Hour meter sleeping on the job!!

[Mad Mackie]

Scag hourmeter has been connected to small batteries and is close to 560 hours with the goal of 621 or more depending on future machine usage. I plan to put it back on my machine when it gets to the machine time and do the same with the Hobbs/Honeywell meter currently on my machine and put the Hobbs back on. The other Hobbs meter that I bought was installed on another machine that although is manual start, has a low amp charging system. I installed a rectifier on it and installed the Hobbs and it is working fine. Had I known, I would have ordered an AC Hobbs meter to install on it.
Mad Mackie in CT:laughing::biggrin::smile:

 

[tigercat]

Remember years ago they would pop the back out of speedometers and turn the mileage back or forward to the new desired setting. They would never wait a month with the car rear tires spinning on a jack stand!
Too bad the Hobbs meters are sealed, it sure would save a bit of time.

 

[Mad Mackie]

The Scag hourmeter is about to turn 625 hours, Tomorrow I will reinstall it on my Tiger Cub and put the Hobbs/Honeywell meter on a battery and let it run for however long it takes to get to the time on my TC and then put it back on in place of the Scag meter. I ran my TC today for 2.8 hours at a customers place with the dethatcher installed, mower and collection system running, still had fuel remaining in the R/H tank, just over a 3 gallon tank, so I'm very pleased with the fuel consumption of the 30 HP Briggs Commercial Turf engine. The customer asked me how many times I had dumped the collection bags as he had me dump in three different places, I stopped counting at 10 unloads, but probably did 15 to 18 extra full loads!!!
Mad Mackie in CT:laughing::biggrin::smile:

 

[tigercat]

DUST....yuck

Is there a way to know when they are full? You ever see a indicator of some type in your travels that Scag might use? Right now when I bag leaves, I just exit the seat once in a while and check the levels and then decide to empty the buckets.

When I bagged leaves on my Craftsman tractor, they have a small turning wheel (as an indicator) on the chute, when it stops spinning the bags where full. That was a cool feature when it worked. I don't think SCAG has that feature available. However, that Craftsman feature was the only thing that was good about it. The chute was of such thin plastic, it would break or crack in places which needed replacing often. I ended up throwing the whole collection system away after 3 years.:thumbdown:

 

[Mad Mackie]

This job wasn't near as dusty as I had expected, but I wore a dust mask, goggles, hat and hearing protection for the entire job, nice thick turf for 95% of the three acres.
My Ingersoll GT with collection has a distinct change in blower noise when the bags are full, but no so with my TC. I stop periodically, reach back and touch/push on the R/H and center bags to get an idea how full they are. I have had the hose and blower totally clogged and only noticed grass buildup on the lawn if I happened to turn and look. I periodically reach out and lift the hose to see if it is heavy with grass. I did notice today that I need to clean the screen inside the bag cover as the grass was damper than I expected and plugged up about 1/3rd of the screen. I have been using mulching blades and a plate all summer and just put the collection system and regular blades back on last Friday as falling leaves were accumulating at several customers places. At the end of last season I replaced the blower fan as the original one was wearing on the blade tips. When I was working, I had access to a nice balancer and used to weld repair and rebalance the fans in my Ingersoll GT collection systems, but retired now!!! Actually I built the rebalancing tool for my former employer and it made aircraft tire and wheel rebalancing fairly easy as compared to the one that they had. It was a lot more time on the milling machine and lathe than they wanted to pay for, I should have brought it home when I retired!!!
Mad Mackie in CT:laughing::biggrin::smile: