Machinery Photo/Discussion Thread

freedominacup

davidk1394 wrote: »

Cattle slurry is a lot thicker than pig slurry

Pig farmer neighbour have one for around 5 yrs at this stage. Still using it. Also have trailing shoe. Moscha gets more use.

davidk1394

Reggie. wrote: »

Just work against the wind lad.

The wind was blowing east and I was working north to south. Had to over lap. Worked fine but back of the tank was destroyed. It does spread a lot wider than the splash plate and empties a lot quicker.

Reggie.

davidk1394 wrote: »

The wind was blowing east and I was working north to south. Had to over lap. Worked fine but back of the tank was destroyed. It does spread a lot wider than the splash plate and empties a lot quicker.

Ah sure powerwasher will cure that

mengele

What price is the mosha

Reggie.

mengele wrote: »

What price is the mosha

Sausy enough about €1200

Odelay

Close to theee hours of a Cat 972m clearing snow. Forget your “white noise” storms to get you to sleep, watch this instead.


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dMCVaQGxhkQ

Sillycave

Had a look at a lely spendimo 240 recently...is a very clean looking mower and only 2 years with not much work done...price is reasonable but just concerned about getting parts for it should the need arise...any people here know what the situation is with parts now that MF bought them and stopped making them?

Reggie.

Sillycave wrote: »

Had a look at a lely spendimo 240 recently...is a very clean looking mower and only 2 years with not much work done...price is reasonable but just concerned about getting parts for it should the need arise...any people here know what the situation is with parts now that MF bought them and stopped making them?

I think companies have to supply parts for 10 years or so

Figerty

Sillycave wrote: »

Had a look at a lely spendimo 240 recently...is a very clean looking mower and only 2 years with not much work done...price is reasonable but just concerned about getting parts for it should the need arise...any people here know what the situation is with parts now that MF bought them and stopped making them?

Should be no problem. I have one it's grand. Joe Whelan has the spares for them in Clare (and others)

Are you sure they stopped making the mowers?

Reggie.

Figerty wrote: »

Should be no problem. I have one it's grand. Joe Whelan has the spares for them in Clare (and others)

Are you sure they stopped making the mowers?

Yeah. The mowers, tedders and rakes are not built anymore

Say my name

Oops.

https://www.farminguk.com/news/Farmer-escapes-injury-after-autosteer-crash-into-pylon_51691.html

Waffletraktor

Say my name wrote: »

Oops.

https://www.farminguk.com/news/Farmer-escapes-injury-after-autosteer-crash-into-pylon_51691.html

Pic is of Flawborough farms, summer 2017 iirc.

Say my name

Waffletraktor wrote: »

Pic is of Flawborough farms, summer 2017 iirc.

Technology will be the death of us all.

Waffletraktor

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Say my name wrote: »

Waffletraktor wrote: »

Pic is of Flawborough farms, summer 2017 iirc.

Technology will be the death of us all.

Nah if they were clever they’d have the gps on full auto mode and behave obstacles plumbed in for the cheap chunks of meat they use as steering wheel attendants.
Must admit lads here have 2 iPads with unlimited data for sky sports and tv shows for the 3 o’clock jump

X6.430macman

Waffletraktor wrote:

Pic is of Flawborough farms, summer 2017 iirc.

Ya I was wondering why they were putting it up now

Reggie.

Well bollocks it anyways :rolleyes:

Nekarsulm

Reggie. wrote: »

Well bollocks it anyways :rolleyes:

Give it a half turn, and lift it again .....

ganmo

Reggie. wrote: »

Well bollocks it anyways :rolleyes:

its custom!

Odelay

Reggie. wrote: »

Well bollocks it anyways :rolleyes:

Ya made it fit:)

Reggie.

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Give it a half turn, and lift it again .....

I wish. May get a new one and leave that one on the weight

lakill Farm

Reggie. wrote: »

I wish. May get a new one and leave that one on the weight

Drop it back to the dealer and complain it was bent when you went to use it

And buy a 25E one for the weight

wrangler

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Give it a half turn, and lift it again .....

