Labour Saving and General Guntering

foxy farmer · 06-01-2015 08:14PM

onyerbikepat wrote: »

I'm doing one myself at the moment. I hope to have it finished this evening. The sheeting alone was €40 for each one and about €20 for the m6x50 hex bolts I used. At the price of the feeders new, you'd wonder is it worth it when you consider your time.
What size sheet did you use? Mine is 0.9mm, and no bother to work with. In the local COOP, I see they have 0.5mm on them. Big difference. I welded on 2 bits of angle to the uprights at each end to better fix the ends. In the past, it was at the ends that it came loose first.

Anyone ever replaced the galv sheet with stokboard or ecosheet? Fix with few stainless steel bolts and no more fixing Only the frame to see after then.

Bullocks · 06-01-2015 08:24PM

foxy farmer wrote: »

Sometimes when you're out in the field a vice could be handy. Easy to mount almost anything on a LR Defender.
€25 for the vice in Lidl a few bits of scrap a few bolts and thats what I came up with.

Brilliant idea foxy , maybe an idea to off set it away from the door if you are tweaking it again . Fierce handy for a lad that does a bit of fixing in the field though

ganmo · 06-01-2015 09:27PM

foxy farmer wrote: »

Sometimes when you're out in the field a vice could be handy. Easy to mount almost anything on a LR Defender.
€25 for the vice in Lidl a few bits of scrap a few bolts and thats what I came up with.

could ya modify it so that the plate bolted to the jeep has an eye(or 2) that you can then use a pin/bar to join the vice stand to

Farmer · 06-01-2015 09:30PM

foxy farmer wrote: »

Anyone ever replaced the galv sheet with stokboard or ecosheet? Fix with few stainless steel bolts and no more fixing Only the frame to see after then.

It's a wonder that JFC never made one based on a giant corrie pipe ring. It'ld be nice and light for lifting as well

foxy farmer · 06-01-2015 10:00PM

ganmo wrote: »

could ya modify it so that the plate bolted to the jeep has an eye(or 2) that you can then use a pin/bar to join the vice stand to

Have something like that in my head. Would make it fast to fit and remove. The 2 bolts on it now keep it grand and tight. Not a stir out of it. Twill have to do for now anyway.
Draper tools sell a special clamp that clamps a scaffold pipe to the ball hitch and a steel plate for mounting vice on, on top of pipefor 250+vat.ðŸ˜²

ford 5600 · 06-01-2015 10:07PM

foxy farmer wrote: »

Bejaysus they're coming out of the woodwork now!

Only joking. Grand job, and as handy as a small pot

On the resheeting the round feeder, a friend used to always put the new sheet inside the feeder, as he reckoned it was the weight of the silage shoved it off. I never heard of the theory from any one else. I often weld in an other bar or two up and down ways so that the sheeting has more tecs, and more support against the cattles legs.

foxy farmer · 06-01-2015 10:08PM

Farmer wrote: »

It's a wonder that JFC never made one based on a giant corrie pipe ring. It'ld be nice and light for lifting as well

They'd last for ever more. No demand for, or profit in making replacements.

Muckit · 06-01-2015 10:44PM

Built in obsolescence

foxy farmer · 06-01-2015 10:47PM

Muckit wrote: »

Built in obsolescence

Thems awful big words youd be using Muckit. Did ya eat a dictionary or wha,?

ganmo · 06-01-2015 10:51PM

foxy farmer wrote: »

Thems awful big words youd be using Muckit. Did ya eat a dictionary or wha,?

Could be his New Years resolution 'sound smart while insulting everyone!'

Muckit · 06-01-2015 11:19PM

Ah now now who do I be insulting?!

Muckit · 06-01-2015 11:22PM

foxy farmer wrote: »

Thems awful big words youd be using Muckit. Did ya eat a dictionary or wha,?

Worse thing a company can do is have their product(s) too well engineered. They make as much on selling spare parts etc

foxy farmer · 07-01-2015 01:03AM

Muckit wrote: »

Worse thing a company can do is have their product(s) too well engineered. They make as much on selling spare parts etc

Something Land Rover owners know all too well!!!!

Nekarsulm · 07-01-2015 01:15AM

foxy farmer wrote: »

Something Land Rover owners know all too well!!!!

