Today at work

Steevo

Member
Location
Gloucestershire
Thank you ?
In a way I do all 3, chemicals in after the initial blast around the system with just water in the power flusher then if possible fire the boiler and add a bit of heat. Agitate the rads with a rubber hammer. Then it’s a clean water flush out. All this is done with a big magnet in the system.
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mag cleaner picking up the magnetite out of the system.
If the systems has sludge in already a magnaclean type device won’t be up to the job as the sludge will have settled in places the circulating pump in your system won’t shift. well worth putting in a new or cleaned system though.

Thank you, that's handy. I'm concerned a chemical flush alone may be insufficient. From research it seems a powerflush involves higher volume (but not pressure) water approx 10x the flow to keep bits in suspension. Better to do a job once and get it right than do it twice. It's not a cheap job from the quotes I've had - works out about £700-800 on a 10 rad system. Your comment about 9hrs to do a 12 rad system shows how labour intensive a job it is and that adds up.
 

Pan mixer

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Near Colchester
After all the other jobs were done went to cut up a tree donated by a neighbour and I think it was Storm Doris last year....

Started yesterday afternoon.

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This afternoon before the light went and just as the battery went flat on the saw, too mean to have 2 batteries but an hour or so cutting is plenty for me on this kind of work as over half the time you are clearing to the fire. I tidied it up a bit more later when me and the saw had a recharge.

I left the neighbours their bit though as it is supposed to be bat habitat and I don't fancy the fine. The hi-viz jacket was hanging in the same place in both of these two photos.

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Ukjay

Member
Location
Wales!
Thank you, that's handy. I'm concerned a chemical flush alone may be insufficient. From research it seems a powerflush involves higher volume (but not pressure) water approx 10x the flow to keep bits in suspension. Better to do a job once and get it right than do it twice. It's not a cheap job from the quotes I've had - works out about £700-800 on a 10 rad system. Your comment about 9hrs to do a 12 rad system shows how labour intensive a job it is and that adds up.

Whomever does your powerflush, ask one question..

What risk to the current system?

Reason being, you are more than likely going to be signing a document to remove said company from any responsibility for any damage caused to your system - so your initial cost can go up so take into consideration the possible weaknesses in your existing system.
 

Ukjay

Member
Location
Wales!
Could you not just take the rads off
Take them outside and flush with lots of water
I did this with one of mine, seemed to work ok
Some people are not so capable, plus - that only covers the rads element, whereby you can still have magnetite built up in other areas of the system that can move around the system you would ideally like to remove.
 

Robert K

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Essex
Most of I manage to squeeze in the workshop, some as gone in the scrap which will probably find it's way back again, hard to throw suff away :whistle:[emoji38][emoji38].
Best to keep OH out of the way when clearing sheds out or I'd av nowt left?, just get asked the same question.....what you want that for....your right they just dont understand:rolleyes:??
What are all the pallets for "Bales I'm guessing"
 

Pan mixer

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Near Colchester
Plenty of routine tasks.
Scraping out farrowing houses.

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Bedding the dry sows
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annual wash for the Manitou - the paint and decals won't stick anymore than that.

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cutting down some collapsing blackthorn that keeps falling on the fence.

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Doing our bit to reverse carbon sequestration.

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Bit of poaching around the fire due to it being a bit moist underfoot.
 

Steevo

Member
Location
Gloucestershire
Dug out a driveway and graded some new stone out at one of the propertys used for accomodation for the european workers. Then cleaned the 435 up until it drys up enough to go spreading again. Some of the lads are out combining maize. . . again [emoji849]View attachment 854793View attachment 854794View attachment 854795

Smart job!!

You're pretty handy on a digger!!

If you fancy bringing a 13t machine down here in the summer for a couple of weeks there's plenty to keep you busy!
 

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