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"Agricultural Equipment Technicians diagnose, repair, modify, overhaul, service and maintain some of today’s most technologically advanced machines—tractors, combines, cultivators, seeders, sprayers. If you like working with ag equipment and troubleshooting mechanical problems, it’s a great career choice."
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Ever wonder what it's like to be a John Deere Precision Agriculture Specialist? Hear from Weston Martensen about his journey from going through the John Deere Tech Program, becoming a technician, to now being a precision ag specialist at Platte Valley Equipment.
Many farming activities require the use of large and powerful equipment to help with tasks such as handling large bales, and planting or harvesting crops. By their very nature, these machines can be dangerous to operate. Watch this video to learn how to identify avoid tragic results stemming from machinery entanglements.
Whether you're dealing with Power Tools, Outdoor Power Equipment, or really anything in your shop, you're going to need the proper lubrication, or you'll end up with issues. That's why we wanted to put together a basic guide to understanding grease and other lubricants, to take the guess work out of it!
Good housekeeping is a sure way to keep your workplace safe and organized. Good
housekeeping is a safety AND a health issue. It keeps employees safe from slips and falls as
well as from colds, flu and other serious diseases. In this video we will discuss:
- Benefits of Good Housekeeping
- Safe Work Practices
Both employees and employers need to ensure they fulfil their legal health and safety duties.
The best big bales. The best big baler. Watch how the Hesston 2100 Series baler makes high-quality large rectangular bales through cut-away animation
This video explains how a zerk grease fitting works and what to do if one begins to leak.
How to Load a Grease Gun
I get a lot of questions about which grease is best for a tractor. While I'm not an expert on lubrication, my opinion is, and always has been, that the TYPE of grease is a lot less important than the FREQUENCY of greasing. In 25 years in the ag equipment business I've seen countless incidences of a failure on a piece of equipment that could have been prevented with regular lubrication. I've never once seen a repair that came about because the owner chose the wrong type of grease.
Truth is, for most of us who piddle around with a tractor, do some brush hogging, haul a little dirt around in the bucket and maybe use a grapple to move brush around, a good multi-purpose Lithium grease is all we need. Get one with corrosion inhibitors and oxidation stabilizers. Those additives may drive up the price a little, but they're essential, especially if the equipment is stored outside. That's what I use.
If you'll be using your grease for other applications, then it gets a little more complicated. Let's say you have a skid loader or mini-excavator and you'll be using the grease for both it, and your compact tractor. Then, you may want to move to a Moly grease. Moly greases are more than adequate for light applications like small tractors, and they excel in protection when pins or bushings are under a lot of pressure as they are in an industrial application. They're not a great grease for wheel bearings.
There's been a trend the last few years toward the use of Poly-urea greases. They're definitely a move up from the standard Lithium grease and are used in many sealed bearing applications. Poly-urea greases are thermally stable; high temperature situations don't affect them as they do other greases. They give great oxidation protection and weep oil at a very consistent pace. It is not, however, compatible with other greases. If changing from Lithium grease to Poly-urea, grease more often during the change to work the Poly-urea in to the system.
The absolute top of the line choice for greasing is a synthetic grease. They're EXPENSIVE, but they offer superior heat protection in high speed applications. If you own a round baler or combine with lots of shafts and pulleys moving for hours on end, your owner's manual may tell you to only use synthetic greases. Because of the consistency of synthetics and their ability to dissipate heat, they're the top of the food chain in the grease world.
This video will show you how to use a multimeter to measure voltage, current, resistance, and continuity. This is a beginner's guide aimed at students and electronics hobbyists who need to make basic measurements using an entry-level multimeter.
In this video, Ms. Malam describes how to use an ammeter in Physical Science 8.
Removing rounded off nuts and bolts can be difficult and in some cases the nut or bolt could be seized making removal very difficult. If a bolt is seized and is very tight the best option is to reach for the welder, if you have one as the heat generated can help to loosen the bolt making it much easier to remove. Some techniques in this video will work in some situations but not in others. I have covered grip tite sockets, tools with serrated teeth such as mole grips, water pump pliers and Stillsons ;Filing a flat on the bolt, using a hammer and chisel and also welding a nut to the bolt. For difficult to remove bolts the best two methods are the hammer and chisel and welding a nut on the bolt.
A short video on how to use a voltmeter.
An overview of the concept and technology inside the John Deere S690 combine.
Farmers will soon be controlling their tractors with their phones.
In this video we cover three free and easy steps to help you incorporate mindfulness at work.