Recent content by rossbart

This is a poor quality picture but just had foot surgery so can’t go take a better one. I ran the fan toggle switch through one leg of the two wire plug between TDM and Cadillac valve. This picture was the result of my ohm test on the Cadillac valve. My understanding is that acceptable...

Have a super nice M1123 as my farm feed truck. And, I’m trying to figure out why the fan engagement is unreliable. The oem setup worked fine most of the time. But, occasionally the fan would miss its engagement point and if you weren’t watching the gauge pretty closely you’d look up and be...

Few more daylight pics to fill in the visual details:

Okay guys, have done a lot of work on FARMVEE since last post. Main upgrade is the (removable) hydraulic bale spikes. Also a backup camera (so I can more easily stab the bales). A remote golight mounted on feeder and over cab for night time ops. Many other smaller upgrades like hard doors...

Farmvee put his big boy pants on this morning. Working like a charm!!

thanks for the feedback. I’m relieved to hear that it’s normal. Sure am enjoying working this rig!

Thanks for the followup. I’m kind of embarrassed to expound but, basically, the bulb was bad. I tested it direct to battery and both high and low beam sides were bad. The reason I didn’t check earlier was that it was a brand new bulb right out of the box from a big name military vendor (who I...

I’m definitely confused on the ground issue too. Was sitting here reading through troubleshooting (no help) and then the wiring harness picture. Like you say, would seem all grounds would tie together. And, yes, that harness looks to be in pristine condition. Looks like a couple chassis grounds...

Mind if I add an inquiry: have new M1123. All lights work except passenger headlamp - and it worked intermittently initially but never now. Changed bulb. No change. Confirmed wire numbers are correct on both sides of hood. Odd thing is that on that bad side if I do a continuity test on the...

Back. Picture a heavy duty tailgate, hydraulically actuated. Mechanically not much different that our flatbeds.

Yes Sir. Will probably either buy a 24v hydraulic pump or else do the Orion that you guys have recommended. But, have a bit of metal fabrication to do before I have to deal with the electrical component… And, PS, not big into unrollers. Usually drop round bales into round bale rings. Have...

That’s funny. Here’s this same feeder on a generator trailer as I’ve been using behind an M1009 for the past several years. Just got tired of heavy trailer yankin my ass around. Just filled the feeder with 1,500 pounds of feed on humvee (on top of 700# feeder). Actually can’t even feel the...

Yeah. I think someone painted over it…

Having difficulty Finding amp draw from mfg of feeder. This is what that say about the motor: “These are not starter motors. These 12 volt motors are Constant Duty and are C-Face bolted to an oil bath gear reducer.They run for power and not speed.” That said, they spec 6 gauge wire through...

Are you saying that the 200 amp dual voltage alternator setup (as factory setup) will maintain the “lower” battery as is - or is there some wiring setup that needs to be done? I have an M1123 that I’m wanting to run my 12v cattle feeder off of. Would it be correct to just wire it to the “lower”...