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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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Odelay wrote: »

Electric fence across the top? Try one of the spring gate things.

I would go with straight strand of wire as she probably needs the resistance before she gets the shock.

Reggie.

Bonzo Delaney wrote: »

Would be great if it rotated also or does it ... how would they manage that an elaborate arrangement of hardy splicers

Hydraulics I'd say like the motor on a road sweeper

Odelay

Bonzo Delaney wrote: »

Would be great if it rotated also or does it ... how would they manage that an elaborate arrangement of hardy splicers

Hydraulic driven?

Nekarsulm

Bonzo Delaney wrote: »

Would be great if it rotated also or does it ... how would they manage that an elaborate arrangement of hardy splicers edit: Just coped the pneumatic motor mounted on top great bit of guntering there

Hydraulic motor, I'd say. Just driven off the loader 3rd service.
It'd be handy, you could tip tbe mixer diwn a bit, then give it a half turn to get some mix out.

ganmo

bogman_bass wrote: »

Any good ways of making a gate higher without welding. Had a heifer decide she didn’t want to stay in the pen this evening. Lucky not to break both legs the bitch!

Black dots are the bars of the gate, red is bars/bits of timber, green = compulsory twine

hope that makes sense

emaherx

ganmo wrote: »

Black dots are the bars of the gate, red is bars/bits of timber, green = compulsory twine

hope that makes sense

Feckin baling twine!!!! Worst stuff to ever have been introduced to farming.

I've banned the use of the stuff in my yard. My no weld solution for sticking gates together is U-bolts. Or sometimes scoffolding clamps.

kingdom fan

emaherx wrote: »

Feckin baling twine!!!! Worst stuff to ever have been introduced to farming.

I've banned the use of the stuff in my yard. My no weld solution for sticking gates together is U-bolts. Or sometimes scoffolding clamps.

Along with bits of wire tiring things and fecking pallets blocking a door or bit of a gap.

Buford T. Justice XIX

emaherx wrote: »

Feckin baling twine!!!! Worst stuff to ever have been introduced to farming.

I've banned the use of the stuff in my yard. My no weld solution for sticking gates together is U-bolts. Or sometimes scoffolding clamps.

Hard to carry 3 or 4 of them in your pocket though

zetecescort

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Hard to carry 3 or 4 of them in your pocket though

u bolts won't hold up your pants either:D

emaherx

zetecescort wrote: »

u bolts won't hold up your pants either:D

Could make an interesting belt buckle.

Bonzo Delaney

emaherx wrote: »

Could make an interesting belt buckle.

Come next years paris fashion week youll be kicking yourself you didn't patent that idea 😅😅

bogman_bass

kingdom fan wrote: »

Along with bits of wire tiring things and fecking pallets blocking a door or bit of a gap.

Ye aren’t farming at all!

bogman_bass

ganmo wrote: »

Black dots are the bars of the gate, red is bars/bits of timber, green = compulsory twine

hope that makes sense

Yeah that might do it. I was looking for some sort of clamp to add another bar but can’t find anything suitable online

ganmo

bogman_bass wrote: »

Yeah that might do it. I was looking for some sort of clamp to add another bar but can’t find anything suitable online

like these?
http://www.allenkeyfittings.ie/safety-solutions/tubular-fittings/

ganmo

emaherx wrote: »

Feckin baling twine!!!! Worst stuff to ever have been introduced to farming.

I've banned the use of the stuff in my yard. My no weld solution for sticking gates together is U-bolts. Or sometimes scoffolding clamps.

my first thought was zip ties but i didn't think they'd grip well enough

Farmer

emaherx wrote: »

Could make an interesting belt buckle.

Ah the only belt buckle that's any good around this time of year is the Hayes strainer

blue5000

bogman_bass wrote: »

Yeah that might do it. I was looking for some sort of clamp to add another bar but can’t find anything suitable online

Had to tie a gate half way up on another gate to keep a lim bull in a shed one time. Top gate doesn't have to be heavy, just a deterrent

dunlopwellies

bogman_bass wrote: »

Any good ways of making a gate higher without welding. Had a heifer decide she didn’t want to stay in the pen this evening. Lucky not to break both legs the bitch!

http://scafftex.ie/shop/drop-forged-fittings/drop-forged-swivel-coupler/

Those fittings will do the job. That scafftex are sound crowd to deal with too and will courier down whatever you need big or small orders.

