Labour Saving and General Guntering

larthehar

TheFarrier wrote: »

Right. The lads running the show are just determined to make it a lifetime job, capable of withstanding everything they are going to throw at it. I'm only cobbling it together for them.

If they are prone to driving into things nothing will save it.. otherwise i would say getting it galvanised would be a lasting job. Keep it up off the ground and maybe fit stokboard to the inside to protect it.

vincenzolorenzo

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

That's why I hate box section with a passion. You can't tell the wall thickness by looking at it. On a farm too they rot away from the inside out in no time.
All those cheap trailers you see on Donedeal, all have box section for beams undernath the body.

True to a point, but the radius of the corner of the box will give you a good idea of how heavy the wall is. Bigger radius = thicker wall

patsy_mccabe

vincenzolorenzo wrote: »

True to a point, but the radius of the corner of the box will give you a good idea of how heavy the wall is. Bigger radius = thicker wall

Maybe, but they still rust from the inside out.

SuperTortoise

TheFarrier wrote: »

I must make a sliding door to allow the loader access to the calving shed from the yard with out going through the slats.

Door will be 9 feet wide and 12 feet high.

Is 80mm box enough for this?? Thinking with a 4 or 5mm wall in it.

Any advice much appreciated

Massive overkill, as said above 40 or 50mm box 3mm wall is plenty, i have doors hanging here that are lighter than that even and never had a problem.

Edit: Just read your second comment, if you're making it for them and they're paying for it then make it to the spec they want, but factor in extra runners for the extra weight and the hastle of standing something that heavy!

5 wheel drive

trg wrote: »

Hey, does anyone have a pic of a homemade silage pusher that works well on a front grab or the back lift arms? Would appreciate it, thanks in advance

Here it is. The bottom row of tones on silage grab go in throu the slot and then the wheel turns against the weight of the silage. Works perfect for us.

patsy_mccabe

That's a fine looking tyre. Did it have an accident or what?

TheFarrier

SuperTortoise wrote: »

Massive overkill, as said above 40 or 50mm box 3mm wall is plenty, i have doors hanging here that are lighter than that even and never had a problem.

Edit: Just read your second comment, if you're making it for them and they're paying for it then make it to the spec they want, but factor in extra runners for the extra weight and the hastle of standing something that heavy!

Thanks for your reply. There was nothing specified only to "make it f#$%ing strong enough".

Steel for it landed today 50x50x3mm box.

Tbh I'd never made a door any bigger than a garage door and had assumed that section would have to increase with scale. After the replies got here the main thing that led me to get the 50mm was the thoughts of trying to hang the thing.

5 wheel drive

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

That's a fine looking tyre. Did it have an accident or what?

No I’ve just loads of money, haha.

Ya got it off a lad where the stabilizer off the linkage arm came off and went through the side wall. Tyre only on a week when it happened. Sick.

Buford T. Justice XIX

I just came across a different silage pusher for the guntering gang in here.

https://twitter.com/peter_cags/status/950657264033193984

mayota

Making some calf pens here. Anyone know if a cheap electromagnet could be made to pick up metal filings ?

ganmo

mayota wrote: »

Making some calf pens here. Anyone know if a cheap electromagnet could be made to pick up metal filings ?

9v battery bit of insulated wire and a piece of iron

wrap the wire around the iron lots of times and connect each end to the battery

Kevhog1988

mayota wrote: »

Making some calf pens here. Anyone know if a cheap electromagnet could be made to pick up metal filings ?

Nice Job,

Use an old speaker from a car maybe???

ganmo

theemigrant wrote: »

Nice Job,

Use an old speaker from a car maybe???

They're permanent magnets

TheFarrier

ganmo wrote: »

They're permanent magnets

I often use a magnet from a cb radio mount inside a light plastic tub. Pick up filings, hold tub over bin, pull out magnet and filings drop away.

mycro2013

SuperTortoise wrote: »

Massive overkill, as said above 40 or 50mm box 3mm wall is plenty, i have doors hanging here that are lighter than that even and never had a problem.

Edit: Just read your second comment, if you're making it for them and they're paying for it then make it to the spec they want, but factor in extra runners for the extra weight and the hastle of standing something that heavy!

I've made them here for numerous farmers and always use 50mm galvanised pipe. With the top section made from angle to allow door adjustment when fitting the door rollers.

Kevhog1988

TheFarrier wrote: »

I often use a magnet from a cb radio mount inside a light plastic tub. Pick up filings, hold tub over bin, pull out magnet and filings drop away.

Cloth will do the same thing

The Rabbi

TheFarrier wrote: »

I often use a magnet from a cb radio mount inside a light plastic tub. Pick up filings, hold tub over bin, pull out magnet and filings drop away.

Round magnet from broken amber beacon or trailer lights in cap of aerosol can with thread tied to magnet to whip it out fast over scrap container.If you had a magdrill in a container it would be contractor scale.

Reggie.

mayota wrote: »

Making some calf pens here. Anyone know if a cheap electromagnet could be made to pick up metal filings ?

Just sweep them up

mayota

TheFarrier wrote: »

I often use a magnet from a cb radio mount inside a light plastic tub. Pick up filings, hold tub over bin, pull out magnet and filings drop away.

And there’s me trying to over complicate it! Thanks lads for the tips.

Nekarsulm

trg wrote: »

Hey, does anyone have a pic of a homemade silage pusher that works well on a front grab or the back lift arms? Would appreciate it, thanks in advance

https://mobile.twitter.com/peter_cags/status/950496829392805888/video/1

Muckit

Great job but you want a door at both ends of shed!

emaherx

Nekarsulm wrote: »

https://mobile.twitter.com/peter_cags/status/950496829392805888/video/1

Is it my turn to push in the silage?

zetecescort

Didnt somebody here have a yard scraper on a golf cart or mower? Could do similar just change the angle of the pusher

Base price

Base price wrote: »

The other thing is we made two holes rather than cutting out one large hole in the center. This helped the barrel to hold its shape and not collapse. I will take a pic tomorrow.

