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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: »

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 with a damn.
A staple will hardly get a grip in some of them.

Tanalised is the name, I think. Only good for firewood.

Bullocks

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.

What is your "melt " ? When I was a young lad I used hear the grandfather calling people/ things that annoyed him a " whores melt " and never knew what it was ?
Sorry if its a bit off topic

gctest50

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Tanalised is the name, I think. Only good for firewood.

No good for that either - the fumes from the preservative will gove you lung problems/cancer

really mo good for anything

Muckit

SuperTortoise wrote: »

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

Not a fear. I've a 16' heavy hanging off one and not a stir out of it once u use plenty of concrete.

Nekarsulm

Bullocks wrote: »

What is your "melt " ? When I was a young lad I used hear the grandfather calling people/ things that annoyed him a " whores melt " and never knew what it was ?
Sorry if its a bit off topic

Aaah, I was given to understand that "a whores melt" was referring to vaginal secretions from a friendly sort of a girl.........

Say my name

Bullocks wrote: »

What is your "melt " ? When I was a young lad I used hear the grandfather calling people/ things that annoyed him a " whores melt " and never knew what it was ?
Sorry if its a bit off topic

Bejaysus!
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=86424824&postcount=15

Bullocks

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Aaah, I was given to understand that "a whores melt" was referring to vaginal secretions ....

Say my name wrote: »

Bejaysus!
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=86424824&postcount=15

I don't know which one is right but neither is too complimentary anyhow !

patsy_mccabe

Getting into After Hours territory now.

Say my name

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Getting into After Hours territory now.

Did you ever make a concrete post Patsy?
I think a few posters here use them but I wonder would it be worth making them yourself?
A few boards screwed together and you wouldn't be long making a few batches.

White Clover

Muckit wrote: »

Not a fear. I've a 16' heavy hanging off one and not a stir out of it once u use plenty of concrete.

Can you throw up a photo please muckit?!

patsy_mccabe

Say my name wrote: »

Did you ever make a concrete post Patsy?
I think a few posters here use them but I wonder would it be worth making them yourself?
A few boards screwed together and you wouldn't be long making a few batches.

Often thought about it for hanging gate posts alright. You know the nice ornamental ones. I like these ones (from Moore Concrete).

charolais0153

Say my name wrote: »

Did you ever make a concrete post Patsy?
I think a few posters here use them but I wonder would it be worth making them yourself?
A few boards screwed together and you wouldn't be long making a few batches.

Uncle does it. Has a proper auger for digging holes and gas proper moulds and all. Top notch job imo. Just a bit of work

foxy farmer

Myself and the father made a heap of 5ft concrete posts back in the 90s. Type for fencing a site. Used them to fence the bounds ditches with barbed wire. Still have about 30 left. Mild steel rod bent into a 5ft u and plenty cement in the mix are a necessity. Think we used to make about 16 at a time. Strip the moulds after 2-3 days.

foxy farmer

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Often thought about it for hanging gate posts alright. You know the nice ornamental ones. I like these ones (from Moore Concrete).

Nice but would be a pain to stand IMO. Why not make a mould and cast in position.

MeTheMan

How did ye attach the wire to them?

blue5000

MeTheMan wrote: »

How did ye attach the wire to them?

Leave holes in them before it sets, put short pieces of wire through the holes and wrap it around the barb wire.

Muckit

Ah lads forget making them, just buy them. Claim back the vat. Enough work in standing them. Only concrete in the strainers and props. Fence for your life time.

patsy_mccabe

How do you dig holes for the concrete posts. That's work too.

Muckit

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

How do you dig holes for the concrete posts. That's work too.

You get in a lad with a track machine. I have a lad in every year doing jobs.

MeTheMan

Was looking at steel posts as well. Seem fairly popular down under. Galvanised strainers, but weak looking post in between. Watched a video of a fella in Australia using it. Said it would easily out last him. He didn't seem to old. Was a promotional type video tho.

Maybe we need a 'fencing discussion/photo' type thread. Be interesting to see how the grant approved fences go as well.

Muckit

Yeah looking at clipex option for a bit l've earmarked for this year.

Kevhog1988

Muckit wrote: »

Yeah looking at clipex option for a bit l've earmarked for this year.

Very interested in clipex also. Did you get any prices yet?

Muckit

Have them somewhere but off top of my head remember thinking around same as (a bad) timber post.

K.G.

When load big bag s of fertilizer when bag empty catch insert at the bottom and yank it out while is on spike/hook.it s faster than using stanley after to cut cable tie

blue5000

I had to change the hydraulic pump on the fiat recently. One of the bolts is in a tight spot between the pump and the block, so I put a blob of grease in the bolthole to hold the bolt in position before putting the pump in position.

I had to use a 3/8" drive 10mm socket to fit in there. Because I had recently changed the oil and filter and didn't want to lose the oil the front of the tractor needed to be higher than the back, so for the first time I used low 1st gear to drive it up on a couple of 4 inch blocks. Young mechanics need to look away now as timber blocks would have been safer, the jack is just in the pic for 'show', concrete blocks were 'handy' and 'convenient' at the time and I was not working underneath.

Nekarsulm

It's a fine line sometime between Guntering and Bollixing, and today's effort could fall into either catogary.
Cut a home made gaiter out of an old lawnmower tyre.
Let down the tube, and stuffed the gaiter in through the cut.

Remains to be seen if it stays in place.

zetecescort

blue5000 wrote: »

I had to change the hydraulic pump on the fiat recently. One of the bolts is in a tight spot between the pump and the block, so I put a blob of grease in the bolthole to hold the bolt in position before putting the pump in position.

I had to use a 3/8" drive 10mm socket to fit in there. Because I had recently changed the oil and filter and didn't want to lose the oil the front of the tractor needed to be higher than the back, so for the first time I used low 1st gear to drive it up on a couple of 4 inch blocks. Young mechanics need to look away now as timber blocks would have been safer, the jack is just in the pic for 'show', concrete blocks were 'handy' and 'convenient' at the time and I was not working underneath.

And put the rear wheels on blocks when doing the pto shaft seal

tractorporn

Just saw this on Twitter simple yet effective

Check out @GrasstecLtd’;s Tweet: https://twitter.com/GrasstecLtd/status/1002257919356948482?s=09

Muckit

Quick one....Roll pins.

Can u drive out a roll pin either way? Tks.

Nekarsulm

It "should".
Having the right size drift/punch is half the battle.

Haybob tines are a useful diameter for the common size roll pin.
Wear goggles.