Labour Saving and General Guntering

Daniel7740

real guntering here lads!

Reggie.

Daniel7740 wrote: »

real guntering here lads!

And the prize goes to.....

And the real good vice gribs aswell

delaval

Had to bleed heating the other day. 30m from tank and didn't have patience to wait

blue5000

Daniel7740 wrote: »

real guntering here lads!

That's not guntering, that's desperation.

onyerbikepat

blue5000 wrote: »

That's not guntering, that's desperation.

I've seen one of those before. It's a cross between a vicegrips and a hammer.:rolleyes:

dar31

delaval wrote: »

Had to bleed heating the other day. 30m from tank and didn't have patience to wait

ill make a note of that one;)

thetiredfarmer

onyerbikepat wrote: »

I've seen one of those before. It's a cross between a vicegrips and a hammer.:rolleyes:

What makes you so sure?:D

Figerty

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201341053069603&set=o.139188202817559&type=3&theatre

Novel use for a pincer

Timmaay

Oh dear god, we have a winner for the most guntered and riskiest idea! And is that a wooden wheel also?

Markcheese

Timmaay wrote: »

Oh dear god, we have a winner for the most guntered and riskiest idea! And is that a wooden wheel also?

Yup that's a wooden wheel, pure brilliant ... And I wouldn't get on the bike for love nor money .... The back is probably attached to a caravan hauling a family of 12 and all their worldly goods

larthehar

calf_gate.jpg

not sure how this will upload...

a simple solution to allow calves back to the straw bed.. can be moved to any gate!:)

Reggie.

larthehar wrote: »

calf_gate.jpg

not sure how this will upload...

a simple solution to allow calves back to the straw bed.. can be moved to any gate!:)

would a cow not jump it?

larthehar

Reggie. wrote: »

would a cow not jump it?

A cow could jump anything... have this in the last two years with no attempts at it anyways.. they tend to try go under on the occasion then they try... it is up quite high off of the ground.

Reggie.

larthehar wrote: »

A cow could jump anything... have this in the last two years with no attempts at it anyways.. they tend to try go under on the occasion then they try... it is up quite high off of the ground.

nice idea all the same, nice and simple.

aujopimur

Timmaay wrote: »

Oh dear god, we have a winner for the most guntered and riskiest idea! And is that a wooden wheel also?

The metal rim is homemade as well.

mayota

Timmaay wrote: »

Oh dear god, we have a winner for the most guntered and riskiest idea! And is that a wooden wheel also?

That reminds me of stories from old relatives and neighbours about making do after WW2. Turning bicycle tubes inside out cos there were so many patches on them ect ect. We don't realise how good we have it.

moy83

mayota wrote: »

That reminds me of stories from old relatives and neighbours about making do after WW2. Turning bicycle tubes inside out cos there were so many patches on them ect ect. We don't realise how good we have it.

How did they turn a tube inside out ?

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moy83 wrote: »

How did they turn a tube inside out ?

Don't know but remember my granfolks and parents telling me the same about turning the inner tube inside out and other stories of rationing as well...

gctest50

bit tidier wooden bike

http://www.carpintariacarlosalberto.com/

mayota

moy83 wrote: »

How did they turn a tube inside out ?

I don't know but they must have had great patients. They would be impressed with your down pipe!

have2flushtwice

I would like to make my own roller door I can't really afford to spend 2000 on a door!
the entrance is approx. 14 ft wide entrance, and approx. 20 ft high. (middle section of a hayshed)

I have a 14 ft long gate with 9 ft galvanize sheets teck screwed onto it, and this works well, but I still have a pretty big gap above that to the roof level which I would like to close if I could, but not to the tune of 2k.
I could hang another gate above the first, and use more 9ft sheets, but this will leave me with a 2 foot gap somewhere which will look like crap. not looking for a showpiece here, but it has to be functional. I have any amount of 9ft sheets secondhand, and that's why its all 9 ft.

I want to keep the height as I bring in and out machinery - but I need enough for a JCB, that's as big as it gets I suppose.

