Farm work service truck
- Thread starter fireryan
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Cow
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- Eastern Oregon
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- Electrician
95% of my work is dairy or farm related. My suggestion is, and this certainly isn't ag specific, is to throw anything you think you might need on your service truck. After 6-12 mos. take anything off your truck that you never used in the last 6-12 mos. Then repeat. I've been doing that for a few years now and have my truck pretty well dialed in to the specific needs our customers have.
Most of the work I do is 45 minutes from our shop and I very rarely do I need to call our parts runner from town for something I should have.
kwired
Electron manager
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- NE Nebraska
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- EC
A little hard to say exactly what you should keep on the truck, keep in mind anything that doesn't get used but sits in the truck for a long time rattles around on the roads and eventually looks like hell by the time you might want to use it even though it has never been used.
One thing that may be common to carry though is a variety of motor start/run capacitors if you service a lot of single phase motor installations. You kind of learn from experience which ones are the most necessary to have on hand, and also how to makeshift a couple capacitors long enough to run the machine until you can get the one desired. Need a 40 mfd capacitor but don't have one, parallel two twenty's to get by with until you get the 40.
One thing that may be common to carry though is a variety of motor start/run capacitors if you service a lot of single phase motor installations. You kind of learn from experience which ones are the most necessary to have on hand, and also how to makeshift a couple capacitors long enough to run the machine until you can get the one desired. Need a 40 mfd capacitor but don't have one, parallel two twenty's to get by with until you get the 40.
Yes a good selection of capacitors would be a good idea. As in terms of dryers I'm thinking maybe some igniters. Been a few years since I worked on dryers so trying to think of a few things to keep on hand. Trying to figure out if most of those spark plug igniters are universal or not
ptonsparky
Tom
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- EC - retired
I used to live for harvest time. I still have what we call the Dryer Box. Small tool box with igniters, flame probes, gas valves, temp limits, crimp connectors, stirator parts, hub puller, etc.
very few of the small bin dryers in operation now. Genetics has the grain drying down much quicker in the field.
Ignitors are are not all the same nor are the flame probes. Wrong one can cause one heck of a lot of damage.
Yeah something like that is what I'm trying to put together. Just have a few of everything on hand
readydave8
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- Clarkesville, Georgia
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- electrician
I use clipboard to keep track of what I use off truck, if I need something that I don't have on truck but wish I did, I add it to list, next time I have it.
In other words trial and error
In other words trial and error
ptonsparky
Tom
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- EC - retired
Chief, Caldwell for the most part. They're made 5 miles from me as are Delux, but those don't have the problems the older small bin dryers do.
Three and four wire 16 SJ cord. Small dimension glass fuses. 5 amp IIRC.
I have a a few modified thermocouples and igniters for Stormore along with glass tube relays and timers for Farm Fan.
What brands are dominant in your area?
kwired
Electron manager
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- NE Nebraska
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- EC
Like Tom asked, what is dominant in your area? Local dealer of a particular brand usually means there will be more of that particular brand in that locality.
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