and nuts is a HUGE help besides the company.
A song from the 50's fits Mrs Stoney Ridge to a T. 5 feet 2 eyes of blue. oh what those 5 feet can do I believe the name is Has anybody seen My Gal. Love that song. How about letting everyone know her first name.
Great vlog Josh, wood chippers are handy to have, you can make your own mulch and recycle brush and tree limbs with it. I just have a small gas powered residential chipper/shredder that I use to make my own mulch by recycling brush.
She's cute. Be proud to have your wonderful bride help on the farm. I love it when my better half is willing to help in the physical labor. God knows this year I need all hands on deck.
A Slip Clutch Adapter can be added inline to your PTO Shaft. It connects similar to a PTO Adapter. I used to sell them to customers for use with Brush Mowers that originally only had Shear Pins.
If Mrs SR is in it I'm watching no matter what! Seriously, having a great partner to work with is priceless. We both have a beauty to dress up the tractor. I understand the purpose of a sheer pin, but those things seem to be too wimpy to get the flywheel going. Hope you get that thing spinning.
Yep....the pins were breaking due to operator error...that old massey has a light clutch on it..so I was letting off and engaging the pto too aggressively
Very cool! My wife helps me out a lot on our property. I eventually will probably get a wood chipper, but we aren't at that stage yet. We are just now clearing and planning to get power out to our place (35 acres in NE Florida). On a side note, when I was first watching the video I was thinking to myself "either Mrs. Stoney Ridge is tiny or you are huge". It turns out that it's a bit of both. Mrs. Stoney is a little smaller than me and my wife (we are both 5'7) and it looks like you are 6ft +. Keep up the great videos.
You might want to step up to a grade 5 bolt instead of grade 2, that is what I did on my bush-hog and hadn't had to replace another shear bolt since except when I hit a short cut stump, and it sheared just like it should have! And isn't it great going through life with a partner, instead of just a spouse, my wife is always willing to help when I need it on projects like this!
My wife and I watched your video, Stoney. When you got to the part about Mrs. Stoney helping and asked if our wife's help with these type of projects, wife wife started laughing. Not for about 10 years. She said she goes to the house mad every time. Lol Great video. Ease in the PTO at idle speed if possible. That should cure your shear bolt whose. MB BAR RANCH
Josh a rich man is one that has a wife that enjoys time with him regardless of what they are doing I as you have a bride that enjoys time spent together and I treasure it
Nice to see that beautiful 240! You have a big heavy flywheel on that chipper - work it up to full speed slowly like you said - no dropping the clutch here! Great vid!
New equipment, how exciting! Dad and I just bought two old tractors, a 1956 ih 300 utility and a 1970's ih 354. Looking forward to seeing how that PTO chipper works out for you as we will be looking into getting one soon! Thanks for another awesome video
BX62 came with a standard grade 8 bolt. Works great. Have only snapped two because too large limbs. Tighten the bolt so there is friction between the parts. Slow down the RPM when starting. There is a lot of mass in that large flywheel to get moving.
Josh, you should consider using some LocTite on your nuts and bolts to keep them from backing out from vibration. You and Mrs SR seem to be great working partners.
Yeah...Tom set us up with some hats when we visited...what a great guy! If you think about it ....leave him a comment...tell him I said thanks for the hats....they're really warm!
Tom is a good lad. Us brits love his channel. And yours is great too. Am a Brit with no land but am trying to get over to the US (Wildwood NJ) as have family who own a Hotel on the coast. I would love a farm like you have one day near to them. Vlog on my channel. Will drop Tom a comment.
Josh the farm seems more family like when Mrs Stone Ridge is out there with you. Great team together. Didn't notice if you checked the length of the PTO shaft.
Hey Josh. I may advise against a slip clutch on the chipper. A shear bolt will cut the power instantaneously to the weighted wheel in the chipper in case it binds up hard. A slip clutch will slip if it binds but your tractor will continue to power through it, until you shut the pto off. Not saying it wouldn't work, however, the cost of a handful of shear bolts VS. a burnt out slip clutch may be costly. Cheers
Completely agree, channel locks and a crescent wrench... I also keep a bunch of zip ties in the box to tie down the boomer's when hauling, also a chainsaw wrench... curious whether you're right on the sheer pin issue. I wouldn't think the implement would run that close to failure...
😳...on the next episode, Mr. Stoney Ridge teaches Mrs Stoney Ridge how to shoot a gun...followed by how kill mice by setting out arsenic..I may have watched too many forensic files 😁Love the channel!
Nice Video as always! I think PTO chippers are sweet! I would deff love one on my homestead for sure! I didnt know PB made grease I am deff gonna look into that! I love the PB penetrating spray so id love to see how the grease works out!