I was looking at an old roller door we have, its too wide, and not high, actually its a left over bit from a door we sold. but the sheet part is interesting. its a lot of inch high strips which slip into each other. if I could buy enough of these slips I can manage the rest.

has anyone else had a problem like this?
or have you made your own door?
I'll get some pics in a few days and show you what's there at the moment
cheers.

bbam

have2flushtwice wrote: »

I would like to make my own roller door I can't really afford to spend 2000 on a door!
the entrance is approx. 14 ft wide entrance, and approx. 20 ft high. (middle section of a hayshed)

I have a 14 ft long gate with 9 ft galvanize sheets teck screwed onto it, and this works well, but I still have a pretty big gap above that to the roof level which I would like to close if I could, but not to the tune of 2k.
I could hang another gate above the first, and use more 9ft sheets, but this will leave me with a 2 foot gap somewhere which will look like crap. not looking for a showpiece here, but it has to be functional. I have any amount of 9ft sheets secondhand, and that's why its all 9 ft.

I want to keep the height as I bring in and out machinery - but I need enough for a JCB, that's as big as it gets I suppose.

I was looking at an old roller door we have, its too wide, and not high, actually its a left over bit from a door we sold. but the sheet part is interesting. its a lot of inch high strips which slip into each other. if I could buy enough of these slips I can manage the rest.

has anyone else had a problem like this?
or have you made your own door?
I'll get some pics in a few days and show you what's there at the moment
cheers.

We had similar here.
Custom made a door from box. It's 3/4 the opening height and the sheets continue up to meet the roof line. Then included a largish pedistrian door that an animal can step through too.
The full door only opens for cleaning or storing machinery. It's only about 14ft wide.

Muckit

Friend of mine used sing the chorus to this after he'd finished a bit of guntering. Always brought a smile to my face!

Nekarsulm

have2flushtwice wrote: »

I would like to make my own roller door I can't really afford to spend 2000 on a door!
the entrance is approx. 14 ft wide entrance, and approx. 20 ft high. (middle section of a hayshed)

I have a 14 ft long gate with 9 ft galvanize sheets teck screwed onto it, and this works well, but I still have a pretty big gap above that to the roof level which I would like to close if I could, but not to the tune of 2k.
I could hang another gate above the first, and use more 9ft sheets, but this will leave me with a 2 foot gap somewhere which will look like crap. not looking for a showpiece here, but it has to be functional. I have any amount of 9ft sheets secondhand, and that's why its all 9 ft.

I want to keep the height as I bring in and out machinery - but I need enough for a JCB, that's as big as it gets I suppose.

I was looking at an old roller door we have, its too wide, and not high, actually its a left over bit from a door we sold. but the sheet part is interesting. its a lot of inch high strips which slip into each other. if I could buy enough of these slips I can manage the rest.

has anyone else had a problem like this?
or have you made your own door?
I'll get some pics in a few days and show you what's there at the moment
cheers.

There is a controller door up on done deal at the moment. Down in cork,wand not overly expensive.

Midlandsman80

Hi lads,has anyone got to make a home made yard scraper? I was think thinking of making something to go on the forks of the loader or maybe adapting an old buckrake,it would be mostly be for scraping along front of dry bed shed,would buy rubbers etc so just thinking if I could utilise anything I already have..

Nekarsulm

Last scraper we had was a bought one, but the rubbers you could get back then seemed to last a very short time. Rescued a super-single tyre from the side of the main Monaghan/Clones road, where the lorry man had rimmed it till the thread section was cut away from the sidewalls. Cut it with the grinder and bolted it to the scraper (pig of a job drilling and getting the bolts through) Lasted 15 years.

49801

Midlandsman80 wrote: »

Hi lads,has anyone got to make a home made yard scraper? I was think thinking of making something to go on the forks of the loader or maybe adapting an old buckrake,it would be mostly be for scraping along front of dry bed shed,would buy rubbers etc so just thinking if I could utilise anything I already have..

If you can pick up a tyre off of a quarry shovel or similar you could make one of these
http://www.menschmfg.com/manure_scrapers.html

Midlandsman80

thanks, that's something like a want alright, good friend makes fancy iron gates etc so will nab him to make something like one of those frames and make some calls tomorrow on old tyres, do you think one for the loader that you use when reversing or one on the 3 point would be best, or better again have it adapted to work with both methods

zetecescort

the auld fella made a scraper years ago using a railway sleeper. bolted 2 vertical angle irons for the top link and welded 2 horizontal bars to the angle for the lower arms. rubber from a truck tyre. made 2 end pieces from scrap bits of sheet steel. its under little or no real stress so the welding doesnt have to be perfect imo.

built to suit the passage in the sheds and all made from scrap lying around the yard

Reggie.

zetecescort wrote: »

the auld fella made a scraper years ago using a railway sleeper. bolted 2 vertical angle irons for the top link and welded 2 horizontal bars to the angle for the lower arms. rubber from a truck tyre. made 2 end pieces from scrap bits of sheet steel. its under little or no real stress so the welding doesnt have to be perfect imo.

built to suit the passage in the sheds and all made from scrap lying around the yard

Any pics

zetecescort

I take some tomorrow.

