Farm Engineering

[Dman2]

A real man would stick the brackets on the machine and drive up the the bucket and weld it on !

Who says I didn't

 

[RushesToo]

Wrote this on the bodges thread, but there seems to be a little life in this one

"@llamedos It's gone a bit quiet since the experts have left for farm engineering,
All the solutions were engineering, just they had different design lives.
The proud bodgers [expedient short design lives] don't feel expert enough to post over there, but not prepared to be relegated to real bodges
The embarrassed bodgers [they want a longer design life - had the kit but not the time] are too ashamed to post in engineers [lathe too naff etc.] to do so in case they are mocked​

Both threads are dead! :-("​

But not much.

 

[RushesToo]

Smart.
I've start buying those brackets in 2 seperate pieces. Big saving on the proper ones

Hmmm. The chalk line down the middle would suggest you found the centre line and measured out from there? I bet you used a real tape as well?
On the bodges thread the heathens would have used string with a knot in every inch

Oi - there is no better way of finding a mid point than folding a handy bit of string in half! There is a need for things to be engineered, not necessarily over engineered

 

[Dave W]

True but the string should be binned once the measurement taken. Not used to tie the bracket on

 

[ACEngineering]

what about all this Chinese imports etc weres the coded welders and marks on that etc I get several emails every week from Chinese etc manufactures trying to sell me farm machinery like toppers, ploughs and alsorts of crap.

I have a customer that was daft enough to buy a PTO wood chipper from a bloke on ebay down south claiming he makes them himself when he clearly does not although he probably does assemble them after they come off the boat? anyway its the biggest pile of crap you ever set eyes on! has no makers stamp/stickers or model number or serial numbers nothing at all to identify it and the welding looks worse than someones first day at college attempt! no wonder they don't want to put there name to it!

 

[RushesToo]

True but the string should be binned once the measurement taken. Not used to tie the bracket on

I refer you back to the hideous quandary of time/tools available and design life - I did once get a car home with some sacrificial clothing used to replace a broken fan belt - but I did replace it properly the next day
I want to be a perfectionist, but the World never stops throwing me curve balls.

 

[Dman2]

Notice the crap paint on the bucket

This was taken a year ago when the bucket was only 18 month old, and the bucket had never been outside.
Alo instructed Ripon Farm Services to repaint it, but they refused saying it was out of warrenty, so remember Alo toe tips have crap paint jobs

 

[marcot]

Had you thought about making an adapter plate and leaving your euro brackets where they are?

 

[Dman2]

Had you thought about making an adapter plate and leaving your euro brackets where they are?

No
I think these adapter plates can push things to far out and the geometry ends up wrong.
Apart from that don`t have a euro loader.
Actually never had a euro loader but could pick the toetip up with home-made quick hitch on jcb

 

[Dman2]

When we got the matbro, decided everything was going to be pin and cone

 

[Lofty1984]

Right as this thread is still new lets BAN CE TALK AND HSE and appretiate people's handy work, it's got bog all to do with any one else other than the creators of these bits and pieces if it's not insured or safe it's there look out
Rant over

 

[J 1177]

No
I think these adapter plates can push things to far out and the geometry ends up wrong.
Apart from that don`t have a euro loader.
Actually never had a euro loader but could pick the toetip up with home-made quick hitch on jcb

Yep our grays toe tip has bomford brackets for our maxxum. I got masons engineering to make me an adaptor bracket for euro to bomford for my trima on the nh. Its very well made. It does adjust the geometry slightly but not too bad. What it does do is move the weight of the bucket futher forward which means i have to have a counter weight on when loading artics. The trade off is i can use both tractors on the toe tip.

 

[banjo]

I like to see some proper farm mods, well done.
When I have a bit of time I'm always making something, usually stronger than new because the manufacturers tend not to weld both sides of brackets.

 

[Dman2]

Right as this thread is still new lets BAN CE TALK AND HSE and appretiate people's handy work, it's got bog all to do with any one else other than the creators of these bits and pieces if it's not insured or safe it's there look out
Rant over

Can we give this man a Knighthood please.
Failing that a signed photo of Donald Trump

 

[multi power]

Remember a thread on here a while ago, somebody was asking about how to or what rods to use to weld some hook ends on tractor arms. He didn't seem to know what he was doing
He said he a coded welder FFS

 

[Dave W]

Remember a thread on here a while ago, somebody was asking about how to or what rods to use to weld some hook ends on tractor arms. He didn't seem to know what he was doing
He said he a coded welder FFS

A mate is a pipe fitter welder in one of the steelworks in Sheffield. Probably one of the highest levels you can get to. He openly admits he wouldn't know what rods or powers etc to use. He gets given a job card and rods with all the details on. Just does as he's told and doesn't have to think

 

[J 1177]

Remember a thread on here a while ago, somebody was asking about how to or what rods to use to weld some hook ends on tractor arms. He didn't seem to know what he was doing
He said he a coded welder FFS

Remember that. Get the thing cranked up with normal rods is what iv done for welding trailer hitches on (glowing hot mind). Once smashed one of the spokes out of the end ring on our folding rollers. Found the piece and weled it back in with cast rods. So far its all held

 

[Hooby Farmer]

what about all this Chinese imports etc weres the coded welders and marks on that etc I get several emails every week from Chinese etc manufactures trying to sell me farm machinery like toppers, ploughs and alsorts of crap.

I have a customer that was daft enough to buy a PTO wood chipper from a bloke on ebay down south claiming he makes them himself when he clearly does not although he probably does assemble them after they come off the boat? anyway its the biggest pile of crap you ever set eyes on! has no makers stamp/stickers or model number or serial numbers nothing at all to identify it and the welding looks worse than someones first day at college attempt! no wonder they don't want to put there name to it!

Wasn't jonny sayers selling it?

Few things I got back from the galvanisers today for the farm.

 

[Nearly]

I'm more of a bodger by nature, but will look in here to see how it's done.
Crack on!

 

[Lofty1984]

Looking forward to seeing all the creations