Labour Saving and General Guntering

blue5000 · 01-08-2020 1:18pm

W that needs a bit of heat and a pullers I reckon. Get the chain off first.

dzer2 · 01-08-2020 5:22pm

Normally weld a piece of key steel across the key then put wedges in both sides. Take the chain off first. If you cant do that then just use an hydraulic puller. If that's not an option then drill 2 holes and use a strong channel iron and some threaded bar.

Micheal H · 01-08-2020 5:54pm

emaherx wrote: »

New Project: or more accuretly combining 2 old projects.
Built this water bowser last year as a temporary solution to a water problem on an outfarm. It's built on a custom pallet for bale lifter made from RSJ's.

So Plan is to turn it into a complete self contained mobile solar fence and water pumping station. I plan on fencing cattle out of all streams on the farm and this mobile solution can be easily moved along with cattle when they are moved between outfarms.

I just roughly threw a box together today from scrap wood that was lying around, and mounted the solar panel, I'll add some more pictures of the workings as the project progresses.

Great project emaherx. I made something similar last year for an outfarm. Had been using the Lister nose pumps, but at the height of summer the river level would drop too low for the pumps to lift, right at the times water was needed most!

I went the route of putting a pressure vessel in and a high-flow pump for quad sprayers/weed lickers instead of IBC and submersible pump, but same concept really.

mayota · 01-08-2020 6:38pm

Nice tidy work, looks good.

blue5000 · 01-08-2020 7:17pm

Saturday night bank holiday weekend fencing special:eek:

Before;

After;

kollegeknight · 01-08-2020 7:40pm

emaherx wrote: »

Here is my Shopping list. I've been using the pump for a while now and it can fill the IBC in about 20 min of running. It's a submersible pump but I'm on the look out for a 12V shallow well surface type pump aswell for one out farm where I currently run a petrol generator.

Pump:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/BACOENG-Submersible-Water-Solar-Cable/dp/B017E7UBN2

Solar:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B07S2B2QGV?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

Float switch:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B07S2B2QGV?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

Electric fence unit:
https://www.electric-fence.co.uk/voss-farming-greenenergy-dual-power-12v-mains-battery-energiser.html

You are some man for one man. You should have a blog with plans. You’ve a great head on you. Fair play.

emaherx · 01-08-2020 8:22pm

Micheal H wrote: »

Great project emaherx. I made something similar last year for an outfarm. Had been using the Lister nose pumps, but at the height of summer the river level would drop too low for the pumps to lift, right at the times water was needed most!

I went the route of putting a pressure vessel in and a high-flow pump for quad sprayers/weed lickers instead of IBC and submersible pump, but same concept really.

Very nice did you fabricate the box yourself? Looks a little less guntered than mine. I need to up my game

I considered a similar setup to yours, but I like that the IBC gives a bit of backup in case of breakdown. I also already had some and I'm using the cheapest components that I can.

emaherx · 01-08-2020 8:32pm

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Check that these have a calibration function and also that they can handle a moving weight.

They do have a calibration function.
And seem to function ok with a few of us heavy lads testing them out. Might be a bit different with an animal but mine are all quite and will stand still when they are told

emaherx · 01-08-2020 8:39pm

Westernrock wrote: »

Anyone got any easy way/tips to remove the drive wheel from the front of the muck spreader to change the bearing? Also where is good to order replacement bearings from?
TIA

Is there room for sprocket to move back?
I made this to remove sprockets from the baler, 2 taps with sledge and sprocket moves back and key falls out. I've also seen someone remove them with a pullers with a torque multiplyer on it that made easy work of it.

IMG_20180707_162439 by Emaherx, on Flickr

IMG_20180707_162432 by Emaherx, on Flickr

curiousinvestor · 01-08-2020 8:41pm

kollegeknight wrote: »

You are some man for one man. You should have a blog with plans. You’ve a great head on you. Fair play.

This , 100%
Can we start a thread with one contributor allowed!!!

emaherx · 01-08-2020 8:43pm

kollegeknight wrote: »

You are some man for one man. You should have a blog with plans. You’ve a great head on you. Fair play.

