Not Quite Farm Engineering or a Quick Bodge.

[Pebd99]

Not quite fit for the bodge or engineering threads so.

Fed up of making up pens to catch problem cows or calves and couldn’t justify buying a new cow catcher at £4K+.
Made up in the last few days still hydraulic pipes to get made up and a small internal gate to act as a side for the headstock. The headstock was robbed off an old crush. Box section channel and rams came from thainstone Saturday sales. Brackets came from p & s murray.
Internal sizes are 8ft by 11ft so should be plenty room. It should stand the test of time.

 

[joe soapy]

 

[mogman]

Well I’m no engineer, very much the bodger by all accounts but because there is no string or cable ties involved it must belong here

It’s a G cramp with a 13” mouth and a 9” throat made from a piece of scrap 1” plate with the guts of a 3.5 ton hydraulic jack

 

[mogman]

And this is closed

 

[Shovelhands]

And this is closed
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Got a specific job for it Mog?

 

[JohnBoy]

Had that very loader on a 4004 county,, probably still in the nettles here somewhere.
You may regret putting the kink in the tilt arms, i found they soon bent if coming under pressure.
Had a lot of trouble with hyd filter blocking which i traced to the tilt ram seals breaking up eventually.
We ran it along with a grays and a 24-1 loaders.. the blue one was by far the best loader.
the county front axel was the pits and tractor was changed back to 2 WD.
what was noticable was how much the the smaller wheels affected grip.
Dont waste too much thinking about going to drive in, the actual benefit is not great

The link rods are 50x50x5 so hoping they should cope better than the 40x40x3 originals which were fairly bannaish.

i also have same loader on a ford 4000 but keep breaking stub axles (once breaking the bell housing aswell)take it easy with the weight or maybe you've a better front axle

Yeah the gravel bag was purely out of curiosity, can't imagine they'd cope for long

ford stub axels

for somebody handy with the welder and tools, a lorry front axel would be answer, and with the bigger wheels having much less rolling resistance.
orbital steering makes conversions like that so much easier

Is it possible to bolt on the outer axle sections from a 4 cylinder model into the 3 cylinder centre section?

Horndraulic Loader?

Yeah, steelfab horndraulic

 

[Pan mixer]

Not quite fit for the bodge or engineering threads so.

Fed up of making up pens to catch problem cows or calves and couldn’t justify buying a new cow catcher at £4K+.
Made up in the last few days still hydraulic pipes to get made up and a small internal gate to act as a side for the headstock. The headstock was robbed off an old crush. Box section channel and rams came from thainstone Saturday sales. Brackets came from p & s murray.
Internal sizes are 8ft by 11ft so should be plenty room. It should stand the test of time.

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That would be real handy on bicycle race days too - very robust, not be many wild heifers breaking out of that.

 

[Mursal]

All bull beef surely?


Extremely well made and the way it opens out wide, proper job.

 

[joe soapy]

The link rods are 50x50x5 so hoping they should cope better than the 40x40x3 originals which were fairly bannaish.



Yeah the gravel bag was purely out of curiosity, can't imagine they'd cope for long



Is it possible to bolt on the outer axle sections from a 4 cylinder model into the 3 cylinder centre section?



Yeah, steelfab horndraulic

I added a strip of 6mm flat to the side of box to strenthen, box is strong in straight lines but poor when curved

4 cyl to 4 cyl, would have to ask a ford expert,, to be honest, the time would be better spent putting front stubs and wheels off a lorry, the lower rolling resistance
with larger wheels makes a very big difference for loader work, wider wheels dont help so much

 

[Mur Huwcun]

Got a specific job for it Mog?

Would make a handy bead buster!!!!!

 

[Pebd99]

That would be real handy on bicycle race days too - very robust, not be many wild heifers breaking out of that.

Was trying to get a balance of being really strong but not so heavy that it's unusable. Time will tell yet but feels fine in the yard.

 

[Pebd99]

All bull beef surely?


Extremely well made and the way it opens out wide, proper job.

Few limousin cows so they make everything exciting. Hoping that now it's built it won't have to be used.

 

[fermerboy]

Not quite fit for the bodge or engineering threads so.

Fed up of making up pens to catch problem cows or calves and couldn’t justify buying a new cow catcher at £4K+.
Made up in the last few days still hydraulic pipes to get made up and a small internal gate to act as a side for the headstock. The headstock was robbed off an old crush. Box section channel and rams came from thainstone Saturday sales. Brackets came from p & s murray.
Internal sizes are 8ft by 11ft so should be plenty room. It should stand the test of time.

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Really like that.
We made one a few years back out of an old square bale grab but its a bit flimsy I'd say.
We just used the bale grab hinges and the ram across the back. My bar spacing is too wide and the gap at the hinges as well means they get their head through and push it about like mad.
The gates need to shut pretty fast, not a problem with a JCB but on a tractor its can be slow.
My old man sometimes has good success lifting it high and dropping it over them, I know of another lad that has a simple 12ft square box with JCB lugs on it and he seems to manage fine doing the same, really easy to make anyroad.

Top tips are
Don't try and catch a running beast as when the gates close in front of them they stop dead and you won't manage on slippy grass.
Patience is key, it seems like forever but an hour in the field is still better than 3 trying to take in a bunch of wild stirks!!
Leave it open in the field so they get used to it.
Look the cattle in the Loadall, again so they get used to it.
Be sure that you are going to manage to sort whatever is wrong out in one hit as you won't get her so easy second time.

 

[quattro]

£3500 for a cow catcher what we sell

 

[stroller]

Today's contraption, made with old rusty box but I used a set square, tape measure and welder so I guess it won't qualify for the bodge thread. Should be safer than holding the log with my foot and easier on my back as I can now chainsaw standing upright. I managed to get the fit correct in the top bracket so that it will stay if I lift it up but dropping a log in makes it come down.

 

[Mur Huwcun]

Today's contraption, made with old rusty box but I used a set square, tape measure and welder so I guess it won't qualify for the bodge thread. Should be safer than holding the log with my foot and easier on my back as I can now chainsaw standing upright. I managed to get the fit correct in the top bracket so that it will stay if I lift it up but dropping a log in makes it come down.View attachment 689438 View attachment 689440

Brilliant idea intill the chaisaw hits the cutting edge!!

 

[stroller]

Brilliant idea intill the chaisaw hits the cutting edge!!

It should be high enough and far enough in to miss, unless I'm really clumsy but I'll trade having to sharpen it v keeping all my toes!

 

[mo!]

Lay an old fence rail on the bucket edge.

 

[Shovelhands]

@Nearly

 

[Nearly]

@Nearly

Spent a day today avoiding going hedge trimming.
18x38 MF rims with ripped out centres. These stand me at less than nothing.

NH bolt in centres almost fit in holes for wheel weights. @phil t
8 holes in inserts. 6 holes for MF wheel weights so only 2 bolts (almost) line up.

Measured with a proper tape measure and then mag drilled other 6 holes through. Fitted bolts, then removed first 2 and drilled them through at 20mm.

Fitted 600 65 38 tyres from @Flat 10
I hope to stick these on drill tractor but how my back feels tonight after this afternoon, I'll need a hand.
Once I've checked they fit and are central then it will be valves out and weld the back side of the inserts.
Possibly a rub down and paint in white if I feel posh.