Although to be fair, a hardy Spicer for a Ninety driveshaft costs about 15 euro, the same for a HiLux is nearer 100.

p dogg · 13-01-2015 11:34AM

Hello all, I am gonna to make a silage pusher for the farm and am unsure of which type would suit best. The two types I'm considering are the wedge mounted to the tractor at an angle or the rotating wheel on a frame for a spike. I have to add that we only use round bales. I have seen videos of both on you tube etc but they only ever do be pushing in well chopped pit silage, my head is telling me the wedge option is more robust and suited to bales, I would be very grateful if anyone has experiences with silage pushers for bales and could advise me!

delaney001 · 13-01-2015 02:35PM

p dogg wrote: »

Hello all, I am gonna to make a silage pusher for the farm and am unsure of which type would suit best. The two types I'm considering are the wedge mounted to the tractor at an angle or the rotating wheel on a frame for a spike. I have to add that we only use round bales. I have seen videos of both on you tube etc but they only ever do be pushing in well chopped pit silage, my head is telling me the wedge option is more robust and suited to bales, I would be very grateful if anyone has experiences with silage pushers for bales and could advise me!

The wheel is a Great job with pit or diet feeder. Whuure of a yoke with bales tho. Bar the bale is more than half eaten it's too much weight on the wheel. Wedge would be better if your predominantly bales IMO.

blue5000 · 13-01-2015 02:38PM

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Although to be fair, a hardy Spicer for a Ninety driveshaft costs about 15 euro, the same for a HiLux is nearer 100.

Probably because of higher turnover with the landy ones:D Any Jap (main dealer) part you have to pay through the nose.

P dogg no experience of pushing in bale silage, but if I was making something I'd go with a wheel, the bigger the better.

Nekarsulm · 15-01-2015 07:25PM

Ein Schaf-Zufuhrung

mayota · 15-01-2015 07:32PM

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Ein Schaf-Zufuhrung

Nice job.
What's the poster in the background Nek ?

Nekarsulm · 15-01-2015 07:37PM

mayota wrote: »

Nice job.
What's the poster in the background Nek ?

Thanks, Mayota.
The poster was for a protest demo in Cavan about 4 years ago, protesting about the disbandment of the REPS scheme.

visatorro · 15-01-2015 07:48PM

your abit of a hoarder nekarsulm!!

Nekarsulm · 15-01-2015 07:52PM

visatorro wrote: »

your abit of a hoarder nekarsulm!!

Where's your evidence?

When you do a clear-out, you invariably need something you just dumped, usually in the next few days...................

mayota · 15-01-2015 08:19PM

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Thanks, Mayota.
The poster was for a protest demo in Cavan about 4 years ago, protesting about the disbandment of the REPS scheme.

Certainly different, remember being at a protest with the father in Sligo years ago with 'GATT out' posters.

onyerbikepat · 15-01-2015 09:39PM

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Ein Schaf-Zufuhrung

Das ist Scheiße ! Ah no, nice job.

Reggie. · 15-01-2015 10:17PM

visatorro wrote: »

your abit of a hoarder nekarsulm!!

That's a gunters shed right there

blue5000 · 16-01-2015 12:50AM

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Where's your evidence?

When you do a clear-out, you invariably need something you just dumped, usually in the next few days...................

I think it was edison who said 'all you need to be an inventor is a vivid imagination and a pile of junk'.

I think in farming the 7 year rule (chuck it out if you haven't used it in 7 yrs) does not apply, it's more like 7 decades.

onyerbikepat · 16-01-2015 10:16AM

blue5000 wrote: »

I think it was edison who said 'all you need to be an inventor is a vivid imagination and a pile of junk'.

I think in farming the 7 year rule (chuck it out if you haven't used it in 7 yrs) does not apply, it's more like 7 decades.

I work in a factory where a lot of metal got dumped over the years. A lot of it ended up in my shed at home. I've found use for at least 90% of it over the years. I'm putting up a small shed door at the moment and the only part I had to buy were the hinges. The sheeting on it is 2mm stainless steel.:D

jerdee · 16-01-2015 11:52AM

Here I m making a garage heater to keep the rubbish at bay and the chill out of air . Used a old water tank must connect up the flue out through the wall .

jerdee · 16-01-2015 12:09PM

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foxy farmer · 16-01-2015 12:31PM

onyerbikepat wrote: »

I work in a factory where a lot of metal got dumped over the years. A lot of it ended up in my shed at home. I've found use for at least 90% of it over the years. I'm putting up a small shed door at the moment and the only part I had to buy were the hinges. The sheeting on it is 2mm stainless steel.:D

Amazing what some people throw put. Neighbour of mine works for a multinational medical devices company. About 3 years ago they had an FDA Audit and underwent some restructuring. He heard that the stores were doing a spring clean and that there might be something handy being thrown in the skips. We went up with a 8x4 trailer one morning when factory was on go slow during holidays. In the yard they had 3 skips filling.
It would make you cry to see some of the stuff they were dumping. Full rolls of air hose, piping and pipe fitting of every description. Linbins still unwrapped, workstation seats. Sheets of various metals and plastics. A hoarders paradise. We had a nice haul of stuff coming home. Only thing that stopped us going back was the CCTV.

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