Signs you are dealing with a 'Rooter'

laoch na mona

whisky_galore wrote: »

Household rubbish gets fcuked in a big hape in the ditch.

This one boils my piss a lad near has his own personal dump, everything from dead calves to old fridges goes in a hole in the back field.

Never heard the term rooter though, we'd always call them raw lads

Jjameson

the_pen_turner wrote: »

No spanner or socket set has all its bits. The latches or hindges are broken the box and has to opened or closed in a special way to stop dropping everything.


There are more tools on the ground than in the tool box or bench

Oh Jesus I feel personally attacked!

Oops!

laoch na mona wrote: »

This one boils my piss a lad near has his own personal dump, everything from dead calves to old fridges goes in a hole in the back field.

Never heard the term rooter though, we'd always call them raw lads

Or just dog rough!

whisky_galore

the_pen_turner wrote: »

No spanner or socket set has all its bits. The latches or hindges are broken the box and has to opened or closed in a special way to stop dropping everything.

To be fair, even with the most careful, at least a few get rounded, break or get lost. It would be a genuine achievement if you actually had a full set for years unless you never used them.

the_pen_turner wrote: »

There are more tools on the ground than in the tool box or bench

That's more like it.

whisky_galore

Hoarding. I've seen batchelor brothers hoard years upon years of newspapers.

Putting the broken part back into the box that the new one came out of.

Saving sh1t like worn out grinding discs, broken tines, broken bolts, broken tools in case they'd find a use for them.
(Spoiler: they almost never find another use)

Lime Tree Farm

whisky_galore wrote: »

Hoarding. I've seen batchelor brothers hoard years upon years of newspapers.

Putting the broken part back into the box that the new one came out of.

Saving sh1t like worn out grinding discs, broken tines, broken bolts, broken tools in case they'd find a use for them.
(Spoiler: they almost never find another use)

Not until you throw them out, and then you could have done with one of them.

the_pen_turner

whisky_galore wrote: »

To be fair, even with the most careful, at least a few get rounded, break or get lost. It would be a genuine achievement if you actually had a full set for years unless you never used them.



That's more like it.

a good guy will replace tools when something like that happens.

kevthegaff

the_pen_turner wrote: »

a good guy will replace tools when something like that happens.

Ibe misplaced the 24 spanner, their a rip off separate

NcdJd

Rooters are great have to say. I've about 300 black plastic pallets at home and there is some of them broken / cracked at this stage. My neighbour came into me this morning and took 4 broken ones off me as he has cattle housed and one part of where the cattle are has no gates but various barriers put up and electic fencing wire then near the top to keep them in. I said to him to take the good ones and he insisted on taking the cracked ones. Anyway I've now an outlet for these broken plastic pallets so long live the rooter.

whelan2

kevthegaff wrote: »

Ibe misplaced the 24 spanner, their a rip off separate

13,17,19 and 24 most used.

the_pen_turner

whelan2 wrote: »

13,17,19 and 24 most used.

dont forget the 10mm .

whelan2

whelan2 wrote: »

13,17,19 and 24 most used.

1/2,11/17,3/4 and circa an inch for those who happen to have a traveller set of imperial sitting around

7/8 is circa 22mm

The Rabbi

whelan2 wrote: »

13,17,19 and 24 most used.

But the rooter needs the 1/2",11/16",3/4"and15/16" for his auld yokes.
The 13/16"or7/8"might fix the leak on the loader if he hadn't used the vise grips last time.

zetecescort

Deleted User wrote: »

1/2,11/17,3/4 and circa an inch for those who happen to have a traveller set of imperial sitting around

7/8 is circa 22mm

and if you need two of a certain size just use the correct one and the closest one from the metric/imperial set

whelan2

The Rabbi wrote: »

But the rooter needs the 1/2",11/16",3/4"and15/16" for his auld yokes.
The 13/16"or7/8"might fix the leak on the loader if he hadn't used the vise grips last time.

Vice grips will still be in place from last time

The Rabbi

The Rabbi wrote: »

But the rooter needs the 1/2",11/16",3/4"and15/16" for his auld yokes.
The 13/16"or7/8"might fix the leak on the loader if he hadn't used the vise grips last time.

has the set for old tractors....deosnt use the 7/16 on the fuel filter bowl,because "takes too long to find it"

Instead uses vice grips and now nut is rounded to ****,wont tighten right,draws air,

complains its "leaking/wet underneath" when lying up and cuts out/runs like crap 15 to 20 mins into topping and now wants to take out injector pump and diesel tank to sort it :rolleyes:

carrollsno1

[Deleted User] wrote: »

1/2,11/17,3/4 and circa an inch for those who happen to have a traveller set of imperial sitting around

7/8 is circa 22mm

Do ye go buy nut size or bolt size?
27 is 5/8
32 is 3/4
36 is 7/8
41 is 1"
46 is 1"1/8

And as always a 1/2" bolt is like a hens tooth around our place.
We go by bolt size for good measure.

carrollsno1

carrollsno1 wrote: »

Do ye go buy nut size or bolt size?
27 is 5/8
32 is 3/4
36 is 7/8
41 is 1"
46 is 1"1/8

And as always a 1/2" bolt is like a hens tooth around our place.
We go by bolt size for good measure.

