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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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TPF2012

Nekarsulm wrote:

Any slurry pump/agitator will do a 1000 gallons a minute. Some will do a lot more. An old Alfa Laval we had in the 1980's would do it easily. 60 seconds to top fill an 1100 gallon Alfa slurry wagon.

I didn't know vacuum pumps were so powerful, that is impressive flow rates. I would have more experience with submersible electric pumps, with the largest (90KW)I've seen only capable of what your old slurry wagon would do. Greater distance and head involved I suppose.

foxy farmer

TPF2012 wrote: »

22k gallons in 20 minutes, that is some pump.

80 ft x4ft drop in tank x11.5ft work out at 104000 litres roughly about 23000 gal.
How long would it take to empty the tank if the tractor was opened up?

Nekarsulm

TPF2012 wrote: »

I didn't know vacuum pumps were so powerful, that is impressive flow rates. I would have more experience with submersible electric pumps, with the largest (90KW)I've seen only capable of what your old slurry wagon would do. Greater distance and head involved I suppose.

That's not a vacuum pump though,that's a shaft driven impeller about 16 inches in width, with four vanes.
Most vacuum pumps (8000 litre MEC is almost universal in agri) would take about 3 minutes to suck up 1300 gallons of slurry.

blue5000

foxy farmer wrote: »

One of the slatted tanks was very full and no time or bare ground to spread on. Quickest solution is to pump it across to other tank. Pump doesnt have a top fill facility. Two 6" 90°bends (one fitted over the nozzle )and 20ft of wavin pipe and we had slurry flowing. 10 min with tractor at around 1200 rpm shifted around 22kgals.

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That's a proper job Foxy, I'll have to up grade mine now:o
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=83468907

foxy farmer

blue5000 wrote: »

That's a proper job Foxy, I'll have to up grade mine now:o
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=83468907

No need. Looks like you're doing damn fine.

patsy_mccabe

Found this today when tidying up. Fierce handy yoke.

Reggie.

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Found this today when tidying up. Fierce handy yoke.

Think I have 4 or 5 of them in the shed

visatorro

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Found this today when tidying up. Fierce handy yoke.

Plumbers pliers and wrench is far better job I think. At least you can use them for something else.

sea12

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Found this today when tidying up. Fierce handy yoke.

Excuse my ignorance but what is it

dzer2

sea12 wrote: »

Excuse my ignorance but what is it

spanner for philmac pipe fittings

Nekarsulm

Can't think what I'd use these catches for, yet, but I like the idea!

https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=wUiQZZ9I3co

jerdee

Anybody on here fabricate there own head scoop?
Just wondering if there that hard to do ?
Have a homemade crush with large rsjs in front need to fit one .

p dogg

jerdee wrote: »

Anybody on here fabricate there own head scoop?
Just wondering if there that hard to do ?
Have a homemade crush with large rsjs in front need to fit one .

I made a headscoop last summer. Not overly difficult although there was a fair bit of trial and error. All in it cost around 80 euro without painting. I have a couple of adjustments made since these pics were taken and it now works a treat. The first use it got was putting a nose ring In our bull and it's got a lot of use since. Also I welded on attachments on 3 other crushes on outfarms that the headscoop slides onto so it can be used wherever we need. Happy that I took on the project now and a good saving on buying one for 450 euro

tellmeabit

Can you please upload pics p dogg

jerdee

Awaiting a call back on getting just the replacement neck Mould to help out

lab man

I've made something similar as a headscoop but can't upload foto as I don't have a laptop.
I got a ratchet type thing that was on an old hay bale elevator welded it onto a 4 ft pipe that can be
Slid onto the crush head gate pipe . Then I got an old 3\4 socket welded it to the centre of the ratchet , use the T-bar as winder. I put on a halter on the animal and wind away works grand for me and u can flick the dog on the winder to release... sorry about the long post

p dogg

Here goes

jerdee

p dogg wrote: »

Here goes

Nothing uploaded

patsy_mccabe

jerdee wrote: »

Anybody on here fabricate there own head scoop?
Just wondering if there that hard to do ?
Have a homemade crush with large rsjs in front need to fit one .

I was looking today at the headscoops in a Dairygold strore and it looked like the rubber padding bit was cut from a slat matt. If that helps.

jerdee

the lad I called over to see his one last night recommended that the moulded ones are better and to avoid the v type less moving.

p dogg

jerdee wrote: »

Nothing uploaded

Third time lucky

Reggie.

p dogg wrote: »

Third time lucky

Nope

blue5000

p dogg wrote: »

Third time lucky

I think you need a few more posts (25?) before you can upload pics. Are you using the 'manage attachments' button?

jerdee

Didn't want to jinx

p dogg

I'm at 22 posts so far it keeps saying that there are too many mps for it too be loaded. I'm on my mobile if that makes a difference. I'll try one or two more posts to see will it allow it after 25 posts

p dogg

patsy_mccabe

p dogg wrote: »

.............it allow it after 25 posts

So anyway, another 3 posts. Is that right? :rolleyes:

Odelay

p dogg wrote: »

I'm at 22 posts so far it keeps saying that there are too many mps for it too be loaded. I'm on my mobile if that makes a difference. I'll try one or two more posts to see will it allow it after 25 posts

Welcome aboard and fair play to you for trying so hard to get the photo to show. I can see it now, plenty of leverage there!

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Odelay wrote: »

Welcome aboard and fair play to you for trying so hard to get the photo to show. I can see it now, plenty of leverage there!

p dogg

Like I said there has been a few adjustments on the headscoop since the pics were taken. The leverage arm is hinged in the middle now, and also when I added the attachments at the outfarm crushes I modified it to fit either a left hand or right hand crush, I'll try get a pic of it tomorrow now that Ive discovered how to upload the pictures.