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Reggie.

Odelay wrote: »

Nice work. What's with the paint job on the drum? Is it camouflaged?

Ran a builders line on it and then sprayed over it to get the curved line. Look closely and you will see the line I'm following for the blades in pic 2

Odelay

Reggie. wrote: »

Ran a builders line on it and then sprayed over it to get the curved line. Look closely and you will see the line I'm following for the blades in pic 2

Ah, now I get it, thought the dark area was sprayed over the yellow drum but now see it's yellow sprayed over a steel drum.
Sorry to be a nosey fooker again, but what is the tray/trough on the back wall? Know ya put a lot of thought into work, so curious as to its use......

Zr105

Reggie. wrote: »

Ran a builders line on it and then sprayed over it to get the curved line. Look closely and you will see the line I'm following for the blades in pic 2

Smart idea! I was about to ask had ya gone all fancy and using some special anti spatter spray

dharn

Looks like its for feeding a giraffe

Farmer

dharn wrote: »

Looks like its for feeding a giraffe

That'll confuse the grading machine but sure we've already had horse meat so why not

Reggie.

Odelay wrote: »

Ah, now I get it, thought the dark area was sprayed over the yellow drum but now see it's yellow sprayed over a steel drum.
Sorry to be a nosey fooker again, but what is the tray/trough on the back wall? Know ya put a lot of thought into work, so curious as to its use......

it's just a homemade feeding through that hangs on a gate

Odelay

Reggie. wrote: »

it's just a homemade feeding through that hangs on a gate

So you made a device to hang the feeding trough that hangs on a gate to store it??? I'm guessing there are no pallets and twine filling gaps in your place:pac:

Reggie.

Odelay wrote: »

So you made a device to hang the feeding trough that hangs on a gate to store it??? I'm guessing there are no pallets and twine filling gaps in your place:pac:

Nope it just haging on the side panels of the shed

rushvalley

Reggie. wrote: »

Finally got back to the "sprocket"

Just needs a coat of MF red now

Reggie.

rushvalley wrote: »

Just needs a coat of MF red now

Now there's an idea

Was wondering on a colour scheme for it
Was thinking yellow drum and wheels with blue frame

Suggestions?

Mad4simmental

Nice job Reggie. It'll be interesting to see what difference it will do to a field.

Reggie.

Mad4simmental wrote: »

Nice job Reggie. It'll be interesting to see what difference it will do to a field.

More than likely seed metal blades in the ground everywhere

dharn

What are your spikes made from

Reggie.

dharn wrote: »

What are your spikes made from

Reversible plough points

dharn

Will the hardened steel weld to the mild steel

Reggie.

dharn wrote: »

Will the hardened steel weld to the mild steel

Seems to have while I was tacking it

Figerty

Reggie. wrote: »

Seems to have while I was tacking it

29 /9 rod if it doesn't. That should sort it.

Reggie.

Figerty wrote: »

29 /9 rod if it doesn't. That should sort it.

I'm gonna MIG them

cj maxx

Quote: Mad4simmental
Nice job Reggie. It'll be interesting to see what difference it will do to a field.


Sorry reggie but i cant find the op or photos , what did you make for tearing up ground ?

Reggie.

cjmc wrote: »

Quote: Mad4simmental
Nice job Reggie. It'll be interesting to see what difference it will do to a field.


Sorry reggie but i cant find the op or photos , what did you make for tearing up ground ?

A drum aerator

Look two pages back

Feckthis

Fair play to ye reggie that's some work there!

delaney001

Reggie. wrote: »

A drum aerator

Look two pages back

Absolutely smashing work there. V tidy, even down to keeping the hydraulics tidied away. If you don't mind me asking, do you have much of a selection of machines, or are you working off the standard farmer kit (welder, grinder and hammer...)

Reggie.

delaney001 wrote: »

Absolutely smashing work there. V tidy, even down to keeping the hydraulics tidied away. If you don't mind me asking, do you have much of a selection of machines, or are you working off the standard farmer kit (welder, grinder and hammer...)

Standard kit. Welder, hammer, grinders.

Have the backup of a workshop if required but rarely use it but handy to have it all the same

dharn

Is the drum very heavy ? Would a 3 pt linkage on a 4wd tractor carry it make it so much simpler, like your standard roller setup

Reggie.

dharn wrote: »

Is the drum very heavy ? Would a 3 pt linkage on a 4wd tractor carry it make it so much simpler, like your standard roller setup

Was going to go that way but it would be heavier on the back of a tractor I thought. This setup would be easier pulled on land and the road

dharn

Of course, very impressive but added a lot of cost to job for what might be questionable results, you are only going down a few inches, would do little for compaction

Reggie.

dharn wrote: »

Of course, very impressive but added a lot of cost to job for what might be questionable results, you are only going down a few inches, would do little for compaction

To add the axle at the back cost me about €200 which was the ram and hoses. What I learned making it is worth more to me as it was a challenge I did it mainly as if it was on the lift arms it would lift the front of the tractor on the headlands which might damage the field, where when it's lifted on the axle there is a small bit of weight put on the tractors tyres so less chance of ripping.

The blades are 6 inches high. Most aerators have blades that length. Noticed that blades any longer had reinforcing on the sides which I believe interfered with them penetrating their full length. Most compaction here is in the first 3 inches so they should be long enough to penetrate through.

SCOL

I looking at making a cattle crush gate. I have a simple desing in mind just one that holds the head with a lever bolted to a frame with a catch on top.

Has anyone made one before ? pictures would be a good help.

SCOL

Muckit

SCOL wrote: »

I looking at making a cattle crush gate. I have a simple desing in mind just one that holds the head with a lever bolted to a frame with a catch on top.

Has anyone made one before ? pictures would be a good help.

SCOL

Waste of time skimping on a crush gate. The cheapest one you could buy with the bars going all the way to the ground would be better and safer than anything you could make. Penny wise and pound foolish if they go to go down.... and they will go down

dharn

would agree a hundred percent, although i made up my own copied an automatic closing one still not 100 % reliable , bad crush gate is a disaster, you only get 1 chance with some cattle