Jesus,i only go by nut size as be using same for opening pipes/hoses etc,force of habit more than anything

For bolt size,use metric M10,M12 etc

mayota

kevthegaff wrote: »

Ibe misplaced the 24 spanner, their a rip off separate

Grind out the 23

Sacrolyte

mayota wrote: »

Grind out the 23

Ya rooter

Base price

NcdJd wrote: »

Rooters are great have to say. I've about 300 black plastic pallets at home and there is some of them broken / cracked at this stage. My neighbour came into me this morning and took 4 broken ones off me as he has cattle housed and one part of where the cattle are has no gates but various barriers put up and electic fencing wire then near the top to keep them in. I said to him to take the good ones and he insisted on taking the cracked ones. Anyway I've now an outlet for these broken plastic pallets so long live the rooter.

Those black plastic pallets (with the holes in them) are fierce handy. We use them under the water drinkers in the slatted shed that we bed up with straw to rear calves.

A few years ago a dairy farmer friend got auto feeders to rear calves and he couldn't keep the straw dry under them cause the auto feeder was always washing even though he had a drainage channel underneath. I suggested he get a few black pallets with holes in them and put them around the drinker stations. He bought some and uses them ever year.
Edit - you could turn those plastic pallets into €€'s yet.

NcdJd

Base price wrote: »

Those black plastic pallets (with the holes in them) are fierce handy. We use them under the water drinkers in the slatted shed that we bed up with straw to rear calves.

A few years ago a dairy farmer friend got auto feeders to rear calves and he couldn't keep the straw dry under them cause the auto feeder was always washing even though he had a drainage channel underneath. I suggested he get a few black pallets with holes in them and put them around the drinker stations. He bought some and uses them ever year.
Edit - you could turn those plastic pallets into €€'s yet.

They are handy as they slot into each other and don't take up much space. I use them in the polytunnel stacked 3 high as temporary areas I can put seed trays on and then remove them when finished. I could have got a 40 ft loads of them but had to stop myself The pharma industry use them alot.

Base price

NcdJd wrote: »

They are handy as they slot into each other and don't take up much space. I use them in the polytunnel stacked 3 high as temporary areas I can put seed trays on and then remove them when finished. I could have got a 40 ft loads of them but had to stop myself The pharma industry use them alot.

That's them although we use them the other way round with the larger surface up. Your missing a €€€ trick

carrollsno1

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Jesus,i only go by nut size as be using same for opening pipes/hoses etc,force of habit more than anything

For bolt size,use metric M10,M12 etc

Havent got going on the M system yet, it took a but of getting used to the guide we do use.

whisky_galore

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

Not until you throw them out, and then you could have done with one of them.

I wished I'd kept a worn out cutting disc said no one ever.

blue5000

whisky_galore wrote: »

I wished I'd kept a worn out cutting disc said no one ever.

But but but a worn out 9 inch disc will fit a 4 inch grinder.....

I have to admit I have both rooter and non-rooter characteristics. Does this mean I should start a new thread for schizophrenic rooters?

As for the spanners I have a metric and imperial toolbox.

whisky_galore

blue5000 wrote: »

But but but a worn out 9 inch disc will fit a 4 inch grinder.....

I have to admit I have both rooter and non-rooter characteristics. Does this mean I should start a new thread for schizophrenic rooters?

As for the spanners I have a metric and imperial toolbox.

Worn out as in down to the metal washer, useless.

J.O. Farmer

whisky_galore wrote: »

Worn out as in down to the metal washer, useless.

Not useless, there's a metal washer. You never know when one might come in handy.

I used a couple of metal washers the other day to pull the handle in tighter to the toilet. Probably due to wear it was just a little loose as in not sitting tight to the cistern.

Admittedly it was washers from some bolts I'd around rather than a cutting disc but still I didn't know I'd need them for that job when I got them.

whisky_galore

J.O. Farmer wrote: »

Not useless, there's a metal washer. You never know when one might come in handy.

I used a couple of metal washers the other day to pull the handle in tighter to the toilet. Probably due to wear it was just a little loose as in not sitting tight to the cistern.

Admittedly it was washers from some bolts I'd around rather than a cutting disc but still I didn't know I'd need them for that job when I got them.

Ah jaysus. Are ya from Cavan?

curiousinvestor

There's rooting and then theres dangerous
I simply do not understand d messing with grinder disks.
A used 9" disk is not for use on a 4: grinder .
If you see the damage they can do its not worth d few pennies one can save.
Saw a fella with a gapped ( new) 9" disk, trying to recover it.( gently cutting a pipe trying to re_ round d disk) I walked over and broke d slicer disk off d grinder.
Edit, stupid typos