Thank you very much.

I've considered a blog, but I got stuck with trying to come up with a name for one. I'm might regret saying this but all suggestions are welcome

Say my name · 01-08-2020 9:24pm

emaherx wrote: »

Thank you very much.

I've considered a blog, but I got stuck with trying to come up with a name for one. I'm might regret saying this but all suggestions are welcome

Over the fence Wilson.

McGuyver

McGuyver from Cavan

McGuyver with a Massey

Jim_11 · 01-08-2020 11:42pm

emaherx wrote: »

Another project, going to add these weigh beams to my portable crush. Need to do some repairs to crush floor first though.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00OZUFO52?ref=ppx_pt2_mob_b_prod_image

Need to stop looking at Amazon

Bought the same set up here about 2 years back, the wiring and soldering on the connections are poor, I’ve spent more times re soldering than I can count, always happens when the crush is full, What is often a 20 minute job turns into half a day. It’s still a lot cheaper than most options but be careful when your handling the cables. The lock on function is non existent with cattle, your always guessing to the nearest 5-10kg ish, the slightest movement throws it off, ive no experience of more expensive scales, maybe there all the same.
I got a sheet of alu checkered plate folded and welded for the platform, I used a few lengths of 9x2 screwed together for awhile, cheap but no grip

emaherx · 02-08-2020 6:07am

Jim_11 wrote: »

Bought the same set up here about 2 years back, the wiring and soldering on the connections are poor, I’ve spent more times re soldering than I can count, always happens when the crush is full, What is often a 20 minute job turns into half a day. It’s still a lot cheaper than most options but be careful when your handling the cables. The lock on function is non existent with cattle, your always guessing to the nearest 5-10kg ish, the slightest movement throws it off, ive no experience of more expensive scales, maybe there all the same.
I got a sheet of alu checkered plate folded and welded for the platform, I used a few lengths of 9x2 screwed together for awhile, cheap but no grip

Thanks for the input, yea connectors look a bit poor, but they can be easily replaced if I find the unit otherwise acceptable to use.

emaherx · 02-08-2020 8:13am

Say my name wrote: »

Over the fence Wilson.

McGuyver

McGuyver from Cavan

McGuyver with a Massey

First ones not bad.

I'm not from Cavan though. But I'd look awesome with a mullet and a Swiss army knife

Reggie. · 02-08-2020 9:41am

emaherx wrote: »

First ones not bad.

I'm not from Cavan though. But I'd look awesome with a mullet and a Swiss army knife

The ponytailed Gunter

goldsalmon33 · 02-08-2020 11:25am

emaherx wrote: »

Another project, going to add these weigh beams to my portable crush. Need to do some repairs to crush floor first though.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00OZUFO52?ref=ppx_pt2_mob_b_prod_image

Need to stop looking at Amazon

The beams are only 120cm long? Your platform will be overhanging a good bit on both ends right?

Odelay · 02-08-2020 11:40am

goldsalmon33 wrote: »

The beams are only 120cm long? Your platform will be overhanging a good bit on both ends right?

or 120cm wide.

emaherx · 02-08-2020 12:18pm

goldsalmon33 wrote: »

The beams are only 120cm long? Your platform will be overhanging a good bit on both ends right?

It’s only a steel beam with 2 load cells bolted on I can easily lengthen or shorten if required.

The Rabbi · 02-08-2020 2:15pm

emaherx wrote: »

First ones not bad.

I'm not from Cavan though. But I'd look awesome with a mullet and a Swiss army knife

Muckiver

03-08-2020 7:50am

Westernrock wrote: »

Anyone got any easy way/tips to remove the drive wheel from the front of the muck spreader to change the bearing? Also where is good to order replacement bearings from?
TIA

The key has to come out first.
As emaherx says if you can push the cog back it should come out easily.
Plus that gets the cog moving .
Pullers then with heat if needed.
I have seen ones that wouldnt come off . Cog gets warped from all the pulling and it just gets cut off then.

