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Labour Saving and General Guntering

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  • #5102
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users Posts: 11,191 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    wrangler wrote: »
    Alas, the steel is already painted, I may just wait for the spring temperature rise, no space heater here either

    Any old pallets, bushes and bale wrap you ned to burn?
    Get a good bonfure going and it throws off great heat......


  • #5103
    ganmo
    Registered Users Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


    Nekarsulm wrote: »
    Any old pallets, bushes and bale wrap you ned to burn?
    Get a good bonfure going and it throws off great heat......

    Then it's not burning waste! it's creating heat :p


  • #5104
    Bullocks
    Registered Users Posts: 5,890 ✭✭✭Bullocks


    wrangler wrote: »
    I'm replacing the shutters over the outside troughs on the cattle shed, making 15 by 4ft frame and sheeting it and hanging it over the trough.
    Anyway my problem is that the paint is taking days to dry, I didn't use primer on the first two shutters and thought that was the problem, but I've used primer on the next three and it dried grand, I painted with green oxide yesterday morning and this evening I still couldn't handle it..... any ideas

    It's probably late now if you have them painted but I got some kind of accelerator to mix through paint for a front door I had to do around christmas time , It worked a treat , he got two coats on the same day .
    You could hire a space heater for the day and move it around them to heat them up for a few hours to speedt things up aswell


  • #5105
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users Posts: 11,191 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    ganmo wrote: »
    Then it's not burning waste! it's creating heat :p

    Well bale wrap is not re-cyclable, and the rest is just wood.
    Whats the use of putting it into landfill, or sending it half way around the world on a bulk carrier burning heavy oil at a rate of 45 tonnes a day, so that tbe Chinese can burn it over there?


  • #5106
    wrangler
    Registered Users Posts: 11,055 ✭✭✭✭wrangler


    Bullocks wrote: »
    It's probably late now if you have them painted but I got some kind of accelerator to mix through paint for a front door I had to do around christmas time , It worked a treat , he got two coats on the same day .
    You could hire a space heater for the day and move it around them to heat them up for a few hours to speedt things up aswell

    Paint finally dried
    IMG_2916.jpg

    using spring bolts as hangers, shutters may have to come down to replace slats soon
    IMG_2917.jpg

    Two fitted and three to go
    IMG_2892.jpg
    I can't understand why they're so rotten, they're only forty years old
    IMG_2893.jpg


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  • #5107
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,681 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    17 mins, worth the watch.

    'The Bishops blessed the Blueshirts in Galway, As they sailed beneath the Swastika to Spain'



  • #5108
    Buford T. Justice XIX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,633 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    Grade A guntering fail


    https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/trailer-safety-stressed-following-stringent-garda-stop/


  • #5109
    Albert Johnson
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 1,870 Mod ✭✭✭✭Albert Johnson


    Buford T. Justice V wrote: »
    Grade A guntering fail


    https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/trailer-safety-stressed-following-stringent-garda-stop/

    The rope only attracts attention to the setup imo and wouldn't have a chance of stopping the trailer in the event of a breakaway. He was as well to use a shoe lace as a rope for all the good it would do if the trailer unhitched. There was a time I'd put a chain around the drawbar and the ball hitch if I had a doubt but nowadays I try and keep the brakes right on trailers. Even if the chain prevents the trailer running away after unhitching I don't think a few tonne on a leash behind the jeep is going to end well regardless.


  • #5110
    enricoh
    Registered Users Posts: 4,820 ✭✭✭enricoh


    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    17 mins, worth the watch.


    Fair play to him, i reckon there is zero chance I'd ever have the time to do something like that.
    I wonder how many hours he spent on it?


  • #5111
    Buford T. Justice XIX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,633 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    A nice idea to keep access to a drain
    https://twitter.com/HarbisonHugh/status/1106587050277507073?s=19


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  • #5112
    tractorporn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,359 ✭✭✭tractorporn


    I'm thinking of making a water drinker out of an IBC. Has anyone here ever made up one? And are the dimensions of an IBC 1m x 1m x 1m or is it a little taller with the pallet bit at the bottom. I has hoping to collect one in the back of a kangoo van.


  • #5113
    foxy farmer
    Registered Users Posts: 3,194 ✭✭✭foxy farmer


    tractorporn wrote: »
    I'm thinking of making a water drinker out of an IBC. Has anyone here ever made up one? And are the dimensions of an IBC 1m x 1m x 1m or is it a little taller with the pallet bit at the bottom. I has hoping to collect one in the back of a kangoo van.

    Just measured one here. The cage measures 40inches x 48 inches and 45inches high. A bit bigger than your measurements.


  • #5114
    tractorporn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,359 ✭✭✭tractorporn


    foxy farmer wrote: »
    Just measured one here. The cage measures 40inches x 48 inches and 45inches high. A bit bigger than your measurements.

    Cheers for that.


  • #5115
    SCOL
    Registered Users Posts: 446 ✭✭SCOL


    See attached IBC trailer I made.

    I put support's each side of the drinker so when it's sitting in the field the jockey wheel is supporting the front
    I also put a tap beside the drinker it came in handy a few times.


