Labour Saving and General Guntering

Reggie.

blue5000 wrote: »

Speaking of getting older, have any of the over 40's who do a bit of welding heard of a cheater lens?

Never heard of it

Nekarsulm

Never heard of them.
Would work great as long as both your eyes were roughly the same prescription.
If one is -7 and the other is -10, your bucked!

mayota

Reggie. wrote: »

Never heard of it

Didn't think you were over 40 Reggie.

Reggie.

mayota wrote: »

Didn't think you were over 40 Reggie.

Nope

mayota

Reggie. wrote: »

Nope

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SuperTortoise

I know plenty of lads that use the cheater lenses, they have their good points and their bad.
Usually get them in a 4 1/4x2" and they just clip to the inside of the shield.
Just from speaking to lads that use them they tell me it's hard to weld without them once you start using them and also they have a ideal focus point, so they'll stay in focus if your head is say 2 foot from the arc but anything inside or outside of that distance and it will be out of focus, so not ideal in every situation and in particular tight spots. You get the idea.

Priced a bit of steel today, 40x40x2mm E29 ex vat, 8x4 sheet x 4mm E95 ex vat. what do ye think?

renandstimpy

Had a spare camera that was really for rv ... so I mounted on trailer for backing to sheds and pens hopefully one effort at backing for ramp instead of 5 😂pure lazy ..





Used 3 pin suzi to bring to radio

zetecescort

have access to a sprayer that recently failed the test and was thinking would it be possible to mount a power washer pump under it instead of sucking water from barrels when washing?

anyone done similar? anything that may be an issue?

enricoh

SuperTortoise wrote: »

I know plenty of lads that use the cheater lenses, they have their good points and their bad.
Usually get them in a 4 1/4x2" and they just clip to the inside of the shield.
Just from speaking to lads that use them they tell me it's hard to weld without them once you start using them and also they have a ideal focus point, so they'll stay in focus if your head is say 2 foot from the arc but anything inside or outside of that distance and it will be out of focus, so not ideal in every situation and in particular tight spots. You get the idea.

Priced a bit of steel today, 40x40x2mm E29 ex vat, 8x4 sheet x 4mm E95 ex vat. what do ye think?

E35 quid for a length of 1 1/2 box? I'd ring someone else, sheet is on the money though.
I thought there was a worldwide drop in steel prices? Wonder will it ever reach Ireland?!!

Nekarsulm

zetecescort wrote: »

have access to a sprayer that recently failed the test and was thinking would it be possible to mount a power washer pump under it instead of sucking water from barrels when washing?

anyone done similar? anything that may be an issue?

Work the best. Are you planning to leave the sprayer tank in its 3 point frame, or mount the whole lot on a little trailer?

zetecescort

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Work the best. Are you planning to leave the sprayer tank in its 3 point frame, or mount the whole lot on a little trailer?

hopefully leave it in the frame, less work as possible

TheFarrier

Anyone here know what roof sheeting is making per foot at the moment??

Reggie.

TheFarrier wrote: »

Anyone here know what roof sheeting is making per foot at the moment??

PM whelan2. Her OH delivers for one of the companies

Nekarsulm

Was quoted 6.80 per meter length, plus vat, for dark grey corrugated recently. Don't know what thickness it was.

patsy_mccabe

Not exactly guntering but I find this a fierce handy way of moving a small bit of straw to the calving shed, over 100 mts away. No need to take off the bale spike to do it.

davidk1394

Best purchase i ever made. Picked this little nipper up off DD for 100 quid. Ideal machine for putting out a few ewes and lambs instead of dragging around the trailer. Use it for holding the fencing gear aswell. Just give it a quick shot of a hose before we put in all that's needed. Put on a light on the top corner for an extra bit of light at night. May add one to the other side.

darragh_haven

Whats the optimum distance between purlines when sheeting a roof with 0.7mm box profile

White Clover

darragh_haven wrote: »

Whats the optimum distance between purlines when sheeting a roof with 0.7mm box profile

Jesus... Driving in the field with a van in march. I'm getting a lad to spread a few bags of fert on Saturday with a quad. You can guess why it's a quad and not a tractor!

davidk1394

White Clover wrote: »

Jesus... Driving in the field with a van in march. I'm getting a lad to spread a few bags of fert on Saturday with a quad. You can guess why it's a quad and not a tractor!

