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young bull

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Mixed Farmer

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West Yorkshire

• Apr 4, 2022

• #1

Been wanting to build one of these for a while and finally found the time!

First test run

 

young bull

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Mixed Farmer

Location

West Yorkshire

• Apr 4, 2022

• #2

A few more little bits to do at it and then a lick of paint and it’s good to go.
Hopefully the pictures have come out in some sort of order.

 

Niall310

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• Apr 10, 2022

• #3

Tidy bit of fabricating!

 

young bull

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Mixed Farmer

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West Yorkshire

• Apr 10, 2022

• #4

Niall310 said:

Tidy bit of fabricating!

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Thank you! Pretty pleased with how it turned out.

 

young bull

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Mixed Farmer

Location

West Yorkshire

• Apr 10, 2022

• #5

Got it painted over the last few days don’t think it’s gone on bad for my first time spraying.

 

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Hard Graft

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BASE UK Member

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British Isles

• Apr 10, 2022

• #6

Looks well made
What was the cost of materials as temped to make one

 

young bull

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Mixed Farmer

Location

West Yorkshire

• Apr 10, 2022

• #7

Hard Graft said:

Looks well made
What was the cost of materials as temped to make one

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Roughly £700 all in including paint, we could’ve bought the hook ends quite a bit cheaper but I went with proper walterschied ones. If you counted your time it probably wouldn’t be worth it but I enjoy it.

 

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Munkul

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• Apr 11, 2022

• #8

Very nice work!

 

young bull

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Mixed Farmer

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West Yorkshire

• Apr 11, 2022

• #9

Munkul said:

Very nice work!

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Thank you!

 

Nearly

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Location

North of York

• Apr 11, 2022

• #10

@TripleSix and I drove past yesterday, we waved.

 

young bull

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Mixed Farmer

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West Yorkshire

• Apr 12, 2022

• #11

Nearly said:

@TripleSix and I drove past yesterday, we waved.

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Feel free to call in one day!

 

young bull

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Mixed Farmer

Location

West Yorkshire

• Apr 15, 2022

• #12

All finished.

 

Dave W

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Location

chesterfield

• Apr 15, 2022

• #13

young bull said:

Roughly £700 all in including paint, we could’ve bought the hook ends quite a bit cheaper but I went with proper walterschied ones. If you counted your time it probably wouldn’t be worth it but I enjoy it.

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Smart job.
I made them commercially and that's roughly what they cost me with powder coating and a load test certificate plus a days Labour on top.
Making them myself I couldn't get the costs down far enough to leave enough margin in them.
Mine has the facility for a swivel hook for chains which I find invaluable

 

Will 1594

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Mixed Farmer

Location

Other side of the river to sandringham

• Apr 16, 2022

• #14

young bull said:

Got it painted over the last few days don’t think it’s gone on bad for my first time spraying.

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As a good friend would say when you did some thing good ,

aye aye ,that looks half way to been decent ,

that looks super , builtbto your requirements ,

 

Lazy Sod

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Location

Warminster Wiltshire

• Apr 16, 2022

• #15

If you had hook ends instead of the rubber pads at the bottom, you would be able to pick up a cultivator, telescope out a bit and tip it down through 90 degrees. You would then be able to change the points standing up. Safer and easier than crawling around on the ground.

 

Blue.

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Livestock Farmer

• Apr 16, 2022

• #16

Lazy Sod said:

If you had hook ends instead of the rubber pads at the bottom, you would be able to pick up a cultivator, telescope out a bit and tip it down through 90 degrees. You would then be able to change the points standing up. Safer and easier than crawling around on the ground.

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It has hook ends,look at the pictures he can fit rubber pads and lift with the top link.

 

Lazy Sod

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Warminster Wiltshire

• Apr 16, 2022

• #17

Sorry was looking at the second picture. How do you cope with implements that have a greater or lesser height difference between the top link pin and lower ones?

 

young bull

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Mixed Farmer

Location

West Yorkshire

• Apr 16, 2022

• #18

Lazy Sod said:

Sorry was looking at the second picture. How do you cope with implements that have a greater or lesser height difference between the top link pin and lower ones?

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I can't remember the measurements off the top of my head but I just measured the biggest and smallest distance between the pins on the machines we have and made the pads plenty big enough to suit and made sure there was enough downward travel on the toplink if you know what I mean.