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whelan2

Muckit wrote: »

Do you have to drain the concrete ones in the wintertime?

We never do, just clean them out before cows go out in spring

Reggie.

delaney001 wrote: »

In regards to prevent cracking with frost?
A neighbour had a right trick for that. Throw a tennis ball into each. When the water freezes and expands, it'll compress the tennis ball before cracking the walls.
And actually the walls are slanted outwards (like silage wall) now so if the top freezes over, it'll push upwards rather than bust out the walls.

Either that or a plastic bottle with a little water in it to make it stand up in the water. Bottle will be crushed

49801

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49801 wrote: »

Old 25g concrete water trough had it and its cable end came off. Couple of tips with a sledge to knock the valve mint and slipped a plastic trough inside the remains after throwing I a fe stones.

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dohc turbo2

I fitted all concrete troughs last year and we have valves on all of them , when we on last grazing we turn off water and take off cap for emptying over the winter , worked well for us ,

Nekarsulm

Got a couple of slips on these cab steps recently, resulted in a couple of skinned shins and pulled something in the shoulder.
Two extensions should solve the problem.

patsy_mccabe

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Got a couple of slips on these cab steps recently, resulted in a couple of skinned shins and pulled something in the shoulder.
Two extensions should solve the problem.

It's hard enough to weld light stuff like that, isn't it? I find it anyway.
Always seem to end up burning holes in it.

Muckit

Not strictly a farming related adaption, but fitted a PIR sensor off light fitting in back kitchen.

Now when l come in the back door late at night tired with dirty hands, there's always a welcome light to greet me! No gropping behind piles of jackets groping for a light switch!

It's the small things.

Nekarsulm

Patsy, the box section in this case was heavy wall.
Sometimes all you can do is try and start the weld on the heavier piece, and make quick little darts onto the lighter box.

SuperTortoise

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

It's hard enough to weld light stuff like that, isn't it? I find it anyway.
Always seem to end up burning holes in it.

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Patsy, the box section in this case was heavy wall.
Sometimes all you can do is try and start the weld on the heavier piece, and make quick little darts onto the lighter box.

Not sure if it's stick or MIG you are using but if you're stick welding it and using a 6013 rod you can run them on negative polarity, so the rod is connected to the negative terminal, less chance of burn through but at the cost of less penetration, most commonly used to weld light sheet metal.

foxy farmer

I picked up 3 mini packs of 1.6mm welding rods a few years ago. Only just finished the first box recently. They're fierce handy to have for very light work. Ideal with an inverter welder. Gave a few to a man who had a square baler knotter in trouble. Think he used them to build up a small bearing or roller. He always reminds me of the evening i gave him the "crowbars". Only place i could get them was from a welding & engineering supplier.

AntrimGlens

Not Strictly agricultural, except agricultural looking compared to the ones charging £600.

All it cost was the price of the bolts, everything else was lying about the yard. The slide was got from a skip and the intention was just to make a set of steps for it, but the creative part of my brain decided to take over... now just for a lick of paint..

I said

AntrimGlens wrote: »

Not Strictly agricultural, except agricultural looking compared to the ones charging £600.

All it cost was the price of the bolts, everything else was lying about the yard. The slide was got from a skip and the intention was just to make a set of steps for it, but the creative part of my brain decided to take over... now just for a lick of paint..

Lovely job

CloughCasey1

AntrimGlens wrote: »

Not Strictly agricultural, except agricultural looking compared to the ones charging £600.

All it cost was the price of the bolts, everything else was lying about the yard. The slide was got from a skip and the intention was just to make a set of steps for it, but the creative part of my brain decided to take over... now just for a lick of paint..

Savage job! Small one has me pestered for something simlar.

Muckit

What do ye think of this?!

https://youtu.be/7tM1lRvGZow

God a stone wouldn't want to hit it or you could be missing the back of your head!! But amazing what can be:achieved with scrap, time and brains!!

patsy_mccabe

A fitter/turner by trade, I'd say. Seriously good work in fairness. All he had to do was put a strong guard around it and it would have been fine safety wise.

SuperTortoise

lovely build in fairness.

Figerty

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Got a couple of slips on these cab steps recently, resulted in a couple of skinned shins and pulled something in the shoulder.
Two extensions should solve the problem.

There was a good article in Pratical farming recently about this. I read it after I lost a good cattle dog.
Dog was up in the cab with me. I slowed to crawl coming to a gate, dog jumped out, dog put it's foot through the step like you have there,, got spun around, went under the wheel and died about 30 seconds later.. absolutely sickened.

