Xmas breakdown

[milkloss]

Feeding round this morning and a water tank had sprung a leak. Bodged with a metal plate , but bolt and an old rubber glove !

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Proper job......be like that for years now........ until one Christmas Day!

 

[Pond digger]

Not a breakdown as such but father decided to put the loadall bucket through the roof of one of the cattle yards this morning. Tis the season..!

Deck the bows with bells and holly,
Tis the season to be a wally.

 

[Gedd]

Feeding round this morning and a water tank had sprung a leak. Bodged with a metal plate , but bolt and an old rubber glove !

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Ingenious the things we do to keep us going

 

[Speedstar]

Posted elsewhere yesterday. Draughty bedding up this morning.

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what broke it ?

 

[Pan mixer]

what broke it ?

Stone from spreadabale

 

[AJR75]

Luckily last week (or unlucky) the boom on my merlo completely snapped. By the end of the day it was welded back together by an excellent welder/engineer im friends withView attachment 850117

Seen a few Merlo headstocks go like that. Think they may have had an issue with the robot welder in the factory....

 

[holywell farmer]

Stone from spreadabale

Sod's law it would happen on Christmas Day

 

[livestock 1]

Punctures!!!
Every Christmas Day!

 

[The Grinch]

Ford 4000 scraper tractor hydraulics stopped working Saturday night, could be pump? Scraped out Sunday and Monday with pivot steer c/w bucket and hand scraper in more confined spaces (what a slow job). Our mechanic lent us a little fergy yesterday while he investigates ours only for today for it to not start after doing one side of the cubicles. Luckily same mechanic only just down road and came to have a look. Small stone in fuel hose from tank to pump. Back running within 20 minutes. Thought for minute I was back to loader bucket and sloppy sh1t !

 

[Sid]

I was extremely lucky this morning. Not a break down but trying to cut corners feeding cows. Used the sheargrab to feed bale of silage and when cutting wrap off my hand slipped.
All I can say is a good pair of gloves ruined and a small insignificant cut on thumb!

 

[milkloss]

I was extremely lucky this morning. Not a break down but trying to cut corners feeding cows. Used the sheargrab to feed bale of silage and when cutting wrap off my hand slipped.
All I can say is a good pair of gloves ruined and a small insignificant cut on thumb! View attachment 850229

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Straw bedder floor chain has decided to jump on the sprockets not the end of the world but why holidays or weekends bedded by hand this morning till I get time to realign

You rough bugger you’ve only had it two weeks....surely you haven’t got that used to bedding up with it already ?

 

[Jerry]

Boiler in house failed about 4pm yesterday. No heating or hot water.

Thankfully just the 4 of us here and no guests.

Last year quad bike had a flat Christmas morning but stayed running by pumping it up 4 or 5 times that morning.

 

[Ormond]

Not a major breakdown but left the lights on the manitou this morning probably rushing.....came to it tonight to do a few evening jobs for an hour.....flat as flat....same old carry on, booster all connected up....no power.....fuse had gone on the extension.....back to the workshop for fuse and screwdriver....had to leave it boosting for 15 mind then onto start mode....anyway...finished up now

 

[ashmore]

Not farming related. But had a burst water pipe in a tenants kitchen last night. Completely flooded downstairs toilet and kitchen. And was slowly making it's way to the carpeted sitting room before it was switched off. Ive shown them were the stop tap is, and they suddenly become completely useless in an emergency, and I had to rush down to sort it.

 

[Gerbert]

A guidwheel on the automatic scraper parted company with its intended place. My father happened to spot it at 4 o lock, my welder uncle was doing a job on our premises and likes to help out. Job was good one about an hour and a half later. Makes a change from the usual, as this was yesterday.

 

[Mr Charisma]

Yesterday's buggery moment ?

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Yesterday's buggery moment ?

Fill it full of aresol and light it with a burner...it’ll pop it back on the rim

 

[Mr Charisma]

Fill it full of aresol and light it with a burner...it’ll pop it back on the rim

Yup, that did it well

 

[vantage]

Luckily last week (or unlucky) the boom on my merlo completely snapped. By the end of the day it was welded back together by an excellent welder/engineer im friends withView attachment 850117

What, you mean it wasn’t spotted at your machine’s LOLER inspection?!