Ground is drying up nicely here. All going to plan hopefully I'll get a chance over the weekend to grub the field the turnips were in and the cattle can eat up the last of them

Muckit

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Not exactly guntering but I find this a fierce handy way of moving a small bit of straw to the calving shed, over 100 mts away. No need to take off the bale spike to do it.

What are you bedding, a cat?

Mrs cockett

davidk1394 wrote: »

Best purchase i ever made. Picked this little nipper up off DD for 100 quid. Ideal machine for putting out a few ewes and lambs instead of dragging around the trailer. Use it for holding the fencing gear aswell.


Lovely Field

charolais0153

Mrs cockett wrote: »

davidk1394 wrote: »

Best purchase i ever made. Picked this little nipper up off DD for 100 quid. Ideal machine for putting out a few ewes and lambs instead of dragging around the trailer. Use it for holding the fencing gear aswell.


Lovely Field

Its a good sign when you can barely see the end

K.G.

darragh_haven wrote: »

Whats the optimum distance between purlines when sheeting a roof with 0.7mm box profile

I always work off 5 ft max.centre to centre.givwn you lication i wouldnt spare an evxtra stick

davidk1394

Mrs cockett wrote: »

davidk1394 wrote: »

Best purchase i ever made. Picked this little nipper up off DD for 100 quid. Ideal machine for putting out a few ewes and lambs instead of dragging around the trailer. Use it for holding the fencing gear aswell.


Lovely Field

Thanks very much it's looking very green after the dung was spread on it.

tractorporn

Anyone watch Colin Furze on youtube stick a 600cc motorbike engine into a bumper car?? That man has serious skills.

patsy_mccabe

Reversing mirror for Ifor Williams cattle trailer. It just hooks on the small box section on the front. It swivels at the top depending on what angle you reverse at.

Third photo is view from drivers seat.

davidk1394

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Reversing mirror for Ifor Williams cattle trailer. It just hooks on the small box section on the front. It swivels at the top depending on what angle you reverse at.
Third photo is view from drivers seat.

Very clever idea. Lining up the hitch can take a while if your not used to it

patsy_mccabe

More guntering. Leg hoist. Didn't fancy paying 400 euro for one.
Made from 3"x1.5" channel. Fairly heavy but when I tried it today it needed all of it. Bought the winch in Dairygold for €35. Rated for 450Kg (1000lb). It's also reversible in direction.

Edit - Well I tried it out on my biggest maddest cow and she broke the rope on the second leg. Maybe a wire rope would be better. There is some force from a big cow. Those lifting bolts are not ideal but I did run a small round file on the inside of the ring to smoothen them.

Odelay

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Reversing mirror for Ifor Williams cattle trailer. It just hooks on the small box section on the front. It swivels at the top depending on what angle you reverse at.

Third photo is view from drivers seat.

A welder and a brain have got to be the most environmentally friendly tools there is, the amount of stuff that can be repaired, reused or repurposed into a new life/use amazes me. Well done!

50HX

don't know if this should be in this thread or not but fair play to him for thinking of it

wouldn't fancy it for baled silage but he did say it was for hay

http://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/viral-video-of-kildalton-students-bale-handler/

Odelay

50HX wrote: »

don't know if this should be in this thread or not but fair play to him for thinking of it

wouldn't fancy it for baled silage but he did say it was for hay

http://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/viral-video-of-kildalton-students-bale-handler/

Tractor could do with a wash.......

Reggie.

Odelay wrote: »

Tractor could do with a wash.......

Agreed

foxy farmer

I don't want to burst anyones bubble but there's a chap making and selling a similar gadget on Donedeal with a few yrs. Its not a new concept.
https://www.donedeal.ie/tractors-for-sale/bale-handlers/13141007

Reggie.

foxy farmer wrote: »

I don't want to burst anyones bubble but there's a chap making and selling a similar gadget on Donedeal with a few yrs. Its not a new concept.
https://www.donedeal.ie/tractors-for-sale/bale-handlers/13141007

There's a few of them designs floating around first a while

Nekarsulm

foxy farmer wrote: »

I don't want to burst anyones bubble but there's a chap making and selling a similar gadget on Donedeal with a few yrs. Its not a new concept.
https://www.donedeal.ie/tractors-for-sale/bale-handlers/13141007

Very same thing featured in a magazine called "Power Farming" back about 1990.
Home made, it was reported in a series called "Out of the farm workshop"
Only thing is, the lad down in limerick wasn't born till ten years later...

