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Hydra Mac 8A (Gehl 2500) restoration... or "Oh No... What have I done?"
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<blockquote data-quote="vinito" data-source="post: 97743" data-attributes="member: 12954"><p>Thanks guys. I appreciate the support.</p><p>It's cool just to have the burden shift in my brain to the necessity of plugging away on it yet another day to deciding whether I just want to play around on it or maybe work on it a little. There is still a long list of wants to do to it such as the ROPS, quick attach, gauges, making clamps for the lines to replace the zip ties, beefing up the auger bracket, making the hoe work and attach properly to it, etc. I'm sure there's no end to this kind of stuff. But all that falls between one evening and a week per project - a far cry from what I've had to deal with thus far. And none of that is urgent stuff which would render it "grounded" for more than the hour or two it would take to attach things.</p><p>I was thinking along the same lines as your tailpipe thing Bill. I've already re-directed the muffler toward the rear, so I could pretty easily attach a pipe to extend it a few inches and direct it downward at the end. That's on the list too. And of course that would probably be a ten minute project to attach it once made. Soooooooo cool to have the machine at this stage now.</p><p>After work today, the grass needed mowing badly, so first I did that. But then I fired up the Hydra Mac and worked on one of my gravel drives for a while. What a treat! Probably a half hour of my absolute newbie experience and the driveway looks a whole bunch better. It's neat to think that on a whim I can just use this machine and accomplish in just a few minutes what would take hours and likely injury to do otherwise.</p><p>But the best thing? Now I can drive the machine outside and out of the way to clean up my filthy cluttered mess I've created in the garage. Holy cow guys! It's difficult to walk through there at all right now save for a couple narrow aisles of semi-flat floor space. I've <em>never</em> let it get so bad before, and I'm over 50 !!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vinito, post: 97743, member: 12954"] Thanks guys. I appreciate the support. It's cool just to have the burden shift in my brain to the necessity of plugging away on it yet another day to deciding whether I just want to play around on it or maybe work on it a little. There is still a long list of wants to do to it such as the ROPS, quick attach, gauges, making clamps for the lines to replace the zip ties, beefing up the auger bracket, making the hoe work and attach properly to it, etc. I'm sure there's no end to this kind of stuff. But all that falls between one evening and a week per project - a far cry from what I've had to deal with thus far. And none of that is urgent stuff which would render it “grounded” for more than the hour or two it would take to attach things. I was thinking along the same lines as your tailpipe thing Bill. I've already re-directed the muffler toward the rear, so I could pretty easily attach a pipe to extend it a few inches and direct it downward at the end.[I] [/I]That's on the list too. And of course that would probably be a ten minute project to attach it once made. Soooooooo cool to have the machine at this stage now. After work today, the grass needed mowing badly, so first I did that. But then I fired up the Hydra Mac and worked on one of my gravel drives for a while. What a treat! Probably a half hour of my absolute newbie experience and the driveway looks a whole bunch better. It's neat to think that on a whim I can just use this machine and accomplish in just a few minutes what would take hours and likely injury to do otherwise. But the best thing? Now I can drive the machine outside and out of the way to clean up my filthy cluttered mess I've created in the garage. Holy cow guys! It's difficult to walk through there at all right now save for a couple narrow aisles of semi-flat floor space. I've [I]never[/I] let it get so bad before, and I'm over 50 !! [/QUOTE]
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