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Labour Saving and General Guntering

emaherx

How about using this thread to show off our engineering skills (or lack of!)
A lot of us have home made or improvised labour saving tools / implements lying around. Similar to stuff in Farmers Journal labour saving compettions. (without the prize money:p).

Maybe we could use this thread to share interesting ideas and discuss improvements.

I don't have any pictures at the moment of my own but I will take some at the weekend if not before.

My own projects include:
Quick hitch for front loader (fairly rough but works), designed to fit Trima implements onto MF loader.
Adapter to fit bale lifter onto front loader.
Various other loader attachments spikes etc.

Current project is a wrapped bale transporter being built out of remains of an old Muck Spreader. (only just started, currently just an axle and draw bar).

Their maybe other stuff around too, I'll have to have a look.

So what are peoples opinions, is this a good idea for a thread?

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foxy farmer

Got the pump up around 8.00. Intake clogged with rust and soft black crap. Was talking to a few lads in the coop this evening and one of them had pulled up a pump recently. He used an old trailer axle with a super single rim on it. He then mounted this on the pallet forks on a loader. He removed a sheet off the pumphouse roof and perched the rim over the well.
I got hold of an old artic axle and a rim from my contractor and did the same and pulled pipe cable and rope in one go with the tractor.
2 lads would never pull this pump up by hand. We were getting the pipe set up for putting it back down and the pipe was like lead as it was full of water.
Ill probably gunter something together at some stage to replace the axle and rim that could be mounted on the pallet forks. Still it got me out of a spot today.

vincenzolorenzo

That sounds ingenious. You hardly took a picture of the setup did you?

Figerty

If it's that tight, can you pull a tipping trailer over it.
Tie the rope to the pipe and to the top of the trailer.
Then tip up the trailer to pull the rope up...
Lock the rope in place to stop the pipe dropping, drop the trailer, and then move up again.
Kind of like a ratchet.. You would bring it up about 10 foot at time... repeat 34 times!!!:)

At least you will have hydraulic power pulling it up..

patsy_mccabe

You could use a Post driver too. Disconnect the weight and fix the rope end to the pipe and lift slowly. Repeat 34 times.

Reggie.

Jigsaw puzzle

foxy farmer

vincenzolorenzo wrote: »

That sounds ingenious. You hardly took a picture of the setup did you?

Sorry for late reply. Took a pic this morning before i finished. Nothing fancy. Pump replaced last night. Had a lad helping me and didn't want to be seen fooling around taking fotos!
I had to fit new pump as the old one was totally clogged with rust. Some of the segments were worn. The hexagonal shaft had rounded the centres as well so not fit to go back down the hole. €550 for a new Pedrolla 1.5hp. I got 12 years out of the old one.

emaherx

Something I've been meaning to do for ages. I was fed up removing the loader every time I wanted to use the rear spools.

The couplers were old and leaking and needed to be replaced so I got 2 shut off taps along with the new couplers.

patsy_mccabe

emaherx wrote: »

Something I've been meaning to do for ages..

Do you know you can get screw on hydraulic fittings that can be opened and closed numerous times without damaging the sealing. Basically they have an o-ring seal parallel face that provides the seal. The thread is parallel too, so when you tighten it, there is s definite dead stop, not like a tapered thread. Have only seen them on industrial machines but are guaranteed not to leak.
Not a great fan of the quick release fittings myself. They always seem to be leaking.

emaherx

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Do you know you can get screw on hydraulic fittings that can be opened and closed numerous times without damaging the sealing. Basically they have an o-ring seal parallel face that provides the seal. The thread is parallel too, so when you tighten it, there is s definite dead stop, not like a tapered thread. Have only seen them on industrial machines but are guaranteed not to leak.
Not a great fan of the quick release fittings myself. They always seem to be leaking.

I'm aware of a few different types, but the standard quick release couplers are good for about 10 years. Won't be opening them too often in future hopefully.

emaherx

Bit of a water shortage in one of our fields led to a very guntered makeshift water bowser, the tank is a little small but will be replaced with a couple of IBC's later in the week.