Bullocks

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Very same thing featured in a magazine called "Power Farming" back about 1990.
Home made, it was reported in a series called "Out of the farm workshop"
Only thing is, the lad down in limerick wasn't born till ten years later...

The old boy used get the "Power Farmer " when i was young .The pictures to me seemed out of this world . Tractors we would never see around here at the time

50HX

ah he's been rumbled:D

The part time boy

Not really farmer related but .

My t washing line broke (rusted away ) off at the base . I stuck a bar Into it to hold it up however it spins . Is there any quick fix that stop it spinning that keep me going for 12 months before I have to dig a new hole

TheFarrier

The part time boy wrote: »

Not really farmer related but .

My t washing line broke (rusted away ) off at the base . I stuck a bar Into it to hold it up however it spins . Is there any quick fix that stop it spinning that keep me going for 12 months before I have to dig a new hole

Could you drill a hole and stick a bolt through it??

The part time boy

Ya that's prob a good idea. The only problem is the inner bar is solid so it take a bit of drilling

croot

The part time boy wrote: »

Ya that's prob a good idea. The only problem is the inner bar is solid so it take a bit of drilling

Could you squeeze either end with a vice grips to make it more oval and then put in the solid bar?

Odelay

The part time boy wrote: »

Not really farmer related but .

My t washing line broke (rusted away ) off at the base . I stuck a bar Into it to hold it up however it spins . Is there any quick fix that stop it spinning that keep me going for 12 months before I have to dig a new hole

Why didn't you dig a new hole now instead of waiting 12 months?

The part time boy

Odelay wrote: »

The part time boy wrote: »

Not really farmer related but .

My t washing line broke (rusted away ) off at the base . I stuck a bar Into it to hold it up however it spins . Is there any quick fix that stop it spinning that keep me going for 12 months before I have to dig a new hole

Why didn't you dig a new hole now instead of waiting 12 months?

Because I am moving to a undeveloped part of the garden And want to put a canopy over it . So waiting for funding

Odelay

The part time boy wrote: »

Because I am moving to a undeveloped part of the garden And want to put a canopy over it . So waiting for funding

Two jubilee clips and a split bicycle tube or bit of canvas. Wrap the tube around both pipes and secure with the jubilee clips? Bit rough but would stop it rotating?

kollegeknight

Hi folks,

My balls are too small on my case 785 (the originally fitted but the arm has loosened)

Traditionally, my father would put rings of weld on it and keep the ball moving.

I had thinking of buying slightly bigger balls and heating the arm and knocking them in.

Has anyone had similar problems and how did the sort it?

Thank in advance and am looking forward to the puns about minding my balls.

blue5000

Weld on a pair of these instead, keep your balls;)

http://www.malpasonline.co.uk/itm/Weld-on-Linkage-Quick-Release-Ends/Lower-Link-Weld-On-Hook-Cat-2/33085

patsy_mccabe

kollegeknight wrote: »

Hi folks,

My balls are too small........

Said no Clare man ever.

emaherx

blue5000 wrote: »

Weld on a pair of these instead, keep your balls;)

http://www.malpasonline.co.uk/itm/Weld-on-Linkage-Quick-Release-Ends/Lower-Link-Weld-On-Hook-Cat-2/33085

I'd agree with Blue5000 on this one, but if budget is tight or you want similar to what you have .

http://www.malpasonline.co.uk/s/c/tractor-parts/linkage/linkage-ends/ball-ends-weld-on

kollegeknight

blue5000 wrote: »

Weld on a pair of these instead, keep your balls;)

http://www.malpasonline.co.uk/itm/Weld-on-Linkage-Quick-Release-Ends/Lower-Link-Weld-On-Hook-Cat-2/33085

So that would be £282 a pair?

Or it that a price for a pair?

emaherx

kollegeknight wrote: »

So that would be £282 a pair?

Or it that a price for a pair?

And you thought you were only loosing your balls