Richy12
Member
- Location
- Fermanagh, N Ireland
Hose wrap and heavy duty cable ties renewed on our 7/8 year old bale wrapper
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To blast or not to blast....
- Thread starter Heathland
- Start date
Hose wrap and heavy duty cable ties renewed on our 7/8 year old bale wrapper
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Bought it last spring,its very satisfying watching all the years of crap come flying off,I'll never use a wire brush again,plus if its not to badly corroded its quick, thats why I thought about doing the rolls,I only do it when its a nice drying day tho.Is the blaster a recent purchase?
I know I definitely spend a load of time playing with new toys, I'd have got bored by now though.
Blast media is cheap at £150/ton and goes a very long way,especially if you can reuse it.
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
What blasting medium do you use?????
- Location
- Lincolnshire
J Blast,standard,its iron silicate,its very hard and leaves a great surface for the primer to key too.
Its Ok for farm machinery but nothing to delicate.
Leave them as they are and advertise them they look very well looked after
That is the question.
I thought I'd post this in machinery forum rather than workshop.
What are the forum members thoughts on machinery that has been shot blasted and repainted/overhauled about resale/value?
Is it worth the time involved or does it put potential buyers off by covering up potential issues
Thats cynic coming out in me!
I've got a set of Cousins 6.2m HZ rolls with tied paint /decals which I'm going to sell.
Its getting a full set of new bearings so in bits at the moment.
Foxcover
Member
just about finished
Will the TM take over all ploughing duties from the Fords then Barley?
I wouldn’t want to buy a resprayed machine without seeing it before, for every one that is genuine there will be one that is trying to cover up work done.
If it works ,I can only drive one at a time
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Well a bit of a update due to wet weather stopping harvest progress,
6 new bearings,just got to put in spacers to tighten up the 24" ring's.
smcapstick
Member
- Location
- Kirkby Lonsdale
£500ish will get you a good one…
Feel free to point me in the right direction.
. Ebay only coming up with Sealey ones or a couple of second hand big ones at 1.5k and 2.5kI would need a road compressor to run it too?
Ps good to see you posting again Mr Capstick.
- Location
- Cambs/Suffolk/Norfolk
Looks very smart nice job 
I often go the extra mile with things I do. Doesn’t earn me much more but makes the job right and can put you a notch above the next man
I often go the extra mile with things I do. Doesn’t earn me much more but makes the job right and can put you a notch above the next man
Steevo
Member
- Location
- Gloucestershire
Well a bit of a update due to wet weather stopping harvest progress,6 new bearings,just got to put in spacers to tighten up the 24" ring's.
Looks great! A job to be proud of that is!
- Location
- Lincolnshire
2 mins just let rip with compressor!
Blast media is cheap not worth saving.
Compressor was £950,mates rates !
Blasting pot plus all the safety gear about 2k
£100 for a ton of media,which goes a long way I used 6 bags on the rolls,took about 2 1/2 do.
I really get a kick out of blasting it just eats rust and paint and its quick!
Took about a day and a half to do the rolls,blast prime,top coat,decals.