Machinery Photo/Discussion Thread II

A bit late for the second bit of that message.

Well I suppose it could still happen yet.

Thats a machinery page

Before the nettles get going for another season hey.

For the locking pin eye of euro brackets, should there be an edge for the loader headstock to push up against, so the locking pins don't take any strain? I noticed some brackets do (like in photo) and some don't.

For the mechanically minded on here, the above is a photo of the chains and sprockets driving the mixer and auger in a turf hopper. I need to increase the speed of the auger to push out turf quicker to suit the lowest available speed in my tractor. Does the sprocket highlighted, the first one off the pto and gearbox need to be replaced with one with less or more teeth to speed up the auger? The auger is driven by the sprocket at the bottom.

Or decrease the number on the bottom sprocket?

It will increase the speed of the auger also but because there is such a size difference in the sprockets on the mixer it won’t be as big an increase.

For we assume the highlighted sprocket is turning at 50rpm and the sprockets are a 32 and 42 tooth, then currently the bottom auger shaft is turning at 38.1 rpm. At a guess it looks like maybe an 18 tooth sprocket on this shaft driving a 76 tooth on the mixer so the mixer would be currently spinning at 9rpm.

If the auger sprocket is now changed to a 42 tooth and everything else remains the same, the highlighted sprocket is still doing 50 rpm, the auger will now increase to 50rpm also and the mixer will be increased to 11.8rpm.

So the extra 12rpm on the auger only gives an extra 2.8rpm on the mixer.

@Gudstock if you can check if my sprocket sizes are correct and tell us what you’re trying to achieve with speeds I’m sure we’ll get you sorted!

You’d be surprised the difference 5-10% more teeth can make. I’ve sped up machines that way and rarely an issue.

Never been asked to slow anything down for some reason..

I have said D max.

I tow with it regularly. Personally I find it fine. It's geared quite low. So lots of torque in the lower gears. I'd find going up a hill with any sort of a load you would need to drop back a couple of gears alright. Towing about 1.5 tonne I'd average 9.5km per litre. Regular mixed driving without trailer about 11.5 litres to 12

@funkey_monkey if you have allt of heavy towing to do regularly the hilux is probably the best option for sure. I think the 2.8 has 40bhp more than the Dmax. The dmax suits me as I use it every day as a car and then to tow 1.5 tonne long distance every so often. I could use something smaller but I wanted specifically the size. She doesn't get pushed around the road at all and you'd hardly notice the weight of the trailer. But getting up into regular 3.5 tonne loads is a different kettle of fish for sure

Have mf4355 here and she's started to run hot the last few weeks. Got the thermostat changed and improved a bit but still running hot some days others it's fine. Could it be the water pump. Lad coming to look at again next week

Yes snoopy nosed one