Hansen's build thread

[Hansen01]

Just sold it a couple weeks ago,lol it was Dads, It had just been sitting around for the last 10 years cus we had no use for it

[Hansen01]

Well I'm all done sanding now, have been for a week or so
Now were just waiting on a nice day.... as there is snow on the ground...
in the mean time...
Had my last tractor day a couple days ago



Also finally got an engine stand built for my spare motor



Also bought a 1997 4x4 dodge dakota the other day to drive instead of driving my dads around all the time

[cmann250]

Is the 4955 your's?

[Hansen01]

My uncles, but yes

[cmann250]

Tractors that old are a rarity around here. The guy I work for has a 4850 retrofitted with GreenStar and autosteer for the corn planter. I like the big black cloud that those oldies roll out when they start up I guess I was born 2 decades early

[Hansen01]

We just rebuilt that one last winter cus it was burning about a gallon of oil a day oh and we had the pump turned up 15%

[cmann250]

oh and we had the pump turned up 15%

It seems like half the tractors of that vintage are I think those are the last era that you didn't have to send them to the dealer for anything more than an oil change

[Hansen01]

Only tractor better in my opinion is the 4960, my neighbors got one of them and i swear its turned up 99% Its a bad machine,It doesnt really clean up and run until about 1600 rpms,lol. They busted a headbolt off in it last year pulling a disk, long story short, they put a new one in and off they went

[Hansen01]

Well I havnt really been doing much to my truck lately, but I finally got some things done today.
Me and my girlfriend have been trying to get our new place cleaned up and ready to build a house on, between that and farming ive been a busy man none the less...
This is the view of where our house will roughly sit


This was the carnage of the last truck pull back in september



And finally some progress on the truck
First coat of chassis saver



Second coat


Even primered my fenders today



I also put the chassis saver on the inside of my fenders around the wheel wells

[Hansen01]

Oh and i bought yet another 1993 dodge 2wd extended cab long box diesel ...
Im selling parts off this one tho

Oh and Caleb, I was field cultivating with that 4955 a while back and it started knocking... long story short we took it apart and the crank broke into two pieces.. so we did an underhaul on that. again...

[cmann250]

Oh and i bought yet another 1993 dodge 2wd extended cab long box diesel ...
Im selling parts off this one tho

I'm glad I'm not the only one that has that problem If there's one part I want, I look for a whole truck

Oh and Caleb, I was field cultivating with that 4955 a while back and it started knocking... long story short we took it apart and the crank broke into two pieces.. so we did an underhaul on that. again...

Good night Jack That's the 2nd Deere I've heard of breaking the crank and still running. Those tractors are going to go up in value soon with all the emissions stuff that's here/coming. The 4850 I've worked with is great except for hydraulics have come a LONG way in 25-30 years. And hydraulics matter when you have a Deere planter

[Hansen01]

my uncle works on them all the time, it happens more than you would think.
I know hes had at least 4 plus our 4955 come in with broken cranks. Usually in upwards of 15000 hours

[cmann250]

Usually in upwards of 15000 hours

People don't keep them that long around here. There's some older 4wds around, but for the most part, equipment is under 15 years old around here. Everyone has tractors like that 8430R (?) next to your 4955 on tractor day.

[Hansen01]

I replaced my upper kingpin bushings and springs today and it made the top of my tire lean out quite a ways now. Anyone here know what is in the lower kingpin cap?
The bolts were tighter than sin, so i thought id ask before i broke out the torch and a bigger bar

[CumminsPower59]

The lower has a tapered roller bearing and race, the bearing sits on the lower cap...it can be a pain to pop the cap/bearing out sometimes...sometimes it just comes apart easily.