25 Like Us on Facebook: BetterFarmingON Better Farming | August 2024 tial and gearbox levels on your vehicles and equipment. We have changed numerous parts over the years for customers just because the part ran out of oil and nobody was paying attention. Make sure to use the correct oil. Not everything takes the old, skunky-smelling 80W90 gear oil. Many gearboxes will run ATF or some synthetic gear oil. And some of ’em ain’t cheap. We stock one synthetic oil for the Allison automatics and it costs us $21.67 per litre. Once you’ve checked all the stuff they tell you about in the owner’s manual, have a look around for the stuff they forgot to tell you about. Not all manuals tell you all the things that need oil or grease. Canvas roller bearings Speaking of things that get forgotten, we seem to always forget to take off our swather and header canvases and check the canvas roller bearings before harvest. We have been stopped numerROUTINE MAINTENANCE This truck has a hoist pivot that’s come out on one side. Ron Settler photo
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