Today at work

[Karliboy]

Surface grinding this morning
The most mundane job going

 

[Lincs Lass]

That went better than I thought .
Had my doubts it would fit ,,like a glove .
Of to sunny Dorset it goes

 

[v8willy]

I've just ordered a Hotline Phoenix 1600 with the mobile control interface for quite a bit less than a Rappa 15000i with the remote. It'll let me switch it remotely but it'll also text me if the line voltage drops or is shorted, ideal as I'm about to use electric fence near the gypsy camp for the first time in 20 years .

I'll let you all know how I get on with it once it's in use.

Have a fencer with the sim card here a year or so, it's a great job sends a text when the electric goes off (which is handy for other things) & if voltage drops. I keep forgetting that I can text it on/off tho it takes a good few mins to kick in.

 

[boyo]

Silage today. Had to call in the big guns!

 

[davidroberts30]

View attachment 676870 View attachment 676874 Silage today. Had to call in the big guns!

Glad to be of service

 

[wuddy]

190r hard at work!

 

[Willie adie]

 

[Phil P]

Another busy day at the office, much cooler today and no wind so got some beet sprayed this morning.
This is the field that was under sown with barley at 50kg/ha, wasn’t sure whether to kill the beet or the barley to be honest

Definitely killed these little blighters though!
(Mangle fly larvae)

Then went to a welger bailer, the customer had sent a work lad to pick the bailer up from another yard. When he got back the pto shaft had “just dropped off”

The main shaft through the flywheel had just broken somehow, so it’s a full strip down.

We came to the conclusion the the lad had moved the hydraulic drawbar across and it had wedged against the end of the pto shaft and snapped it! Just waiting on prices for a new crown wheel and pinion now

Nipped to the jd dealers for some parts then to another customer to look at 3 tractors.

First was straight forward just a couple of new scv couplers a 6920.

Then an electrical fault on a 6420, turned out to be a bad contact on a fuse holder so that was also an easy fix.

And finally an oil leak on another 6920.
This was the fiddly one, the steering return pipe that goes to the top of the brake valve

In case you can’t tell it’s between the cab and the engine bulkhead.

And goes to the top of the brake valve under the dash.

 

[mixed breed]

Sprayed the Spring barley.. good crop of docks

and put some fert on

Three months ago the ewes were brought home to lamb, they returned to the shed again tonight to stay dry as they've all got an appointment with the hairdresser tomorrow.

 

[boyo]

Glad to be of service

I wouldn't call you a big gun, but i will give you credit for a job well done. It was the first time ever we had:-

1. Handed over the whole silage making process to a contractor

2. Drank bottled cider on my new garden decking whilst watching the tractors pass

......im happy (yet fuzzy)

 

[Adeptandy]

Put a lot of timber in today to create a ceiling over the sleeping part of the kennels and a bit of storage above. 6m lengths of 8x2’s were a test on my own [emoji51]

 

[The Stig]

Another busy day at the office, much cooler today and no wind so got some beet sprayed this morning.
This is the field that was under sown with barley at 50kg/ha, wasn’t sure whether to kill the beet or the barley to be honest
View attachment 676976
Definitely killed these little blighters though!
(Mangle fly larvae)
View attachment 676978

Then went to a welger bailer, the customer had sent a work lad to pick the bailer up from another yard. When he got back the pto shaft had “just dropped off”
View attachment 676980
The main shaft through the flywheel had just broken somehow, so it’s a full strip down.
View attachment 676990
We came to the conclusion the the lad had moved the hydraulic drawbar across and it had wedged against the end of the pto shaft and snapped it! Just waiting on prices for a new crown wheel and pinion now
View attachment 676992


Nipped to the jd dealers for some parts then to another customer to look at 3 tractors.

First was straight forward just a couple of new scv couplers a 6920.
View attachment 676994

Then an electrical fault on a 6420, turned out to be a bad contact on a fuse holder so that was also an easy fix.
View attachment 677002

And finally an oil leak on another 6920.
This was the fiddly one, the steering return pipe that goes to the top of the brake valve
View attachment 676996
In case you can’t tell it’s between the cab and the engine bulkhead.
View attachment 676998
And goes to the top of the brake valve under the dash.
View attachment 677000

The crown wheel and pinion won’t be cheap!
And setting the back lash is a bit of a fiddle!

 

[Phil P]

The crown wheel and pinion won’t be cheap!
And setting the back lash is a bit of a fiddle!

Waiting for prices to see if it’s going to be a right off/insurance job! I’ve set the backlash on this plenty of diff’s before. This doesn’t actually look to bad for swapping shims about but time will tell.

 

[Greenbeast]

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Put a lot of timber in today to create a ceiling over the sleeping part of the kennels and a bit of storage above. 6m lengths of 8x2’s were a test on my own [emoji51]

Jealous, i have designed in kennels to the house build (as well as a cattery), will just have to see if the planners go for it

 

[The Stig]

Waiting for prices to see if it’s going to be a right off/insurance job! I’ve set the backlash on this plenty of diff’s before. This doesn’t actually look to bad for swapping shims about but time will tell.

Place your bets! £3k?

 

[Phil P]

Place your bets! £3k?

I was thinking at least 2.5k for parts!
What’s a well used welger AP730 worth? I’d say 5k maybe? It’s not mint condition. Going to be touch and go as a right off I recon, only dose about 500 bales a year now!

 

[davidroberts30]

I wouldn't call you a big gun, but i will give you credit for a job well done. It was the first time ever we had:-

1. Handed over the whole silage making process to a contractor

2. Drank bottled cider on my new garden decking whilst watching the tractors pass

......im happy (yet fuzzy)

Yeah noticed you kept all the magners to yourself

 

[The Stig]

I was thinking at least 2.5k for parts!
What’s a well used welger AP730 worth? I’d say 5k maybe? It’s not mint condition. Going to be touch and go as a right off I recon, only dose about 500 bales a year now!

Yeh £5 k for the baler at best. If the parts are £2.5k I will be surprised!

 

[Phil P]

Yeh £5 k for the baler at best. If the parts are £2.5k I will be surprised!

I always like to be optimistic on these jobs

 

[Bob lincs]

A bit of a change today , marking out orchards with GPS for some local fruit growers .