TheBody

Slightly off topic but Home Store and More have some good offers on bits and pieces this month that are handy around the farm. Nails, hinges, silicon etc.....

http://www.homestoreandmore.ie/icat/spediyacc

AntrimGlens

TheBody wrote: »

Slightly off topic but Home Store and More are have some good offers on bits and pieces that are handy around the farm this month. Nails, hinges, silicon etc.....

http://www.homestoreandmore.ie/icat/spediyacc

...also Lidl are selling submersible pumps at 24, bought one today to stick into an IBC to try and gunter up some form of system to wash the sheep handling unit down at an outfarm rather than using the pto washer.

farmerjj

Not sure is this the best place to ask but i,v a gutter leaking it,s in the v of a small shed I,m planning on putting a 6" wavin pipe (cut down the middle) under the old gutter to catch the water but my problem is the connection between the wavin pipes I,m not sure what to use to stop the leaks at those connections anyone got any suggestions on what stuff to use

selectamatic

farmerjj wrote: »

Not sure is this the best place to ask but i,v a gutter leaking it,s in the v of a small shed I,m planning on putting a 6" wavin pipe (cut down the middle) under the old gutter to catch the water but my problem is the connection between the wavin pipes I,m not sure what to use to stop the leaks at those connections anyone got any suggestions on what stuff to use

tiger seal or any other sorta stuff that's used for sealing windscreens.
You'll need something to brace the joint though.

would it not be easier to try and seal the leak in the original gutter

Ten Pin

selectamatic wrote: »

would it not be easier to try and seal the leak in the original gutter

+1, depending on the condition of the gutter.

Bituminous tape is good for sealing anything that's not under pressure.

Reggie.

Been absent here for a while so i thought i better reintroduce myself with the thread.
5ft Turf bucket that I made last week.

Reggie.

Production pics

farmerjj

selectamatic wrote: »

tiger seal or any other sorta stuff that's used for sealing windscreens.
You'll need something to brace the joint though.

would it not be easier to try and seal the leak in the original gutter

No there red rotten,been patching them for years, suppose tiger seal and then bolt them together that could work,thanks

charolais0153

Is there any way to join two pieces of plastic together and be strong enough to withstand a bit of pressure

rangler1

farmerjj wrote: »

No there red rotten,been patching them for years, suppose tiger seal and then bolt them together that could work,thanks

why not use 6inch galvanise gutters

raypallas

Reggie. wrote:

Been absent here for a while so i thought i better reintroduce myself with the thread. 5ft Turf bucket that I made last week.

A master at the guntering to be fair! Nice work. Will you paint it up?

Reggie.

raypallas wrote: »

A master at the guntering to be fair! Nice work. Will you paint it up?

It was made for another boardsie and I think they are painting it atm. Have another to make when I have time

Bullocks

Reggie. wrote: »

It was made for another boardsie and I think they are painting it atm. Have another to make when I have time

Very tasty job Reggie, was there muck figuring on getting the right roll back spot for the brackets or did you go off something else ?

Reggie.

Bullocks wrote: »

Very tasty job Reggie, was there muck figuring on getting the right roll back spot for the brackets or did you go off something else ?

Previous experience really and pure luck

148multi

farmerjj wrote:

Not sure is this the best place to ask but i,v a gutter leaking it,s in the v of a small shed I,m planning on putting a 6" wavin pipe (cut down the middle) under the old gutter to catch the water but my problem is the connection between the wavin pipes I,m not sure what to use to stop the leaks at those connections anyone got any suggestions on what stuff to use

Chemical weld, the type used for sealing white waste pipes.

mayota

Flat battery and jump leads gone in other car.

Reggie.

mayota wrote: »

Flat battery and jump leads gone in other car.

Stand well clear of that

gctest50

diy 'Deere

foxy farmer

Spotted this in a yard lately. Crush installed outside slatted house which can be assembled dismantled in under an hour by one man. Animals are moved in a circular fashion through the house to get through the crush. 4in box set 18 inches into concrete. 3 inch pipe with holes drilled 1ft apart to take 2inch pipe dropped into the box. 20ft lengths of 2inch pipe ran through the holes in the 3 " pipe. A few M12 bolts keep the whole thing together.

foxy farmer

I have a few pics but technology not agreeable to uploading at moment.