- Location
- northumberland
hope that's not a plastic barrow 
quick fixes, bodges and creations
- Thread starter jimmer
- Start date
- Location
- Yorkshire coast
Welded a Claas Senator idler pulley onto the adjuster bolt on the mill rollers to make it easier to adjust them. Also welded the end off a Matador drive lever onto the lock nut so now I don't need spanners to keep it milling right..
clbarclay
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- Location
- Worcestershire
hope that's not a plastic barrow
But that would score it extra bodge points.
PuG
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- Location
- Languedoc-Roussillon
Finally sent 35 of our cows to the mountains Friday so trim ear tags, check and replace bells etc normally just step in and out dodging the horns but with a gammy back decided time to make a head lifter. Around here theirs plenty of galvanized octagonal tubes used for phone posts 13 inches off the bottom, cut out one of the flats and spread is perfect width for the cow jaw. Took one of our old bale trailer roll bars and quick graft to some tube I'd been saving in the hedge and borrowed an old dog bed for padding. Because its on my silage bale grab means it can move in and out from the barrier by wedging one of the arms with wood.
13 inches off the bottom, cut out one of the flats and spread is perfect width for the cow jaw. Took one of our old bale trailer roll bars and quick graft to some tube I'd been saving in the hedge and borrowed an old dog bed for padding. Because its on my silage bale grab means it can move in and out from the barrier by wedging one of the arms with wood.
When you do bits and bobs for some farmers in a certain part of the world the workshop is usually miles away plus short on space for jobs like this so you just use what you've got......
Knew I should have put the header on the combine and ran it up to loosen the rust off
Knew I should have put the header on the combine and ran it up to loosen the rust off
Spoilt it all now, spied this parked round the cornerWhen you do bits and bobs for some farmers in a certain part of the world the workshop is usually miles away plus short on space for jobs like this so you just use what you've got......View attachment 1045833
Knew I should have put the header on the combine and ran it up to loosen the rust off
Willie adie
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Saw an old friend on Friday that I hadn't seen for years he stopped outside the house. His van sounded rough as f**k when he stopped to talk turned out it cut out all the time and he had to keep his foot on the accelerator to stop it cutting out and we couldn't really hear each other so he reluctantly turned off the van....
When he had to go he jumped out of the van lifted the bonnet and sprayed sure brand deodorant in the air intake and started the van. He said that works but lynx doesn't and the sure spray is much cheaper than proper easy start
The lad is a legend
When he had to go he jumped out of the van lifted the bonnet and sprayed sure brand deodorant in the air intake and started the van. He said that works but lynx doesn't and the sure spray is much cheaper than proper easy start
The lad is a legend
Do the emissions smell better?Saw an old friend on Friday that I hadn't seen for years he stopped outside the house. His van sounded rough as f**k when he stopped to talk turned out it cut out all the time and he had to keep his foot on the accelerator to stop it cutting out and we couldn't really hear each other so he reluctantly turned off the van....
When he had to go he jumped out of the van lifted the bonnet and sprayed sure brand deodorant in the air intake and started the van. He said that works but lynx doesn't and the sure spray is much cheaper than proper easy start
The lad is a legend
Lazy Sod
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- Location
- Warminster Wiltshire
When I was lad, my father used to buy a cattle drench from the Walter Gregory company, It contained a certain amount of alcohol. I found that a bit of it poured down the the air cleaner intake improved tractor starting considerably, particularly during the 1962/63 severe winter.
Willie adie
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Sorry wrong thread
dee
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- Location
- Derry/Londonderry
Had a tractor in the garage recently that wouldn't go and the air intake stank of deodorant.Saw an old friend on Friday that I hadn't seen for years he stopped outside the house. His van sounded rough as f**k when he stopped to talk turned out it cut out all the time and he had to keep his foot on the accelerator to stop it cutting out and we couldn't really hear each other so he reluctantly turned off the van....
When he had to go he jumped out of the van lifted the bonnet and sprayed sure brand deodorant in the air intake and started the van. He said that works but lynx doesn't and the sure spray is much cheaper than proper easy start
The lad is a legend
The farmer must have knew your mate
- Location
- Yorkshire
tomlad
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- Location
- nr. preston
Dudes on a gold rush episode in Ghana or symular country were i think using furniture polish aerosol. 
for the cat excavator.
for the cat excavator.
- Location
- Ballyclare Northern Ireland
Old boy who lived beside me used to say that easy start was a great thing...................but they get addicted to it.
- Location
- Worcestershire
Very true, they get to a point where you need to find the can of easy start before the key
- Location
- northumberland
pycoed
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- Location
- Pontarddulais, UK
Just don't put your sarnies in there too!No need for fancy step replacing tool boxes when an empty rat poison bucket is a perfect fit
- Location
- northumberland
Got a nice new jcb cool bag for if n when I have them with me, 90% of the time manage to get home for baitJust don't put your sarnies in there too!