quick fixes, bodges and creations

[DeeGee]

View attachment 676824upgrade from the old feed bag!

Can’t work out if this is a drain rod caddy or one of those multiple organ pipe rocket launchers so beloved of the Russians in WW 2.

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

Lost a paddle off the clean grain conveyor to the tank.
Bit of CAD design.
Offcut of stable matting.
What looks like new bolts but guarantee rescued out of a bin from work!

 

[Bloders]

Im going to claim the "creation" here as i used new nozzles, pressure gauge, solenoid valve, cable ties (two off) and pipework.
I have used an electric window switch from a scrap car if that helps my cause at all.

This creation allows dad to do spot spraying with the buggy. Either use the hand lance removed from the Hardi sprayer, or the "side boom" sprayer is an electric powered sprayer for a quad in the back and the pipework is permanently attached underneath. Frame sits in the tow hitch connector so one pin and its removed

 

[chickens and wheat]

used with the relevent pa2 self propelled spray certificate of course

 

[joe soapy]

Hmm, you could have made it power fold, its a killer having to get out to put the boom out each field

 

[Hesstondriver]

Home made electric wrapper control box , I will admit new parts , however no professional (or other) advice was taken. And it functions too - bonus

 

[joe soapy]

Home made electric wrapper control box , I will admit new parts , however no professional (or other) advice was taken. And it functions too - bonus View attachment 678754

Obviously missed your natural vocation

Wish i had a pic of the 3 phase heater element i made from cooker rings for drying corn some years ago

 

[Hesstondriver]

ive seen birds nests of greater magnitude from 'professional electricians', its just they have a better way of hiding it than me !

 

[KennyO]

View attachment 676824upgrade from the old feed bag!

Been meaning to do something similar with ours- local chimney sweep carrys his rods in the same way.

 

[joe soapy]

definatly lose points for using 2 cable ties to stop cable pulling out, a knot in cable would have sufficed

 

[puppet]

The pipe rubbed through on the loader bracket and replacement was going to do the same so an old grease cartridge did the trick. Needed a cable tie.

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

Wheels on el cheapo petrol pressure washer disintegrated.

Wheels I'd cut of a scrap cement mixer and new cable ties......

Better than originally.

Anyone else do bodges and think "I've used something new.....don't think I can put it in the bodgers thread"

 

[puppet]

The pipe rubbed through on the loader bracket and replacement was going to do the same so an old grease cartridge did the trick. Needed a cable tie.View attachment 680940

Forgot to add that the cable tie was off a used fertiliser bag. Been saving them for years and that was only the second one I have found a use for. My son despairs and has threatened to hide them

 

[Mur Huwcun]

The pipe rubbed through on the loader bracket and replacement was going to do the same so an old grease cartridge did the trick. Needed a cable tie.View attachment 680940

Crack open the joint with two spanners, use the spanner on the male fitting to twist pipe slightly and out of harms way and then hold tight and tighten the union. It will then stay in that position/curve. Used to do all of them when fitting loader brackets. The pipe will rub when left to find it’s own curve.

 

[puppet]

Crack open the joint with two spanners, use the spanner on the male fitting to twist pipe slightly and out of harms way and then hold tight and tighten the union. It will then stay in that position/curve. Used to do all of them when fitting loader brackets. The pipe will rub when left to find it’s own curve.

Spanners???? This is a livestock farm.
However I will mention your advice to the mechanic who cut the replacement pipe too long which is partly why it rubs

 

[organic antares]

Spanners???? This is a livestock farm.
However I will mention your advice to the mechanic who cut the replacement pipe too long which is partly why it rubs

looks familiar Same tractor and chilton loader, in my avatar

 

[Mur Huwcun]

looks familiar Same tractor and chilton loader, in my avatar

Same Explorer brackets, none of the other models used that design of bolting to the sump bolts and I only saw Chillton using them. But they only had 4 x m22 bolts on the front bolster whike the Silvers etc had 6.

 

[hendrebc]

Forgot to add that the cable tie was off a used fertiliser bag. Been saving them for years and that was only the second one I have found a use for. My son despairs and has threatened to hide them

I take it your son is still quite young? He will learn eventually. NEVER THROW ANYTHING AWAY!! It WILL find a use eventually! Imagine if you had thrown them away you would have had to BUY a NEW cable tie
I bet hes never beej loading scrap up or a lighting a bonfire up and thought 'ill never ever need this what the hell even is it? Lets get rid of it' And then the very next day needed the exact thing youve just thrown away the day before

 

[puppet]

Even worse, I would probably have had to buy a pack of 20

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

Anyone else do bodges and think "I've used something new.....don't think I can put it in the bodgers thread"

All the time

That's why there's also the "not quite fast engineering" and "full-fat Farm Engineering" threads as well