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Sals dad

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Wrexham
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Hope this is the appropriate thread for this,
Mole plough that I've been in the process of making for about 3 years.
Had a waterlogged area in a field so necessity forced completion along with a little more free time due to the current climate.
Few finishing touches to add to tidy it up but took it out for some field testing last night to ensure it worked OK.
Any suggestions before I clean if off for painting?
Looks very smart , mole ploughs I’ve used in the past have all had longer skids to keep a more consistent depth over uneven ground if you get my drift
 

Deutzdx3

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Hope this is the appropriate thread for this,
Mole plough that I've been in the process of making for about 3 years.
Had a waterlogged area in a field so necessity forced completion along with a little more free time due to the current climate.
Few finishing touches to add to tidy it up but took it out for some field testing last night to ensure it worked OK.
Any suggestions before I clean if off for painting?

If funds allow, blast it and then paint it. Will last a life time.
 
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

You're quite right that anything on a loader is classified as lifting, but I'm not entirely sure of your statement that 99% of home made spikes etc would fail inspection. These are done by a local structural engineer who tests the implement. I visited a farm not long ago and they put up two tall buildings and needed a 2 metre extension for their telescopic. After building one they took it for the test and it passed with flying colours, and it worked for two buildings.

This isn't to say that everything from the farm workshop is perfect! But my experience is that farmers tend to use steel that's a few grades bigger and thicker than probably necessary. When you're building a single machine and the steel is in the scrap pile there's no cost in picking out some heavy stuff.
People come up with 99% statements yet there's no evidence from HSE records that home built machinery is any more dangerous that the factory built kit. It just doesn't have the CE mark, and this limits the people who can use it.
 
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Colliedog

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Location
Dorset
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My winter project rolling out the workshop. A new chassis for our fertiliser bowser, I used the original axles with new 16 ton ADR running gear and an air brake kit from Erentek
 

Tomr10

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You're quite right that anything on a loader is classified as lifting, but I'm not entirely sure of your statement that 99% of home made spikes etc would fail inspection. These are done by a local structural engineer who tests the implement. I visited a farm not long ago and they put up two tall buildings and needed a 2 metre extension for their telescopic. After building one they took it for the test and it passed with flying colours, and it worked for two buildings.

This isn't to say that everything from the farm workshop is perfect! But my experience is that farmers tend to use steel that's a few grades bigger and thicker than probably necessary. When you're building a single machine and the steel is in the scrap pile there's no cost in picking out some heavy stuff.
People come up with 99% statements yet there's no evidence from HSE records that home built machinery is any more dangerous that the factory built kit. It just doesn't have the CE mark, and this limits the people who can use it.

Did the job

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Dave W

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Location
chesterfield
You're quite right that anything on a loader is classified as lifting, but I'm not entirely sure of your statement that 99% of home made spikes etc would fail inspection. These are done by a local structural engineer who tests the implement. I visited a farm not long ago and they put up two tall buildings and needed a 2 metre extension for their telescopic. After building one they took it for the test and it passed with flying colours, and it worked for two buildings.

This isn't to say that everything from the farm workshop is perfect! But my experience is that farmers tend to use steel that's a few grades bigger and thicker than probably necessary. When you're building a single machine and the steel is in the scrap pile there's no cost in picking out some heavy stuff.
People come up with 99% statements yet there's no evidence from HSE records that home built machinery is any more dangerous that the factory built kit. It just doesn't have the CE mark, and this limits the people who can use it.
I meant they would fail a HSE inspection due to not being marked with swl etc.
granted they would most likely pass a load test no problem
 

tr250

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Location
Northants
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Hope this is the appropriate thread for this,
Mole plough that I've been in the process of making for about 3 years.
Had a waterlogged area in a field so necessity forced completion along with a little more free time due to the current climate.
Few finishing touches to add to tidy it up but took it out for some field testing last night to ensure it worked OK.
Any suggestions before I clean if off for painting?
my suggestions would be a depth wheel and a pivoting top link so that it can move so it’s easier to get in and out of the ground
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