Most of us would be happy to do that but not Reggie

Grueller

Anybody know anything about these.
For a 4ft shear grab. I am currently cleaning low houses with a 4000 that are to low for the tractor and am contemplating shifting the 4000 and looking at this as an upgrade.
https://www.donedeal.ie/tractors-for-sale/1997-case-221b-loader-s-n-13907-2/21488612

Nekarsulm

Fine looking shovel, but is it really any lower than a 4000?
World of a difference in comfort, though!

Edit. 9 foot 2 inches to the top of the cab.... thats the same as a Deere 3140 with the SG2 cab...

Reggie.

wrangler wrote: »

Most of us would be happy to do that but not Reggie

Not that but last thing I want is the toplink to snap with an implement on

Grueller

Ya the 4000 has loads of space but my other tractor is too high. This would be an upgrade on the 4000 and also remove the burden of winter feeding off of the other tractor which has a manual shuttle and a dry clutch.

Panch18

Reggie. wrote: »

Not that but last thing I want is the toplink to snap with an implement on

I’d be looking for a new top link from the dealer, it’s not a month old shur

Muckit

Panch18 wrote: »

I’d be looking for a new top link from the dealer, it’s not a month old shur

Twas the homemade weight that bent the top link when lift was raised to the last. It's a sickner. But these things happen as careful as you are.

I had my own sickner the other night. Getting a silage bale out of tight spot in yard and drove too close to the end of a treaded gate hanger. Put a small gash in rear tyre. Only put on new in Summer. Still holding air and not bulging so might have gotten away with it but I was hopping after it.

GrasstoMilk

Grueller wrote: »

Anybody know anything about these.
For a 4ft shear grab. I am currently cleaning low houses with a 4000 that are to low for the tractor and am contemplating shifting the 4000 and looking at this as an upgrade.
https://www.donedeal.ie/tractors-for-sale/1997-case-221b-loader-s-n-13907-2/21488612

I've heard a few times that parts are hard got fir them. Dont know if its true or not but find out if you go looking at it.

9935452

Reggie. wrote: »

wrangler wrote: »

Most of us would be happy to do that but not Reggie

Not that but last thing I want is the toplink to snap with an implement on

And they do snap when they are put under pressure after they have been bent/damaged.

Did you not keep the top link off the old tractor ?

Reggie.

9935452 wrote: »

And they do snap when they are put under pressure after they have been bent/damaged.

Did you not keep the top link off the old tractor ?

No a toplink is supposed to stay with a tractor. Not worth chancing a damaged toplink with the likes of a mower or tedder. For the sake of €200 or €300

blue5000

Reggie. wrote: »

Well bollocks it anyways :rolleyes:

Any decent blacksmiths near you? 5 minutes in the fire will straighten that out.

Suckler

blue5000 wrote: »

Any decent blacksmiths near you? 5 minutes in the fire will straighten that out.

Would it not be weakened though?

blue5000

Suckler wrote: »

Would it not be weakened though?

AFAIK it's just mild steel in them, so no need to temper them.

wrangler

blue5000 wrote: »

Any decent blacksmiths near you? 5 minutes in the fire will straighten that out.

A press will straighten it too and won't take off the paint

Donald Trump

wrangler wrote: »

A press will straighten it too and won't take off the paint

I don't think it would straighten it right. It's hollow in the middle.

Reggie.

I know what he are saying lads but I'd never trust it with a heavy implement afterwards.

emaherx

Reggie. wrote: »

I know what he are saying lads but I'd never trust it with a heavy implement afterwards.

I tend to agree with you on this one. Just leave it on the weight.

Reggie.

emaherx wrote: »

I tend to agree with you on this one. Just leave it on the weight.

