D8-14A Stump removal

keeps dumping the clutch like that he will be using an axe and shovel

Thats the reason "C" frames have crack covers all over them and push braces are bent to hell.

Considering the world around us with a made up crises everyone is a little tense. But guys it is not your tractor that is being abused,please word it with more care. Yes with a oil clutch there is no need for the banging(*). But before the world is normal again I will be looking at lots of different things on the net to view to keep some sanity. An more than likely we chased another away. I am not much good as a teacher but those of us that have spent our lives around equipment need to look at instructing rather than just criticizing. Yes being we don't get much incite about the newbie in many cases we have wasted our time,but give them a chance to learn.





* The oil clutch did come in some time in mid 2u D8 production. I believe,but have been wrong before.

I understand Ray, ok to maybe get that one stump out of the way once in a while but some over do it all the time everytime and end up with a wreck of a machine.

I understand Ray, ok to maybe get that one stump out of the way once in a while but some over do it all the time everytime and end up with a wreck of a machine.

I agree too Ray...but bad technique and bad habits are......well....bad !:nono:! :nono:

-and should be corrected ASAP

I would say the thing to avoid is the shock loading that comes from ramming objects that the tractor cannot readily move by the normal continuous application of tractive effort. Impact force may eventually get the job done, but it comes at a price, and I don’t think it is worth it. Successfully welding up cracks is easier said than done.

Cat oil clutch's can stand a lot of slipping. Almost like easing into things with the power shift. I had a old Cat mechanic say he had never seen a clutch disc that copper face was worn out. The drive teeth on the out side ware out. That has been the way I have found them. The ones I replaced where the same thickness as the new one. I ran a 9u D6 for 30+ years farming and dozing with it and only adjusted the clutch once or twice. It was my main tractor and had other less than perfect drives never had it slip from letting it slip. So you can be very genital with the rest of the machine by slipping the clutch on a oil clutch.In a situation like pushing the stump you can keep pressure against the stump slipping the clutch and us the blade to lift rather than ramming it.

On the older dry clutch's no they don't really like to be slipped,but they are not hard to repair as compared to other things.

[quote="Ray54"]Cat oil clutch's can stand a lot of slipping. Almost like easing into things with the power shift. I had a old Cat mechanic say he had never seen a clutch disc that copper face was worn out. The drive teeth on the out side ware out. That has been the way I have found them. The ones I replaced where the same thickness as the new one. I ran a 9u D6 for 30+ years farming and dozing with it and only adjusted the clutch once or twice. It was my main tractor and had other less than perfect drives never had it slip from letting it slip. So you can be very genital with the rest of the machine by slipping the clutch on a oil clutch.In a situation like pushing the stump you can keep pressure against the stump slipping the clutch and us the blade to lift rather than ramming it.

On the older dry clutch's no they don't really like to be slipped,but they are not hard to repair as compared to other things.[/quote]
Thats another thing to watch, lifting and prying, I have seen spring leafs broken and even hard bars cracked doing that, so easy does it.