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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

My cylinder is 3.25" dia and 11" stroke. Fine for what I'll be doing.

Muckit

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

My cylinder is 3.25" dia and 11" stroke. Fine for what I'll be doing.

In any other forum you'd be banned ....BANNED for chat like that!!

MeTheMan

I've been on some log splitter youtube binges before. I feel another one coming on. This was one that sticks out from the last binge. Bit OTT but well done.

https://youtu.be/Dv5U8Q1AT0A

foxy farmer

Neighbour extended his housing facilities 2 years ago and most of his crush had to go. Was left with just a single bay about 8ft with head gate. Was bolting pipes to floor and tying field gates to them to extend crush for testing. Rang during the week saying he was pushed to do test this week and could I do a better job with the crush.
I saw a home made crush using full lengths of 2inch pipe pushed through 3in upright and could be assembled with very little effort. Uprights standing in 4in box 18in in the ground.
Decided to try it out for this job. Extend the crush by 20ft with wall on one side. Started Sat evening and finished tonight. Used 1.5in pipe with uprights at 6ft 8 centres. One length of 3in pipe cut in three. Top bar is about 4ft 6 off the ground. Pipes are bolted at far end through 10mm plate welded to existing rail. 51mm holesaw drilled holes for 1.5inpipe. Pic taken before completion but ye get the idea.

blue5000

Nice job foxy, you're over qualified for the guntering thread though.:D

Muckit

Don't forget to top and cap those either. Sure as hell there'll will be one showjumper that could end up going an impression of a beef skewer!!

Hagimalone

Great job, 1 question, did you use 2" rails? Just that a 51mm is 2". Want to do something similar.

patsy_mccabe

Caps stop it filling with water too. A small hole drilled near the bottom to let out water helps too.

foxy farmer

Hagimalone wrote: »

Great job, 1 question, did you use 2" rails? Just that a 51mm is 2". Want to do something similar.

OD of pipes is about 48mm. 51mm holesaw to cut holes gives a small bit of leeway. Uprights are 87mm OD 80mm ID 3" in old money. They are a small bit loose in the 4" box but a wedge in the corner sorts that. Called this morning to put on caps and they had cows put through and no complaints.
I cut the top off the uprights after the pic was taken. Left about 1" above top pipe.

foxy farmer

blue5000 wrote: »

Nice job foxy, you're over qualified for the guntering thread though.:D

I don't know how I should take that.

foxy farmer

The crush extension is made so it can be dismantled as its actually in a passage where cows access a feed passage. 3 bits of 3" pipe with a flat plate welded on top are dropped into the 4" box in the floor when not in use. I must make these yet.

Danzy

foxy farmer wrote: »

Neighbour extended his housing facilities 2 years ago and most of his crush had to go. Was left with just a single bay about 8ft with head gate. Was bolting pipes to floor and tying field gates to them to extend crush for testing. Rang during the week saying he was pushed to do test this week and could I do a better job with the crush.
I saw a home made crush using full lengths of 2inch pipe pushed through 3in upright and could be assembled with very little effort. Uprights standing in 4in box 18in in the ground.
Decided to try it out for this job. Extend the crush by 20ft with wall on one side. Started Sat evening and finished tonight. Used 1.5in pipe with uprights at 6ft 8 centres. One length of 3in pipe cut in three. Top bar is about 4ft 6 off the ground. Pipes are bolted at far end through 10mm plate welded to existing rail. 51mm holesaw drilled holes for 1.5inpipe. Pic taken before completion but ye get the idea.

Fantastic job, post saved for my own idea bank.

Muckit

When u need a second pair of hands... when ratchet strapping down the load!!

Bullocks

I bet you licked the door pillar as well ðŸ˜

Muckit

Bullocks wrote: »

I bet you licked the door pillar as well ðŸ˜

Nothing wasted here lad!! I couldn't trust him to hold it..... like father like son!!

mayota

Muckit wrote: »

When u need a second pair of hands... when ratchet strapping down the load!!

A strange complaint I have, how come shops can’t make very small cones for a child when you ask them?

Muckit

mayota wrote: »

A strange complaint I have, how come shops can’t make very small cones for a child when you ask them?

Jaysus no such problem around here. Do you not wink at your wan?

patsy_mccabe

How come they don't advertise 99s on the telly? You know the way they advertise drink and you'd feel like going for a point. I see someone with a 99 and I have to get one.

valtra2

Have you ever see anyone sad eating a 99.

mayota

Muckit wrote: »

Jaysus no such problem around here. Do you not wink at your wan?

Sure that might have the opposite affect.

emaherx

A useful tool we made a few years ago. Anyone want to guess what it's for?

Grueller

emaherx wrote: »

A useful tool we made a few years ago. Anyone want to guess what it's for?

Keeping fence posts turned the right axis and standing plumb as you tap them in. Made a twin of it myself.

Keepgrowing

emaherx wrote: »

A useful tool we made a few years ago. Anyone want to guess what it's for?

Punching a hole in a new yard scraper rubber? Have one here

emaherx

Keepgrowing wrote: »

Punching a hole in a new yard scraper rubber? Have one here

Not what it was made for

Base price

I showed the pic to OH and he said you could use it as a hammer

Nekarsulm

Melting small amounts of bitumen in, to pour into a crack in the silage pit floor?

TomOnBoard

Hinges for a gate?

MeTheMan

Handy to reach cup of tea?

emaherx

IMG_20180707_163807 by Emaherx, on Flickr

IMG_20180707_163740 by Emaherx, on Flickr

It's for knocking back sprockets on baler rollers to remove the keys. Good to see it has other uses too

Muckit

Did u need the handle out of it?

I know nothing about balers. Why would you be taking off the sprockets....is it to remove the rollers?

Educate me!