My advice...Put a grid or another bar across the step to stop that happening. Make it too small for a child's foot or a dogs paw to fit into...

rangler1

Figerty wrote: »

There was a good article in Pratical farming recently about this. I read it after I lost a good cattle dog.
Dog was up in the cab with me. I slowed to crawl coming to a gate, dog jumped out, dog put it's foot through the step like you have there,, got spun around, went under the wheel and died about 30 seconds later.. absolutely sickened.

My advice...Put a grid or another bar across the step to stop that happening. Make it too small for a child's foot or a dogs paw to fit into...[/QUOTE

A neighbour put his foot through the steps when he was chasing a runaway tractor and was dragged for a long way, arm went under the back wheel and was smashed, but he survived to tell the tale.
I got checker plate folded and bolted to the steps after my dog caught his foot in the steps of my new tractor on the first day

tractorporn

Muckit wrote:

What do ye think of this?!

That fella is some operator. Has some amount of kit too. Would love to be able to knock something together like that.

sea12

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

A fitter/turner by trade, I'd say. Seriously good work in fairness. All he had to do was put a strong guard around it and it would have been fine safety wise.

He would be a handy man to have around the place. What kind of welder is that he was using?

SuperTortoise

sea12 wrote: »

He would be a handy man to have around the place. What kind of welder is that he was using?

MIG

pedigree 6

At this bodge job today. The skid on the topper came off.
The whole side was rusted out so cut it off and welded 5mm plate back on.


And finally when you're welding and a hole appears and you say ah it's only a small bit of rust it'll only take a little extra weld and this happens.

Just have to weld the inside and drill holes for the skid and paint it and ready to go.
Cost E8 for the 5mm plate and 10 rods so far.

raypallas

pedigree 6 wrote:

Just have to weld the inside and drill holes for the skid and paint it and ready to go. Cost E8 for the 5mm plate and 10 rods so far.

Tasty, very tasty work!

Nekarsulm

Hi Pedigree6, nice job.
Is that Abbey one with the shaft drive to the gearboxes?
Do you have any trouble with it twisting shaft yoke ends?
Mine drove me spare, the hardy Spicer yoke ends would twist before the shear bolt would snap.
Ended up fitting a slip clutch between the 90 degree gearbox and the first rotor gearbox.

pedigree 6

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Hi Pedigree6, nice job.
Is that Abbey one with the shaft drive to the gearboxes?
Do you have any trouble with it twisting shaft yoke ends?
Mine drove me spare, the hardy Spicer yoke ends would twist before the sheer bolt would snap.
Ended up fitting a slip clutch between the 90 degree gearbox and the first rotor gearbox.

Here's mine.


The shaft going to the last gearbox twisted alright and had to get a new one.
But fairly indestructible. Do you leave the pto shaft attached to the tractor when transporting. I have to take it off the tractor and tie it up on the frame when moving and attach again when folded out.
Edit: no don't have a slip clutch on it.
Yes it is an abbey.

Nekarsulm

It depends on the tractor. I have a deere and you can fold the topper out into transport position with the shaft in place, but if it's on the Fiat you can't.
The slip clutch is off a Class mower of some sort, springs slackened off fairly well.

pedigree 6

Nekarsulm wrote: »

It depends on the tractor. I have a deere and you can fold the topper out into transport position with the shaft in place, but if it's on the Fiat you can't.
The slip clutch is off a Class mower of some sort, springs slackened off fairly well.

Good job. I may make up new top covers for ya.;)

Nekarsulm

pedigree 6 wrote: »

Good job. I may make up new top covers for ya.;)

Gratefully recieved

The young lassie is booked into a summer camp later in the summer in Cavan town. Instead of running home, starting to do something and then leaving it and driving back in to pick her up, I hope to be able to do a few lessons on Mig welding in the Arcs & Sparks training school.

Muckit

Don't do what i did. Did the FAS arc welding evening classes so.e years back. We'd to run a bead and join two pieces of flat together.

The mask was all weld spatter (well that's my excuse anyways ) and half way through l managed to veer off course and ended up welding one piece solid to the work bench!!

Some laugh from the boys when the instructor had to go get the angle grinder to cut it off!!

Reggie.

Muckit wrote: »

Don't do what i did. Did the FAS arc welding evening classes so.e years back. We'd to run a bead and join two pieces of flat together.

The mask was all weld spatter (well that's my excuse anyways ) and half way through l managed to veer off course and ended up welding one piece solid to the work bench!!

Some laugh from the boys when the instructor had to go get the angle grinder to cut it off!!

That's where I learned to weld