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Good loser · 02-06-2021 10:01pm

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

I have to take out an old crush gate here. It's rusted bad at the ground, where it's about 2.5" box iron. What's the best way to take this out?

I don't fancy going at it with a jack hammer. I've done this in the past and it's torture. There could be 5" of top concrete plus whatever concrete was put in at the bottom to hold it in place. There could be 18" of concrete there.

(Not my decision to put non-galvanised steel into the ground like that. )

I did that precise job with a jack hammer 10 years ago and it was torture - on a hot day too. Must have been 2 feet down when it toppled. IN fact I was so concentrated on the bottom of the hole didn't notice the pillar tilting when it decide to budge.
You'll be so happy when you get there, it's worth the torture.
Start early - preferably on a Monday!

patsy_mccabe · 02-06-2021 10:15pm

Good loser wrote: »

I did that precise job with a jack hammer 10 years ago and it was torture - on a hot day too. Must have been 2 feet down when it toppled. IN fact I was so concentrated on the bottom of the hole didn't notice the pillar tilting when it decide to budge.
You'll be so happy when you get there, it's worth the torture.
Start early - preferably on a Monday!

I did it myself with the 3 uprights on the same crush about 10 years ago. Pure torture, is right. I reckon everyone should be made spend a day on a jack hammer. You'd think twice then about putting light painted steel into concrete.

funkey_monkey · 02-06-2021 10:17pm

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

How would you dig it out, consaw and jack hammer ?

That's the approach I'd take too. A bit more work, but a better lasting job. Concrete saw and a kango would be the only way for that concrete.

Grueller · 02-06-2021 10:28pm

funkey_monkey wrote: »

That's the approach I'd take too. A bit more work, but a better lasting job. Concrete saw and a kango would be the only way for that concrete.

MINI DIGGER AND BREAKER. Yes I am shouting I know but when will farmers stop willingly crippling themselves with these hardship jobs. No other profession would tackle that hardship with a kango and consaw.

Good loser · 02-06-2021 10:31pm

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

I did it myself with the 3 uprights on the same crush about 10 years ago. Pure torture, is right. I reckon everyone should be made spend a day on a jack hammer. You'd think twice then about putting light painted steel into concrete.

I did a full crush too - was relocating it - but only the front pillar had the deep concrete. Used jack hammer only - no con saw.

have2flushtwice · 02-06-2021 10:32pm

Murang wrote: »

Cut it clean at the ground get another piece of box that fits tight inside it belt in weld to old box you can leave it come up about a foot or all the way whatever suits and attach new gate.

that's the easiest option. and possibly the best.

03-06-2021 12:02am

have2flushtwice wrote: »

that's the easiest option. and possibly the best.

Murang wrote: »

Cut it clean at the ground get another piece of box that fits tight inside it belt in weld to old box you can leave it come up about a foot or all the way whatever suits and attach new gate.

Tube as an inner splint might fit better

K.G. · 03-06-2021 10:11am

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

How would you dig it out, consaw and jack hammer ?

Get a big sledge and go to work.probaly the best is a machine with a breaker, a jcb id be handy to do it

funkey_monkey · 09-06-2021 1:10am

Rear discharge dung spread feeder wagon conversion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VV28SVSCZo

emaherx · 09-06-2021 6:27am

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Rear discharge dung spread feeder wagon conversion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VV28SVSCZo

I thought we had some tight sheds here!

50HX · 09-06-2021 10:20pm

ôThat she'd must be like an oven inside with the height of the roof

Cheaper than a diet feeder tho:D

funkey_monkey · 10-06-2021 9:02am

emaherx wrote: »

I thought we had some tight sheds here!

If he reversed into that shed at the start to park it, then he's a better man than me!

emaherx · 10-06-2021 10:19am

funkey_monkey wrote: »

If he reversed into that shed at the start to park it, then he's a better man than me!

I've a similar reverse into a shed to park baler and wrapper for the winter. Shed door is a bit wider but I have to reverse wrapper in with arm at at about 45 degrees to clear the corner at top and side of door.

funkey_monkey · 10-06-2021 2:48pm

emaherx wrote: »

I've a similar reverse into a shed to park baler and wrapper for the winter. Shed door is a bit wider but I have to reverse wrapper in with arm at at about 45 degrees to clear the corner at top and side of door.

Give me a call and I'll come down and make a bit more space for you

emaherx · 10-06-2021 6:08pm

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Give me a call and I'll come down and make a bit more space for you

It's on the cards, it's currently a long narrow cavity block shed with one entrance on the end but I'd like to knock it and rebuild a shed with RSJ's that's open on the long side. Thankfully the wrapper only goes in once a year.

foxy farmer · 10-06-2021 9:53pm

What would be a good adhesive to bond steel to the glass in the side window of a cab? It's a latch for locking side window. Consists of 2 round steel discs about 50 mmø. Looks like some sort of black mastic was used before but I'm doubtful if that's the original stuff. There's no fixing holes in the glass.

