Farm Engineering

Dman2

Member
Location
Durham, UK
well brackets have arrived so better get started altering all my attachments
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Dave W

Member
Location
chesterfield
It's my understanding it could be welded by a 5 yr old with a fisher price welder and look like pigeon sh1t. The bit that matters is whether it is tested or not.
I had my machinery lifters tested. They put a 10t proof load on all 3 lifting points to give a SWL of 5t.

The point is it's WHAT is presented on the test date not WHO welded it. How it's made and who welded it are irrelevant
 

Dave W

Member
Location
chesterfield
The point is anything the goes on the handler is a piece of lifting equipment and should be treated as such.
99% of all home made bale spikes, forks, grabs etc would fail a HSE inspection.

Stupid thing is you can buy say a bucket off strike has that comes with a very and CE marking but as soon as you weld some brackets on all that is invalid as it has been modified
 

Dave W

Member
Location
chesterfield
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
 

roscoe erf

Member
Livestock Farmer
Is someone seriously going to say that a farmer cannot fabricate his own project for use by himself with no employees without it being CE Marked.
Well lock me up now. and 90% of the farming population that do the same as me.

Might as well shut down half the threads on this site as well
a total load of rubbish yet again suits with no job prospects making work for themselves at our cost
 

Strawgalore

Member
Location
South Cumbria
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

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

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quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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