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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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Reggie.

charolais0153 wrote: »

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

Used that too but somehow they knock it out when its near empty and and it seemed low for them to lick out of it. It's at a comfortable height for them now.

Also stops silage falling into the bucket

ganmo

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.

http://www.allenkeyfittings.ie/

they might have what youre lookin for

foxy farmer

I see these being used in a similar situation. Often used in parlour.

larthehar

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.

https://marineparts.ie/boats-sports/trailer/trailer-u-bolts/

What about large U bolts bolted diagonally.

Nekarsulm

Or make some cheapo clamps yourself.

Bit of threaded bar bent into a U shape, and a piece of 1 inch wide flat bar with 2 holes drilled in it to let the ends of the threaded bar through.

Edit, redden the threaded bar in a fire first where you plan to bend it. Otherwise it breaks .

Floki

Reggie. wrote: »

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

Will you need a support underneath the bucket or do you think it will do?

foxy farmer

Here's another type I come across.
https://goo.gl/images/RhbXnU

Nekarsulm

foxy farmer wrote: »

Here's another type I come across.
https://goo.gl/images/RhbXnU

They're grand if you have straight bars in your barrier, or for a headrail in cubicles. Don't work so well with diagonal bars in feeders.

The Rabbi

Try local milking machine fitter,they might have some old clamps off scrapped plant or will point you to supplier.Drill through diagonal and horizontal pipe and bolt through. A few M6's should be good enough for young stock.

satstheway

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.

I got the clamps got the crush bars clamped them on great job in year 1.

Putting them on and off and storing them was a hassle.

Now like already mentioned on another post I use a ratchet strap. Easy to adjust and easy put on and off. Just weave it through the bars and pull tight.

patsy_mccabe

foxy farmer wrote: »

Here's another type I come across.
https://goo.gl/images/RhbXnU

Some good parts on that website;
http://eireagri.ie/

Anyone ever deal with them?

Reggie.

Floki wrote: »

Will you need a support underneath the bucket or do you think it will do?

It's grand. Made out of 1.5 inch box iron.

Base price

Some great suggestions and thank you all for them.
Ratchet strap is probably the easiest and can be removed quickly. We also have a number of old ratchet straps that the labels have fallen off so we cannot use them for hay or straw.

gctest50

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.

Behold the king of all gunthering :

vise-grips welded to a pipe clamp

foxy farmer

Base price wrote: »

Some great suggestions and thank you all for them.
Ratchet strap is probably the easiest and can be removed quickly. We also have a number of old ratchet straps that the labels have fallen off so we cannot use them for hay or straw.

Do they check those things at a checkpoint?

gctest50

More in the spirit of the thread, you can gunther make 90 degree clamps easily

Get two 8 inch bits of steel scaffold bar

weld them together in a cross-shape +

cut one of them lengthwise in half

make a hinge on one side and a clamp on the other

so it looks kinda like this

satstheway

As described

Reggie.

satstheway wrote: »

As described

Great idea.

Mines nicer tho

Muckit

Simplicity wins out every time though. Everyone has an old ratchet strap lying around and it'll be done quicker than a bar and clamps.

I think blue had a feed rail made of wire rope and tightened with an old top link! I really liked that too.

foxy farmer

A nice idea for a door. Very smooth in action and looks almost effortless to open and close
https://youtu.be/_XOCDLrfwh8

Farmer

foxy farmer wrote: »

A nice idea for a door. Very smooth in action and looks almost effortless to open and close
https://youtu.be/_XOCDLrfwh8

As the Germans would call it, a

FingerChopperOffer

raypallas

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 double U bracket from the light bar off cubicles would be ideal for ya.

Base price

foxy farmer wrote: »

Do they check those things at a checkpoint?

Checkpoint with RSA will check them.

Czhornet

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Some good parts on that website;
http://eireagri.ie/

Anyone ever deal with them?

A lot of stuff on his website, does he get much business on Trinity Street in Dublin though??

ganmo

Czhornet wrote: »

A lot of stuff on his website, does he get much business on Trinity Street in Dublin though??

Googled the address...it's a virtual office centre.

ganmo

ganmo wrote: »

Googled the address...it's a virtual office centre.

Turns out your man is based in Scotland
https://www.solocheck.ie/Irish-Director/Oliver/William/3907983039/

Zr105

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Some good parts on that website;
http://eireagri.ie/

Anyone ever deal with them?

Ordered an alu trailer toolbox off them and had no hassle with them

_Brian

larthehar wrote: »

https://marineparts.ie/boats-sports/trailer/trailer-u-bolts/

What about large U bolts bolted diagonally.

That’s what we use, length of 1inch gunbarrel along the barrier.

SCOL

Welded up a trailer to hold an IBC just need to put a drinker
on the back.

charolais0153

SCOL wrote: »

Welded up a trailer to hold an IBC just need to put a drinker
on the back.

Would there be an awful lot of pressure on the drawbar especially going over bumps a bit too quickly.( speaking from experience:()