- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Been raining here most of the morning - should be with you later this afternoon.
quick fixes, bodges and creations
- Thread starter jimmer
- Start date
Been raining here most of the morning - should be with you later this afternoon.
- Location
- Yorkshire
Dont use it all supposed to be with me all tomorrow but only getting it in afternoon now you must of had to much
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Chae1
Member
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Yeah we would have 12mm now. Delighted.
As you say still cold though. Everything will jump when we get a bit of heat after this.
We only got 5mm last night, it has made a difference already . Feckin cold and damp today though.
dont need new gas struts, just a pair of vice grips.... !
Gerbert
Member
- Location
- Dutch biblebelt
Just keep it closed
.
Guy at a local contractor removed on of the struts on his JD so no one would leave it open.
.Guy at a local contractor removed on of the struts on his JD so no one would leave it open.
'nother one .....
...bits of broken 'heras' security fence hurdle tube add extra leverage for a standard gripple tool,
and the gripple 'clamp' modified for easier use.
as compared to contractor one, works about the same, not a lot of difference.
...bits of broken 'heras' security fence hurdle tube add extra leverage for a standard gripple tool,
and the gripple 'clamp' modified for easier use.
as compared to contractor one, works about the same, not a lot of difference.
I might copy those.
the handles, careful not to over do the force used as it might bust them i guess.
it just makes them a bit easier to use.
- Location
- Top of the Chilterns
pycoed
Member
- Location
- Pontarddulais, UK
"bits of broken 'heras' security fence hurdle" - I think you are doing yourself down there! Surely that you have fabricated an adjustable torque multiplier?
GeorgeK
Member
- Location
- Leicestershire
Thanks to some light fingered visitors I am without a quad bike. I like to broadcast my bird seed mix and power harrow it in, as by design the plots are in the areas most awkward to drill. My slug pelleter is old with a manual shutter so I need it close enough to be able to work it by hand. Here is my solution, probably the best thing I have ever made in my life.
Detail of the shutter mechanism - baler twine opening with auto bungee close
Here it is in action, the plots are narrow enough that I can drive along each side and achieve excellent coverage. I also bulk the mix out with farm saved seed to several times the required rate so don't worry about spread pattern nowhere is short of seeds. It was a huge success, the only hiccup occurring when the string for the shutter jammed in the open position and I was left with no option other than opening the truck door to shut it off. There is now bird seed everywhere inside the cab.
Detail of the shutter mechanism - baler twine opening with auto bungee close
Here it is in action, the plots are narrow enough that I can drive along each side and achieve excellent coverage. I also bulk the mix out with farm saved seed to several times the required rate so don't worry about spread pattern nowhere is short of seeds. It was a huge success, the only hiccup occurring when the string for the shutter jammed in the open position and I was left with no option other than opening the truck door to shut it off. There is now bird seed everywhere inside the cab.
- Location
- Norfolk
What will you do next harrow in and roll or just roll be good enough?
GeorgeK
Member
- Location
- Leicestershire
Power harrow it in shallow as it will go and roll twice. I like the power harrow because it has great depth control and mixes everything up well
- Location
- flintshire
put a string on the grips as if you hit a pot hole and falls off, never loose ya grips !!!
I will get some new struts when i get the chance,or i guess i could ask for a pair for my birthday ...
And when the vise grips fall off , and then window slams shut ,
You will have a million pieces of glass everywhere .
Buy a pair of struts , fraction of the cost of rear window .
Been there , got the t-shirt.
tomlad
Member
- Location
- nr. preston
Ive been in a cab wen a window broke
Like a cannon firing
I may have
a little bit 
Loader bucket tried to lift the tractor by the open rear window .
Luckily as the one sat in tractor not my fault, it was the owner that blow the window.
Like a cannon firing
I may have
a little bit Loader bucket tried to lift the tractor by the open rear window .
Luckily as the one sat in tractor not my fault, it was the owner that blow the window.