piefed.zeromedia.vipAre Dull Ladies allowed?
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I spent two weeks getting this inherited Massey Ferguson running in order to dig up the front garden I have (also herited) in order to plant roses for my late mother’s memory.
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This should not be allowed! Because it’s awesome, nothing dull about it!!!
Sorry xD
You’re in the right place. That dude’s never greased zerks.
Yeah … hard agree. Getting an old rusted piece of equipment working again and then have it function to do a job you needed to do is about the furthest from dull you could get.
As a post, sure, I agree. But the process was extremely dull.
Ok yeah I can see that. Working on machinery is romanticized in pop culture but its a lot of screwing and unscrewing shit in hard to reach areas and taking forever because you only have a quarter inch you can articulate the fucking wrench in and the thread is three inches long for some fucking reason.
Really? I just read a a bit about your process and I’d watch an entire YouTube video of the whole process.
But I’m a sucker for fixing things. It’s one of the things I get the most joy from in life.
you probably already know about the channel, but just in case:
inheritance machining does exactly this sort of thing ;)
Yes, but no, this is insufficiently dull.
I can drone on about how the tractor’s steering was broken in a ball joint and because it is a power steering model I could not find a part and had to make it instead if you’d like.
You are not making it any duller at all. That deserves its own post to be honest
Nope not any duller at all.
You make a compelling case… oh hang on…
Did you know that this specific ball joint application needs a 7 degree taper? I had to use a lathe and improvise with an 82 degree chamfer tool in the lathe, followed by a 7/8 tap in order to make the part. I knew that I was going to be off by half a degree, but I knew the weight of the tractor would force fit the new joint.
That’s pretty neat. I’d have probably modified the knuckle for something current or replaced the entire axle before I’d have even thought of trying to build a ball joint. I’ve replaced them dozens of times, but I’ve never cut one apart to see if I could make one.
I have a dull past of 20 years as a machinist, so it makes me think that way.
So, a question then: why use a set degree chamfer tool instead of the compound slide to taper it? I’ve built a few specialty things but I can’t say I’ve tried to run off a taper, though I understand the concept, so I may have no clue what I’m talking about.
zzzz…. Ok, you win
was the lathe… rudimentary?
Indeed in-dull tractor.
Welcome 😄
We’re too dull to enforce such silly rules.
As with all big planting projects, make sure you do a soil sample first. You don’t want to lose a big order of roses because your soil isn’t acidic enough. They’re cheap, usually around $15-20. You can specify that you’re planting roses so the results will include recommended soil amendments for that specific plant (get the exact Latin name for the species/cultivar that you’re planting for best results).
Check with your State’s largest agricultural university (if in the US), they’re likely part of the Cooperative Extension System and receive grants to provide these kinds of services. These folks are an excellent resource for home gardening.
Don’t think anyone cares. It’s 2026, women can be dull too.
That being said you can’t make classical tractors dull. You could get a modern cheap tractor that keeps breaking down, that would be dull.
This thing is so unbelievably broken that I have to stand and kinda jump on the clutch (I am kinda small, but still) to get it to move.
That’s not far off with how they made things back then. My neighbor used to have a 1953 International grain truck, I had to almost literally stand on the clutch and brakes to get that thing to do what I want, and I weigh 180 lbs.
There’s tractors that use actual shotgun shells to start so yeah, things got wild in tractorworld for a while.
Heck yeah
Not sure that’s all that broken, could be by design! 😁
Dull fact: “man” and “men” are originally old english for person (male or female). By 1900, the sense had shifted to male person.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/men:
Less dull fact: old english used “were” to specify male (person). This still lingers in modern english with “werewolf” — male (person) wolf.
Welcome to the dull men’s club!
Wait, so we’re weremen? There’s a joke in that somewhere
We’re weremen.. and still are.
I can’t wait to tell my wife!
’ow do we know if they’s featherless?!
You ladies have a very different definition of dull. This is cool AF.
https://lemmy.world/c/Dullsters@dullsters.net was created specifically to address the gendered name, but I don’t think anyone here really cares that much about the gender of the poster
Thanks. It seems much less active, but I really do appreciate the sentiment behind it.
Not just because of the gendered name but also to remain independent of any other instances.
I am vehemently opposed to this post. You don’t belong here.
Not because you’re a lady. To that I say welcome.
I am opposed because this is AWESOME. You’re awesome. Far too cool for this dull club.
This isn’t dull, this is amazingly cool.
Women are just men but not so yes.
You really need to work on the dullness, Petal.
If you want dull, the clutch is so broken that I have to stand on it to get it to move. Fixing it would apparently require splitting the tractor in half.and in the process draining all of the hydraulic fluid.