Here is one that we used last year. We originally started to cut out the centre but decided not too have way through the job. It worked well as a drinker and was placed between two pens, but there was too much volume of water for the calves to keep it fresh, iykwim.

Base price

OH has been busy making gates (in the feed barriers) to move calves in and out of the pens in the slatted unit. Still more work to be done filling in the triangles made when the barriers were cut and refitting the timbers. Lots of painting in store.

5 wheel drive

mayota wrote: »

Making some calf pens here. Anyone know if a cheap electromagnet could be made to pick up metal filings ?

That’s a fine looking gate. I am doing up calf shed at the moment and went to price nine 12foot calf gates for the front of each pen. Over 140 euro plus vat per gate. Sounds very expensive to me.

Wat steel are you using there and what kind of hangers are you using.

I must decide if I’m going to make or buy?? I’ve only 2/3 week till calving starting.

mayota

5 wheel drive wrote: »

That’s a fine looking gate. I am doing up calf shed at the moment and went to price nine 12foot calf gates for the front of each pen. Over 140 euro plus vat per gate. Sounds very expensive to me.

Wat steel are you using there and what kind of hangers are you using.

I must decide if I’m going to make or buy?? I’ve only 2/3 week till calving starting.

I’m using 1/2” heavy galv box. I got it for 50c/foot from a mushroom place that was closing. I’m hanging them off 3” pipe set in the floor so I’ve made round brackets that clamp on. Takes time. You could maybe use 12’ light gates at approx €75+vat?

Buford T. Justice XIX

I'm thinking this is from the advanced guntering class...
https://twitter.com/Jimbutcher10/status/952603957536395264

blue5000

Noice double cab pickup, is it 4wd? Fairly big turning circle though.

Muckit

Great yoke to block a gap though!

Buford T. Justice XIX

Muckit wrote: »

Great yoke to block a gap though!

'Twould block a dual carriageway!

The Rabbi

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patsy_mccabe

Anyone know a good place to get some chain, as in your regular welded chain? Need some for bits and pieces around the farm.

White Clover

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Anyone know a good place to get some chain, as in your regular welded chain? Need some for bits and pieces around the farm.

Anderco lifting in cork would have what you need.

enricoh

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Anyone know a good place to get some chain, as in your regular welded chain? Need some for bits and pieces around the farm.

Try a local scrapyard, new chain is gone expensive, if not genfitt in Mayo, give credit card no. n they courier it out to u

einn32

No dump line in the farm here so I bought few rolls of 1 inch yellow pipe, a submersible pump, a 3 pin socket that turns on when you phone it and cut open a barrell. Bucket the red milk from jar to barrel. It's not perfect but hopefully will save the backs and time.

kollegeknight

Not farming guntering but happy with the creativity.

The science students have to do a tensile year experiment on hair and we had no equipment capable of clamping the hair and also having it at a set weight calculations.
This was my solution to their extensionometer problem

Buford T. Justice XIX

Original bit of guntering for spreading slurry with an umbilical across a road.
https://twitter.com/donalphoto/status/957374664287846400?ref_src=twcamp%5Ecopy%7Ctwsrc%5Eandroid%7Ctwgr%5Ecopy%7Ctwcon%5E7090%7Ctwterm%5E1

Muckit

I think a set of ramps would be a better idea

cute geoge

The problem with ramps is that a lot of modern cars are very low to the ground and will actually get caught and scrape underneath and might even pull off the exhaust or sump ,that would be some fun

Aravo

If it dosent look right it's not right. In my mind that's a tad dangerous.

Reggie.

Aravo wrote: »

If it dosent look right it's not right. In my mind that's a tad dangerous.

Its the height of the walls on both sides is the issue. Pipe would barely bend enough to touch the road I'd say

Say my name

Aravo wrote: »

If it dosent look right it's not right. In my mind that's a tad dangerous.

It looks like a specially made extension for the job on the loader. The pipe is supported all along the frame and the frame is well braced. There's no weight in the pipe anyway. They even got the correct curve right for the height.
Thing of genius I think.

Aravo

Some undesirable could have a field day saying they came into contact with that. I know them ramps over the pipes are sometimes a disaster as they can be very steep and catch a car.

jack of all

I suppose a bit of belt and braces approach would be no harm as regards Health & Safety- a few of those warning "ribbons" suspended from the hose, like you'd see on sites where there's a road passing under power lines or height restrictions? No advance warning on the approach road either...

patsy_mccabe

Repaired old dung fork. I don't think we ever used it before, must have it 20 years or more. Always used the bucket. The pins were left lying around so got used as crowbars etc to dig holes. The tops got destroyed. Ended up with mushroom heads on them.
Repaired them by grinded back the heads, cut M16 bolts and welded them on. Grand job. Saves me buying a new fork. Want it to clean out the calves shed.

First pic is how they were initially. A few pins are still on the fork.

emaherx

Bull wouldn't fit up the crush for herd test!
So 2 gates, some scaffolding clamps and a tractor later.....

blue5000

What's he by?^^^^:D

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blue5000 wrote: »

What's he by?^^^^:D

A tractor a couple of gates and a wall by the look of the picture.:D
:D:D.............

Do I take it you want to know who sired him? the AI man or a bull............

emaherx

blue5000 wrote: »

What's he by?^^^^:D

RAWBURN ROMMEL E423