Think before you torch

morgan in ar · Aug 13, 2016

I was needing to pull the gearbox on my rhino brush hog. The box was bolted through the deck with six 3/4" bolts. Normally, I would have fought with wrenching them off for a couple of hours, bracing a wrench below. Then I would climb out and try to turn the nut from above. Then the bottom wrench would fall, and then repeat until I am tired and get the torch. This time, I skipped the wrenches, and grabbed the torch first. I torched off all six nuts and pulled the box. I was proud of myself for saving time and energy. But why weren't the cut off bolts falling through? Tried nocking them out, nothing. Crawled under, and the bolt heads were welded to the deck. Dang it.

r.w.b. · Aug 13, 2016

haha HAHA been down that road also.best 1 was dad,we had a scrap pile outside the shop.he always said son if a bolt screws out hard toss it in the scrap pile n get a new 1. we had a wheel bearing go bad on the M farmall. 1 bolt came out hard when we were replacing the tricycle post.i was looking at it n he grabbed it,i was hollerin don't toss it.he did .it was the stop bolt.he hunted an hour till he found it

FBH44 · Aug 13, 2016

Ive learned to go ahead and weld some bolt heads underneath things, to help un-doing.

shaun wallace · Aug 13, 2016

Out here in west central texas need to have water hose hooked up and turned on with helper to put out fire this time of year. Been welding today started out wetting ground and did couple more times.

RBoots · Aug 13, 2016

Same here fb!

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