Labour Saving and General Guntering

148multi · 19-02-2026 02:55PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124248236#Comment_124248236

You can run a flexible pipe along the side of boom and dipper

patsy_mccabe · 19-02-2026 03:46PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124248696#Comment_124248696

Can you do that? Only ever seen it with air hoses.

divillybit · 19-02-2026 11:05PM

In my case ith our wee Hitachi I wouldn’t be looking to run new pipes along the boom and dipper, all id be doing is diverting the flow of oil from the existing pipes to the bucket cylinder to a cylinder on the grab or shears.

Sacrolyte · 01-03-2026 03:20PM

what do folks use when trying to repair those blue 6 and10 nipple JFC calf nipple feeders. I have a few that are giving way with a tear on the plastic hook side. I’ve used strong angled sheet metal to good enough effect but just wondering if any of you has had any better solutions.

bogman_bass · 01-03-2026 04:34PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124222828#Comment_124222828

sorry for the late reply but when they built the new bull stud in mallow the sheeted one side with similar and they found the rain actually blew in further because the netting turned the drops into an areosol

older by the day · 02-03-2026 04:07PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124275097#Comment_124275097

Wire, string, rope, prayer

All these things hold on feeders around here

Sacrolyte · 02-03-2026 07:36PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124278642#Comment_124278642

That’s for the rooter thread surely 🤣

Dupont · 06-03-2026 12:06AM

have an old shed here it was done with railway tracks as the uprights. Want to weld on cleats to them. One lad told me to use stainless steel or cast iron stick welding rods, has anyone done similar

148multi · 06-03-2026 12:30AM

29/9 rods for dissimilar metals

patsy_mccabe · 06-03-2026 10:07AM

Would you not be better off to drill the railway girders. Not easy, but I did it before to hang a frame to take a big fertiliser bag.

Are you trying to weld to the big flat side or the smaller curved side. Remember that the smaller side where the train ran on, has being 'worked hardened' so the surface will be harder.

Nekarsulm · 06-03-2026 10:14AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124289278#Comment_124289278

Cast iron rods wouldn't be on my radar for this job.

I've welded cleats and brackets to old rail track with ordinary 6013 rods.

Cleaning the rail back to bare metal and getting a good earth is important to get a clean, strong, weld.

Railway rails aren't to be messed with, I wouldn't hang anything heavy out of a bracket welded to one, to be honest.

I saw a neighbour with a yard gate hung from a railway rail concreted into his yard.

He was scraping the yard and barely bumped the post with the grill guard on his Ford 4000.

The post snapped like glass just below the bottom bracket the gate was swinging on.

He must have put too much heat into the rail when welding, and tempered it.

Packrat · 08-03-2026 06:56PM

Anyone ever modify a tractor lawnmower to turn it into a small areas topper?

I've access to a 10 or 15 year old JD one, supposedly going well enough. I was thinking of putting cleated tyres on it to give it a bit more traction and ground clearance... I reckon it'd be a mighty yoke for ferns and thistles in small gairdins around rocks and stones where I'd either give my time twisting and turning with the tractor and flatten half it or else be at it with a strimmer.

Any obvious cons?

blue5000 · 10-03-2026 12:06AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124296458#Comment_124296458

Petrol or diesel?

Packrat · 10-03-2026 12:33AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124299827#Comment_124299827

Petrol i believe. Haven't got it yet. Was doing a fairly big steep lawn these last 10 or15 years but the owner bought a new one. Says it's running well. My buddy reckons it'll clog up all the time if I use it on weeds. I feel that if the height is up as for topping rather than cutting a lawn she'd be bound to be able to paddle away. I've no experience of ride on lawnmowers though.

Kevhog1988 · 10-03-2026 12:46AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124278642#Comment_124278642

The brackets for holding down wall plates would work

emaherx · 10-03-2026 07:11AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124299879#Comment_124299879

If it's a standard lawn deck, your buddy is probably right, plus if the field is stoney it's not going to last long either.

If you are getting it for close to nothing it might be worth giving it a go, but a lot of petrol ride-ons will struggle if a lawn is gone a bit strong nevermind going into a weedy field. If it's something a bit more heavy duty it could be a different story.

I've a finish mower for the back of the 135, it does a good job of cleaning out paddocks when I'm lightly stocked, but I wouldn't bring it in to top heavy weeds or use on rough ground. I've a very rough old topper for that stuff.

enricoh · 10-03-2026 09:40AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124299879#Comment_124299879

It'll break your heart clogging. Have a 6' major roller mower on a 35x n well able to belt away at heavy stuff. Often lift it say 6 inches n reverse into a corner of briars etc n it mulches them.

Packrat · 10-03-2026 10:27AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124300188#Comment_124300188

See I have a good topper but this would be doing small areas maybe one to two acres total that get a bit of thistles and ferns in summer. Places I would otherwise not do or use a strimmer.

CConsensus seems to be that clogging will be the issue.

Maybe I'll just try it before I spend money on tractor tyres for it.

_Brian · 10-03-2026 01:54PM

I’d block off the chute and take a grinder to the deck. Open a section on both sides similar to a non collecting mower with side exit. Let it fire the stuff out as quick as possible, not trying to jam it up the chute just to blow it behind you. That would be a torture.

Grueller · 10-03-2026 02:31PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124300906#Comment_124300906

Trouble then is on the next stroke you may throw out half of the trash from the previous stroke along with the cuttings of the current one if you open both sides.

_Brian · 10-03-2026 03:34PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124301004#Comment_124301004

possibly yes, but if it’s not clogging 🤷🏻

Packrat · 10-03-2026 10:29PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124300906#Comment_124300906

I asked my buddy if I could cut the back out of the deck and he said there's gubbins behind it so no.

Today, I was thinking similar to yourself, - a topper rotor has loads of space all around it and cuts grand.

Would one side be better i wonder?

Yet another expert thinks it'll be highly dangerous crosswise on any sort of slope...

_Brian · 11-03-2026 08:55AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124302845#Comment_124302845

I’d open the side or sides not the back.

Mowers are narrow for sure, I’ve one steep part on my lawn and still have to be really careful not to rip her over.

anfieldrd · 12-03-2026 11:54PM

Looking to put in a sliding gate at entrance of yard, anyone a ball park figure what it would cost to get gate fabricated and installed? Talking 25-30 ft gate

have2flushtwice · 13-03-2026 03:34PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124308217#Comment_124308217

In the middle of making one myself. Have frame made from pallet racking. Timbernis cut, 9x1 I think, waiting to get wheels next.

_Brian · 22-03-2026 03:08PM

Bit of messing about this morning in the garage. Bunker holds 150kg pellets for daughter’s pellet stove.
The gate is from Amazon, it’s a gate for a dust extraction system.

visatorro · 22-03-2026 09:10PM

Do you like the pellet stove? I tried to get one for the home place but I was over ruled

_Brian · 22-03-2026 10:57PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124333249#Comment_124333249

It’s early days to be honest, nobody in the house yet. It handy in that it lights itself, you can set times and temperatures etc. there is a second solid fuel stove in the other room as a “grid down” power source.

I wanted her to have air to air heat pump (mini split units) and was overruled 🤷🏻

148multi · 22-03-2026 11:13PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124333249#Comment_124333249

I worked on a few buildings where they were installed, you'd want the pellets stored in the house to stop moisture getting in to them. Country too wet for them

Packrat · 22-03-2026 11:26PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124333587#Comment_124333587

Also, they're mostly imported wood.

A total chocolate teapot solution to a non-existent problem.

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