Looks like a nice unit.the flywheel is quite heavy so it can take some bumping to get up to speed. Also sometimes good to remove the drawbar to make sure you don't catch it with PTO.. also watch you don't over grease you can blow the seals out. About me 30 year tractor mechanic. And again my two cents 😀 oh I have an old Massey 1180. Have a great one.
Mrs. Stoney Ridge WORK IT! SELL IT! OWWWWWWN THAT SHREDDER!!!! Hey Josh , I have the same 3M bluetooth ear protectors! I LOVE THEM! I can jam to Menudo's greatest hits while I am out in the yard! What do you jam to? Air Supply???????
My toolbox has, pliers, screwdriver, 2 x adjustable wrenches, a small crowbar, spare link pins and spare hitch pins, bigish hammer, an old heavy knife, some rags and a small watertight box with spare fuses(old camera film box). I also carry 2 spanners that fit the nuts on the clutch adjustment of the pto shaft, these come in handy when you don't use the implement too often as the clutch will stick with rust. Try engaging the pto before starting the tractor to ease the sudden spin up of the pto, although a clutched pto shaft would be beter in this case.
had this issue with a 7ft 540 pto single stage snow blower on a 1000 rpm pto tractor with adapter shearing 3/8" grade 8 bolts. trick was to put the tractor in 1st gear let clutch out slow while holding the brake pedal, so trying to stall the engine rpm and engage pto. not good but doable
That's your next T-shirt! "LIVE HOLISTICLY" and below, in smaller letters "with heavy equipment". With a loader, or bulldozer, or chipper in the background.
Josh always keep a role of toilet paper in your tractor tool box. Mrs. Stony Ridge will love you for it if she is working in the back 40 and mother nature calls.
Josh, no matter what anyone else says, absolutely never put a harder grade bolt than what the manufacturer tells you to use. Also make sure that the shear bolt is the same exact same diameter as the original bolt. If using a smaller size only for a short time can alter the size of the hole causing more issues. Also be careful in using loctite unless you use a low heat release, especially in hard to get to places. I pull a 10' o.s. 210 sidewinder mower behind a Ford 5000 tractor and it only uses 2 grade 2 x 5/16 diameter shear bolts. Do what you wish, but if you deviate from the manufacturer specs could be costly.
Recommend a straight (& possibly Phillips) screwdriver in your toolbox too. & make sure your screwdriver has a non-conductive handle. If it does, you can use it to jump across the contacts on your starter to start a tractor in a pinch (if the key switch isn't working). It's very important to make sure it's out of gear & the brakes engaged before you attempt this though.
Great video! We just bought a butt fertilizer spreader for doing some gardens and food plots and we bought it for $35 can’t beat that! It needs some work but nothing to drastic...I don’t think lol but at that price a trip to the scrap yard could still make it profitable! Haha
Just a point to make. A shear pin is NOT a hardened bolt. In fact, it's a soft bolt roughly equivalent to a Grade 1 or 2 bolt (the softest kind). Remember, a shear bolt is designed to shear off if placed under too much load. Replacing one with a hardened bolt - Grade 5 or higher - is just inviting major damage to the equipment and/or personal injury. Like you, I prefer slip clutches. Unfortunately, people do not service them regularly - at least once a year - and they tend to seize up and things break because the clutch plates have rusted together.
Actually, you're only half right. Most equipment that uses shear bolt require a grade 5. Anything less will shear too often. The other thing that is important is to tighten the shear bolt a tight as possible because a loose shear pin will break easily!
Also, that chipper is built to be on the ground, not off the ground. And if it is too heavy and tends to lift the front of the tractor, invest in a few tractor weights for the front!
Mrs. Stoneyridge was the star of the vlog for sure!
It's nice when you can work with your spouse and still be civil with each other. That should be proof that you two are doing something right. Way to go Mr. and Mrs. Stoney Ridge Farmer.
Me and my wife are the same always got a smile on her face its a good thing to have
Thanks Josh.....really lovely tool to own, so handy, so necessary......
You guys are awesome! Mrs stoney ridge is a good woman!
Nice chipper Josh thanks for videos
Yes Mrs Stoney Ridge Farmer!! Loving the hat!! 😀
Mrs. Stoney Ridge did an awesome job driving your tractor.
Hi...... Thank you 🎥👍👍👍
Good to see teamwork!
Hello, Good to see Mrs. Stoney Ridge helping on the farm you got a good one their nothing to make you work harder than having your wife helping as well. All you have to do now is teach her to drive the tractors. Good Video :-) .
