nav[aria-label="Primary Navigation"] { padding: 0; & ul { list-style: none; width: 100%; display: flex; flex-direction: row; justify-content: start; align-items: start; gap: 30px; padding: 0; & li { margin: 0; } & ul li { list-style: none; } } }

Child Item

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?

Find more posts tagged with

Quick Links

Comments

Anto_Meath

A lot of the bales made in the back end of 2018 wouldn't roll like that, they aint exactly round and are fairly soft. Any of the first cut stuff made I don't think you would be able to get that spike through them...

Nekarsulm

Made a wire strainer clamp thing for sheep wire.
First pictures are the trail run, it worked fine, so I actually painted it .......

Total cost was about 35 Euro.

It's made from a piece of 3 inch flat, and 2 inch channel.
Bolts are M16 x 65mm.

Bonzo Delaney

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Made a wire strainer clamp thing for sheep wire.
First pictures are the trail run, it worked fine, so I actually painted it .......
Total cost was about 35 Euro.

It's made from a piece of 3 inch flat, and 2 inch channel.
Bolts are M16 x 65mm.

I said thats great idea now you should patent it not friggin paint it !!!! 🤣🤣🤣

SCOL

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rechargeable-Rotating-Zoomable-Headlight-Camping-IP44/dp/B07CYRVK5B/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1547822267&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=headlight&psc=1

I bought this 2 years ago, charge it about once a week great job I even cut with the chain saw with it.

Nekarsulm

Bought this last August, only got around to picking it up today.
I have a plan!
(Involves bits of a Class Rollant baler)

Don't hold your breath, but it'll be done someday!

Donald Trump

Suckler wrote: »

https://www.facebook.com/hayvancilikyapanlar/videos/553889021779335/

You’d cause some confusion if you were tipping along the road with this

Very dangerous to be doing that with a quad.

Might be an ok idea on the back of even the likes of a small tractor such an MF35 or something. But on the back of a quad? Death trap. Might get away with a bale of hay if you take your time.

And in reality, who stores bales in single layers on the round edge like that? Good luck with trying to roll one you take from the bottom layer of a 4-high stack. The fellas who stack them singly, tend to stack them on the flat end.

bamayang

Suckler wrote: »

https://www.facebook.com/hayvancilikyapanlar/videos/553889021779335/

You’d cause some confusion if you were tipping along the road with this

That’s the most amount of hardship I’ve ever seen in one video!!!

Say my name

Bonzo Delaney wrote: »

I said thats great idea now you should patent it not friggin paint it !!!! ðŸ€£ðŸ€£ðŸ€£

ahem!

Sami23

Say my name wrote: »

ahem!

Is that 2 bits of angle iron ?

Say my name

Sami23 wrote: »

Is that 2 bits of angle iron ?

Yep 50mm angle.
Back to back.

wrangler

Say my name wrote: »

Yep 50mm angle.
Back to back.

Is that good enough, the wire has to go through two 45 degree angles in mine and still slips.
I didn't think two flat surfaces would grip it

Say my name

wrangler wrote: »

Is that good enough, the wire has to go through two 45 degree angles in mine and still slips

Never slipped yet.

There's 50mm of a flat surface squeezing together. So 50mm of grip on the wire. I suppose it depends on how strong you are with a wrench.

Nekarsulm

Ooooh, liking your chain winch!

Say my name

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Ooooh, liking your chain winch!

That's a benefit from having an uncle who goes to auctions.

bamayang

Silly question, do you have to unbolt the plates completely to place the wire through it?
If so, would it not be handier have a piece of flat with 3 hooks on it for speed of toning up to the wire?

Nekarsulm

Yes you have to unbolt the two pieces completely.
I welded the heads of the bolts to the flat bar to stop them spinning/falling/getting lost.
Hooks won't work, the vertical wires will just run along the horizontal ones.

Say my name

bamayang wrote: »

Silly question, do you have to unbolt the plates completely to place the wire through it?
If so, would it not be handier have a piece of flat with 3 hooks on it for speed of toning up to the wire?

If that's for me.

I'm not sure I follow.

Yea the nuts are screwed off and the angle iron separates.
Angle iron is for strength and to withstand any bending or distortion.
And the bolts are to grip the pieces together tighter than a duck's behind.

Say my name

Labour saving botches and inventions from the FW.

https://www.fwi.co.uk/machinery/farm-maintenance/workshop-skills/14-of-our-favourite-farm-inventions-from-over-the-years

patsy_mccabe

Calving gunthering;

https://twitter.com/Inspect_4/status/962414785928269824

Odelay

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Calving gunthering;

https://twitter.com/Inspect_4/status/962414785928269824

She’s a sharp cookie that one. See her stuff before, works hard at it.

Never wrestle with pigs

Cheep and simple minerals for cows. Plastic barrel with about a foot of cement in it. A bag of fertility minerals and a lump of rock salt. Lasts about a week.

TheFarrier

I’m after throwing 3/4 liters of hydraulic oil into back end of tractor instead of transmission oil. Is this a drain and filter job it will topping up with the right stuff do??

patsy_mccabe

TheFarrier wrote: »

I’m after throwing 3/4 liters of hydraulic oil into back end of tractor instead of transmission oil. Is this a drain and filter job it will topping up with the right stuff do??

Is it 0.75 Lts? If so, i'd say you're fine. Just top up with the right stuff. No harm check with dealer to confirm first though.

TheFarrier

No sorry it was three to four liters. Topped up with transmission just now it’s about 75% transmission now I’m just worried about the brakes

mengele

TheFarrier wrote: »

No sorry it was three to four liters. Topped up with transmission just now it’s about 75% transmission now I’m just worried about the brakes

What type tractor?

TheFarrier

Massey 4255

148multi

TheFarrier wrote: »

Massey 4255

Would it effect the seals

Say my name

TheFarrier wrote: »

I’m after throwing 3/4 liters of hydraulic oil into back end of tractor instead of transmission oil. Is this a drain and filter job it will topping up with the right stuff do??

Am I the only one scratching my head on this one?

Isn't the back end where the hydraulic oil goes?
The front - engine gets the other oil?

I'm seriously wondering now if I've ruined every tractor there's been here.
Maybe I'll wake up in a few minutes.

emaherx

Say my name wrote: »

Am I the only one scratching my head on this one?

Isn't the back end where the hydraulic oil goes?
The front - engine gets the other oil?

I'm seriously wondering now if I've ruined every tractor there's been here.
Maybe I'll wake up in a few minutes.

No... And depends on tractor, propper hydraulic oil is no good for lubrication of transmission or cooling of brakes. Tractors which use the same oil for hydraulics/transmission/oil emersed brakes do not use hydraulic oil they use universal oil some even can use same oil in engine.

To the Farrier although your probably OK, 3 to 4 liters is a good bit, if it was me I'd change it to be sure, your oil will be a good bit lighter than it's meant to be.

blue5000

TheFarrier wrote: »

No sorry it was three to four liters. Topped up with transmission just now it’s about 75% transmission now I’m just worried about the brakes

You can buy anti-squawk additive and put in about a half litre if the brakes start shuddering/squealing.