Farming Chit Chat III

darragh_haven · 30-10-2013 08:06AM

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

I'm guessing he let the fumes build up in the tyre mixing with the air and then put a match to it. The resulting explosion increased the air pressure and forced the tyre onto the rim and also inflated it a bit, he them bled the last required air from the other wheel. how am I doing so far bob?

Beat me to it.

Sharpshooter82 · 30-10-2013 08:07AM

darragh_haven wrote: »

Beat me to it.

We have used such a method while on LRP (long range patrols)

Muckit · 30-10-2013 08:12AM

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

I'm guessing he let the fumes build up in the tyre mixing with the air and then put a match to it. The resulting explosion increased the air pressure and forced the tyre onto the rim and also inflated it a bit, he them bled the last required air from the other wheel. how am I doing so far bob?

I think your on to something. I was thinking pour a bit in but sure bye bye tyre then! :-) re robbed air I think it's from another tractor or machine wheel that's not needed for feeding. Prob small wheel with high pressure. Screw valve cores out of each.

Sharpshooter82 · 30-10-2013 08:15AM

Muckit wrote: »

I think your on to something. I was thinking pour a bit in but sure bye bye tyre then! :-) re robbed air I think it's from another tractor or machine wheel that's not needed for feeding. Prob small wheel with high pressure. Screw valve cores out of each.

Yeah what we would do is hook up the air tanks(brakes) from the trucks to the tire via an air line. Just make sure you get the amount of petrol right or boom, easy start can do the job aswell, just spray a bit into the tire

onyerbikepat · 30-10-2013 08:32AM

Lidl have Air Compressors for sale this week.

bogman_bass · 30-10-2013 09:27AM

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

We have used such a method while on LRP (long range patrols)

would you be in a certain unit that would be known for it's swashbuckling nature and a conection to a certain 75th US Regiment?

Sharpshooter82 · 30-10-2013 09:33AM

bogman_bass wrote: »

would you be in a certain unit that would be known for it's swashbuckling nature and a conection to a certain 75th US Regiment?

No i def aint special ops, the rangers are based in the curragh but i have worked with them in a number of occasions

whelan1 · 30-10-2013 09:35AM

sea12 wrote: »

When I first joined masseywoman was a big contributor. Think I saw her active recently again although it could have been someone adding to an old post.

Also someone with a David brown fro Leitrim called ford 4000. He use to be very good but seemed to give up as well.

snowman 707 was another very interesting man, he had a wealth of experience and information

bogman_bass · 30-10-2013 09:50AM

greysides seems to have disapeared too

whelan1 · 30-10-2013 09:52AM

bogman_bass wrote: »

greysides seems to have disapeared too

i see him online and odd time also lost covey is on a rare time or 2

Sharpshooter82 · 30-10-2013 09:54AM

i think we had a little visitor in the meal last night

redzerologhlen · 30-10-2013 10:01AM

jomoloney wrote: »

just back from ennis with a load of weanlings , a quick blast of the hose and razor and back there to ifa meeting , jeep would nearly find it's own way there by now

Were you buying in the runner ring? I heard there was a huge mart in it yesterday with a que all the way to the top of the bridge by the train station waiting for lads to let cattle in. I took off a a quarter to 7 with a load for a neighbor for the runners, there was only a few pens in it when I got down and he still got numbers way out in the sale whatever is going on down there.

bob charles · 30-10-2013 10:06AM

Muckit wrote: »

Come on bob you know ur only tying to explain your method for seating the bead. I've seen those bazooka yokes and also rachet strap but not the petrol. What ya do?

I dont have the bazooka (dangerous F'in yokes), put ratched strap around middle of wheel to flatten it out, put the tail of the strap out about 10ft from the tyre, nice shot of petrol into the tyre(you will know the amount after one or two goes

), flick match into tyre (had a rag on a stick lighting to make things safer), run aka Usain Bolt, bang and the tyre is on the bead or you can give the ratched a pull with the long piece of strap 10ft away, get a bit of air hose or even half inch water hose if you have valves removed and go around to wheel at other side (120psi) and inflate the punctured tyre. both tyres will have (60psi) which is good enough to get you going again especially as Im driving the feeder around the yard at 5 -10kph. plug the hole with good plugs and jobs a good one, or large patch inside if its a major hole, mushroom patches are a gift for a DIY tyrefitter

redzerologhlen · 30-10-2013 10:10AM

Richk2012 wrote: »

Has any of ye ever crossed paths with each other outside Boards , in the mart or shows etc.??

Met 2 in ennis last year, was at a breeding demo thing in the mart and after an hour the fellow beside me turns around and says are you on boards.ie by any chance....that obvious apparently!!

hugo29 · 30-10-2013 10:29AM

bob charles wrote: »

I dont have the bazooka (dangerous F'in yokes), put ratched strap around middle of wheel to flatten it out, put the tail of the strap out about 10ft from the tyre, nice shot of petrol into the tyre(you will know the amount after one or two goes ), flick match into tyre (had a rag on a stick lighting to make things safer), run aka Usain Bolt, bang and the tyre is on the bead or you can give the ratched a pull with the long piece of strap 10ft away, get a bit of air hose or even half inch water hose if you have valves removed and go around to wheel at other side (120psi) and inflate the punctured tyre. both tyres will have (60psi) which is good enough to get you going again especially as Im driving the feeder around the yard at 5 -10kph. plug the hole with good plugs and jobs a good one, or large patch inside if its a major hole, mushroom patches are a gift for a DIY tyrefitter

