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Ray Bohacz

Email “The Hotrod Farmer” Ray Bohacz with your machinery-related questions. Visit his site for technical articles and to listen to his Idle Chatter podcast, which has listeners in 98 countries. Also, tune into Farm Machinery Digest Radio on Sirius/XM Channel 147, Rural Radio.

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Farm Machinery Digest: Testing your diagnostic skills: Alternator belts

July 9, 2021

Ray Bohacz

Situation No. 1 You just finished changing the alternator on the haybine and are happy that it can now go back to work, cutting the alfalfa before the rain hits tomorrow.

Farm Machinery Digest: Testing your diagnostic skills

April 1, 2021

Ray Bohacz

Situation No. 1 You are thinking about investing in another self-propelled sprayer for the farm. You do not want to buy a new one since this unit will only be used for foliar feeding and fungicide application.

Farm machinery digest: Testing your diagnostic skills

March 12, 2021

Ray Bohacz

Farm machinery digest: Engine warming and engine rebuild: Testing your diagnostic skills

December 31, 2020

Ray Bohacz

Situation No. 1 It is cold out for this time of year. There is not much to do today on the farm, so you drive into town to have coffee with the guys and catch up on local gossip.

Farm machinery digest: Testing your diagnostic skills

December 24, 2020

Ray Bohacz

Situation No. 1 It is cold out for this time of year. There is not much to do today on the farm, so you drive into town to have coffee with the guys and catch up on local gossip.

Test your farm machinery knowledge with this toolbox test

March 31, 2020

Ray Bohacz

Are you mechanically inclined? Most farmers know how to fix their equipment, but do you know how to diagnose why things break down? Everyone at the coffee shop will offer you an opinion. But who is right?

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