Reggie.

zetecescort wrote: »

I take some tomorrow.

good stuff

Midfield9

Ive also seen them made out of rubber tracks. Just bolted onto a simple enough frame. Been meaning to do one myself for ages. Can get the tracks from a crowd near me. I was told by a lad who works there i could have any amount of them.
pic of tracks
http://www.eamonlong.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/U/S/USCO_152__202.jpg

Reggie.

Midfield9 wrote: »

Ive also seen them made out of rubber tracks. Just bolted onto a simple enough frame. Been meaning to do one myself for ages. Can get the tracks from a crowd near me. I was told by a lad who works there i could have any amount of them.
pic of tracks
http://www.eamonlong.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/U/S/USCO_152__202.jpg

Tracks would be fairly hardy alright

Figerty

Reggie. wrote: »

Tracks would be fairly hardy alright

Never thought of that! I have two old rubber tracks and I was wondering what to do with them. Great idea.

feartuath

Pic of a folding gate I made a while back used ordinary door hinges and it folds to 1/3 of its size

blue5000

Last time I changed the oil in the backend of the 5000 I put a magnet from a fridge magnet into the sump plug.
First pic is the sump plug full of crap and the magnet
Middle pics are gunk being cleaned and last pic is the clean magnet ready to go back to work.

bob charles

Midfield9 wrote: »

Ive also seen them made out of rubber tracks. Just bolted onto a simple enough frame. Been meaning to do one myself for ages. Can get the tracks from a crowd near me. I was told by a lad who works there i could have any amount of them.
pic of tracks
http://www.eamonlong.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/U/S/USCO_152__202.jpg

track scraper is a super job. I was thinking of making something wide that could be stuck on the front loader to clean the yards faster. Say 15ft wide with a floating side tilt to follow the contours of the yard. Its a wet day job, but there seems to be endless other work on wet days to be done nowadays :mad:. the mf 35 and scraper will have to do until my imaginary scraper is fabricated

zetecescort

Not pretty but sure all it does is push crap around the yard

Muckit

feartuath wrote: »

Pic of a folding gate I made a while back used ordinary door hinges and it folds to 1/3 of its size

What does that gate keep in or out?

feartuath

Muckit wrote: »

What does that gate keep in or out?

There are two doors either side so full size gate would interfere's with door openings
The gate opens across the yard when I am moving stock into main yard,also acts as deterrent for uninvited guests to drive thru yard.
It is closed most of the time

bogman_bass

Fixed up a round feeder with stockboard and a rake of cable ties

td5man

bogman_bass wrote: »

Fixed up a round feeder with stockboard and a rake of cable ties

Did you get the stockboard locally?

on the river

bogman_bass wrote: »

Fixed up a round feeder with stockboard and a rake of cable ties

where can you get stockboard ?

vincenzolorenzo

The cable ties will hardly stick it for long with cattle pulling out of it?

bogman_bass

td5man wrote: »

Did you get the stockboard locally?

FRS in Bailieboro. I know a lad that was going by there so he got me 2 sheets.

bogman_bass

vincenzolorenzo wrote: »

The cable ties will hardly stick it for long with cattle pulling out of it?

board is on the inside so if cattle push in they are pushing aginst silage and the silage is pushing against the bars of the feeder. Each tie is rated at 22kg so together they should be more than strong enough

td5man

bogman_bass wrote: »

FRS in Bailieboro. I know a lad that was going by there so he got me 2 sheets.

Bboro or bduff didnt know they had a place in bboro.

bogman_bass

td5man wrote: »

Bboro or bduff didnt know they had a place in bboro.

Ballyjamesduff. Sorry. Good job I wasn't driving there!

mayota

Made this trailer to collect grass behind ride on mower. Should save a lot of time. She's a tipper also.