Www.bearingboys.co.uk would be a good place to start looking

Figerty · 03-08-2020 9:58am

9935452 wrote: »

The key has to come out first.
As emaherx says if you can push the cog back it should come out easily.
Plus that gets the cog moving .
Pullers then with heat if needed.
I have seen ones that wouldnt come off . Cog gets warped from all the pulling and it just gets cut off then.

Www.bearingboys.co.uk would be a good place to start looking

Would say that key was beaten into place.. not so easy to get it out. Might be looking at a new pulley and key if you can't get it out.

Hagimalone · 03-08-2020 10:56am

Micheal H wrote:

I went the route of putting a pressure vessel in and a high-flow pump for quad sprayers/weed lickers instead of IBC and submersible pump, but same concept really.

What size pressure vessel di you go with?

03-08-2020 12:59pm

Figerty wrote: »

Would say that key was beaten into place.. not so easy to get it out. Might be looking at a new pulley and key if you can't get it out.

The keys are normally tapered slightly.
The more you push it in , the tihter it becomes.
Thats the reason you push the cog back off the key to loosen the key.
But i have seen it where the cog wouldnt come off and had to be replaced

emaherx · 03-08-2020 4:20pm

I've Decided on a Blog name. (But thanks for the Suggestions)

https://farmer-eds-shed.com/

Its a bit rough for the moment.
I'll add projects including some of my old ones over the next while.

Donald Trump · 03-08-2020 4:28pm

emaherx wrote: »

I've Decided on a Blog name. (But thanks for the Suggestions)

https://farmer-eds-shed.com/

Its a bit rough for the moment.
I'll add projects including some of my old ones over the next while.

I was going to suggest "The Tinker Maher" (inspired from the tinkering thread)

emaherx · 03-08-2020 4:58pm

Donald Trump wrote: »

I was going to suggest "The Tinker Maher" (inspired from the tinkering thread)

I actually considered something along those lines.

893bet · 03-08-2020 11:11pm

emaherx wrote: »

I've Decided on a Blog name. (But thanks for the Suggestions)

https://farmer-eds-shed.com/

Its a bit rough for the moment.
I'll add projects including some of my old ones over the next while.

If you are ever selling that adapter for the trima loader let me know!

emaherx · 04-08-2020 7:10am

893bet wrote: »

If you are ever selling that adapter for the trima loader let me know!

I'll keep that in mind. Won't be this year anyway as I'm almost finished stacking bales.

emaherx · 04-08-2020 5:53pm

Well that is what the noise was

IMG_20200804_150152 by Emaherx, on Flickr

IMG_20200804_150211 by Emaherx, on Flickr

IMG_20200804_150143 by Emaherx, on Flickr

Suckler · 05-08-2020 1:12pm

emaherx wrote: »

I've Decided on a Blog name. (But thanks for the Suggestions)

https://farmer-eds-shed.com/

Its a bit rough for the moment.
I'll add projects including some of my old ones over the next while.

eh.."a bit rough at the moment".. I actually thought it was spot on, too often there's too much going on web pages and they look cluttered from the outset.

dodo mommy · 06-08-2020 7:41pm

Evening all

I have a pen in the open shed half slats half concrete that needs washing down fairly regularly and it's a pain in the hole washing it down with just a hose from the tap because their is not enough pressure. So my question is what's my best option to boost water pressure?

patsy_mccabe · 06-08-2020 7:50pm

dodo mommy wrote: »

Evening all

I have a pen in the open shed half slats half concrete that needs washing down fairly regularly and it's a pain in the hole washing it down with just a hose from the tap because their is not enough pressure. So my question is what's my best option to boost water pressure?

Well you can increase flow rate, like the washing hose at the mart OR you can increase pressure, by using a pressure washer.
You increase flow rate by using a larger hose and pre-filling something like an IBC and using a petrol or PTO water pump.

kollegeknight · 06-08-2020 9:39pm

emaherx wrote: »

I've Decided on a Blog name. (But thanks for the Suggestions)

https://farmer-eds-shed.com/

Its a bit rough for the moment.
I'll add projects including some of my old ones over the next while.