Very nice chipper. It’s great when your spouse takes an interest and is willing to help. Love your videos. Keep up the good work. 👍👍👍
Just a point in passing when hitching any 3 point equipment always put left link arm on first that's when your standing looking at back of tractor then if machine is not level you have the adjustable link arm that u can screw up and down to match, then lastly the top link goes on 👍
Love that Massey so surprised it lifed that really wasn't expecting that
Check the length of the pto shaft. If it's too long it will bind up.
It's always fun to hear someone who doesn't know what he's talking about "explaining" things to someone else.
I checked out your channel to see wat you got going on but you got nothing your probably setting in an apartment somewhere doing nothing
SmoothBore Its always fun seeing a queer comment about someone "not knowing what he's talking about".
Hey man. Nice chipper.😎
Hi Josh, I hope all is going well for you and Mrs. Stoney Ridge! The best advice I can give you is this,check for any obstructions inside the chipper that would prevent the chopper drum or knives from spinning freely. Other than that, always engage the pto at low engine rpm's, barely above idle. And always engage the pto slowly. On most newer tractors, they use some type of electric pull/push type switch to engage the pto,so this wouldn't apply to those. But either way, always engage at low engine speed. Hope this helps,and Happy farming! Whoooo!
Howdy do Josh and Mrs. Stonyridge. Good to see yall working together today.
Nice chipper and it’s great Mrs. S helped you out. Keep up the good work!!!!
Great job guys!! I had a Wallenstein 3pt chipper years ago. I did not like it because in order to feed branches with a lot of big "Y's" in them, you have to cut the "Y's" in half. I just rent one now that has a hydraulic feeder and it will grab and chip about anything!
Feelin' those wood vibrations!
Always something on the farm. Looks like you had a great help. Pretty interested to seeing that chipper in action. Thanks for sharing!
Stay tuned! I just ran it all day...OMG so sore!! Bhahhahah dragging brush is some work!
Love the out takes and bonus footage!. Always a thumbs up from us.
I Love you guys you guys are Awesome
Josh you can make a trailer with a harbor freight trailer very reasonable and fun to put one together.wooo
Way to go miss Stony ridge u looked good on that tractor girl power
Quick attach for three point hitch is definitely worth the the few dollars spent!!!
Your guys are awesome. Great information. Great ideas. Iam not a farm person but watching your videos are cool and informative. Great tips. Keep up the good work to you two
I did a lot of projects like that with my wife. My dad had my mom help him and of course I would help. Just handling the bolts and nuts is a HUGE help besides the company.
A song from the 50's fits Mrs Stoney Ridge to a T. 5 feet 2 eyes of blue. oh what those 5 feet can do I believe the name is Has anybody seen My Gal. Love that song. How about letting everyone know her first name.
Yeah I’m interested to see the chipper working!!!!!
Pry eating cheetos watchin xxx
Yeah no kidding
"Living holistically....with large equipment"....awesome!
DANG NABBIT! While playing in the yard, I start humming "GOATS, PIGS and CHICKENS".... THANKS Mr. Stoney Ridge! SON OF A!
Great vlog Josh, wood chippers are handy to have, you can make your own mulch and recycle brush and tree limbs with it. I just have a small gas powered residential chipper/shredder that I use to make my own mulch by recycling brush.
Cool chipper i love working with my wife not sure she likes it as much as me but she puts up with me...
That's gunna make things all good.
Another good video josh keep up the good videos
She's cute. Be proud to have your wonderful bride help on the farm. I love it when my better half is willing to help in the physical labor. God knows this year I need all hands on deck.
That is rad! Lol sweet machine there!
A Slip Clutch Adapter can be added inline to your PTO Shaft. It connects similar to a PTO Adapter. I used to sell them to customers for use with Brush Mowers that originally only had Shear Pins.
If Mrs SR is in it I'm watching no matter what! Seriously, having a great partner to work with is priceless. We both have a beauty to dress up the tractor.
I understand the purpose of a sheer pin, but those things seem to be too wimpy to get the flywheel going. Hope you get that thing spinning.
Yep....the pins were breaking due to operator error...that old massey has a light clutch on it..so I was letting off and engaging the pto too aggressively
WooooooooooooHeeeeeeeeeeeeeHeeeeeeeeee!!!!!Alright!!!!!!🤗🤗 Love you guys
Good thing you put in bonus time to the camera. My first thought was a shipping pin.
good lookin older ford truck ,looks like a 79 by your garage
That's the $100 truck my brotha...its a 78...you'll see more of it later this spring
Very cool! My wife helps me out a lot on our property. I eventually will probably get a wood chipper, but we aren't at that stage yet. We are just now clearing and planning to get power out to our place (35 acres in NE Florida).
