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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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Reggie.

dharn wrote: »

All the extras ? Mmmmm that ill be pricey are ya sure:P

What are the extras anyways

GrandSoftDay

blue5000 wrote: »

Poor man's einboch.
Lads I couldn't come up with 3 grand + for an einboch harrow when I was sowing grasseed so came up with this instead, pulled by a pair of 10m ratchet straps.

Have ye no blackthorns down there, they are the closest thing to a harrow around here

rushvalley

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

Have ye no blackthorns down there, they are the closest thing to a harrow around here

And do just as good a job too

dzer2

Its called a bush harrow around here But what we normally do is use an old wrought iron gate and inter wind the bushes into it and off you go.

Greengrass1

dzer2 wrote: »

Its called a bush harrow around here But what we normally do is use an old wrought iron gate and inter wind the bushes into it and off you go.

Sure why would ye bother buying these power harrows and land levlers

Reggie.

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Sure why would ye bother buying these power harrows and land levlers

Couldn't see you pulling one of them around with the new massey

Greengrass1

Reggie. wrote: »

Couldn't see you pulling one of them around with the new massey

Ye'd be wrong. I'd do it just to get the neighbours talking

Reggie.

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Ye'd be wrong. I'd do it just to get the neighbours talking

Reggie.

Don't know if I put this up before but this is the first thing I welded after my FAS course.

Made it for loading turf but had been used for straw, stones and everything in between since

dharn

I always find that rebar hard to weld, I use arc welder and find the rebar not inclined to float or mix with the mild steel

Reggie.

dharn wrote: »

I always find that rebar hard to weld, I use arc welder and find the rebar not inclined to float or mix with the mild steel

No it doesn't plus it melts far to easily aswell

whelan2

This shed was built in 1986. Only last month i came up with a brainwave to put a door in the door. Now big door can be locked and it also stops visitors from having a nosey. Big door is very heavy yo open and close

Reggie.

whelan2 wrote: »

This shed was built in 1986. Only last month i came up with a brainwave to put a door in the door. Now big door can be locked and it also stops visitors from having a nosey. Big door is very heavy yo open and close

Nice....see you have security there aswell

Muckit

whelan2 wrote: »

This shed was built in 1986. Only last month i came up with a brainwave to put a door in the door. Now big door can be locked and it also stops visitors from having a nosey. Big door is very heavy yo open and close

That's a very simple but great idea. I think all gates should come with a little personnel hatch as standard to save opening and closing a big heavy gate.

Figerty

Muckit wrote: »

That's a very simple but great idea. I think all gates should come with a little personnel hatch as standard to save opening and closing a big heavy gate.

Just needs a slot for a shot gun...

Damo810

Figerty wrote: »

Just needs a slot for a shot gun...

Or power-washer lance!

GrandSoftDay

Got this for nothing today, plenty of guntering required to put it to use though!

Reggie.

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

Got this for nothing today, plenty of guntering required to put it to use though!

Weed licker is it

GrandSoftDay

Reggie. wrote: »

Weed licker is it

No, Tis a welger rp12 Reggie

Reggie.

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

No, Tis a welger rp12 Reggie

If ya reckon that you've some guntering ahead of ya

rushvalley

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

Got this for nothing today, plenty of guntering required to put it to use though!

If you're handy with a welder you could consider making a bracket on the drawbar for the can instead of trying to lift a full can up into the current bracket.

GrandSoftDay

rushvalley wrote: »

If you're handy with a welder you could consider making a bracket on the drawbar for the can instead of trying to lift a full can up into the current bracket.

Have a quad sprayer I could put on it so might cut it off altogether. Needs 3 new bearings, a belt, a carpet and a lick of paint. It's a bit heavy for the quad though is the only thing but ideal for a tractor.

ganmo

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

Have a quad sprayer I could put on it so might cut it off altogether. Needs 3 new bearings, a belt, a carpet and a lick of paint. It's a bit heavy for the quad though is the only thing but ideal for a tractor.

Sounds more like a decorating job

GrandSoftDay

ganmo wrote: »

Sounds more like a decorating job

Short of the frame falling apart there isint much more that could go wrong with it really!

Damo810

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

Short of the frame falling apart there isint much more that could go wrong with it really!

Sure a while of a day would have her going well, a lot cheaper than buying a new one too!

locha

Just looked at the journal today... great idea by a fella in Mayo for his slatted shed. To ensure the water does not freeze he installed a circulation pump and extra piping... allows the water to continuously move so it does not ice up... must look into this. the cost was bout 150... 2010 is still way to fresh in the mind...

Reggie.

locha wrote: »

Just looked at the journal today... great idea by a fella in Mayo for his slatted shed. To ensure the water does not freeze he installed a circulation pump and extra piping... allows the water to continuously move so it does not ice up... must look into this. the cost was bout 150... 2010 is still way to fresh in the mind...

You can say that again. Ended up in the ditch that winter

have2flushtwice

moving water will freeze - look at a river in very cold weather....

in a pipe the icicles will form at the edges of the pipe, slow the water to a trickle and freeze the lot. pumps freeze too, the vanes ice up. I has a 30kw unit freeze up in work in 2010.

Farmer

have2flushtwice wrote: »

moving water will freeze - look at a river in very cold weather....

in a pipe the icicles will form at the edges of the pipe, slow the water to a trickle and freeze the lot. pumps freeze too, the vanes ice up. I has a 30kw unit freeze up in work in 2010.

...but maybe it would be feasible to circulate it through a small tank with thermostatically controlled heater that keeps the water at a degree or two?

Damo810

Farmer wrote: »

...but maybe it would be feasible to circulate it through a small tank with thermostatically controlled heater that keeps the water at a degree or two?

Thats a bit over the top for a once in how many years occurrence? How is it controlled in colder Nordic countries or the colder regions of Canada?