These older models are quite serviceable, so I’m surprised to hear that. lol
Did it weld shut together by being exposed to the elements? Do you know the model/year? Is it from the 60s?
Yes, from the 60s. Unsure of the exact model and year, but you can not get to the clutch without doing a bifurcation from what I can tell.
Yup. That’s the way things are when the engine block and transmission are the frame.
That is typical of older tractors, clutch requires splitting the tractor in half. It is still serviceable, only a few dozen bolts, but you need something strong (and safe) on wheels to hold up each half while you work in the middle. Not hard work at all, but it is not quick.
Still mostly the same for modern tractors, except a million more wires and and hoses.
I’ve done a dozen clutch jobs on older tractors with my dad.
In the size range most of us here would be looking at tractors are hydro and don’t have a clutch. There are pros and cons to hydro, but for the size of tractors shows hydro is almost always better. (loader work really wants the infinite variable speed)
That sounds pretty exciting.
Rule 6 says no sexism! Just make sure to keep it dull
That’s a nice looking jack.
Oddly enough, that is there because I had to use both that and the bucket to get the tractor unstuck because it had been in the same spot for 15 years.
Hold on, you got a old broken tractor that hasn’t moved in 15 years up and running… You are seriously in the wrong spot. Nothing dull here.
I stubbed my toe bad enough on Sunday that I couldn’t walk normally for two days. Does that count?
Broken or just stubbed?
I replied incorrectly- editing this lol. I mean stubbed as in I hit it on a door jam
Let me check… stubbed toe . . stubbed toe…. ah - here we are! Stubbed toe is in fact dull!
Approved!
Thank you, come again!
Check out my Lambo!
That is sick.
‘Men’ as in ‘race of Man’.
More of a jog or brisk walk, I recon
When I was a kid, my friends grandma would gather all of the non-empty 40s leftover from us partying, collect the liquid and leave the bottle uncapped on the counter for a few days (to decarbonate?).
she would use it to feed her roses and said it was one of the best plant foods! some of the flowers were bigger than softballs.
I cannot attest to the science, but the results were there.
I don’t think anywhere around me even sells 40s anymore. I haven’t seen a Colt 45 in at least 15 years.
that is a tragedy and a blessing!
You are the Venn diagram where the circles line up almost perfectly with mine. What varieties of roses? Please be as detailed as you want on where you bought, where you’re planting them, etc. Rose maniac here. EDIT: we depend on an ancient *ALISS Chalmers that has no hydraulic pressure. No one can figure out why. Years. Years of investigation by skilled, dull people. *Corrected my spelling
I’ll have to get back to you on the variety. I know they are supposed to bloom white, but I ordered them 6 months ago so I would have to actually check my receipts.
Fair enough.
Man, I want a tractor so damn much.
Wanting one is fine, but needing one means you wished you had employed someone 10 years ago to use it.
It’s a bit of both, but ohh the things I could do with one.
i might know someone who is looking to sell a collection of tractors, but i really don’t want to have to get in touch with them.
Please buy one, they are a lot of fun and useful tools (disclosure, I work for a tractor maker, my bonus depends on you buying one in the right color)
What’s the right colour?
If it is new - anything but green. Preferably burnt orange.
Warm welcome.
You got a tractor. Ain’t nothing dull about you!(Butt fuck anyone who says you’re not!)
My dad’s a tractor mechanic and farmer, so he fixes his own machines. I’ve learned to love hearing about tractor problems, so tell me everything!
Antique tractors are not sufficiently dull! Especially ones from defunct brands like Massey Ferguson!
Nice work. What’d you have to do to get it running?
I hope your roses flourish! ❤️
I see no reason we can’t all share in our collective dullness. The more, the dullier.
Edit. Can’t. Not can. Autocorrect strikes again
Whats the black thing for?
It’s a floor jack that I had to use to help get it unstuck fro.where it was.
Hell yeah
Doesn’t seem dull enough, but otherwise yes
Petition to gender neutral rename the comm: Dull Folks Home.
That makes it sound like we’re old folks eating pudding and having incoherent conversations about what we used to do.. ok nvm I’ve convinced myself, +1 for Dull Folks Home
Dull Folks Home: The Home for Dull Folks.
… just in case you needed it repeated, for clarity.
if the explanatory clause is not part of the name, i’ll… well i’ll probably grumble.
Okay Gran-Gran
What is this lemmy they keep going on about?
- Idk some extinct gerbil or something?
Hahaha, I had the same reaction reading your comment!
Awesome, my mother and grandmother are honored too.
You watch MartyT on YouTube yes
Did you have to replace the tires? Just wondering what they’re going for now days…I need to put four on my old Massey