Thought of a good way to guide the flux wire. Plastic Vacuum line, I can get some lengths of it for free at work. That will make sure it’ll be guided into the machine and keep from snagging.
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While we’re talking welder mods, here’s a free idea for you! You’ve seen the spool guns for mig welding aluminum. I guess the aluminum wire is too soft to push through the lead. I wonder why you couldnt just put the drive rollers from another defunct machine into the handle, and leave the spool of wire where it is, then pull the wire through the lead? It would be a lot less bulky in the hand.
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I had more issues with snapoff tools then my harbor freight tools. Tore the drive square out of the back of there 3/8 impact sockets. Refused to warrenty because I “misused the tool” it happened on a 3/8 air impact. Broke every ratchet I had from them MULTIPLE times. Fight to get it fixed. Traded most of them in on Mac tools. I had enough last year and got rid of the last 1/2" long handle ratchet I had of there’s, flex head nice ratchet. Broke the teeth in the head every single time I used it. Gave it away. Found a 1/4" snapoff ratchet in my shed forgot I had, took it to work wouldn’t you know it broke the teeth in the head first time I used it. Got so pissed I chucked it across the road into the wetland area. Mac sockets and harbor freight ratchets up to 3/8 drive, 1/2" and bigger all Mac. Knipex pliers of all flavors. Mac screw drivers. And I’m not a die hard Mac guy, I have Cornwell matco gear wrench proto all sorts. But I won’t waste my money and my headaches on snapoff tools any longer
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That’s what I thought. When I was working iron everyone I knew carried a craftsman long handle half inch ratchet. They always eventually wore out and you took them back to sears and they gave you another one. Eventually Sears quit making them and if you took one back in they gave you a new gear kit to repair it. That cost them a lot of business. Then they quit standing behind a lot of other stuff. I primarily used craftsman hand tools all my life. Never Craftsman electric tools. I still have ratchets that work and are at least forty years old. I have other brands of ratchets but still pull the Craftsman out of the box most of the time. Only thing I can say about more Harbor Freight is their stuff breaks and they don’t argue with you about it. That’s worth a lot to me.
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I first ran up on HF tools in the early 80’s, mail order only, Wow! was that stuff junk. I bought them to cut, weld for ‘‘specialty’’ tools. 
They have improved 1000% their hand tools now are really good.
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Al,
I’m glad to know that about HF. I wrote them off after getting a pair of aviation snips in the early 90’s. One side of the head broke off the first time I used them.
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I give up. I’ve been trying to find the video Wayne put on of him feeding his cattle and his dogs working. A friend of mine just got a couple of Blue Heeler pups that he is going to train to work his cows. I was so impressed with Wayne’s dogs I wanted to share that with him.
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We have a Labrador/ Heeler. Best dog we have ever had. Gentle,very obedient, watches over the grandchildren and plays with them when they play out side. Stays near the property and alerts us if anyone come down the street.
One in a million dog.
Bob
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Cattle dogs are probably the smartest breeds. Sheep are predictable, cows can have X Factor and you need to be on your toes with them. I had a husky wolf mix dog that naturally would chase my neighbors cows back into the fence when they hopped out. Never had any training and knew to not bite at them or go into the fence with them.
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Hello Mr. Tom
He are three short videos with dogs .
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Today my little Iller (forwarder) had to work a little, but now all the wood is by the road, now it’s time to take the other tractor and drive the wood home to the farm.
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Thanks Wayne. I really enjoy watching dogs work. They are never happier than when they have a job they can do. Too bad more people aren’t like that. I just have one dog now. A cocker spaniel and she’s just old and tired like me but we enjoy each others company.
I looked for these on your You-tube site but it didn’t have anything closer than a year ago unless I screwed up somehow.
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Talking to one of my childhood friends, my neighbor is his grandpa the one with the Grand National, Firebird Trans Am and other goodies. He also has his 90s S10 that’s been sitting for 8 years now. Parked because it overheated or blew a head gasket or both. Asked my buddy and he said it has the 4.3L in it. If that’s the case then it should be cast iron heads and block so odds of the heads being warped is low.
When I first asked his grandpa how much for the truck he asked for 800 bucks. Now that it’s been sitting longer he might go down in price for me. Buddy grew up fixing vehicles so I know it was maintained well. Might need new interior stuff but that’s not a big concern. It being the South there should be little body rot.
As soon as my work gives me my dang W2 I’m going to see about looking at it and checking the block to find if coolant emulsified with the oil. If I’m lucky I can limp it to my house not even a quarter mile away and change the gaskets, or tow it home with the tractor.
I’m building my current gasifier for the Sierra but since they’re both 4.3L Vortec engines I can always make the S10 the permanent home for it and get better efficiency from less weight.
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Hmmm! I thought I was the only one who put a tractor in gear and then jumped off to do work around the field.— loading a hay wagon with dropped bales. I didn’t have a flat field like yours; the tractor would keep turning heading down hill and because I was some 20+ feet behind the tractor, I had to run like hell to catch up. TomC
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Skip to 1min to see the Yugoslavian GPS autopilot from 1976 
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Very nice piece of equipment! Looks new. And very similar to my Agria. I am impressed by the power of these little devils!
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Bought 3 boxes of some 5/8" stove rope and 3 tubes of ultra red RTV to prep for some gasket making.
Also they’re redoing the conduit piping at work and I kindly asked the guys if I can have their drop steel. They were just going to throw them away regardless so they had no issues.
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Great video Kristijan.
I can see why you chose this tractor system. I was impressed with that tractors power and ability to put that power to the ground loaded, working.
The presenter Ernad Spahio, when watched on youtube, has 7 videos working his tractor. Going back six years, to present.
The later ones he obviously has repainted freshened. Or sourced a newer tractor.
Hmm. Great to really look over this tractor, working.
Honestly, I cannot see how to mount a gasifer system without too much compromising the operators see-all-around working safety.
Seriously now seeing this one working I think it best to use it as a diesel.
And get a somewhat larger conventional 2wd tractor as your roads-hauling tractor to wood gas.
Working farm always have more than one tractor for different purposes. Foresters: J.O. and JanA have two off-road workers in their forwarder machines and their one tractor
Me, not-a-farmer-anymore, with only one tractor. I tend to be, too cautious how I use it anymore, to not break it and then have no tractor. Waiting until expense rare parts to arrive.
Regards
Steve Unruh
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