  • #5116
    148multi
    Registered Users Posts: 1,411 ✭✭✭148multi


    Anyone know what type of hydraulic valve to use, want a ram to work in both directions, kinda like automatic.


  • #5117
    wrangler
    Registered Users Posts: 11,055 ✭✭✭✭wrangler


    148multi wrote: »
    Anyone know what type of hydraulic valve to use, want a ram to work in both directions, kinda like automatic.

    Auto return like is on some log splitters
    https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Hydraulic-Log-Splitter-Directional-Control-Return-Detent-Valve-25-GPM-3000-PSI-/161347029706


  • #5118
    148multi
    Registered Users Posts: 1,411 ✭✭✭148multi


    wrangler wrote: »
    Auto return like is on some log splitters
    https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Hydraulic-Log-Splitter-Directional-Control-Return-Detent-Valve-25-GPM-3000-PSI-/161347029706

    Yes, that will return, but I want ram to continue working in both directions until turned off, if possible.


  • #5119
    foxy farmer
    Registered Users Posts: 3,194 ✭✭✭foxy farmer


    148multi wrote: »
    Yes, that will return, but I want ram to continue working in both directions until turned off, if possible.

    Valve with detents I think they're called.


  • #5120
    _Brian
    Registered Users Posts: 18,473 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    SCOL wrote: »
    See attached IBC trailer I made.

    I put support's each side of the drinker so when it's sitting in the field the jockey wheel is supporting the front
    I also put a tap beside the drinker it came in handy a few times.

    Nice.
    I would recommend making a cover to protect the plastic valve on the tank, maybe your stick are saints but ours would scratch on that until it snaps off :(


  • #5121
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,681 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    148multi wrote: »
    Yes, that will return, but I want ram to continue working in both directions until turned off, if possible.

    You want it to work continously back and forth? A single valve won't do this. You will need a combination of a valve & switches to do this. Whats the application? Is it for a yard scraper?

    'The Bishops blessed the Blueshirts in Galway, As they sailed beneath the Swastika to Spain'



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  • #5122
    SCOL
    Registered Users Posts: 446 ✭✭SCOL


    _Brian wrote: »
    Nice.
    I would recommend making a cover to protect the plastic valve on the tank, maybe your stick are saints but ours would scratch on that until it snaps off :(

    I have done this, but I use it for Horse, they are a bit more gentle.


  • #5123
    148multi
    Registered Users Posts: 1,411 ✭✭✭148multi


    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    You want it to work continously back and forth? A single valve won't do this. You will need a combination of a valve & switches to do this. Whats the application? Is it for a yard scraper?

    For a side to side horizontal log splitter


  • #5124
    Say my name
    Registered Users Posts: 11,042 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    148multi wrote: »
    For a side to side horizontal log splitter

    What happens if you're a bit slow putting in the round?


  • #5125
    Reggie.
    Registered Users Posts: 24,363 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    148multi wrote: »
    For a side to side horizontal log splitter

    That wouldn't be great from a safety point of view


  • #5126
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,681 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    148multi wrote: »
    For a side to side horizontal log splitter

    Ah c'mon, some common sense. What if you, or someone you lend it to, trips and falls onto it. By law, logsplitters have to be 2 hand operated on the splitting stroke. It is ok to have auto return, provided there are no pinch points on the return stroke.
    I made up one and it is impossible to catch your hand on it.

    Here is the valve I used.
    https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Flowfit-Hydraulic-Log-Splitter-Auto-Kick-out-Control-Valve-3-4-034-ports-ZZ005421-/311015488817

    I can take some pics if you like of the 2 hand linkage I made.

    'The Bishops blessed the Blueshirts in Galway, As they sailed beneath the Swastika to Spain'



  • #5127
    _Brian
    Registered Users Posts: 18,473 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    Ah c'mon, some common sense. What if you, or someone you lend it to, trips and falls onto it. By law, logsplitters have to be 2 hand operated on the splitting stroke. It is ok to have auto return, provided there are no pinch points on the return stroke.
    I made up one and it is impossible to catch your hand on it.

    Here is the valve I used.
    https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Flowfit-Hydraulic-Log-Splitter-Auto-Kick-out-Control-Valve-3-4-034-ports-ZZ005421-/311015488817

    I can take some pics if you like of the 2 hand linkage I made.

    Know a fella lost his thumb in one where one hand is free, I’d worry about a reciprocal ram.


  • #5128
    148multi
    Registered Users Posts: 1,411 ✭✭✭148multi


    Say my name wrote: »
    What happens if you're a bit slow putting in the round?

    https://youtu.be/GaJ4MruchEY


  • #5129
    Say my name
    Registered Users Posts: 11,042 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    148multi wrote: »
    https://youtu.be/GaJ4MruchEY

    That's worked off a foot lever to control/brake the hydraulics.


  • #5130
    kk.man
    Registered Users Posts: 3,425 ✭✭✭kk.man


    Anyone have experience of "Einhell" drills?

    The local hardware is running an offer on them and seem reasonably priced. Are they worth a punt?


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  • #5131
    148multi
    Registered Users Posts: 1,411 ✭✭✭148multi


    Say my name wrote: »
    That's worked off a foot lever to control/brake the hydraulics.

    Can be left on auto aswell.


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