Guru
Joined: 22/02/2006
Location: AustraliaPosts: 1707
| Posted: 06:25am 15 Oct 2024 |
Well guy's with some decent rain forecast decided to put the grader blade on my tractor and use the excavator to help do the cut in's etc.
Well first off the tractor had a flat front tyre so tried my cheap 12 volt compressor only find even with the wheel off the ground no go.
So thought lets try my air compressor on my old Kipoint and may need to switch inverters only to find it run the compressor
so got 15 psi pressure only to find the air valve leaking. Found a new one in my toolbox so got the grader blade on and after several pass's got enough road base so took the excavator down off the shed pad only to find when I turned to get on the watertank pad a track decided to part the ways. Now trying the hydraulic pump didn't work as it was stuck solid, so onto google to find how these tracks are adjusted only to find what I thought. A 27mm socket to undo the fitting but on this machine noway to get a socket on.So my trusty chisel and 4lb hammer loosened the nut and saw some grease fall, ran the track and it corrected in the first pass so with the chisel tightened the nut and with my grease gun put the tension on the track.
I used my screed to hand finish off and after a couple days of rain it should be right to drive my '11 Forrester I got last week nice and cheap to compress the road base.
Regards Bryan