Labour Saving and General Guntering

foxy farmer

Spotted this in a yard lately. Crush installed outside slatted house which can be assembled dismantled in under an hour by one man. Animals are moved in a circular fashion through the house to get through the crush. 4in box set 18 inches into concrete. 3 inch pipe with holes drilled 1ft apart to take 2inch pipe dropped into the box. 20ft lengths of 2inch pipe ran through the holes in the 3 " pipe. A few M12 bolts keep the whole thing together.

foxy farmer

I have a few pics but technology not agreeable to uploading at moment.

blue5000

Something wrong with the links there foxy, can you try re-posting them with 'manage attachments' and I'll have a go at making them visible.

bullnuts

Trolley for liming the cubicles from scrap metal and a golf cart

bullnuts

Trolley for liming the cubicles from scrap metal and a golf cart

jack of all

Not farming related but might be of interest to anyone with a drill press. I made these clamps/ hold-downs for my small drill press using some scrap metal. The tapped rod was an old wheelbarrow axle (seems a complete new pumped tyre and rim with axle is cheaper from a builder's merchant than buying a new tyre and inner tube from a tyre fitters- riddle me that?). They give a very strong hold when tightened up, should work well holding down irregular parts.

kowtow

jack of all wrote:

Not farming related but might be of interest to anyone with a drill press. I made these clamps/ hold-downs for my small drill press using some scrap metal. The tapped rod was an old wheelbarrow axle (seems a complete new pumped tyre and rim with axle is cheaper from a builder's merchant than buying a new tyre and inner tube from a tyre fitters- riddle me that?). They give a very strong hold when tightened up, should work well holding down irregular parts.

Those are work of art. You are perfectly right they are a little high end for most farms.

I know there are many with higher standards than me, but a lot of us faced with securing work on a drill preas would use the loader bucket for a hold down, adjusting the approach angle and speed (and if necessary the workshop door) to suit the workpiece.

simx

Was going to buy a spray system but was talking to a lad with 60 cows and is using 25l mixed virolac a week I have 45 and use about 7.5 mixed so bought q couple extra bottles 6 jubilee clips and 3 bungees total cost €50- spray system €585

_Brian

gctest50 wrote: »

diy 'Deere

Loved that, be a nice project..
Couldn't listen to yer man moaning about it being bumpy... :rolleyes:

kowtow

simx wrote:

Was going to buy a spray system but was talking to a lad with 60 cows and is using 25l mixed virolac a week I have 45 and use about 7.5 mixed so bought q couple extra bottles 6 jubilee clips and 3 bungees total cost €50- spray system €585

Those spray systems have doubled in price. Think I'll be doing the same as you.

simx

kowtow wrote: »

Those spray systems have doubled in price. Think I'll be doing the same as you.

Won't let me attach picture as too big

GrasstoMilk

Great idea. I got our spray system free when I bought a years worth of spray. Scc dropped 200 in the 1st week of installing it

whelan2

simx wrote: »

Was going to buy a spray system but was talking to a lad with 60 cows and is using 25l mixed virolac a week I have 45 and use about 7.5 mixed so bought q couple extra bottles 6 jubilee clips and 3 bungees total cost €50- spray system €585

2 spray bottles for 1.50 in dealz. Great job, no wasting spray

blue5000

simx wrote: »

Won't let me attach picture as too big

Try cropping it or resizing it.

satstheway

Ambic spray system here and 200 barrel lasts our small 24 cows a year post spraying normally and pre spraying at a hint of a problem. Your man must be spraying whole cows from head to tail.

foxy farmer

foxy farmer wrote: »

Spotted this in a yard lately. Crush installed outside slatted house which can be assembled dismantled in under an hour by one man. Animals are moved in a circular fashion through the house to get through the crush. 4in box set 18 inches into concrete. 3 inch pipe with holes drilled 1ft apart to take 2inch pipe dropped into the box. 20ft lengths of 2inch pipe ran through the holes in the 3 " pipe. A few M12 bolts keep the whole thing together.

Pics

foxy farmer

Crush pic no.2

foxy farmer

Last pic.

tractorporn

foxy farmer wrote:

Pics

Do you feed from the far end of the shed or are you planning on putting the crush up every time you're going to use it?

foxy farmer

The house has a drive through passage so feeding not a problem. He just leaves it up for the week of the test or if dosing etc. No major engineering went into making it only he said drilling the 3inch pipes was SLOW. 8 holes in each took almost an hour with a hole saw on a pillar drill.

simx

Here ya go simple out

simx

Simple out

Nekarsulm

Made a thingy to remove the collets from a cylinder head's valves. Bit of an old scaffolding Kee-Klamp, and the "spike" is a size that fits into the bolt holes for the exhaust manifold.

Reggie.

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Made a thingy to remove the collets from a cylinder head's valves. Bit of an old scaffolding Kee-Klamp, and the "spike" is a size that fits into the bolt holes for the exhaust manifold.

Bloody John Deere again :rolleyes:

_Brian

We used to have a great mod here, she would resize photos in a whip..
These new guys are letting the side down badly :rolleyes:

Nekarsulm

Reggie. wrote: »

Bloody John Deere again :rolleyes:

Green the colour of jealousy, dont'ca know Reggie!

Was undecided what to do with her, Rebuild the engine (looking at 1500+ euro), transplant in a Combine engine (2500), turbocharged combine engine (3000) or sell her for parts.
A guy down in Gorey has the combine engines, but turns out combine models have a lighter casting in the block, as they are not a stressed component when in a combine.
So going to rebuild. Got this head today for €200, and making a start.

Reggie.

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Green the colour of jealousy, dont'ca know Reggie!

Was undecided what to do with her, Rebuild the engine (looking at 1500+ euro), transplant in a Combine engine (2500), turbocharged combine engine (3000) or sell her for parts.
A guy down in Gorey has the combine engines, but turns out combine models have a lighter casting in the block, as they are not a stressed component when in a combine.
So going to rebuild. Got this head today for €200, and making a start.

I'll say a prayer for ya

Muckit

I'd say somehow there's no need. He'd do it with his eyes closed.

blue5000

_Brian wrote: »

We used to have a great mod here, she would resize photos in a whip..
These new guys are letting the side down badly :rolleyes:

Looks perfect to me:D:D:D

_Brian

blue5000 wrote: »

Looks perfect to me:D:D:D

What, is your screen 48inches or something ??