Labour Saving and General Guntering

Bullocks

Any ideas what to get the old boys for fathers day ? He hates presents but I usually get a few small things under 50 squids or so any handy yokes around the guntering shed

Nekarsulm

Bullocks wrote: »

Any ideas what to get the old boys for fathers day ? He hates presents but I usually get a few small things under 50 squids or so any handy yokes around the guntering shed

Subscription to Classic Tractor or that other magazine Farm Ideas?

MickeyShtyles

Bullocks wrote: »

Any ideas what to get the old boys for fathers day ? He hates presents but I usually get a few small things under 50 squids or so any handy yokes around the guntering shed

Little handy knife sharpener? Keeps him away from the grinder?!

patsy_mccabe

Bullocks wrote: »

Any ideas what to get the old boys for fathers day ? He hates presents but I usually get a few small things under 50 squids or so any handy yokes around the guntering shed

LED rechargeable work spot light.

Bullocks

MickeyShtyles wrote: »

Little handy knife sharpener? Keeps him away from the grinder?!

You must know him , every knife gets a rub of the grinder haha

Bullocks

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

LED rechargeable work spot light.

He has one of already , great yoke

MickeyShtyles

Bullocks wrote: »

You must know him , every knife gets a rub of the grinder haha

https://activehuntingireland.ie/knife-sharpeners
We used to do it here, till I got one. Then whenever they need to be done, I'll take them all home with me.

gctest50

fastrac94 wrote: »

Says it work of a 3.5 kva genny,nearly worth it just to keep it for that work alone...

gunther a heavy alternator onto the ride-on lawnmower

Attie

Had a Bail rapper for small bail haylege very slow to transport on tractor, so we built a frame and put it on it along with Yamer engine put wheels on to tow behind car great job.
This was done 5/6 years ago when there were not many of them about and we were being asked to travel over large area.
Forgot mention she is not fixed can be taken of frame and mounted on tractor. 
Attie
Fast toe bail rapper

jerdee

This is my attempt at head Mould
Steel frame and aluminium Mould
Melted down silage wrap and hpde to form the curve and covered with soft mat . Recycling at its best ......
Last one is lining it up to weld on

kowtow

This is the finished job on the Takeuchi Arm repair from a few weeks ago. I was waiting so long for the first guy I called that I took the arm off and was about to lay into it with the MIG when I caved and dropped it off with a local bunch who - I think - made as good a job of it as anyone could have expected.

patsy_mccabe

kowtow wrote: »

This is the finished job on the Takeuchi Arm repair from a few weeks ago. I was waiting so long for the first guy I called that I took the arm off and was about to lay into it with the MIG when I caved and dropped it off with a local bunch who - I think - made as good a job of it as anyone could have expected.

Super job. When you see a pro at work, you'd wonder why you'd try stuff yourself.

sonnybill

Photos of bridge

sonnybill

One 8ft and one 3ft retired shuttering pans built into large stones with machine, 6 beer barrels, pallets , planks , casing and sheet and a half of steel mesh and 4m2 of 30N concrete

visatorro

kowtow wrote: »

This is the finished job on the Takeuchi Arm repair from a few weeks ago. I was waiting so long for the first guy I called that I took the arm off and was about to lay into it with the MIG when I caved and dropped it off with a local bunch who - I think - made as good a job of it as anyone could have expected.

Would I be rude to ask how much??

kowtow

visatorro wrote: »

Would I be rude to ask how much??

275 inc. vat.

visatorro

kowtow wrote: »

275 inc. vat.

That was good value. Lads would see that and say it's only a snot of weld, but if it's done right it's a skill and should be charged as such.

Nekarsulm

Bargain. Looks great.

SuperTortoise

Very tidy job on the dipper arm, as good if not better than it was coming out of the factory.
There's the guts of a day's work in that, that's a sound price for an excellent job.

memorystick

Is 2mm sheeting ok in the floor of a single axle car trailer? No big work only timber and a few blocks. No digger buckets or engines. Sound

blue5000

memorystick wrote: »

Is 2mm sheeting ok in the floor of a single axle car trailer? No big work only timber and a few blocks. No digger buckets or engines. Sound

Should be ok if the crossmembers are 12-16 ins apart.

GERMAN ROCKS

very nice job kowtow. People to do these type of jobs are getting very scarce and hard to get. That was a very good price. I would nearly have thought €400 wouldnt have been a bad price for such a good job.

memorystick

There's 5 in 8 feet which is 1 per 19 inches almost.

TheFarrier

memorystick wrote: »

There's 5 in 8 feet which is 1 per 19 inches almost.

I built a car trailer last summer, using 2mm checker plate for the floor, but I put 3/4 inch marine ply under the plate. I find it a super job, gives the trailer a real solid feel to it, will cope with anything I've thrown at it so far and no rattling from the floor when only bits in it

memorystick

TheFarrier wrote: »

I built a car trailer last summer, using 2mm checker plate for the floor, but I put 3/4 inch marine ply under the plate. I find it a super job, gives the trailer a real solid feel to it, will cope with anything I've thrown at it so far and no rattling from the floor when only bits in it

would it still be ok without it?

SuperTortoise

Should be fine if you're not doing any major work with it.

TheFarrier

memorystick wrote: »

would it still be ok without it?

It would probably do fine, but my intention was to build a car trailer and do it once. I put the ply under the checker plate to provide a bit of support to stop the plate denting and warping when I'm firing lumps of firewood in from a distance, carrying concrete blocks or heavy awkward bits on rough roads

SuperTortoise

TheFarrier wrote: »

It would probably do fine, but my intention was to build a car trailer and do it once. I put the ply under the checker plate to provide a bit of support to stop the plate denting and warping when I'm firing lumps of firewood in from a distance, carrying concrete blocks or heavy awkward bits on rough roads

I've played with the idea of building one from scratch, might do it this year, is it worth it?

TheFarrier

SuperTortoise wrote: »

I've played with the idea of building one from scratch, might do it this year, is it worth it?

It is if you can't afford to buy one. I built it more for a bit of a project than out of necessity, but as I'm sure you can imagine once I had it going it wasn't long before it found itself busy.

I spent €150 on steel, €60 on a hitch, €115 on chequer plate, €60 on ply, €25 on timber for sides, €250 on suspension wheels and tires from indespension, and maybe €50 on paint, and built at evenings and weekends over about ten weeks.

SuperTortoise

TheFarrier wrote: »

It is if you can't afford to buy one. I built it more for a bit of a project than out of necessity, but as I'm sure you can imagine once I had it going it wasn't long before it found itself busy.

I spent €150 on steel, €60 on a hitch, €115 on chequer plate, €60 on ply, €25 on timber for sides, €250 on suspension wheels and tires from indespension, and maybe €50 on paint, and built at evenings and weekends over about ten weeks.

I'm in a similar situation, it would be a nice project and i'll get plenty of use out of it.

Can i ask where you sourced your parts from? I looked into pricing it earlier this year and found axles pricey.