Labour Saving and General Guntering

29-09-2015 07:56PM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

How does Limerick compare to Galco?

Nobody mentioned the thickness of the coating either. Surely that is a huge factor in the quality of the process.

galvanising is a chemical reaction so you cant put on different thicknesses.

dohc turbo2 wrote: »

Shannonside quality is very good , very little cleaning and when powder coating finish it looks better, there slow at moment and have risen there price , pioneer in cork are very fast but sometimes have nice bit of cleaning ,

Be wary with shannonside, if for example they believe there isnt enough holes in what you are galvanising they will put more in with a blowtorch

ganmo · 29-09-2015 08:44PM

9935452 wrote: »

galvanising is a chemical reaction so you cant put on different thicknesses.

Be wary with shannonside, if for example they believe there isnt enough holes in what you are galvanising they will put more in with a blowtorch

All chemical reactions can be manipulated whether it's the concentration of the solution or the heat it's open for manipulation

patsy_mccabe · 29-09-2015 08:57PM

ganmo wrote: »

All chemical reactions can be manipulated whether it's the concentration of the solution or the heat it's open for manipulation

I remember reading in the Journal a while back about the varying thickness of galvanised shed uprights.

Nekarsulm · 29-09-2015 10:07PM

Is it always hot dipped, or is any firm doing galvanic depositing? Because if they are, then justlleave it in the bath longer for a thicker coat.

JohnBoy · 29-09-2015 10:49PM

9935452 wrote: »

Be wary with shannonside, if for example they believe there isnt enough holes in what you are galvanising they will put more in with a blowtorch

Galco prefer an arc welder turned up to the last

gctest50 · 04-10-2015 05:30PM

small wonder

Reggie. · 13-10-2015 06:26PM

Another job ticked off

Nekarsulm · 13-10-2015 06:31PM

Very tidy. If you close the door, I'd say she'd nearly float!
Are you going feeding or fishin'?

pedigree 6 · 13-10-2015 06:48PM

If you're ever going to use that as a man basket, a word of warning reggie. I don't think the HSE will allow pallet forks under a man basket. I think it has to have it's own brackets to loader. Remember what happened to the poor souls in limerick. Anyway make sure its well fastened to the loader and can't slide off the pallet forks. Anyway good job better than a pallet on a dung fork.:D

Odelay · 13-10-2015 07:25PM

pedigree 6 wrote: »

If you're ever going to use that as a man basket, a word of warning reggie. I don't think the HSE will allow pallet forks under a man basket. I think it has to have it's own brackets to loader. Remember what happened to the poor souls in limerick. Anyway make sure its well fastened to the loader and can't slide off the pallet forks. Anyway good job better than a pallet on a dung fork.:D

I have seen it done where a chain is used to keep the basket sliding off the forks. Simple and effective.

Muckit · 13-10-2015 08:21PM

I hired out a tow behind cherry picker after work for €75/evening. It was €125/day. I pulled it behind jeep but a car would pull it no bother.

Thought it excellent value. Operation from the basket made it a safe one man job.

Definitely recommend it.

smokey-fitz · 13-10-2015 08:28PM

Reggie. wrote: »

Another job ticked off

Nice job.. would be a shame to use it :P

Jb1989 · 13-10-2015 08:33PM

Reggie. wrote: »

Another job ticked off

That fertiliser spreader is well made,
You've great hands reggie

pedigree 6 · 13-10-2015 09:41PM

Just thinking back on my comment. I was only trying to say that I used to use a pallet on a dung fork, so I made up a man basket for the front of loader for myself for working at heights. It's way safer than working off a ladder. If I caused any offence I'm sorry. You have the self levelling on loader so it'll be a great job if working with a person in basket and driver in cab. But for safety sake put a chain off it to attach to loader. Once again sorry.

Odelay · 13-10-2015 10:00PM

pedigree 6 wrote: »

Just thinking back on my comment. I was only trying to say that I used to use a pallet on a dung fork, so I made up a man basket for the front of loader for myself for working at heights. It's way safer than working off a ladder. If I caused any offence I'm sorry. You have the self levelling on loader so it'll be a great job if working with a person in basket and driver in cab. But for safety sake put a chain off it to attach to loader. Once again sorry.

No offence to anyone at all! Good to hear you're success with man basket. I drove past a hardware suppliers last week with some lad on the street standing on a pallet on a forklift fixing a flag to the second storey of the shop front.
Now we can all give out about h&s and method statements etc, but all they want people to do is think before acting. "Will I stand on this pallet like we always do? Or how about we screw some of those nifty 4x2 lying in the hardware yard, make a rigid structure so if something simple like the the forklift rolling back of the kerb it's front wheels were on I don't end up with a life changing injury, and hey it'll be there the next time we need it!"

As I understand it all they want you to do is stop and think.

