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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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patsy_mccabe

Nekarsulm wrote: »

One of mine, rough and ready, but holding up for 15 or so years now.
Just saw your post there, Kev.

Nice. Old muckspreader chain. End weight holds it down too. Would you trust that though, if you werent around?

Nekarsulm

It's on the holding yard, so they don't get to "play" with it 24/7.
But having said that, it's never been opened by a cow yet.

A smart old doll with horns could do it easy enough, I suppose.

Muckit

Farmer wrote: »

Chain and a snap hook.

Some of them snap hooks are useless, stock can easily sprain them, especially a big lump of a suckler cow!

Muckit

Nekarsulm wrote: »

One of mine, rough and ready, but holding up for 15 or so years now.

I've fitted this on the first loading gate of tractor cattle trailer. Length of 3' chain secured on inside RHS upright of trailer body and draped over RH gate. Notch on LH gate. Close up the LH gate after cattle and secure it with chain, changing position as last animal moves up. Must post a pic next time I'm loading. Saved my bacon a number of times, a God send when on your own. You can then safely tip up the cattle half way up to let up the one on the ramp. I'm surprised it's not fitted as standard on modern cattle trailers.

patsy_mccabe

Nice idea here.

satstheway

satstheway wrote: »

When your posting hit the attach file at the bottom and select camera. U might have to set the megapixels in the camera back in settings or it can be too big.

Here goes

satstheway

And the rest.
Thanks for sending them.

lab man

satstheway wrote:

And the rest. Thanks for sending them.

Tks for putting them up sat

MeTheMan

Haven't got round to working with steel or welding so wood will have to do for now.

mayota

MeTheMan wrote: »

Haven't got round to working with steel or welding so wood will have to do for now.

That’s class.

anthony500_1

MeTheMan wrote:

Haven't got round to working with steel or welding so wood will have to do for now.

A nice simple idea, and a great way to cart around a few buckets.....

MeTheMan

Find it very handy. Will be going into production soon.

satstheway

MeTheMan wrote: »

Haven't got round to working with steel or welding so wood will have to do for now.

A bit of thinking outside the box there. I was always using bags and they always need closed.

anthony500_1

MeTheMan wrote:

Find it very handy. Will be going into production soon.

Bet they would sell if you had a likes of them made in moulded plastic...... I could see the likes of jfc running off a couple of them to sell.

MeTheMan

Ya same as that. They'd tip and spill or a ewe would tare a hole in one. A lot easier to put out a bucket then a bag as well. The ewes would have ya near flattened before the bag would line up. Have it a few years now and was going to fibreglass it make it more waterproof bit never did. Maybe a quick paint would work as well.

MeTheMan

anthony500_1 wrote: »

Bet they would sell if you had a likes of them made in moulded plastic...... I could see the likes of jfc running off a couple of them to sell.

Could be improved a bit too. Wee cubby hold in each corner for sprays injections. I'll need to get a patent sorted.

K.G.

I do this to hold the dehorner ,simple to move

Farmer

enricoh wrote: »

Can any of ye recommend a good auto dim welding helmet. Bought a couple of ones off Amazon, eBay etc and were rubbish- arceye all the time . I bought a parweld a few months ago but the face was on fire this week with it.
Thanks

I see Lidl have the auto-darkening welding helmet in on 10th May at 40 euro with three year warranty. Might be worth a chance with that warranty

https://www.lidl.ie/en/special-offers.htm?articleId=9054

anthony500_1

Farmer wrote:

I see Lidl have the auto-darkening welding helmet in on 10th May at 40 euro with three year warranty. Might be worth a chance with that warranty

Bought one 2/3 years ago, don't do a Hugh amount of welding but it's worked any time I've used it. You can adjust it for darkness too. At 40 euro you could spend it on a lot worse

gozunda

Not mine - but some good guntering - many involving strapping on some extra HP.
I think the location may be largely Kerry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxicOZM9Nqc

visatorro

Anyone use a post driver to drive in an rsj?

Seem contractor here doing it just wondering is it common practice, or hard on post driver?

wrangler

visatorro wrote: »

Anyone use a post driver to drive in an rsj?

Seem contractor here doing it just wondering is it common practice, or hard on post driver?

Yea, lots of gates hung on them here, I don't see any problem doing it

Muckit

Cheapest and best gate posts IMO at the moment can be got from U beams (uprights used on motorway crash barrier).

They are over 15' long, galvanised and available from FRS for around €72incl VAT. Cut in 2 and they're working out at €36 each which is excellent value. Never have to be replaced.

Muckit

This is the kind of thing that breaks my melt as regards using timber posts. Wire as good as the day it was put up.

visatorro

Muckit wrote: »

This is the kind of thing that breaks my melt as regards using timber posts. Wire as good as the day it was put up.

I'll try figure out how to post pictures again but iv posts that literally rotted away to nothing. I think they went in twelve years ago.

riemann

With all the time and different accessories needed when putting up a fence, skimping on the posts is penny wise pound foolish.

Only over put down octos here over the last while and there's great comfort knowing a fence will be there for 20 years plus.

patsy_mccabe

You'd think by now that they would have come up with a material for fence posts that last a lifetime. Patsy scrathes his head.......:rolleyes:

SuperTortoise

Muckit wrote: »

Cheapest and best gate posts IMO at the moment can be got from U beams (uprights used on motorway crash barrier).

They are over 15' long, galvanised and available from FRS for around €72incl VAT. Cut in 2 and they're working out at €36 each which is excellent value. Never have to be replaced.

Would they be strong enough? If a 16ft gate was hung on one would it sag?

SuperTortoise

Muckit wrote: »

This is the kind of thing that breaks my melt as regards using timber posts. Wire as good as the day it was put up.

I put down posts 6ft x 4" into dry ground one year, passed by it 2 years later and i thought there looked a bit of a lean to it so headed over and checked posts, 90% of them rotten at the butt, sickened my hole to see it.
Payed 4.90 per post at the time bought in 3 pallet loads from local merchant i think.

Nekarsulm

Those posts treated with the green preservative are only shyte. 3 to 5 years is about all they will last.
Made from thinnings, soaking wet and then "treated", not worth a damn.
A staple will hardly get a grip in some of them.