This week I did some work to one of our irrigation reels. When it would retract the hose in it would not coil it up right in order. It would wander all over the place because the bushings in the guide (the vertical piece in the picture). So I replaced the bushings and the roller in the guide and also replaced an idler sprocket on the retracting system that the bearing had gone out on. I also learned a handy trick for removing stuck drain plugs. All you have to do is tap them a few times with a hammer and about 95% of the time they will come out no problem. It eliminates the need for a flex bar of cheater bar on your ratchet and lessens the risk of stripping the drain plug which is never good.
45 hours this week
80 hours total
Drain plugs; the other part of that is being able to discern when it is tight on the install. Too tight is not better.
ReplyDeleteInteresting work on the reel.