quick fixes, bodges and creations

[exmoor dave]

Repair to belt guard on the topped needed after a inconsiderate concrete wall just jumped out the hedge

 

[chickens and wheat]

Plastic bung was missing from headstock of the rake. Made a new one from a pringles can. Plastic lid was a tad too big, but base just right.

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disqualified ,they are genuine pringles not some fakes from lidl aldi etc

 

[SamN]

disqualified ,they are genuine pringles not some fakes from lidl aldi etc

I'm my defense, the pringles can had already been recycled once as a storage tub for screws

 

[Bury the Trash]

along similar lines, mower designed as a mulcher was never the best cut, particularly in damper /longer grass and quite often needed to over drive or mow it twice ,bit frustrating as otherwise very reliable and easy going machine.
answer to transform it was to cut a hole in the correct place in the deck to convert to side discharge ,worked a treat with lower settings able to be used plus engine runs freer and uses relativly less petrol.
Got 2 for a bit of commercial mowing so will do the other i think, when i get chance .

bit dangerous left open could take someones big toe off lol, so got a disused belt guard from a clayson combine and 2 tech screws & bobs yer bino safe and deflects the grass from going on the War memorial gravel but open enough to not block or restrict flow

 

[TripleSix]

Bale spike snapped off.
Again.
Wasn't me.

Lots of MIG wire later she's reattached.

Spike wobbly in the bush, welded that too.

 

[Chae1]

Wife didn't want deep fat frier in the house. So made a table up in the chummer from some old tyres and a mirror. Will start my diet another day.

What a job it was finding 3l of oil to fill it!

 

[Andrew]

Bale spike snapped off.
Again.
Wasn't me.

Lots of MIG wire later she's reattached.

Spike wobbly in the bush, welded that too.

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Hate to say it but from my experience welding those spikes is the worst thing to do, makes them ridiculously brittle.

 

[hendrebc]

Went to get the mower today but the hydraulic hose to lift it up and down was peeing oil out of it. It was beyond wrapping it with bale tape so thought best take it off and get a new one
But that is not the quick fix! Took it off while I still had dirty hands but that left the pipe open and exposed didn't really want to leave it if I could in case it got some dirt or something in there. Looked through the door of the shed where the pet lambs are and saw the perfect solution like it was made for the job.

 

[the orra loon]

Haven’t heard chammer or I think it’s chaumer for a long time. When I was young it was used a lot………perhaps even ilka day

 

[Chae1]

Haven’t heard chammer or I think it’s chaumer for a long time. When I was young it was used a lot………perhaps even ilka day

Wasn't sure correct spelling!

One of my friends from Buchan area used that term a lot.

 

[TripleSix]

Hate to say it but from my experience welding those spikes is the worst thing to do, makes them ridiculously brittle.

It'll be right, I'll be building a whole new spike at some point

 

[Mur Huwcun]

Went to get the mower today but the hydraulic hose to lift it up and down was peeing oil out of it. It was beyond wrapping it with bale tape so thought best take it off and get a new one
But that is not the quick fix! Took it off while I still had dirty hands but that left the pipe open and exposed didn't really want to leave it if I could in case it got some dirt or something in there. Looked through the door of the shed where the pet lambs are and saw the perfect solution like it was made for the job.View attachment 1042409
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Watch in case there’s a restrictor in that fitting, looks like there’s something there. If it falls out your mower will then be dropping like a stoneband lifting way to quick and rough

 

[hendrebc]

Watch in case there’s a restrictor in that fitting, looks like there’s something there. If it falls out your mower will then be dropping like a stoneband lifting way to quick and rough

There was something in there I assumed it was stuck though. Thanks I'll look out for it when I put the pipe back

 

[Av Gorritt]

So-o-o-o , please tell . What is a "Chummer ?"

 

[Chae1]

So-o-o-o , please tell . What is a "Chummer ?"

Like a outhouse. A small room outside of house. It's a doric term.

Found it.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/d...text=(ˈtʃɔːmə ),quarters used by farm workers

 

[Av Gorritt]

Right - that clears that up then . It sounded all Greek to me

 

[Rod Dumbreck]

There was something in there I assumed it was stuck though. Thanks I'll look out for it when I put the pipe back

I thought the silver ball in there was something you got from your lambing shed , got me thinking I must change breed

 

[Highland Mule]

There's some creative fixes in this thread.

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Nope, take your spam somewhere else.

 

[Bury the Trash]

There was something in there I assumed it was stuck though. Thanks I'll look out for it when I put the pipe back

sometimes its just a very simple flow restrictor , just a small hole/oil way in an adaptor or similar that is inside
like this

or maybe like them

 

[Womblefarrier]

Old disused bucket, Cut hole in back, added some tube for the forced air, sat it in a wheel barrow and bingo, outside coke fire!