On a side note, when I was first watching the video I was thinking to myself "either Mrs. Stoney Ridge is tiny or you are huge". It turns out that it's a bit of both. Mrs. Stoney is a little smaller than me and my wife (we are both 5'7) and it looks like you are 6ft +.
Keep up the great videos.
really enjoyed your video and mrs stoney ridge in it more. Hope you show us what was causing shear pin to break thanks love your videos woo hooo.
You might want to step up to a grade 5 bolt instead of grade 2, that is what I did on my bush-hog and hadn't had to replace another shear bolt since except when I hit a short cut stump, and it sheared just like it should have! And isn't it great going through life with a partner, instead of just a spouse, my wife is always willing to help when I need it on projects like this!
My wife and I watched your video, Stoney. When you got to the part about Mrs. Stoney helping and asked if our wife's help with these type of projects, wife wife started laughing. Not for about 10 years. She said she goes to the house mad every time. Lol
Great video. Ease in the PTO at idle speed if possible. That should cure your shear bolt whose.
MB BAR RANCH
Like the wood chipper that you have now
Josh a rich man is one that has a wife that enjoys time with him regardless of what they are doing I as you have a bride that enjoys time spent together and I treasure it
Nice to see that beautiful 240! You have a big heavy flywheel on that chipper - work it up to full speed slowly like you said - no dropping the clutch here! Great vid!
Great job enjoyed that!!! I know you will get that chipper running on the next video!!
New equipment, how exciting! Dad and I just bought two old tractors, a 1956 ih 300 utility and a 1970's ih 354. Looking forward to seeing how that PTO chipper works out for you as we will be looking into getting one soon! Thanks for another awesome video
Excellent video thanks mr/mrs S 👍George /🇬🇧🚜
BX62 came with a standard grade 8 bolt. Works great. Have only snapped two because too large limbs.
Tighten the bolt so there is friction between the parts. Slow down the RPM when starting. There is a lot of mass in that large flywheel to get moving.
THANK YOU SO MUCH / NO MORE WASTING VALIBLE WOOD .
remember when i was a kid and got to drive the old MF135 the best filling in the world ! 👍
Mrs. Stoney Ridge has a wonderful smile and can kick your links. She is a keeper :-)
I used to think the channel could easily be called Mrs. Stoney Ridge Smiles. Damn. Well, I've been wrong before.
Josh, you should consider using some LocTite on your nuts and bolts to keep them from backing out from vibration.
You and Mrs SR seem to be great working partners.
That is a huge machine! That’s gotta be a good tool to demolish big trees
Nice TP merch Mrs S 👍🏻
Yeah...Tom set us up with some hats when we visited...what a great guy! If you think about it ....leave him a comment...tell him I said thanks for the hats....they're really warm!
Tom is a good lad. Us brits love his channel. And yours is great too. Am a Brit with no land but am trying to get over to the US (Wildwood NJ) as have family who own a Hotel on the coast. I would love a farm like you have one day near to them. Vlog on my channel. Will drop Tom a comment.
Nice footnote video!
You want to make sure the pto shaft is as horizontal as possible before engaging. You had quite an angle to the chipper.
AMEN ON THAT MY WIFE & I CLEAN HOUSES TOGETHER WE ALSO WORK AROUND OUR HOME
Keep a small sledge hammer in your toolbox as well, helps with hooking up 3 pt hitch!
Josh the farm seems more family like when Mrs Stone Ridge is out there with you. Great team together. Didn't notice if you checked the length of the PTO shaft.
Hey Josh.
I may advise against a slip clutch on the chipper. A shear bolt will cut the power instantaneously to the weighted wheel in the chipper in case it binds up hard.
A slip clutch will slip if it binds but your tractor will continue to power through it, until you shut the pto off. Not saying it wouldn't work, however, the cost of a handful of shear bolts VS. a burnt out slip clutch may be costly.
Cheers
Good one
Hello from Collinwood Tennessee. Great video
Teamwork!
Gets it done!
Nice price of kit Josh. New kit always takes a bit of time getting used to it. 👍🏻
Grease is Cheap, Parts Ain’t. Thank you Granddad, where ever you are.
Completely agree, channel locks and a crescent wrench... I also keep a bunch of zip ties in the box to tie down the boomer's when hauling, also a chainsaw wrench... curious whether you're right on the sheer pin issue. I wouldn't think the implement would run that close to failure...
😳...on the next episode, Mr. Stoney Ridge teaches Mrs Stoney Ridge how to shoot a gun...followed by how kill mice by setting out arsenic..I may have watched too many forensic files 😁Love the channel!
