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TITANIUM.

orm0nd wrote: »

And then they built Bunratty Castle to be near the airport. (well according to one American tourist)

Ah the good old American tourist.
I took a a trip to Scotland a few years back and we went up Ben Nevis. Anyway on the way down we weren't far from home when we came upon a gang of really overweight yanks that were on the way up. One of the young lads was complaining to his father and said he wanted to quit and turn around. The Father's response was "We're Americans, We don't quit. Did we quit when the Germans invaded Pearl Harbour" I was inconsolable. The Laughing took more outta me then the dame walk.

patsy_mccabe

A few weeks back I was in Bunratty getting money from the Pass machine. This american woman was there looking kinda flustered. I thought she was looking to get into the shop and I go 'The door's around the corner'. 'No', she says 'I'm looking for the castle'. 'That's it there' I go, pointing up at it.
'Oh, they have it closer to the road on a map.'
How could you miss a castle and you standing right in front of it.:D

patsy_mccabe

kollegeknight wrote: »

Your right- Shannon airport was on a pure swamp. A lot of locals to here including my fathers were in the building of the runway

Not a swamp but corcas land. Basically a mud plane. The mud goes way down. We've corcas land and when the cattle run in a field, you can feel the vibrations in the ground.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Hard to beat Ireland when the weather's right.

rushvalley

Anyone on here have a copy of the farmers journal feed guide?

orm0nd

rushvalley wrote: »

Anyone on here have a copy of the farmers journal feed guide?

yes

rushvalley

orm0nd wrote: »

yes

pm sent

_Brian

Went to help a neighbor whose septic tank was overflowing.

Then this happened.
https://ibb.co/h1YvWy

Why is nothing, even doing a good deed, ever simple.

grassroot1

_Brian wrote:

Why is nothing, even doing a good deed, ever simple.

No good deed goes unpunished

ellewood

At least its not as bad as this lad i passwd yesterday

ganmo

ellewood wrote: »

At least its not as bad as this lad i passwd yesterday

ohh raspberries!

roosterman71

ellewood wrote: »

At least its not as bad as this lad i passwd yesterday

Jaysus. I think I'd go for rope if that happened me

emaherx

roosterman71 wrote: »

Jaysus. I think I'd go for rope if that happened me

Nah.... Rope won't get it home

Wildsurfer

Did the wheel studs just shear off or what? I suppose it could have been worse if it happened on a busy road but jaysus that could make you walk to the pub for the rest of the day!

Reggie.

ellewood wrote: »

At least its not as bad as this lad i passwd yesterday

Studs came off

patsy_mccabe

ellewood wrote: »

At least its not as bad as this lad i passwd yesterday

Does that happen a lot on Masseys? Relative has a MF 4235 2WD. We were working together one day and as he drove past me I noticed all the nuts were loose on one of the back wheels. There was a lot of oil leaking there too. Don't know if that was related or not.
Got them tightened up fairly promptly for him anyway.

ganmo

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Does that happen a lot on Masseys? Relative has a MF 4235 2WD. We were working together one day and as he drove past me I noticed all the nuts were loose on one of the back wheels. There was a lot of oil leaking there too. Don't know if that was related or not.
Got them tightened up fairly promptly for him anyway.

it can happen to any wheel, ya ever notice the yellow arrows the esb vehicles have on their lugnuts. they point to each other so you know by looking at them if the nuts are slipping
https://twitter.com/okm_trailers/status/803627631790948352

emaherx

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Does that happen a lot on Masseys? Relative has a MF 4235 2WD. We were working together one day and as he drove past me I noticed all the nuts were loose on one of the back wheels. There was a lot of oil leaking there too. Don't know if that was related or not.
Got them tightened up fairly promptly for him anyway.

Doubt it's a Massey issue, more a not checking the nuts after fitting wheels issue.

ellewood

Reggie. wrote: »

Studs came off

Not mine Reggie, just seen him outside virginia yesterday
That yoke on 3 whells is better than anything i have 😆

Actualy taught he had gotten stuck !!

longgonesilver

What's the big hole in the wheel centre for?

emaherx

longgonesilver wrote: »

What's the big hole in the wheel centre for?

On most vehicles there is a hub nut at wheel centre, but this is not the case for most tractors, however a lot of tyre mounting/removing equipment in tyre centres grab the wheel rim through it's centre.

patsy_mccabe

longgonesilver wrote: »

What's the big hole in the wheel centre for?

Is it to get at inflation valve on inner wheel when using double wheels?

emaherx

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Does that happen a lot on Masseys? Relative has a MF 4235 2WD. We were working together one day and as he drove past me I noticed all the nuts were loose on one of the back wheels. There was a lot of oil leaking there too. Don't know if that was related or not.
Got them tightened up fairly promptly for him anyway.

Actually on a second look, all of the wheel studs on the other side are different colors. I'd guess this lad has had issues with studs before probably caused by improper use of an inch drive impact gun.

emaherx

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Is it to get at inflation valve on inner wheel when using double wheels?

Oh.... That big hole .....
Is there 2 on near wheel close together and only one on far?

The Rabbi

ellewood wrote: »

Not mine Reggie, just seen him outside virginia yesterday
That yoke on 3 whells is better than anything i have ��

Actualy taught he had gotten stuck !!

