16—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 10. 1973
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Morris Zook, Jr., left, received a certificate
of appreciation from Agway area manager
R. Arthur Cochran at the annual meeting of
Agway’s Garden Spot unit Monday night at
the Farm and Home Center. The certificate
recognized Zook’s contributions to Agway’s
success since its founding in 1964. Zook
had been on the local board of directors
since then, and decided to step down this
year so that someone else could serve.
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Tractor Maintenance
Traditionally, farmers have
been casual about keeping an
accurate count of their operating
hours as a guide to planned
preventive maintenance.
In order to demonstrate that
such formality is possible and to
prove the benefits obtained, the
Allis-Chalmers Corp.
Agricultural Equipment Division
has begun a pilot program with
selected fleet owners. The
division has developed a
checklist-schedule that ac
companies each tractor in the
program as a means of main
taining control over cost and
downtime.
The checklist covers main
tenance intervals, hours run,
deadline hours, for specific
maintenance functions,
materials used and date main
tenance was performed. At the
start of each shift, each operator
must inspect his tractor ac
cording to checklist instructions
applicable for the hours of
operation and maintenance
material involved. He signs the
form to indicate that the basic
check was performed and that
the tractor was made ready for
work.
As operating hours are ac
cumulated, each fleet service
manager follows the cards in
order to plan for a regular in-shop
maintenance schedule. This in
depth maintenance includes
engine oil changes, power train
fluid changes, wheel bearing
service, etc., according to
recommended change intervals
established by the Agricultural
Equipment Division Engineering
Department.
Each checklist includes a set of
cards covering 1,000 operating
hours. When a new set of cards is
started, the first set becomes
part of a permanent record on the
tractor. Availability of this data
will permit accurate deter
mination of the total cost per hour
of operation. The data also in
dicates what service has been
performed day-by-day.
“We feel this type of record will
greatly reduce time required by
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be performed and to what ex
tent,” said Bert A. Dundas,
general supervisor, sales and
marketing operations, Allis-
Chalmers Corp. Agricultural
Equipment Division. It will also
help owners to prevent expensive
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downtime due to omission of the
important daily service checks,”
Dundas added. “When different
operators operate a machine
over prolonged periods, it is
important to establish specific
maintenance procedures and
then to assure that they are
followed,” he said.
“We feel that when properly
implemented, a program of this
nature also will work for in
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