Today at work

[FonterraFarmer]

Just for @Kiwi Pete ,as he was complaining like a bf about the money being spent on roads north of the Cook Straight ....

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Just for @Kiwi Pete ,as he was complaining like a bf about the money being spent on roads north of the Cook Straight ....View attachment 608916 View attachment 608918

No need for names

 

[FonterraFarmer]

No need for names

That just about brought tears to me eyes








Tears of laughter

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Me too, different reason

So what are they spending our money on, and why is it not just digging a crevasse?


Traffic congestion is easily solved, only make the lanes wide enough for bikes, if the klootzaks want to all travel into work alone, they should ride bikes

 

[Kiwi Pete]

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

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Burning diesel again Pete?

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

Just for @Kiwi Pete ,as he was complaining like a bf about the money being spent on roads north of the Cook Straight ....View attachment 608916 View attachment 608918

They haven't finished your new driveway yet then Paul

Just think how quickly you could get to Auckland once it's finished!

 

[Phil P]

Me too, engineer thinking! Our 6" bin loading auger has bearings both ends but I suppose it just adds cost in a 4" auger.

I was thinking of fitting a bottom bearing, then decided that the worms lasted over 25years but it has had numerous bearing so am I just adding another point of failure?

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

I was thinking of fitting a bottom bearing, then decided that the worms lasted over 25years but it has had numerous bearing so am I just adding another point of failure?

The big augers have bottom bearings because they run empty more often. Small augers tend not to. It may also be that bigger, heavier flights risk wearing much quicker if rattling around (I've never seen a combine unloading auger without bearings both ends).

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Burning diesel again Pete?

"Asset stripping"

 

[FonterraFarmer]

Me too, different reason

So what are they spending our money on, and why is it not just digging a crevasse?


Traffic congestion is easily solved, only make the lanes wide enough for bikes, if the klootzaks want to all travel into work alone, they should ride bikes

Thats exactly what the neighbour wants to do with a Hyosung GT650R

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Thats exactly what the neighbour wants to do with a Hyosung GT650R

What, it won't dig a hole nearly big enough to fit Auckland in.....

 

[FonterraFarmer]

They haven't finished your new driveway yet then Paul

Just think how quickly you could get to Auckland once it's finished!

Only ever head north to fly out of Auckland to go to North America, or to pick people up from the airport.

 

[FonterraFarmer]

What, it won't dig a hole nearly big enough to fit Auckland in.....

No , we'll just push Auckland further into the Pacific ocean....

 

[Phil P]

The big augers have bottom bearings because they run empty more often. Small augers tend not to. It may also be that bigger, heavier flights risk wearing much quicker if rattling around (I've never seen a combine unloading auger without bearings both ends).

Combine augers also tend to be pretty flat so the full weight of the flights is on the tube, smaller ones tend be at 45*ish angle so some of the weight is on the top bearing.

 

[Pan mixer]

Combine augers also tend to be pretty flat so the full weight of the flights is on the tube, smaller ones tend be at 45*ish angle so some of the weight is on the top bearing.

I am worried about cutting the old flight off the shaft without damaging it, I must confess to never having seen replacement 'weld on' flight.

Past experience leads me to using ionox rods for auger flight as these can be run very cool and stick the high spec steel well.

 

[davidroberts30]

I am worried about cutting the old flight off the shaft without damaging it, I must confess to never having seen replacement 'weld on' flight.

Past experience leads me to using ionox rods for auger flight as these can be run very cool and stick the high spec steel well.

tig weld them

 

[davidroberts30]

£90 for 3m can’t remember if there was carriage on top of that though.
(I’m only replacing the bottom section)

i got a 20footer here needs doing

 

[Phil P]

i got a 20footer here needs doing

Think your a little bit our of my area

 

[Phil P]

I am worried about cutting the old flight off the shaft without damaging it, I must confess to never having seen replacement 'weld on' flight.

Past experience leads me to using ionox rods for auger flight as these can be run very cool and stick the high spec steel well.

I cut the flight off round the weld then grind the weld flat after so as not to cut into the shaft