I was thinking you were on tour when I saw the green grass.
You would have a job to find it in south Kilkenny.

whelan2

ganmo wrote: »

it can happen to any wheel, ya ever notice the yellow arrows the esb vehicles have on their lugnuts. they point to each other so you know by looking at them if the nuts are slipping
https://twitter.com/okm_trailers/status/803627631790948352

Isnt it mad all the rules etc for trucks, walk around checks, cpc courses, tacho charts etc and lads can haul similar loads with a tractor and not have to do any of them

whelan2

Nephew doing this tomorrow, I have done it at least 10 times in the last few days and didnt get the 35/40 needed once https://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjVuaPtt6ncAhXhKsAKHWGQCbcQFggnMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheory-tester.com%2F&usg=AOvVaw0wawnQINoJnOkuKl149as4

longgonesilver

emaherx wrote: »

Oh.... That big hole .....
Is there 2 on near wheel close together and only one on far?

Looks like two holes alright. valve is on outside at the top. Don't think you could use those time for dual wheels, there is nowhere for clamps. Unless you put both on the normal studs.

Genghis Cant

One for the ladies here!

gozunda

Genghis Cant wrote: »

One for the ladies here!

Do the footprints* not compact the soil a bit? :pac:

*Elephants don't have hoofs - So not hoofprints anyways....

Reggie.

Genghis Cant wrote: »

One for the ladies here!

Which one is the lady?

Genghis Cant

gozunda wrote: »

Do the footprints not compact the soil a bit? :pac:

I'll ask her when she comes in, she may stay out at it till its finished :-) :-)

patsy_mccabe

longgonesilver wrote: »

What's the big hole in the wheel centre for?

So nobody knows what the holes are for?

Rows Grower

Genghis Cant wrote: »

I'll ask her when she comes in, she may stay out at it till its finished :-) :-)

I presume that she at least has sandwiches made for you until she gets back?

Say my name

Genghis Cant wrote: »

One for the ladies here!

I guess Nellie never made it to the circus after all..

ellewood

The Rabbi wrote: »

I was thinking you were on tour when I saw the green grass.
You would have a job to find it in south Kilkenny.

Ha, no there arnt too many green fields around here at the moment alright

Theres a big difference alright, about a mile back from that lad there was a lad cutting 2nd cut silage and it was reasnabley heavy-if ya had grass like that round here at the moment you would want security on the gate 😆

Muckit

Genghis Cant wrote: »

One for the ladies here!

I'd say she's only with him for his trunk.

Odelay

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

So nobody knows what the holes are for?

Metal removed during manufacturing for balancing?

carrollsno1

ellewood wrote: »

Ha, no there arnt too many green fields around here at the moment alright

Theres a big difference alright, about a mile back from that lad there was a lad cutting 2nd cut silage and it was reasnabley heavy-if ya had grass like that round here at the moment you would want security on the gate 😆

Friend back home in south kk was baling recently he had 41 bales off 40 acres

MeTheMan

Ouch. We baled yesterday and got 32 of 3acres. Was thinking around 26/27 so was happy with that.

Nekarsulm

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

So nobody knows what the holes are for?

Might be just to help move the wheels during the manufacture of the tractor.

Buford T. Justice XIX

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

So nobody knows what the holes are for?

I'm assuming it's to get at the valve for pumping as they're kept on the inside to reduce the danger of damage?

patsy_mccabe

Odelay wrote: »

Metal removed during manufacturing for balancing?

i was thinking this too, as these tractors are getting faster and faster, so wheel balancing comes into play more and more.

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Might be just to help move the wheels during the manufacture of the tractor.

See above post. It would throw out the balance of the wheel.

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

I'm assuming it's to get at the valve for pumping as they're kept on the inside to reduce the danger of damage?

That's what I thought earlier.

Waffletraktor

Out 2 are to relieve stresses on welded rims, inner 6 are to mount clamps for duels/weights, centre hole to assist mount of wheel.

patsy_mccabe

Waffletraktor wrote: »

Out 2 are to relieve stresses on welded rims, .......

That's mad. Where did you hear that?

Waffletraktor

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Waffletraktor wrote: »

Out 2 are to relieve stresses on welded rims, .......

That's mad. Where did you hear that?

50k tractors by right need welded hubs, and to give a little flex have a hole so as not to metal fatigue so fast.

whelan2

Was topping a bit on out farm this morning. There was a bit of ragwort in it. Couldn't get over the amount of bees on the ragwort

patsy_mccabe

Waffletraktor wrote: »

50k tractors by right need welded hubs, and to give a little flex have a hole so as not to metal fatigue so fast.

That tractor in the pcture had 2 holes on the near side and 1 on the wheel that came off. Of you google pictures of MF 6465, they are all like that. Some have 2 holes, some just one. Sometimes the holes are opposite, sometimes near each other.

KatyMac

whelan2 wrote: »

Was topping a bit on out farm this morning. There was a bit of ragwort in it. Couldn't get over the amount of bees on the ragwort

And the amount of cinnabar moth caterpillars as well. I was pulling ragwort yester prior to topping and brought a load of caterpillars to plants growing on the side of the road. This farming to help wildlife is taking me over I've lost the run of myself completely.

emaherx

KatyMac wrote: »

And the amount of cinnabar moth caterpillars as well. I was pulling ragwort yester prior to topping and brought a load of caterpillars to plants growing on the side of the road. This farming to help wildlife is taking me over I've lost the run of myself completely.

Loads of them here too, I've been encouraging them into neighbors land where owners don't bother trying to control ragwort. They've had a decent impact too!