Thread: What have you been up to?

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Nothing like the smell of a good silage pit
They have gone away from that over here,they hire a machine that fully seals each bale.
Andrew

Love the rich smell of silage as well, Hard to explain really.
They do it over her as well, very expensive when you work it out on DM and the mje. No use long term as birds and other vermin can spoil it If I never have to open this pit its a good investment as will be there for years. If I have to uncover it next year I wont be happy. Have a lot of hay so should be OK.
I'm looking at purchasing one of those bale wrappers for next season actually. Be great for the late pasture cut that wont cure or when the weather turns sour.

Tony

On doing things.

This week hiding inside out of the rain, learning how to silver solder with a mapp torch to redo some of the plumbing in the spare bathroom that shouldn't be the spare bathroom. Wiring the house for gigabit ethernet. Watching my roof plumbing drainage trenches that haven't yet been piped erode away and hoping that they won't take the foundations with them. Collecting - digging up - sandstone to build the retaining wall that was eroded away by the roof plumbing drainage that wasn't there. Getting ****ed that the patch on the box gutter didn't work.

Not finishing the fence. Still.

Originally Posted by abaddonxi

On doing things.

This week hiding inside out of the rain, learning how to silver solder with a mapp torch to redo some of the plumbing in the spare bathroom that shouldn't be the spare bathroom. Wiring the house for gigabit ethernet. Watching my roof plumbing drainage trenches that haven't yet been piped erode away and hoping that they won't take the foundations with them. Collecting - digging up - sandstone to build the retaining wall that was eroded away by the roof plumbing drainage that wasn't there. Getting ****ed that the patch on the box gutter didn't work.

Not finishing the fence. Still.

I hear you on the reno stuff, I'm into the homestead in a big way now.
Bit like you, lots of plumbing, cables, kicked a heap of walls out, new laundry, bathroom, kitchen and living area. Then the land scape

We have now had a couple of good rains wich has put an end to road construction work.Too wet.
I started maintence grading the gravel roads this week.
Normally work with a roller chasing me,bit different this year.The usual maintence grader steerer is off on sick leave,and has been for quite some time.
Ive got the young bloke on the team who is pretty handy with a grader polishing up his skills.So we have 2 graders,the maintence grader has a ripper mounted roller,and a multi tyred roller working together.Getting lots of road graded together.
Rest of the crew are tree clearing and will be culvert extending ready for the next construction programme.
Andrew

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

We have now had a couple of good rains wich has put an end to road construction work.Too wet.
I started maintence grading the gravel roads this week.
Normally work with a roller chasing me,bit different this year.The usual maintence grader steerer is off on sick leave,and has been for quite some time.
Ive got the young bloke on the team who is pretty handy with a grader polishing up his skills.So we have 2 graders,the maintence grader has a ripper mounted roller,and a multi tyred roller working together.Getting lots of road graded together.
Rest of the crew are tree clearing and will be culvert extending ready for the next construction programme.
Andrew

I dry hire a grader every few years from WesTrack to do some of the maintenance here.
Not sure how long it will take me to get used to the joy sticks in some of the latter models. Must be different at first.
The Last one was an old 140G. Tough as

Originally Posted by Rangier Rover

I dry hire a grader every few years from WesTrack to do some of the maintenance here.
Not sure how long it will take me to get used to the joy sticks in some of the latter models. Must be different at first.
The Last one was an old 140G. Tough as

I had a test drive of a brand new John Deere grader a month ago.NICE!!!
It has both joysticks and a steering wheel.
Joysticks are so much better,lot more comfortable.
You still need the wheel.Ive just spent a few weeks doing backslopes,at times close to the graders side slope limits,you NEED a wheel to hold onto.Also in the same situation there are lots of stumps the tree wreckers miss.The steering wheel stops you dissapearing out the front window!!!!
The Cat only has joysticks,great for mining and freeway building,dont think I would like to use the joysticks to steer at transport speeds,too direct.
Joysticks give alot clearer vision,EXCELLENT!!!!
Andrew

Second job tomorow, after a fix a major water leak
Been to Sydney and back today, something always seems to go wrong here when I set foot of the place!

I'm knocking up a substantial portable gantry crane that will make my life a lot easier removing the drive bells off the Ford 7840 tractor. Should be able to take them tyres and all if it works out

Not a lot room in my work shop so will take some careful measurements so it just clears. Will have to keep the clutter away from now I'll have to make it out of what I can find here so wont be a neat job
Basically two A frames on wheels and something like "I" beam across it with a chain block on a slide will do it.

It will have many uses latter on, and can be shoved out doors if needed. May use Rover stubs and 750x16 tyres so its all terrain

I already have a jig made for splitting the other two. (Ford 5000 and Ford 7000.)

Any one got any good ideas for the Gantry jib. I was going to use the JD backhoe

Don't know much about that kind of jib.

Know about this kind of jib.