Search results

  1. G

    Purlin length

    Covering a small feed area and the tape measure says the one bay is 6.7m. Can you get timber purlins 9x3 that length, or am I going to have to ‘stretch‘ a 6m length with extra long cleats?
  2. G

    Cheap Mag Drill

    Had this through the post, anyone got any experience with this model?
  3. G

    Arable silage or whole crop

    Got storage issues this year so I will have to mow my spring barley and bale it. The plan was to do arable silage from the headland, and then whole crop the rest. The question is, at what stage does it become ‘proper’ whole crop and I have to worry about the bales being attacked by vermin? Going...
  4. G

    Selling Organic fodder, or maybe not.

    If a conventional farmer buys grass keep from a certified organic farmer, can they sell the silage / hay they make from it as certified organic fodder to other organic farmers? Would like TFF views please.
  5. G

    Kverneland missing part?

    Got this plough and these parts for the depth wheel, what else is missing?
  6. G

    Spool block leak

    Any tips on stripping this to fix the leak before I start please.
  7. G

    Straining short run of stock fence

    Had to put up a short, 5m, length of mild steel stock fence this afternoon, knew it wasn’t going to end well. Tied up one end, attached the strainer bar approximately 1m from the other end, gave it a good pull and tied it off as usual. Well the end result was not something I want to put my name...
  8. G

    Ground conditions beat the rock spike

    Got a 40m stretch of stock fence to erect but as the title says, we can’t get the posts in the ground. The rock is barely 6” down and trying to spike to the depth needed for the 6” straining posts is not proving possible. Tried swapping the strainer post for a 3” round but that snapped off like...
  9. G

    Mystery smoke

    Evening all, after an hours work had some smoke coming from what I assumed were blind holes on the scraper tractor bell housing. Anyone have any ideas?
  10. G

    Adding a rock spike

    Evening all, I am on a short run of fencing and have come to a hard spot that the old Kinghitter can’t manage. What have others used as a rock spike for occasional use? How do you pull it out if there is no extractor ram? Has anyone retro fitted a spike kit? Multec do one at £1500 + VAT, would...
  11. G

    Baler auto lube problems

    Afternoon, can’t get the auto lube to work on my Kuhn 2135. System works by pumping the grease every time the door is opened. Have disconnected the outlet pipe at the pump and it pushes grease out as it should, I just cannot get any grease to flow from the pipes at the bearing ends. What is the...
  12. G

    Enlarging an existing hole

    How do I keep a mag drill central to enlarge an existing hole? Is it possible? Need to go from 30mm to 32mm
  13. G

    Berthoud repair or new sprayer

    Going back to doing the spraying myself with my own equipment. My Berthoud Standard 12 needs work to pass it’s MOT, hopefully nothing too major, but should I bother with it, or just buy a new cheap brand? It has hydraulic boom height, and boom levelling, and quad nozzle holders, all of which I...
  14. G

    Moral of the story....

    If it aint broke, don’t fix, or never throw anything away. Kuhn 2135 had its first outing yesterday, has been in the workshop for the bearings in one of the net rollers to be replaced after one side lost its shield and kept grabbing and tearing the net the end of last season. Putting it all back...
  15. G

    WTF!

  16. G

    Perkins lift pump filter

    Can I buy the gauze filter on it’s own? An internet search only shows a complete rebuild kit, which at £15 isn’t out of the way, but it seams a waste of the other parts. Mine got totally blocked which distorted the filter.
  17. G

    Free Trees for Wales

    Just heard on Radio2 that everyone in Wales is to be offered a free tree to plant in their own garden or they can donate it to a larger plantation, all in the name of the global warming job. The worrying bit was when the report said the planting would begin in March, surly that is the end of...
  18. G

    To worm or not to worm, the pig that is.

    My youngest daughter has a sow which is due to farrow with her third litter at the end of the year. The sow is outside from weaning her previous litter until a week before being brought in for farrowing again. She is on the same ground whilst outside. The question is, do we need to worm her as a...
  19. G

    Geronimo NVL

    Just read the results are in. After 4 years no sign of TB......
  20. G

    Non Standard Construction House

    Any thing to watch out for when buying a pre fab house? Late 60’s, early 70’s, probably ex council house. Daughter has put an offer in on the house, and when she showed me the details it said, ‘This property is modus construction pre fabricated house which has been skinned with brick and...
Top