Ashill5 · 11-06-2021 2:47pm

Hi All

Somebody had a trolley type homemade grazing reel posted on here before, by any chance would anyone have a pic of it.

mikewest · 11-06-2021 2:58pm

foxy farmer wrote: »

What would be a good adhesive to bond steel to the glass in the side window of a cab? It's a latch for locking side window. Consists of 2 round steel discs about 50 mmø. Looks like some sort of black mastic was used before but I'm doubtful if that's the original stuff. There's no fixing holes in the glass.

Something like JB Weld epoxy or Araldite epoxy will work. The JB Weld may work better with the vibration. Both surfaces will need to be very very clean. I have got it from Amazon in the past.

K.G. · 12-06-2021 9:19am

Anybody of trial of connaught agri solar pumps,they make some lofty claims about height and distance

emaherx · 12-06-2021 12:39pm

K.G. wrote: »

Anybody of trial of connaught agri solar pumps,they make some lofty claims about height and distance

No idea about them, but after seeing the performance of my cheap little DIY job, I wouldn't be surprised by big claims from high quality pumps. The FIL has an SPS pump inside are 2 pumps much larger than the one I've used.

K.G. · 12-06-2021 2:50pm

emaherx wrote: »

No idea about them, but after seeing the performance of my cheap little DIY job, I wouldn't be surprised by big claims from high quality pumps. The FIL has an SPS pump inside are 2 pumps much larger than the one I've used.

Our project has changed some what to a well 10 ft deep with a rise of 60 ft to pump to a reserve tank 650 metres away.the idea is still that let it pump away during the day with no batteries and not worried about night.there is another possibility that we tie it into the system and use it to increase capacity on warm days and prvide flow fromthe opposite side to the existing pumps so that on warm days there would be flow to each trough from 2 sides.

Limestone Cowboy · 12-06-2021 4:52pm

Ain't stupid if it works...

emaherx · 12-06-2021 7:07pm

K.G. wrote: »

Our project has changed some what to a well 10 ft deep with a rise of 60 ft to pump to a reserve tank 650 metres away.the idea is still that let it pump away during the day with no batteries and not worried about night.there is another possibility that we tie it into the system and use it to increase capacity on warm days and prvide flow fromthe opposite side to the existing pumps so that on warm days there would be flow to each trough from 2 sides.

I think any of the commercial setups would achieve that easily. But I'd use a battery myself, it won't add much cost and will pump on the short dull days too. Battery is also useful for electric fences. I've an old battery out of my old Defender which was no longer reliable for starting, but has been running 2 pumps and lights in my poly tunnel for the past 12 months.

patsy_mccabe · 12-06-2021 8:57pm

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Ain't stupid if it works...

I remember my father dragging a big bush around the field to do the same job.

_Brian · 12-06-2021 9:28pm

Picked up this wee grab today.

https://ibb.co/P99tLnQ

It old and a bit worn but will be grand. It needs a new set of hoses amd a wee weld but should be good after that. One ram a bit corroded but I’ll Emery paper that and see how it goes.

€120 so it’s not a huge investment.

Suckler · 12-06-2021 9:39pm

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

I remember my father dragging a big bush around the field to do the same job.

The like of whitethorn was used around here at one time

Dinzee Conlee · 12-06-2021 9:51pm

Suckler wrote: »

The like of whitethorn was used around here at one time

A white or blackthorn bush was always used for reseeding when I was small. We didn’t have a chain harrow, so finding a good bush to be dragged around to cover the seed was all part of the process...

Base price · 12-06-2021 9:57pm

_Brian wrote: »

Picked up this wee grab today.

https://ibb.co/P99tLnQ

It old and a bit worn but will be grand. It needs a new set of hoses amd a wee weld but should be good after that. One ram a bit corroded but I’ll Emery paper that and see how it goes.

€120 so it’s not a huge investment.

That is great value Brian and best of luck with it. The ram alone would cost you that if you had to buy one and those bendy tines must be about €40/€50 each. Is it the grab only you bought or was the back end loader included as well.

Good loser · 12-06-2021 10:10pm

_Brian wrote: »

Picked up this wee grab today.

https://ibb.co/P99tLnQ

It old and a bit worn but will be grand. It needs a new set of hoses amd a wee weld but should be good after that. One ram a bit corroded but I’ll Emery paper that and see how it goes.

€120 so it’s not a huge investment.

Would have been cheap at €500.

K.G. · 12-06-2021 11:23pm

emaherx wrote: »

I think any of the commercial setups would achieve that easily. But I'd use a battery myself, it won't add much cost and will pump on the short dull days too. Battery is also useful for electric fences. I've an old battery out of my old Defender which was no longer reliable for starting, but has been running 2 pumps and lights in my poly tunnel for the past 12 months.

Yeah ill give rhem a ring next week maybe,the well is new so i must check out the yeild on too but this year not a great year for testing springs.thanks for your thoughts

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