Big bags of fert with one tractor ?

_Brian

Reggie. wrote: »

Hardly the same one as in the donedeal ad further up the thread. Did it look sturdy Brian

Oh didnt see that

Ye is same Ok..

I'd rather make something a bit sturdier TBH,
It does have lugs to bolt it down, but it would need to be in a quiet corner or it might get a knock..

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Sam Kade

onyerbikepat wrote: »

You'd be surprised. The design does look good, with the legs spread out and it is galvanised.

Ah yes, maybe I should have said buckled in the ditch

Sam Kade

_Brian wrote: »

Spotted this today while out on the road and thought of this thread..
Nice bit of kit, not sure about a price though.. Looks like it would take three bags at a time..

With farm safety and all that contraption should be made obsolete.

Is that an old creamery it's sitting outside?

_Brian

Yea.. Butlersbridge.
All old milk weigh equipment still inside with wooden cart and all..

9935452

Green farmer wrote: »

You wouldn't want a weld to crack, or tip it whilst reversing

To be honest i wouldnt be too worried about weld cracking on that. When you think about it a half inch of weld will lift a half ton. i saw a video where a man had a figure of 8 lifting eye/ he cut it in half and put an inch weld to weld it back together , then lifted a bag of fertiliser.

The part which would worry me is the steel bending or the frame toppling over

Zr105

9935452 wrote: »

To be honest i wouldnt be too worried about weld cracking on that. When you think about it a half inch of weld will lift a half ton. i saw a video where a man had a figure of 8 lifting eye/ he cut it in half and put an inch weld to weld it back together , then lifted a bag of fertiliser.

The part which would worry me is the steel bending or the frame toppling over

Half an inch of good weld tho! But I do agree the steel work will colapse before the welds if it's welded properly, what worries me with that yoke is the legs look to be removable on dd and only held in with little pins, meaning that the entire weight is being supported by 4 say 10mm pins in double shear, they wouldn't take a lot of abuse IMO.


I'd guess the show was a 4x4 is born by the way 😉😉

9935452

Zr105 wrote: »

Half an inch of good weld tho! But I do agree the steel work will colapse before the welds if it's welded properly, what worries me with that yoke is the legs look to be removable on dd and only held in with little pins, meaning that the entire weight is being supported by 4 say 10mm pins in double shear, they wouldn't take a lot of abuse IMO.


I'd guess the show was a 4x4 is born by the way 😉😉

I think you are right about a 4x4 is born was the show

The whole thing does look a bit unsafe. Four 10mm pins wouldnt worry me eithre. Even in double shear they can take a lot of weight. 4 pins . 1 ton. 250 kg per pin. plus most likely there is a sleeve welded to the outside of the leg which would take the weight.
It would be the sum of everything that would scare me. legs with no crossbeams. that weight that height up. even loading it would be dangerous more so of there was a bag already in it.
Could you imagine if you got snagged in a bag as you backed out from it or tore a bag as you loaded it

foxy farmer

Anyone have a cutting edge mounted on the spreader to cut the ass of the big bag. Just lower the bag onto it with the loader and let it empty away. Similar to shear grab triangular cutting edge. Probably have to get down to shake out the bag but at least the danger of being near a suspended load has been greatly reduced.

9935452

foxy farmer wrote: »

Anyone have a cutting edge mounted on the spreader to cut the ass of the big bag. Just lower the bag onto it with the loader and let it empty away. Similar to shear grab triangular cutting edge. Probably have to get down to shake out the bag but at least the danger of being near a suspended load has been greatly reduced.

Good idea but probably wouldnt work with the newer spreaders with the mesh screen in then.

C0N0R

foxy farmer wrote: »

Anyone have a cutting edge mounted on the spreader to cut the ass of the big bag. Just lower the bag onto it with the loader and let it empty away. Similar to shear grab triangular cutting edge. Probably have to get down to shake out the bag but at least the danger of being near a suspended load has been greatly reduced.

Use a long handled slash hook here find it safe enough. They say never stand in between the loader and the sower that's the biggest danger.