<modsnip> me, such a handling, buy a new tyre man;)

Sharpshooter82 · 30-10-2013 10:33AM

hugo29 wrote: »

<modsnip> me, such a handling, buy a new tyre man

best option when your in a hurry to get the job done.....then get a new tyre

hugo29 · 30-10-2013 10:41AM

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

best option when your in a hurry to get the job done.....then get a new tyre

true, last time i played with petrol i nearly <modsnip> cooked meself

Sharpshooter82 · 30-10-2013 10:43AM

hugo29 wrote: »

true, last time i played with petrol i nearly <modsnip> cooked meself

dangerous stuff hugo

hugo29 · 30-10-2013 10:43AM

why is it when the evenings are dark and you are due to go to the mart, some of the <modsnip> weanlings decide to go walkabout:mad:

Sharpshooter82 · 30-10-2013 10:48AM

hugo29 wrote: »

why is it when the evenings are dark and you are due to go to the mart, some of the <modsnip> weanlings decide to go walkabout:mad:

they have a 6th sense about these things hugo, the hardship i had getting mine intoa bloody trailer on mart day

freedominacup · 30-10-2013 10:48AM

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

dangerous stuff hugo

I was moving the sheet back on the wholecrop this morning before the rain hit and it just struck me WTF would the safe work method be for doing this job? Horsing 50kg+ truck and bus tyres around on an unstable surface always less than 600mm from a height in this case around 2.5m. Any of the lads working on construction care to have a go?

Sharpshooter82 · 30-10-2013 10:51AM

freedominacup wrote: »

I was moving the sheet back on the wholecrop this morning before the rain hit and it just struck me WTF would the safe work method be for doing this job? Horsing 50kg+ truck and bus tyres around on an unstable surface always less than 600mm from a height in this case around 2.5m. Any of the lads working on construction care to have a go?

health and safety is gone a little mad, id assume it would involve a hoist as anything over 20kg is a two man lift

hugo29 · 30-10-2013 10:53AM

freedominacup wrote: »

I was moving the sheet back on the wholecrop this morning before the rain hit and it just struck me WTF would the safe work method be for doing this job? Horsing 50kg+ truck and bus tyres around on an unstable surface always less than 600mm from a height in this case around 2.5m. Any of the lads working on construction care to have a go?

prob a safety rail all around pit, two men per tyre,
dont forget ur method statement, hard hat, high viz jacket, workboots and any other awkward <modsnip> apparatus they could think off

Sharpshooter82 · 30-10-2013 10:56AM

hugo29 wrote: »

prob a safety rail all around pit, two men per tyre,
dont forget ur method statement, hard hat, high viz jacket, workboots and any other awkward <modsnip> apparatus they could think off

and a safety harness too as your working close to an edge

delaval · 30-10-2013 10:56AM

freedominacup wrote: »

I was moving the sheet back on the wholecrop this morning before the rain hit and it just struck me WTF would the safe work method be for doing this job? Horsing 50kg+ truck and bus tyres around on an unstable surface always less than 600mm from a height in this case around 2.5m. Any of the lads working on construction care to have a go?

WTF silage pit still open:P:P:P:P

Winter ladies in tomorrow shed all tightened up and ready to go. It's amazing when you go checking cubicles how many need attention

Sharpshooter82 · 30-10-2013 11:00AM

delaval wrote: »

WTF silage pit still open:P:P:P:P

Winter ladies in tomorrow shed all tightened up and ready to go. It's amazing when you go checking cubicles how many need attention

and i bet you said you would sort it before the winter, the amount of jobs ive still to do

bob charles · 30-10-2013 11:17AM

freedominacup wrote: »

I was moving the sheet back on the wholecrop this morning before the rain hit and it just struck me WTF would the safe work method be for doing this job? Horsing 50kg+ truck and bus tyres around on an unstable surface always less than 600mm from a height in this case around 2.5m. Any of the lads working on construction care to have a go?

you mean you were working beside an unstable structure?

Suckler · 30-10-2013 11:28AM

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

health and safety is gone a little mad, id assume it would involve a hoist as anything over 20kg is a two man lift

H&S are the ones who have to impliment these guidelines and procedures but it's not entirely they're fault. It's the "compo culture" that has crept in. If every procedure isn't spelled out, even for tedious tasks, then it just leaves the company or individual wide open to be taken to the cleaners. It's the usual craic, the minority ruin it for everyone else. It's safety for the lowest common dominator in the brain department.

I said entirely not their fault because some of the method statements they concoct seem intent on defying common sense.

freedominacup · 30-10-2013 11:32AM

bob charles wrote: »

you mean you were working beside an unstable structure?

Whole crop chopped to a few mm would hardly be regarded as a stable surface no matter how good the guy on the loader was now would it?

Sharpshooter82 · 30-10-2013 11:36AM

Suckler wrote: »

H&S are the ones who have to impliment these guidelines and procedures but it's not entirely they're fault. It's the "compo culture" that has crept in. If every procedure isn't spelled out, even for tedious tasks, then it just leaves the company or individual wide open to be taken to the cleaners. It's the usual craic, the minority ruin it for everyone else. It's safety for the lowest common dominator in the brain department.

I said entirely not their fault because some of the method statements they concoct seem intent on defying common sense.

true enough but the wannabe health and safety officers (nosey neighbours) is what gets me. seen a photo one time on facebook where a farmer lifted a worker up in a bucket to clean a gutter or someting and a passerby reported him. things are hard enough without that

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