Nice Video as always! I think PTO chippers are sweet! I would deff love one on my homestead for sure! I didnt know PB made grease I am deff gonna look into that! I love the PB penetrating spray so id love to see how the grease works out!
Looks like a nice unit.the flywheel is quite heavy so it can take some bumping to get up to speed. Also sometimes good to remove the drawbar to make sure you don't catch it with PTO.. also watch you don't over grease you can blow the seals out. About me 30 year tractor mechanic. And again my two cents 😀 oh I have an old Massey 1180. Have a great one.
Mrs. Stoney Ridge WORK IT! SELL IT! OWWWWWWN THAT SHREDDER!!!! Hey Josh , I have the same 3M bluetooth ear protectors! I LOVE THEM! I can jam to Menudo's greatest hits while I am out in the yard! What do you jam to? Air Supply???????
Oh man that’s not good , I needed to see this thing work like now lol
Use Blue Locktite on bolts that may vibrate loose. Some may recommend red but red is way too hard to remove.
“It’s not as simple as you think?” 🤣🤣🤣. . . . I give Mrs. Stoney Ridge more credit than that !!!
Good lookin Ol Massey,every one has their favorites but I'm fond of Massey Ferguson.
You need to add an old claw hammer for knocking out those pins and hooking up three point attachments
My toolbox has, pliers, screwdriver, 2 x adjustable wrenches, a small crowbar, spare link pins and spare hitch pins, bigish hammer, an old heavy knife, some rags and a small watertight box with spare fuses(old camera film box). I also carry 2 spanners that fit the nuts on the clutch adjustment of the pto shaft, these come in handy when you don't use the implement too often as the clutch will stick with rust. Try engaging the pto before starting the tractor to ease the sudden spin up of the pto, although a clutched pto shaft would be beter in this case.
Wow...you got a bigger tool box than this little massey...tons of goodies ...I like the idea for fuses in an old film container
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer nope, just a standard JD toolbox but i took my time selecting tools to fit.
had this issue with a 7ft 540 pto single stage snow blower on a 1000 rpm pto tractor with adapter shearing 3/8" grade 8 bolts. trick was to put the tractor in 1st gear let clutch out slow while holding the brake pedal, so trying to stall the engine rpm and engage pto. not good but doable
That's your next T-shirt! "LIVE HOLISTICLY" and below, in smaller letters "with heavy equipment".
With a loader, or bulldozer, or chipper in the background.
Josh always keep a role of toilet paper in your tractor tool box. Mrs. Stony Ridge will love you for it if she is working in the back 40 and mother nature calls.
Josh, no matter what anyone else says, absolutely never put a harder grade bolt than what the manufacturer tells you to use. Also make sure that the shear bolt is the same exact same diameter as the original bolt. If using a smaller size only for a short time can alter the size of the hole causing more issues. Also be careful in using loctite unless you use a low heat release, especially in hard to get to places. I pull a 10' o.s. 210 sidewinder mower behind a Ford 5000 tractor and it only uses 2 grade 2 x 5/16 diameter shear bolts. Do what you wish, but if you deviate from the manufacturer specs could be costly.
Park under tree , block & tackle or Come Along, Mr Stoney saves back
Miss Stoney Ridge is vertically challenged to you sir and she seems the be a great hand
I bought my box blade from Titan. Quality stuff!
We've picked one up too....I love working with my box blade!
Recommend a straight (& possibly Phillips) screwdriver in your toolbox too. & make sure your screwdriver has a non-conductive handle. If it does, you can use it to jump across the contacts on your starter to start a tractor in a pinch (if the key switch isn't working). It's very important to make sure it's out of gear & the brakes engaged before you attempt this though.
Good video Josh. I didn't realize those things were so heavy. The Mrs.did good too👍🏻
Great fun video guys. Looks like ur gonna be busy in the woods! Good luck from the Uk 🇬🇧 p.s Mrs SR looks good in the Pemberton beanie 👍
Hey Stoney, a good tool to have on tractor is a chainsaw wrench, bolt cutters and a small led flashlight besides the usual stuff!🚜🚜🚜✌🏻️
Great video! We just bought a butt fertilizer spreader for doing some gardens and food plots and we bought it for $35 can’t beat that! It needs some work but nothing to drastic...I don’t think lol but at that price a trip to the scrap yard could still make it profitable! Haha
Funny, but I learned about PTO shear pins the same way, and on an almost identical tractor. But I was loading a slurry tank. . .
I remember the video where you burned all the brush and said a wood chipper would not be worth it lol
You need to get her a box to stand on so you both can be in the same frame. Lol