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young bull

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Mixed Farmer
Location
West Yorkshire
Been wanting to build one of these for a while and finally found the time!
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First test run
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Dave W

Member
Location
chesterfield
Roughly £700 all in including paint, we could’ve bought the hook ends quite a bit cheaper but I went with proper walterschied ones. If you counted your time it probably wouldn’t be worth it but I enjoy it.
Smart job.
I made them commercially and that's roughly what they cost me with powder coating and a load test certificate plus a days Labour on top.
Making them myself I couldn't get the costs down far enough to leave enough margin in them.
Mine has the facility for a swivel hook for chains which I find invaluable
 
If you had hook ends instead of the rubber pads at the bottom, you would be able to pick up a cultivator, telescope out a bit and tip it down through 90 degrees. You would then be able to change the points standing up. Safer and easier than crawling around on the ground.
 

Blue.

Member
Livestock Farmer
If you had hook ends instead of the rubber pads at the bottom, you would be able to pick up a cultivator, telescope out a bit and tip it down through 90 degrees. You would then be able to change the points standing up. Safer and easier than crawling around on the ground.
It has hook ends,look at the pictures he can fit rubber pads and lift with the top link.
 

young bull

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
West Yorkshire
Sorry was looking at the second picture. How do you cope with implements that have a greater or lesser height difference between the top link pin and lower ones?

I can't remember the measurements off the top of my head but I just measured the biggest and smallest distance between the pins on the machines we have and made the pads plenty big enough to suit and made sure there was enough downward travel on the toplink if you know what I mean.
 

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