- Location
- northumberland
Demo day
Today at work
- Thread starter Penmoel
- Start date
Mickeymatbro
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He lost his wallet!hope you didnt leave will alone there
Shovelhands
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- Location
- Sunny Essex
Local residents hard at work.....
davedb
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- Location
- Staffordshire
Made these frames to suit some hopper shaped tanks I came across, should make handy little corn bins, got them galvanised aswell
Then took the boom of the digger ready to start repairing
found a use for a old chassis aswell, mobile work bench
A bit of variety today. New rubbers for loadall arrived so fitted them, old vs new pic
A bit of selective drenching and foot treatment for the girls before a field swap
Went down to see pete (peat) and put another 100m up. Seems never ending.
Darkness comes too quickly this time of year. Back home now to milk the other ladies.
A bit of selective drenching and foot treatment for the girls before a field swap
Went down to see pete (peat) and put another 100m up. Seems never ending.
Darkness comes too quickly this time of year. Back home now to milk the other ladies.
Nearly
Member
- Location
- North of York
I noticed the pig level water bowl was dribbling a bit.
Trespassers had taken up residence on the float.
The pigs had the last laugh when I emptied the bowl onto the floor.
Then I went to help @TripleSix with some fishing for an hour.
I was official lifeguard and video operator.
The spoilsport didn't fall in.
Trespassers had taken up residence on the float.
The pigs had the last laugh when I emptied the bowl onto the floor.
Then I went to help @TripleSix with some fishing for an hour.
I was official lifeguard and video operator.
The spoilsport didn't fall in.
choochter
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- Location
- aberdeenshire
A bit of still life photography today.
Pleased with this year's carrot crop. The fat lads love 'em.
Not so pleased with the neeps, this is the best bit. Pigeons and pineapple weed did for them.
Comfrey dying back, that's the third or fourth regrowth since the spring
Tatties, this is apache and has been the most blighty variety this year,
Emptied the roller (this is still life photography, mind)
Elfie keeping very still - and 3 days overdue, c'mon Elfie.
Pleased with this year's carrot crop. The fat lads love 'em.
Not so pleased with the neeps, this is the best bit. Pigeons and pineapple weed did for them.
Comfrey dying back, that's the third or fourth regrowth since the spring
Tatties, this is apache and has been the most blighty variety this year,
Emptied the roller (this is still life photography, mind)
- Location
- North West
Spent yesterday cleaning out gutters and having a tidy up so didn't bother with and pics as it was boring [emoji849].
Today on the other hand was much more fun packed, started off with a set of fuel filters on a 6930, then the farm up the road asked if I could take a look at there fog gun!
Never seen one before but it's basically a pulse jet engine.
Turned out the reed vale had broken
I improvised [emoji12] as I think parts may be hard to find due to its age.
Sounds like a doodle bug when it's running [emoji23]
Then made some good progress on the 6310 engine
Can get some parts ordered now.
Today on the other hand was much more fun packed, started off with a set of fuel filters on a 6930, then the farm up the road asked if I could take a look at there fog gun!
Never seen one before but it's basically a pulse jet engine.
Turned out the reed vale had broken
I improvised [emoji12] as I think parts may be hard to find due to its age.
Sounds like a doodle bug when it's running [emoji23]
Then made some good progress on the 6310 engine
Can get some parts ordered now.
boyo
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
- Location
- Near Colchester
Just rearranging the mud a bit then?Have no fear, it's not that level here anyway, the area is flat, but very few bits are actually 'level', I'm not destroying the precious landscape
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- Location
- our house, Norn Iron
A word of warning, others may disagree but DON'T grease the slides on the sliding boom.
Few years back ours threw the track in the yard & while I sorted it the bro greased the boom slides, good job I thought as I slid it in later....only problem was the pin wasn't in the hole, nothing new there as it's hard to be sure it's in right, so just stop it short & the boom will eventually slide past the hole & pin will drop in.
Next time I started the digger I lifted the boom, as it topped out the boom slid in with such speed it passed the hole shearing the 4 bolts holding the limit stop on & ripped the pivot pipes off the top of the boom, I thought for sure the bucket was coming into the cab to me, but thankfully it stopped about 2 feet short, can still see those bucket teeth coming at me.
blue power
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- Location
- Staffordshire
Does it take much pulling compared with a mounted trio?
blue power
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- Location
- Staffordshire
davedb
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- Location
- Staffordshire
I can imagine that being a problem as there isn’t actually a pin on them it’s just a wedge that grips the boom, bet that was scary for you though
Shovelhands
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- Location
- Sunny Essex
There is a special slider grease used on the slides, basically really thick grease. They should be greased a little to stop the surfaces wearing as the boom is slid in and out.
There are also spacers/wear strips in the clamps, some had these front and rear, and some had them only in the front clamp, these should be kept to a sensible tolerance by shimming or replacing.
The boom is clamped, not located by a pin. The ram pushes two wedges up at an angle and they clamp the boom tight on the front clamp. The rear is just a slide. Possibly JCBs biggest let down on the powerslide, which I consider one of there best innovations, and one that I really feel they should revisit, was the need for a clamp front and rear on the bigger excavators,
I have had a boom slide in, and it is frightening, mine was operator error though.....I was a plonker....
Shovelhands
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- Location
- Sunny Essex
Looks good, any more pics? What jobs have you planned for it?
blue power
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- Location
- Staffordshire
- Location
- northumberland
Quite surprised actually, it must be 2t heavier than a mounted but pulls almost as easy, mind it is nice n dry, @9” deep with legs and @7-9kph on heavy ground and 10-12kph in the lighter bits [emoji1303] not cheep at £35k tho [emoji47]
- Location
- our house, Norn Iron
I can imagine that being a problem as there isn’t actually a pin on them it’s just a wedge that grips the boom, bet that was scary for you though
Never looked at how it worked to be honest, just seen the holes in the bottom of the boom & thought it was a pin setup.There is a special slider grease used on the slides, basically really thick grease. They should be greased a little to stop the surfaces wearing as the boom is slid in and out.
There are also spacers/wear strips in the clamps, some had these front and rear, and some had them only in the front clamp, these should be kept to a sensible tolerance by shimming or replacing.
The boom is clamped, not located by a pin. The ram pushes two wedges up at an angle and they clamp the boom tight on the front clamp. The rear is just a slide. Possibly JCBs biggest let down on the powerslide, which I consider one of there best innovations, and one that I really feel they should revisit, was the need for a clamp front and rear on the bigger excavators,
I have had a boom slide in, and it is frightening, mine was operator error though.....I was a plonker....