That's the plan

MfMan

Grueller wrote: »

Anybody know anything about these.
For a 4ft shear grab. I am currently cleaning low houses with a 4000 that are to low for the tractor and am contemplating shifting the 4000 and looking at this as an upgrade.
https://www.donedeal.ie/tractors-for-sale/1997-case-221b-loader-s-n-13907-2/21488612

Get a skid steer, Lower than a tractor, more manueverable and bees knees for feeding silage with a grab. Deadly for cleaning out sheds too.

wrangler

MfMan wrote: »

Get a skid steer, Lower than a tractor, more manueverable and bees knees for feeding silage with a grab. Deadly for cleaning out sheds too.

Used to hire one here, very poor on land in wet weather

Buford T. Justice XIX

MfMan wrote: »

Get a skid steer, Lower than a tractor, more manueverable and bees knees for feeding silage with a grab. Deadly for cleaning out sheds too.

What kind of heights can they go up to with a grab?

MfMan

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

What kind of heights can they go up to with a grab?

About 9/10 feet anyway.
Not really meant to travel on land in wet weather, but few smaller machines are.

Grueller

MfMan wrote: »

Get a skid steer, Lower than a tractor, more manueverable and bees knees for feeding silage with a grab. Deadly for cleaning out sheds too.

Would love one but think they are a little bit of a one job machine and find ig hard to justify the cost.
I rang a couple of case dealerships today looking for random parts for that loader. Kev wasn't wrong, parts would be difficult got as very very few were sold in this part of the world. I'll keep the eyes open a while longer and keep doing the lotto.

Nekarsulm

Are McCarthy plant down in Cork not Venieri dealers now in Ireland?
They have a good reputation, I thought.

Never wrestle with pigs

I've an 1800 gal tanker on the smaller russian wheels. I have a 100 hp 6pot older tractor. She handles it no bother to her. I could do with a bigger tank. Few fields away from the home place and days to do it limited etc. Would a tank with the big wheels be much easier pull? Ie would say a 2000 or 2200 tank with big wheels feel about the same to pull? Don't want to dog the tractor but would like to go a bit bigger. Thanks

The Rabbi

Never wrestle with pigs wrote: »

I've an 1800 gal tanker on the smaller russian wheels. I have a 100 hp 6pot older tractor. She handles it no bother to her. I could do with a bigger tank. Few fields away from the home place and days to do it limited etc. Would a tank with the big wheels be much easier pull? Ie would say a 2000 or 2200 tank with big wheels feel about the same to pull? Don't want to dog the tractor but would like to go a bit bigger. Thanks

JD 3130 2WD here handled 2000gal major no problem. Also used 80hp case fwd,just took more gear changes. For road work make sure you have good brakes.

jimmy G M

Grueller wrote: »

Would love one but think they are a little bit of a one job machine and find ig hard to justify the cost.
I rang a couple of case dealerships today looking for random parts for that loader. Kev wasn't wrong, parts would be difficult got as very very few were sold in this part of the world. I'll keep the eyes open a while longer and keep doing the lotto.

What about a JCB 2cx.... they seem to be similar size and much more common?....local dairy farmer here had one for feeding... loves it.

9935452

Never wrestle with pigs wrote: »

I've an 1800 gal tanker on the smaller russian wheels. I have a 100 hp 6pot older tractor. She handles it no bother to her. I could do with a bigger tank. Few fields away from the home place and days to do it limited etc. Would a tank with the big wheels be much easier pull? Ie would say a 2000 or 2200 tank with big wheels feel about the same to pull? Don't want to dog the tractor but would like to go a bit bigger. Thanks

We went from a 1600 gallon abbey on russian wheels to a 2300 gallon hispec on big recessed wheels.

in wet ground the 2300 was easier to pull.
Where you would get caught out with the bigger tank is hills/slopes.
The tractor could be on its knees trying to pull a full tank up when it meets an incline.

The other thing you need is good brakes on the tank


A friend borrows a 2500 gallon tank and spreads with a 95hp 7740.
He reckons you could be going for the low box to get up some steel slopes

Timmaay

jimmy G M wrote: »

What about a JCB 2cx.... they seem to be similar size and much more common?....local dairy farmer here had one for feeding... loves it.

Jcb 520s are a nice very compact loader also, bigger and less of a one trick pony than skidsteers.