Watched one at work once, it was behind a T 20. Clutch manufactures gold mine!
The most rubbish machine ever used
- Thread starter Wellytrack
- Start date
8100
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- Location
- South Cheshire
They fetched a small deck screen in to my job to run along side our trommel to see if it would screen the compost to fines. My mother could have sifted flour quicker and better .
They even had a lad with an air line dangling off it at one point to try and keep the holes clear !
Funniest day at work i ever had.
They even had a lad with an air line dangling off it at one point to try and keep the holes clear !
Funniest day at work i ever had.
- Location
- Co antrim
Many an hour spent on one o these. Know all to well about the hay/straw wrapped round everythin but me da always insisted in usin it as he thought it was easier on straw didnt break it up but funnily enough it wasnt him havin to spend hours doin few acres cause it was so slow and then out way penknife cuttin of stuf on shaftBlimey! You must be old to remember that! We actually sell a modern equivalent here;
Belt rakes FAVORIT ALP - SIP
Belt rakes/tedders are an excellent choice for farmers who are looking for a small but versatile rake/tedder for tedding, spreading, or raking dry or fresh forage. Because the spring tines never touch the ground the forage stays airy, which allows it to dry faster.www.sip.si
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
Anything in the workshop with a Sealey or Draper sticker.
- Location
- Shropshire
We use them for our tower. Run Two on a Y into one pipe up the tower. Will now shift 15 tonnes per hour!Bloody sucker blower.
Spawn of the devil
Slow,choking dust,pipes come undone, slow,block up with barley awns, noisy (especially with peas/beans), oh did I mention its slow
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Honda ATV rear axles
- Location
- DD9.
Dad made a “machine“ to top and tail carrots about 20yr ago. Consisted of a flat belt from which carrots were picked off and placed on an angled flighted belt, this angled belt presented the carrots end first to an angle grinder fitted with a circular saw blade.
no one wanted to use it coz the blade vibrated horrendously, covered everyone within a 10m radius with carrot purée, took forever and kept tripping the electrics.
he even tried to sell it. ?
no one wanted to use it coz the blade vibrated horrendously, covered everyone within a 10m radius with carrot purée, took forever and kept tripping the electrics.
he even tried to sell it. ?
- Location
- Darlington
Ah the good old Allis Roto Baler, only sold ours this centuary. Dad got a FE35 to use on ours (after trying a fergy 20) great machine but hay had to be properly ready,and the correct thin sisal twine. Us kids got the job of rolling the bales half a roll in the field every couple of days if they had not been collected. stacked in shed like square bales,never had any bother, mind they was flat like a shredded wheat come time to use them
Had a ball coupling to the drawbar,ahead of its time.
Had a ball coupling to the drawbar,ahead of its time.
Bearings gone in the diff?Honda ATV rear axles
- Location
- Bedfordshire
We had the full set :-
Allis Chalmers rotobaler
Lister Elevator with the infamous non starting Briggs and Stratton engine
Kongskilde 150 sucker blower pto driven
and the more famous Simplex self emptying bins !!! (which didn't self empty or dry the grain properly)
Allis Chalmers rotobaler
Lister Elevator with the infamous non starting Briggs and Stratton engine
Kongskilde 150 sucker blower pto driven
and the more famous Simplex self emptying bins !!! (which didn't self empty or dry the grain properly)
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Wellytrack
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Grass cutting machines that have to rely on shearbolt protection. Utter pi$h.
Ah the good old Allis Roto Baler, only sold ours this centuary. Dad got a FE35 to use on ours (after trying a fergy 20) great machine but hay had to be properly ready,and the correct thin sisal twine. Us kids got the job of rolling the bales half a roll in the field every couple of days if they had not been collected. stacked in shed like square bales,never had any bother, mind they was flat like a shredded wheat come time to use them
Had a ball coupling to the drawbar,ahead of its time.
Our neighbour had one and he made an arm for the fergy grubbed that went out the side it had three wee tines on it and he drove up to the bale and lifted the arms and rolled the bale over the half turn
FonterraFarmer
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- Location
- Waikato, New Zealand
Ha, must have got the wrong model, TRX400 that almost always rows a trailer, 6000hrs ,never been apart, eh!!! ?Honda ATV rear axles
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Big Red, TRX300, TRX350, TRX420 all notorious for rear axles. The internet is full of their issues, and easily gotten replacement parts...
My neighbours 500 shat it's rear axle at 9months old last year, and the one before it went at 18months
michael N123
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Or mowers that burn belts out
we’ve always had hondas change 2 at a time and never had rear axle issues
8100
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- Location
- South Cheshire
Anyone tried the little honing tools that fit a drill off ebay ? I bought one to tidy a motorcycle barrel up it was only on a 9v drill and twisted up like a pretzel after 2 seconds
Rowland
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- Location
- Northeast England
Browns Buzzard made an orange coloured flat 8 grab I had the dubious pleasure of using one on a b414 not many much of a power sh!t gear box or forward reverse lever either. We also had the yellow bale sledge which you had to “ride” making sure the bales went down the right channel and then they stayed the riding on the string side so when you came to stack them there was 8 in flat 8 .
We also had a green Taylor 48 carrier which was poor . The problem with the kit was it was some of the 1st flat 8 stuff out and the problems hadn’t been ironed out