MeTheMan

emaherx wrote: »

Feckin baling twine!!!! Worst stuff to ever have been introduced to farming.

I've banned the use of the stuff in my yard. My no weld solution for sticking gates together is U-bolts. Or sometimes scoffolding clamps.

I'd say 30‰ of our farm is held together with baling twine!

bogman_bass

ganmo wrote: »

like these?
http://www.allenkeyfittings.ie/safety-solutions/tubular-fittings/

Was looking at them but none to hold a bar in parallel with another

charolais0153

bogman_bass wrote: »

Was looking at them but none to hold a bar in parallel with another

Tie a few pallets from the girder above the gate down as far as the gate. Most sensible solutuon imo

timple23

dunlopwellies wrote: »

http://scafftex.ie/shop/drop-forged-fittings/drop-forged-swivel-coupler/

Those fittings will do the job. That scafftex are sound crowd to deal with too and will courier down whatever you need big or small orders.

I hate that design of fitting, the T of the bolt can rotate when loosening and you will need to grip the bolt part with a vice grips to undo the nut.

This design is better because bolt can't rotate no matter how loose the nut is.

http://scafftex.ie/shop/pressed-steel-fittings/swivel-couplers/

Grueller

timple23 wrote: »

I hate that design of fitting, the T of the bolt can rotate when loosening and you will need to grip the bolt part with a vice grips to undo the nut.

This design is better because bolt can't rotate no matter how loose the nut is.

http://scafftex.ie/shop/pressed-steel-fittings/swivel-couplers/

I bought 40 of those for €1 each at a car boot sale in 2009. They are as handy as a small pot about the place.

9935452

ganmo wrote: »

emaherx wrote: »

Feckin baling twine!!!! Worst stuff to ever have been introduced to farming.

I've banned the use of the stuff in my yard. My no weld solution for sticking gates together is U-bolts. Or sometimes scoffolding clamps.

my first thought was zip ties but i didn't think they'd grip well enough

You arent using enough of them if they slip

emaherx

bogman_bass wrote: »

Was looking at them but none to hold a bar in parallel with another

If you want to use 3 bars, then u bolts onto vertical bars of gate for 2 uprights and then 2 of them swivel clamps will hold the top bar parallel. Or just use 6 swivel clamps, 4 on gate and 2 on top bar.

Donald Trump

charolais0153 wrote: »

Tie a few pallets from the girder above the gate down as far as the gate. Most sensible solutuon imo

Except for when you bang your head off them running around trying to get cattle in or out through that gate

They might be swinging in the wind as well unless you tied them to the gate. Depending on how far they are hanging down and how exposed the shed is. And if you tie them to the gate it'd me a mess unless you know you don't want to have to open it again for 6 months

emaherx

Anyone short cubical space?

Check this out on Agriland - Old shipping container regenerated into cow cubicles https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/old-shipping-container-regenerated-into-cow-cubicles/

bogman_bass

charolais0153 wrote: »

Tie a few pallets from the girder above the gate down as far as the gate. Most sensible solutuon imo

Not an option. This is a collection pen in the yard, not a pen in a shed. No girder to hang off

bogman_bass

timple23 wrote: »

I hate that design of fitting, the T of the bolt can rotate when loosening and you will need to grip the bolt part with a vice grips to undo the nut.

This design is better because bolt can't rotate no matter how loose the nut is.

http://scafftex.ie/shop/pressed-steel-fittings/swivel-couplers/

Yes!!! That’s what i’m Looking for!
Thanks for that!

riemann

emaherx wrote: »

Anyone short cubical space?

Check this out on Agriland - Old shipping container regenerated into cow cubicles https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/old-shipping-container-regenerated-into-cow-cubicles/

Anyone who uses containers for anything other than the specific task they were designed for is an idiot.