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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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Muckit

Odelay wrote: »

Would you be worried about the pin on the outside breaking off?

The lift arms have solid stabilisers so there is no outward pressure on the pin ends.

patsy_mccabe

Nice design.
The Easy Arm - Ring feeder Lifter
https://www.donedeal.ie/feedingequipment-for-sale/the-easy-arm-ring-feeder-lifter/17483636

White Clover

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Nice design.
The Easy Arm - Ring feeder Lifter
https://www.donedeal.ie/feedingequipment-for-sale/the-easy-arm-ring-feeder-lifter/17483636

The state of the back window on the massey. Would drive me mad! How much is a glass for one of them? I'd imagine less than e100?

ganmo

How would it save ya 500 quid?

Reggie.

ganmo wrote: »

How would it save ya 500 quid?

Physio fees?

emaherx

White Clover wrote: »

The state of the back window on the massey. Would drive me mad! How much is a glass for one of them? I'd imagine less than e100?

Is that implement the reason the back window is missing?

patsy_mccabe

ganmo wrote: »

How would it save ya 500 quid?

I think he meant 'It would cost you €500'.......for a new window.:rolleyes:

White Clover

emaherx wrote: »

Is that implement the reason the back window is missing?

Most likely! You'd think he'd keep the frame of it pulled down out of harms way!

Mac Taylor

Out of curiosity what does it cost? Would a 2 wd driver tractor manage all that weight?

grassroot1

emaherx wrote: »

Is that implement the reason the back window is missing?

Bloody post driver causes the same problem here

blue5000

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Nice design.
The Easy Arm - Ring feeder Lifter
https://www.donedeal.ie/feedingequipment-for-sale/the-easy-arm-ring-feeder-lifter/17483636

Nice idea, now if it could be 'modified' to lift half ton bags into the fertiliser spreader for the summer.......

patsy_mccabe

blue5000 wrote: »

Nice idea, now if it could be 'modified' to lift half ton bags into the fertiliser spreader for the summer.......

Or the other way around - could a fertiliser crane be used for this job?

http://rossmoreeng.ie/index.php/farming-equipment/hoists/fertiliser-hoist/

emaherx

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Or the other way around - could a fertiliser crane be used for this job?

http://rossmoreeng.ie/index.php/farming-equipment/hoists/fertiliser-hoist/

Or here is a totally mad suggestion. Leave the round feeder where it is and lift the bale in over the top with a loader

Farmer

emaherx wrote: »

Or here is a totally mad suggestion. Leave the round feeder where it is and lift the bale in over the top with a loader

Whist away with ya and that auld nonscence. This is the guntering thread

emaherx

Farmer wrote: »

Whist away with ya and that auld nonscence. This is the guntering thread

Oi....... This be my Guntering Thread :P

Reggie.

emaherx wrote: »

Oi....... This be my Guntering Thread :P

Oh bitchy

Reggie.

Got the welder out for a few hours today

The Rabbi

Starting on the seat for the new boss or is it to hold a drop of water for the christening?

Muckit

Jacks reinforcement for doing a number 2?

Reggie.

The Rabbi wrote: »

Starting on the seat for the new boss or is it to hold a drop of water for the christening?

Christening is over

Nekarsulm

Green JFC drinker bracket.

Reggie.

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Green JFC drinker bracket.

Close but no.

Muckit

Something that hangs on gate. Probably salt/mineral lick

Reggie.

It's an over engineered lick bucket holder. Sick of straightening it up every half hour

anthony500_1

Reggie. wrote:

It's an over engineered lick bucket holder. Sick of straightening it up every half hour

That's a right job. It's always the simple things that work the best

Base price

Reggie's pics reminded to ask. Can you get clamp/brackets like the scaffolding ones in smaller sizes. Last year calves were jumping out between the bars of the feed barriers and we ended up wiring old pipeline bars across to stop them. I would prefer to use something more robust like scaffolding clamps/brackets but they are too big.

Reggie.

Base price wrote: »

Reggie's pics reminded to ask. Can you get clamp/brackets like the scaffolding ones in smaller sizes. Last year calves were jumping out between the bars of the feed barriers and we ended up wiring old pipeline bars across to stop them. I would prefer to use something more robust like scaffolding clamps/brackets but they are too big.

The clamps should grab the bars of the feeder like in my pics

charolais0153

Base price wrote: »

Reggie's pics reminded to ask. Can you get clamp/brackets like the scaffolding ones in smaller sizes. Last year calves were jumping out between the bars of the feed barriers and we ended up wiring old pipeline bars across to stop them. I would prefer to use something more robust like scaffolding clamps/brackets but they are too big.

Ratchet straps

charolais0153

anthony500_1 wrote: »

That's a right job. It's always the simple things that work the best

We use a tyre here. Only gets knocked out when its virtually empty