TripleSix
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- Location
- Helmsley, North Yorkshire
Now is the time to learn!
The what I f^cked up today thread...
- Thread starter Danllan
- Start date
Now is the time to learn!
Suffolk Serf
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- Location
- Bury/Thetford
First rule of farming- Learn to weld.
And use a sledge!
- Location
- Ceredigion
Dont rush
What first thing you should do when you drive into a field with a machine ?
zealman
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- Location
- Canterbury Plains, New Zealand
I suppose the screw up bit must of happened a wee while ago but. Beef cross heifer, 1 of a small mob of last years tail end steers and heifers. They were going on the truck next week
No!!! - first rule is to keep your penknife sharp - you never know when you need to cut baler twine.
- Location
- South wales
Untangle the push bike off your front links ?
- Location
- Ardrossan Ayrshire
Pity its a dairy marked calf but that could be a handy suckler cow.View attachment 881698
I suppose the screw up bit must of happened a wee while ago but. Beef cross heifer, 1 of a small mob of last years tail end steers and heifers. They were going on the truck next week
- Location
- Fife
You say that, but I managed to roll the quad bike last week. Lucky I had the rappa on it, as that is what stopped the bike rolling over on top of me.
Righting the thing was an absolute bugger though.
I now don't drive the bike off flat level concrete...
- Location
- Fife
Picking up a wee stick welder from Screwfix today. Been watching some YouTube videos. How hard can it be?!
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Looking forward to the ‘best fire extinguisher’ thread.?
Gobbing stuff back together is pretty easy, it’s what most farmers do that think they can weld (myself included). A ‘farmer’s finish’, as my old school metalwork teacher used to call it......
Suffolk Serf
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- Location
- Bury/Thetford
Cant be too hard. I can do it but it isn't pretty. If you're feeling flush go fo an inverter stick welder, they're excellent.
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Exactly what I was going to write - don't buy a stick welder unless it's an inverter. And get some nice thin rods to start with too - I find light ampage on 1.6mm is great for getting my eye in.
no pictures but messed up the connector that connects claas baler to the control terminal, not wearing my glasses and getting impatient trying to force it in ? my brother phoned the well known agricultural electric repairers, snowed under with work at the moment as to be espected, but kind useful information over the phone on how to open the terminal monitor, and get the thing working by bodging some electrical connectors ? anyone else dare to admit doing something similar ?
Same thing happened to me a month ago. shite steal literally rusted through
- Location
- Fife
I'm not feeling flush. I'm on a bale twine budget cos I can't afford shoe string...
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
I got my wee inverter stick from Lidl. It struggles with heavier rods, but can cope with a 2.5mm reasonably well. Probably cost me about £70.
Not a feck up but first ewe out of the pen today with really bad mastitis.
A bit of non invasive surgery and it looks a bit better.
- Location
- Bedfordshire
Sorry, arable farmers don't understand? Is the ewe dead and this is a post mortem? If not it needs putting out of its misery.