Fair play to you. It looks great. You’ll get followers on TikTok next if it doesn’t get banned.

I love the 205 project. I’ve one in the shed with the intention of getting it done up when it’s officially mine. I won’t do it as I would be too rough. A neighbour is good at them. My dad cut nearly all the turf in west Clare with it.
I still have to turf cutting buckets.
I was feeling very nostalgic a few weeks ago and bought a sales brochure for it off eBay. Great drawings on it. I must try get a poster or two made out of it.

dodo mommy · 06-08-2020 10:19pm

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Well you can increase flow rate, like the washing hose at the mart OR you can increase pressure, by using a pressure washer.
You increase flow rate by using a larger hose and pre-filling something like an IBC and using a petrol or PTO water pump.

Ya was thinking about setting up an ibc tank and pump, but just looking for ideas on pump type and where to get it, have pressure washer but it's hassle having to set up every evening in the middle of winter, just want something I can grab and get job done fast move on to next job. I do see the big red hose reels in some places I wonder what's the story with them?

patsy_mccabe · 06-08-2020 10:26pm

dodo mommy wrote: »

Ya was thinking about setting up an ibc tank and pump, but just looking for ideas on pump type and where to get it, have pressure washer but it's hassle having to set up every evening in the middle of winter, just want something I can grab and get job done fast move on to next job. I do see the big red hose reels in some places I wonder what's the story with them?

You could go all the way back to your water supply with a larger hose size (say 1") but it depends where your water is coming from. From your own well, then you need a high delivery pump at the source.

ganmo · 06-08-2020 10:30pm

dodo mommy wrote: »

Ya was thinking about setting up an ibc tank and pump, but just looking for ideas on pump type and where to get it, have pressure washer but it's hassle having to set up every evening in the middle of winter, just want something I can grab and get job done fast move on to next job. I do see the big red hose reels in some places I wonder what's the story with them?

they're fire hoses, we had them in my secondary school...the VP had the valve on them turned off cause there used to be the odd water fight :rolleyes:

wrangler · 07-08-2020 7:00am

dodo mommy wrote: »

Evening all

I have a pen in the open shed half slats half concrete that needs washing down fairly regularly and it's a pain in the hole washing it down with just a hose from the tap because their is not enough pressure. So my question is what's my best option to boost water pressure?

I've been on a few farms in other countries where they wash down the channels and they use the water from the slurry tanks, they claimed that as the solids come to the top in cattle slurry the water is clean enough at the bottom for pumping, they had good slopes on the channels and the pumps were worked on a time switch. They were recycling thousand of gallons of water down those channels........ same water every time
The only thing that'd limit you then is the Pump you were able to afford and of course a good electricity supply

Say my name · 07-08-2020 9:41am

dodo mommy wrote: »

Evening all

I have a pen in the open shed half slats half concrete that needs washing down fairly regularly and it's a pain in the hole washing it down with just a hose from the tap because their is not enough pressure. So my question is what's my best option to boost water pressure?

Buy a 4,500 litre plastic water tank. Pipe the rainwater from the shed roofs into it.
Plumb up inch or inch and a quarter pipe and a 2.6 kw water pump to the tank and then have your yellow inch pipe to wash down with the nozzle lock head.
That's the exact set up I have for washing down the parlour.

The big water tank is essential as it won't rain the whole time plus rainwater is better than treated mains for land application from an ecological point of view.

I bought that pump at an auction where it was piped from a water trough to wash concrete in a finishing shed.

emaherx · 07-08-2020 9:42am

kollegeknight wrote: »

Fair play to you. It looks great. You’ll get followers on TikTok next if it doesn’t get banned.

I love the 205 project. I’ve one in the shed with the intention of getting it done up when it’s officially mine. I won’t do it as I would be too rough. A neighbour is good at them. My dad cut nearly all the turf in west Clare with it.
I still have to turf cutting buckets.
I was feeling very nostalgic a few weeks ago and bought a sales brochure for it off eBay. Great drawings on it. I must try get a poster or two made out of it.

Thanks very much, I've been meaning to do a blog for ages but was a bit nervous of looking like a nut.

