Labour Saving and General Guntering

timple23

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117920180#Comment_117920180

Cruiser

Nekarsulm

The diaphragm in those filter heads all fail eventually, troopers are famous for it.

You can buy replacement heads easily enough.

The bulb primer will work away the best as long as the filter head isn't letting in air and allowing the diesel run back to the tank.

trixi2011

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117923184#Comment_117923184

Had similar problem with a Hilux used a self loading dosing gun instead of the primer

MIKEKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117919515#Comment_117919515

Anyone know if the primers can be got for petrol engines. Have used ones like in photo but they leak after about 12 months. I use them on vintage cars. They are brilliant when a vehicle isn't started regurally .

blue5000

Did you know the open end of a 13mm ratchet spanner fits nicely into an inch drive socket. When the spanner starts to bend it’s tight enough 😬.

patsy_mccabe

I open this fence just once a year to put in bales. I got sick of opening and tying back the barbed wire every time. These turnbuckles worked great to tension it back up. Simple idea but it works well.

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satstheway

Any recommendations on a solid bench vice. I managed to break a good solid cast vice when 20 odd years ago. Then after a few years hardship without a vice I bought a ok vice the type made with flat plate , It lasted for a good while but then I over tightened it and bent it to hell and its useless now. Is my best bet getting a second hand record vice or is there a new alternative.

Grueller

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118033800#Comment_118033800

Never mind cast, tis a steel vice you want.

satstheway

That's what I broke last, if you mean a steel plate type vice.

foxy farmer

Heres the vice for you so.

https://youtu.be/CKgwcuAvM6E

emaherx

Todays far too much time on my hands project.

satstheway

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118035201#Comment_118035201

Yea I have watched some of his videos. Wouldn't want to as AvE says keep your di*k in a vice with that one😖

emaherx

Time for a bit of work, nearly a shame to be putting anything out on this grass.

patsy_mccabe

Delighted to have this welded up. It's a plate to hold a bracket for a calving gate. It ain't pretty I know, but l felt I got good depth on the weld. It's an old shed and there is concrete at the back and sides of the pillar, so I couldn't drill a hole for the bracket.

Vertical welding is a skill I'm trying to get good at. You basically point the rod slightly up and weld side to side, delaying on each side as you go . The sides seem to absorb the heat better, so the weld doesn't flow off.

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timple23

Would there be any reason why a diesel pump couldn't pump milk?

https://www.dhfarmmachinery.com/products/id-103097.html?filter_set%5B%5D=15812,15813,31188,25274,32538&page=1

Thanatosgratus

A food grade / drinking water pump might be a better option https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/153408888355?hash=item23b7e1de23:g:pPwAAOSwG4pcgkNQ

foxy farmer

Had to resort to this today after forgetting to put on the washing machine last night and getting destroyed shifting a downer cow for a neighbour this morning. Had to pull out an ancient darning needle to make the holes.

funkey_monkey

Replacing some drinkers here in the shed. Was going to expoxy some 12mm threaded bar into the 7" wall about 5" to leave 1.5"closed for mounting the drinker. As they are off cuts I've not enough to make the lengths required to go through for all the drinkers.

Shouldn't this be okay rather than going through the wall - I've got enough threaded bar here to go the expoxy route, but would need more to put it fully through.

I've also got some 8mm threaded rod, but I'd prefer to use 12mm.

mayota

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118097665#Comment_118097665

Have you many off cuts? You could weld them together to length needed or even add rebar to them with a T or a small plate at the other side of the wall.

patsy_mccabe

I find these anchor type Rawl bolts the best.

Rawlplug RawlBolts M12 x 140mm 5 Pack | Shield Anchor Bolts | Screwfix.ie

emaherx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118097665#Comment_118097665

Expoxy away, they'll never move it's the way I hang gates now.

funkey_monkey

Not seen that one for use with the standard gun belt. The ones we have need the wide gun and the mixer nozzle.

enricoh

Not really labour saving or guntering but I see in the paper today that if you have solar panels you can sell the excess you don't use back to the grid now.

It didn't mention how much you get but up the north a lot of the farm sheds are covered in panels so there must be a twist in it up there.

I know the crowds doing houses are milking people dry but it'd have to be handy enough to fit them to corrugated yourself I'd imagine.

wrangler

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118099202#Comment_118099202

Haven't got the full details of this , but friends have done it and they're getting feck all for what they sell and paying extra per unit for the pleasure of using the meter, maybe someone can tell me a better company to deal with.

My friends reckon it'll take 15 - 20 years payback on what they paid for the system. Ireland don't want/ not encouraging people to supply the grid

_Brian

Far as I know the feedback tariff in NI is gone to the dogs and many turbines are falling out of use as it’s not covering maintenance.

we would need guaranteed feedback tariffs that cover infrastructure costs within 10 years or it’s a waste of time.

funkey_monkey

Finally got round to putting the work lights onto the tanker.

The connections on the tanker are ip67 - so can be immersed in water. I would have preferred to have the connections at the lights horizontal, to avoid water ingress, but as it is ip67 and will be stored inside there should be no problem. I made a joint on the front of tanker so the lead to can can be removed if not wanted. Switch is not illuminated unfortunately but as it is close to the socket in the cab it is easily located.

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Nekarsulm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118100386#Comment_118100386

Looked into getting wind turbine about 12 years ago.

Guys came out to do a wind speed feasibility study.

The long and the short of it was at that time, you got paid slightly more per k/w produced than the same k/w would cost to buy.

Only problem was, you had an annual quota on how many K/w you were paid for.

If January, February and March were good and windy, you might produce your annual quota by March 31st.

Then your expensive turbine was spinning away producing power for the grid for the next 9 months and you got nothing except the wear and tear.

Life span of turbine was about 25 years, and it looked like it'd barely pay for itself in that time frame.

We abandoned the idea, as you can imagine.

Suckler

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118130069#Comment_118130069

Could it be deactivated for the summer months so you don't incur the wear and tear for 'off peak' time?

patsy_mccabe

Neighbour here put in a wind turbine in his site about 10 years ago. Don't know the KW of it, but it is huge. It broke down once and he got it repaired. Now it just sits there, not worth getting repaired. ....and this turbine was supplied by one of the biggest suppliers in the country.

wrangler

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118130516#Comment_118130516

You need it going full time to supply their own electricity