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I am not a farmer - just a smallholder that does summer tack on very wet land, but bloody hell does this hit the spot!:- https://jacothenorth.net/blog/ Thanks to BaldRick for the heads up about this blog - some really good stuff in there

Any of our Borders members know much about this? Seems a pack of dogs of which 4 were shot by the farmer! https://news.sky.com/story/thousands-of-pounds-raised-for-dogs-taken-into-care-after-moffat-sheep-attack-12919215

The end result looks perfect - getting there not so. Amazing ingenuity really though?

Just a heads up for an UK channel I recently discovered:- Snowball Engineering - Informative technical narration and great illustrative camera work . It's like a low key version of Cutting Edge Engineering in Oz (which is all round excellent on so many fronts), but the Snowball guy is same...

I've just done two jobs on my Grand Vitara with the dreaded Renault F9Q diesel: serpentine aux belt idlers & timing belt/waterpump. Could not believe the range of spanners needed for similar components. Aux belt tensioner: 19mm, 13mm, 8mm Allen & 8mm Ribe. Idlers: 13mm, 14mm, 8mm Allen. Cam...

Seeing the thread on saucers reminded me :- I have a Claas CM166 drum mower that I got second hand several years ago. I used it once & cut beautifully once & a bit around a small field, when horrendous metal bangs announced the departure of one of the saucers. I recovered the saucer & consigned...

I have a 7045 with the non hydrostatic "power assist" steering ram. I have a problem with this & need to reseal the steering booster ram. Whilst trying to identify the problem & sitting turning the steering to right & left I noticed some play in the left top steering knuckle. I think I probably...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-59158098?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA Obviously ticked a wrong box & oops! That'll be £15000 please. What a farce Glastir is, from top to bottom.(n)

https://fb.watch/8wirmtsCA9/ I can hear Greta from here!

Any of this type of event on Anglesey, Baldrick?;)

Neighbour rang today about a runaway he had on the above roughcut rideon mower, that I believe is rated as a brushcutter. It has Briggs Vanguard 14hp Twin & hydrostatic transmission. He said having done a lot of cutting & stopped, when he restarted, the machine immmediately ran away & he had to...

I'm just mulling over re-roofing my garage/workshop which has had box profile colourcoat steel for the last 40 years. It is now showing the odd leak & the condensation has always been a nuisance, to the extent that I've hung lengths of gutter under the purlins to direct the drips away from...

If you thought their bulls were bad...o_O

Makes Galway look like a croquet lawn:eek:

I have one pond that suffers badly from green slime/algae & is getting worse each year. Pond is groundwater filled i.e. no flow through it, roughly triangular & holds around 3000 cu.m at a guess. I can't believe this can be good for the water life, which is mainly sticklebacks, minnows & rudd...

Main rev counter on my Zetor 7045 is a bit temperamental & sometimes on a cold morning doesn't register for a half hour or so. This is not usually a problem , but I've recently resurrected a Japa 100 buzz saw which needs to run at a specified PTO speed (400 rpm). Mindful of flying tungsten...

I am doing a mate a favour & need some info on a Bell Premier 100XT concrete mixer with a Lister diesel engine. First off, I need to make a starting handle to save him the angst of £120 odd for a new one Looks straightforward enough. Drive is double vee pulley from engine to layshaft, then a...

A good while back I was given a large pressure washer with a Brooke Crompton 2.2kw electric motor. All it needed to get it running was a new contactor. It was a proper job with a lance to match that had recoil about the same as a magnum 12! Mo markings on it but a PSIMAT ???/70 pump with...

My son dropped off his Mountfield lawnmower with a B&S Sprint engine - the one with a plastic carb on top of the tank - which wouldn't run despite the administrations of himself & a neighbour. I remembered having bodged up the diaphragm with some elec tape a couple of years back, telling him to...

I've just got myself a Turner Flail which came with a Waltersheid PTO & Guard. Got it attached OK with a bit of a struggle but the PTO itself is a bit stiff telescoping & guard itself could do with looking at as well. So ..... how the hell do I get this yoke guard free to shift the guard back...