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Labour Saving and General Guntering

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    #3482
    Bullocks
    Registered Users Posts: 5,890 ✭✭✭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


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    #3483
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users Posts: 11,194 ✭✭✭✭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?


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    #3484
    MickeyShtyles
    Registered Users Posts: 1,371 ✭✭✭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?!


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    #3485
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,709 ✭✭✭✭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.

    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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    #3486
    Bullocks
    Registered Users Posts: 5,890 ✭✭✭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 :D


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    #3487
    Bullocks
    Registered Users Posts: 5,890 ✭✭✭Bullocks


    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    LED rechargeable work spot light.

    He has one of already , great yoke


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    #3488
    MickeyShtyles
    Registered Users Posts: 1,371 ✭✭✭MickeyShtyles


    Bullocks wrote: »
    You must know him , every knife gets a rub of the grinder haha :D

    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.


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    #3489
    gctest50
    Registered Users Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭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



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    #3490
    Attie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 495 ✭✭Attie


    420575.jpg

    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


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    #3491
    jerdee
    Registered Users Posts: 383 ✭✭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


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    #3492
    kowtow
    Registered Users Posts: 6,135 ✭✭✭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.


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    #3493
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,709 ✭✭✭✭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.

    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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    #3494
    sonnybill
    Registered Users Posts: 958 ✭✭✭sonnybill


    Photos of bridge


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    #3495
    sonnybill
    Registered Users Posts: 958 ✭✭✭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


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    #3496
    visatorro
    Registered Users Posts: 3,128 ✭✭✭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.


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    Would I be rude to ask how much??


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    #3497
    kowtow
    Registered Users Posts: 6,135 ✭✭✭kowtow


    visatorro wrote: »
    Would I be rude to ask how much??

    275 inc. vat.


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    #3498
    visatorro
    Registered Users Posts: 3,128 ✭✭✭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.


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    #3499
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users Posts: 11,194 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    Bargain. Looks great.


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    #3500
    SuperTortoise
    Registered Users Posts: 2,955 ✭✭✭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.


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    #3501
    memorystick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,580 ✭✭✭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


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    #3502
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,631 Mod ✭✭✭✭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.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



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    #3503
    GERMAN ROCKS
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,796 ✭✭✭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.


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    #3504
    memorystick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,580 ✭✭✭memorystick


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


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    #3505
    TheFarrier
    Registered Users Posts: 607 ✭✭✭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


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    #3506
    memorystick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,580 ✭✭✭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?


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    #3507
    SuperTortoise
    Registered Users Posts: 2,955 ✭✭✭SuperTortoise


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


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    #3508
    TheFarrier
    Registered Users Posts: 607 ✭✭✭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


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    #3509
    SuperTortoise
    Registered Users Posts: 2,955 ✭✭✭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?


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    #3510
    TheFarrier
    Registered Users Posts: 607 ✭✭✭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.


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    #3511
    SuperTortoise
    Registered Users Posts: 2,955 ✭✭✭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.


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