Base price · 13-10-2015 11:44PM

Was on a dairy farm many years ago and saw a combo calf/man crate. Wire mesh floor and sides with a side opening door. The farmer used it mainly as a calf crate (on the front loader) to move newborn calves to the calf house. It also doubled up as a man crate for cleaning gutters but he could also transport 7 or 8 FR bull calves (on the three point linkage) to the export lorry or mart. Over the years I see a lot more farmers using simular crates.

whelan2 · 14-10-2015 06:09AM

Odelay wrote: »

No offence to anyone at all! Good to hear you're success with man basket. I drove past a hardware suppliers last week with some lad on the street standing on a pallet on a forklift fixing a flag to the second storey of the shop front.
Now we can all give out about h&s and method statements etc, but all they want people to do is think before acting. "Will I stand on this pallet like we always do? Or how about we screw some of those nifty 4x2 lying in the hardware yard, make a rigid structure so if something simple like the the forklift rolling back of the kerb it's front wheels were on I don't end up with a life changing injury, and hey it'll be there the next time we need it!"

As I understand it all they want you to do is stop and think.

saw a few photos on fb over the weekend of a "family sports day" were adults and kids were hanging off the prong of a loader for as long as they could, now I know the chances of the loader coming down are slim but ffs putting photos up of it on fb were stupid

Nekarsulm · 15-10-2015 10:35AM

How to move a site hut, when the tele-porter is away..........

whelan2 · 15-10-2015 11:20AM

Nekarsulm wrote: »

How to move a site hut, when the tele-porter is away..........

was small enough? oh has had a few calls in the last few weeks to move containers, people forget they have to be loaded and unloaded:rolleyes:

Czhornet · 15-10-2015 11:23AM

Nekarsulm wrote: »

How to move a site hut, when the tele-porter is away..........

And the lad sitting on top (obviously no ladder) could you do anything more wrong!!

Reggie. · 15-10-2015 11:35AM

Wouldn't have been no harm to chain the tracks of that digger to the trailer just in case

foxy farmer · 15-10-2015 01:43PM

Neighbour asked me to fill shutters with a loader and bucket as readymix conveyor wouldnt get near it. I have a bucket for filling my pan mixer that holds over 0.6 m of gravel. Decided to make a spout for it to get the concrete into the shutter. Nothing fancy but worked fine this morning. Plenty hand signals to get it in as i cant see the spout when the bucket is full but as it empties i get to see under the bucket and can work unaided. Shifted 5.5m with it this morning with very little lost. A small hopper made with plywood that could be shifted along the shutter was on the cards but i saw something similar on a US website and it looked simple enough to make.

foxy farmer · 15-10-2015 01:53PM

foxy farmer wrote: »

Neighbour asked me to fill shutters with a loader and bucket as readymix conveyor wouldnt get near it. I have a bucket for filling my pan mixer that holds over 0.6 m of gravel. Decided to make a spout for it to get the concrete into the shutter. Nothing fancy but worked fine this morning. Plenty hand signals to get it in as i cant see the spout when the bucket is full but as it empties i get to see under the bucket and can work unaided. Shifted 5.5m with it this morning with very little lost. A small hopper made with plywood that could be shifted along the shutter was on the cards but i saw something similar on a US website and it looked simple enough to make.

Sorry here are pics

delaney001 · 15-10-2015 03:47PM

foxy farmer wrote: »

Sorry here are pics

Jesus you should be patenting that!!!

If the rubber spout was 2 foot or so longer would ya be able work completely unaided? Or would that add to risk of blocking it

Kovu · 15-10-2015 07:04PM

Finished iron gate! Although I'm now covered in paint.

Kovu wrote: »

Anyway, on farming chat, Dad got an old iron gate done up for the lane to the house, it was two old (100-150 yr) iron gates chopped up and welded together to make one large 6 1/2 foot one. I was given the job of prepping it for painting earlier with a wire brush and my hands are now in bits. And my eyes as well cause of the dust off it. I'll throw a pic up in the guntering thread once I have it finished.

One of the gates came from the old farm my great grandfather had so we can't be fully sure just how old it is. The other one was from here, where my g-grandad married into so it's sorta nice that the two old iron gates from both sides of the family are now together and in use again!

Muckit · 15-10-2015 08:15PM

I think this lad overestimates his guntering skills!!
http://www.donedeal.ie/view/10639625

foxy farmer · 15-10-2015 08:38PM

Muckit wrote: »

I think this lad overestimates his guntering skills!!
http://www.donedeal.ie/view/10639625

Id like to see that pass the new regs coming in next year. Just about suitable for the miniature ponies hes also selling. I've some lunatic beasts here that would break it down and drag it around the parish if they were put into it. Nice to show them off on the way to mart or factory maybe!

foxy farmer · 15-10-2015 08:45PM

delaney001 wrote: »

Jesus you should be patenting that!!!

If the rubber spout was 2 foot or so longer would ya be able work completely unaided? Or would that add to risk of blocking it

Think of a losing a welly in concrete only with concrete inside instead of outside. Suction would pull the rubber off.
Better off to have someone watching proceedings anyway. Might fit a drop down door to stop flow rather than having to roll bucket back and pulling spout out of the shutters.

Fries-With-That · 17-10-2015 07:45PM

foxy farmer wrote: »

Sorry here are pics

Farmers in general have a knack for figuring out ways to do complicated tasks and I love the general guntering pictures that farmers put on here, but this is something I think you could patent and get someone like abbey machinery to make under licence.

poor farmer · 17-10-2015 08:29PM

Muckit wrote: »

I think this lad overestimates his guntering skills!!
http://www.donedeal.ie/view/10639625

At least the cattle wouldn't be sweating in it .

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