2014 at the Hammond Barn

[Alex van de Wetering]

Grant,

Excellent work on the wooden rifle blocks! I never noticed the drain hole. Just last week I tried saving the one left in my C8 cab, but sadly it fell apart after years of neglect. Your pictures should come in handy when I come round to making a set for my truck.

Alex

[RHClarke]

The glaciers have receded, and the sun is shining! There still are reminders of this past harsh winter deep in the trees and along Bob’s creek bed, but it looks like Old Man Winter has departed (fingers crossed). The warm days have turned the road to the barn into a bit of a quagmire and some sink holes have developed in front of the barn doors. Nonetheless, the sure signs of spring at the Hammond Barn (as seen below) bring with them a renewed sense of optimism (until the Mosquitos arrive).

Today, we spent the morning in cleaning up around and in the barn. After lunch, Bob and Grant did some maintenance on the ride on lawn mower, while I sorted the reusable metal bins in the barn. Bob remembered that the stores were closed tomorrow, so he scooted off to the local beer store to stock up. Grant kept the home fires burning, while I headed for home to tackle the “honey-do” list. Some day we will get back to working on CMPs…

Photo 1 – Sure sign of spring (SSS) 1 – the snow blower is off the tractor – FINALLY!
Photo 2 – SSS 2 – lawn equipment maintenance
Photo 3 – The boys enjoy working close together…

[Bob Carriere]

Dpoing a brake job on the MF 245 takes a whole different meaning.

The brakes are inboard near the rear end.
so the tire or tyre with the cast iron center plus the calcium loading in the tire weights near a ton.....

Then one half of the cast axle has to be undone from the rear end.

Now I know why they have overhead steel beams with wheeled devices to lift and move parts around.

The short 1 inch + thick short axle must be near 500 pounds. Job is done on one side but I am short one O ring about 1/8 by 14 inch dia. I am improving by moving from the worn out dry brake to multi plate wet brake system.

Tractor was made in the UK....hoping it will not leak like a BSA after the job is done.

Need to get the job done as the tractor is the unofficial tow truck for the CMPs.

Greasy and oily but happy.

Cheers

[hrpearce]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

Dpoing a brake job on the MF 245 takes a whole different meaning.

The brakes are inboard near the rear end.
so the tire or tyre with the cast iron center plus the calcium loading in the tire weights near a ton.....

Then one half of the cast axle has to be undone from the rear end.

Now I know why they have overhead steel beams with wheeled devices to lift and move parts around.

The short 1 inch + thick short axle must be near 500 pounds. Job is done on one side but I am short one O ring about 1/8 by 14 inch dia. I am improving by moving from the worn out dry brake to multi plate wet brake system.

Tractor was made in the UK....hoping it will not leak like a BSA after the job is done.

Need to get the job done as the tractor is the unofficial tow truck for the CMPs.

Greasy and oily but happy.

Cheers

Happy I'm cheep, I have a Belarus and it takes two hours to change the six brake discs in the foot and park brake drums and out in the paddock I still use an air ratchet with the on board compressor and tank.

[Ryan]

Originally Posted by hrpearce

Happy I'm cheep, I have a Belarus and it takes two hours to change the six brake discs in the foot and park brake drums and out in the paddock I still use an air ratchet with the on board compressor and tank.

Cheep and good too Robert. Got one myself earlier this year. A model 572 with 1400 hrs on it.

[charlie fitton]

.........just bought a 60's DEXTA "Ether Baby" with a bucket for the same reason. As I do some of the usual maint (that should have been done by the owner) it seems to be getting better.

[RHClarke]

It has been a dog's age since our last update, so here is what we have been doing at the barn since the "good" weather hit:

Bob and Grant rearranged the upstairs of the barn so that we can now store engines inside - this meant a lot of engine movement and shuffling;

Bob did a complete tear down and replacement of the brakes on his tractor;

Bob replaced the fenders of the tractor with a refurbished set;

Bob and I picked up a nice 235 engine;

We gathered up the tires laying about the property for eventual disposal;

Did the same with the scrap iron;

Bob and Grant built battery boxes to fit their trucks;

We removed the dump body from one of my trucks (on Kijiji if you want to see pics - http://www.kijiji.ca/v-heavy-equipme...ationFlag=true );

We removed downed branches and trees from around Bob's property;

We did a brake job on the 45 HUP;

A lot of yard work as per usual;

Shored up the "bridge" over the creek along the barn access road with rock picked up from a friend's house;

Picked up a few loads of maple fire wood;

Bob and his neighbour split a few cord of wood;

Grant and Bob pruned trees along the small field;

Bob rototilled the road to the small field;

I put in four piers for my next sea container;

A lot of sandblasting and welding on things CMP;

Bob repaired his ride on mower;

A hockey sock of other tasks that the boys may add later on;

We fed the mosquitoes, black flies, horse flies, deer flies, gnats and other creepy crawly blood-sucking insects found at the barn; and

We drank a few beers, told a few lies and enjoyed the hobby as best we could.

Photos

1- Brake repairs on the tractor
2- Sea can number 2 site prepped
3- The new "engine bay" in the attic of the barn
4- Blurry pic of the pump on the dump body
5- Non original CMP dump body finally off the Kemptville Chev