The 205 project has stalled for the past 3 years. In 2017 we had a baby girl and a few months later my Dad fell ill and passed away, so suddenly everything on the farm became my responsibility and not just the toys in the shed. Between family life and trying to sort the farm into a more manegable part time operation some of my bigger projects had to be shelved. But this year has been a real turning point so I hope to start back into it very soon.

emaherx · 07-08-2020 9:47am

Say my name wrote: »

Buy a 4,500 litre plastic water tank. Pipe the rainwater from the shed roofs into it.
Plumb up inch or inch and a quarter pipe and a 2.6 kw water pump to the tank and then have your yellow inch pipe to wash down with the nozzle lock head.
That's the exact set up I have for washing down the parlour.

The big water tank is essential as it won't rain the whole time plus rainwater is better than treated mains for land application from an ecological point of view.

I bought that pump at an auction where it was piped from a water trough to wash concrete in a finishing shed.

That sounds like a propper job for the application.

patsy_mccabe · 07-08-2020 10:13am

This is the petrol water pump I have here;
Honda WX10T petrol water pump
Delivery is 145 Litres per minute with 1" yellow hose. Serious flow in that. I use it to pump water up from a river to fill an IBC and it will fill it in a few minutes.

https://powerequipment.honda.com/pumps/models/wx10

https://robertkee.ie/product/honda-wx10-water-pump

cjpm · 07-08-2020 11:29am

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

This is the petrol water pump I have here;
Honda WX10T petrol water pump
Delivery is 145 Litres per minute with 1" yellow hose. Serious flow in that. I use it to pump water up from a river to fill an IBC and it will fill it in a few minutes.

https://powerequipment.honda.com/pumps/models/wx10

https://robertkee.ie/product/honda-wx10-water-pump

6.89 minutes Patsy. Like a formula 1 pit stop for the IBC. Most lads rig up a ball valve as they take so long to fill. I’d be waiting an hour around here

patsy_mccabe · 07-08-2020 11:42am

cjpm wrote: »

6.89 minutes Patsy. Like a formula 1 pit stop for the IBC. Most lads rig up a ball valve as they take so long to fill. I’d be waiting an hour around here

It's a little dinger. Only weighs 6.5 kg so no bother carry around. IBC connected to 400lt trough, so plenty water for 20 cattle or so in normal Irish weather.

emaherx · 09-08-2020 11:04am

This is definitly not guntering but, I'm going to share it anyway.

Some gates being made for me by a friend of mine.

IMG_20200808_105738 by Farmer Ed's Shed, on Flickr

IMG_20200808_105038 by Farmer Ed's Shed, on Flickr

IMG_20200723_190313 by Farmer Ed's Shed, on Flickr

patsy_mccabe · 09-08-2020 11:31am

Does he do all the iron twisting and forming himself?

emaherx · 09-08-2020 11:35am

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Does he do all the iron twisting and forming himself?

No, we picked the individual parts from a catalog, I'm sure he could but he put the gates together very quickly this way.

Dinzee Conlee · 09-08-2020 12:02pm

emaherx wrote: »

This is definitly not guntering but, I'm going to share it anyway.

Some gates being made for me by a friend of mine.

r

Fine gates...

They’re hardly to replace the gates that the storm knocked that you posted about a while back?

Would you be worried about them being stolen?

emaherx · 09-08-2020 12:32pm

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

Fine gates...

They’re hardly to replace the gates that the storm knocked that you posted about a while back?

Would you be worried about them being stolen?

No, that's a much smaller entrance going into an old house on an outfarm.

They are going into the main entrance for my house. They are quite heavy so can't see anyone running away with them too quickly and there is a camera pointed at the entrance, so hopefully they'll be left alone.

SuperTortoise · 09-08-2020 1:47pm

emaherx wrote: »

No, we picked the individual parts from a catalog, I'm sure he could but he put the gates together very quickly this way.

Could i ask as to where you purchased the swirls and other bits? I have a few handrails to make and i'll buy in the bits and bobs and put them together myself over the winter, Thanks.

Labour Saving and General Guntering

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