Today I acquired...........

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

That looks incredibly well put together

They were. Clever design.

Just had a look seems he's been working on electric versions.

They were great for kite power as the leaning wheels helped with sideways grip. Kite pulls a vehicle at 45 degrees or so rather than pulling it forward.

 

[8ob]

How is that possible ?

Unless I guess you're talking about plugging in log splitters, for example, and contaminating various hydraulic circuits ?

Older tractors don't have much in the way of protection on the hydraulics, a basic strainer on the pump pickup and a filtered return. Any gearbox/axel/bearing swarf will get sucked through the pump and fired around the whole system including steering, brake boosters, aux and any plugged in implements. They dont seem to bother with HP filters on a lot of this kit.

Bob

 

[Barking Mat]

That’s how I read it. There should be filters in the machines but some of the ones I work on are ‘aged’ to say the least

Then how often do hydraulic oil filters get changed ?

Especially in closed circuit machinery.

Guilty as charged...

 

[Pete.]

How is that possible ?

Unless I guess you're talking about plugging in log splitters, for example, and contaminating various hydraulic circuits ?

Doesn't take much. Sloppy work putting an end on a new hose can put loose rubber shards into the bore of the hose which travel to the valve block and wreak havoc. If an attachment has loose hose ends rather than quick couplings they naturally scoop up dirt off the floor and being oily it glues itself into the inside of the hose ready to do damage when it's fitted up. We sometimes have awful problems at work with people carrying spare hoses and swapping them out without checking for debris in the hose. It might have been kicking around in a van for 6 months and full of dust and grit.

 

[Barking Mat]

Doesn't take much. Sloppy work putting an end on a new hose can put loose rubber shards into the bore of the hose which travel to the valve block and wreak havoc. If an attachment has loose hose ends rather than quick couplings they naturally scoop up dirt off the floor and being oily it glues itself into the inside of the hose ready to do damage when it's fitted up. We sometimes have awful problems at work with people carrying spare hoses and swapping them out without checking for debris in the hose. It might have been kicking around in a van for 6 months and full of dust and grit.

Everyday is a learning day.

Thanks, and @8ob .

 

[Onoff]

Today I was asked if I'd like to go down a skip...no need to ask me twice:

The breakers were all works Ng when removed but some of the DIN rail clips are now brittle. Maybe a job for the 3D printer?

 

[8ob]

Doesn't take much. Sloppy work putting an end on a new hose can put loose rubber shards into the bore of the hose which travel to the valve block and wreak havoc. If an attachment has loose hose ends rather than quick couplings they naturally scoop up dirt off the floor and being oily it glues itself into the inside of the hose ready to do damage when it's fitted up. We sometimes have awful problems at work with people carrying spare hoses and swapping them out without checking for debris in the hose. It might have been kicking around in a van for 6 months and full of dust and grit.

Worst of all is the man in the van hose repair service, they chop saw the hose to length, crimp on the fittings and fit it. Never seen any of them ever flush a hose prior to fitting.

Bob

 

[redlig]

That looks like a trip to A&E from a 57 year olds eyes!

If he's lucky.

 

[redlig]

It is both ways, I just got stuffed with goods coming in from the EU, UPS wanted their fee, UK government wanted theirs then of course I had the VAT to pay. It is exactly the same as I would be if buying from the USA or any other country, how anyone thought that if we left then it would just carry as before astonishes me.

They listened to certain polywhatsits and didn't think further than the headlines.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

If he's lucky.

Ive rode BMX, downhill Kite buggied and boarded. Rode mototrials over the years. Never needed to visit a&e for a sport yet. Few bumps and bruises only.

Had a few close calls but always limped away.

Have the urge to build another kite buggy. Never made the 100k club and it's always niggled. Topped out at 54.4mph. Before circumstances forced me to sell my race kites to remain solvent.

 

[bricol]

We have a machinery ring in the village and surrounding area: whoever is a member and pays his dues can use the machines and common equipment purchased with the common dues .
Is very efficient, you have much better material available than you could ever buy yourself. There are great discounts from the manufacturers.
Who is not a member, of course, does not participate.




In the machinery ring there is the obligation to drive only tested equipment hydraulically.
Experience has shown that a single tractor with metal chips in the hydraulics can infect a whole fleet of tractors and implements.
Because the necessary testing equipment was purchased and plans drawn up at an early stage, the entire fleet of all members can be well tested every year.

It is sometimes a bit of a chore to comply with these rules, but everyone sees their own benefit in the end.

I get you . . .

I think it was thought the dues we used to pay were a little high for the use of machines we were allowed, while we felt our equipment was over-used when you borrowed it and forgot to pay the full fee, so we moved away, expecting to pay a reduced fee for the more restricted use we might now want, while continuing to prove with the same test as before, we were still okay to use it.

Except now you require the same machines, with the same use, to be tested much more, more often, to greater depth for apparently little benefit other than costing us more money, time and effort.

Might not be felt to be so bad where we've moved to, if our new location applied similar tests in return for the odd bit of gear you used . . . and you didn't threaten to turn the lights out in the shed if we tried to . . .

Maybe

Spent a lot of time over there on the mainland, both for work and my own time, so it's going to bugger me up considerably once we're through this Covid thingie . . .

 

[redlig]

Ive rode BMX, downhill Kite buggied and boarded. Rode mototrials over the years. Never needed to visit a&e for a sport yet. Few bumps and bruises only.

Had a few close calls but always limped away.

Have the urge to build another kite buggy. Never made the 100k club and it's always niggled. Topped out at 54.4mph. Before circumstances forced me to sell my race kites to remain solvent.

I know it can be done reasonably safely . I rode m/c road racing from '66 to '85 including 5 off MGP's . Trials from '72 to '10 .Including SSDT & pre 65 . Enduro's from '73 to '82 Long distance trials from '75 to '93 solo and sidecar, and have just given up car trials at 77years old . Now looking forward to being bored . Not !
Cracked a wrist in '67 otherwise never visited A&E . Just not very quick.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

I know it can be done reasonably safely . I rode m/c road racing from '66 to '85 including 5 off MGP's . Trials from '72 to '10 .Including SSDT & pre 65 . Enduro's from '73 to '82 Long distance trials from '75 to '93 solo and sidecar, and have just given up car trials at 77years old . Now looking forward to being bored . Not !
Cracked a wrist in '67 otherwise never visited A&E . Just not very quick.

Aye. Knowing I've got to work the next day makes me more cautious.

Trials I found I pushed harder when I was riding with friends. Having someone to spot makes a big difference

 

[Turbo]

same here in France, at the time I'd get probably 2/3rds of parts / tools etc from the uk, now there basically become completely un-economical, either between the postage, the couriers demanding disproportional fees, etc... result, I get nothing from the uk anymore. I have a mate here who used to get all his car paint & materials from his UK supplier, same he now gets it from a French supplier which even though was more expensive, it was still cheaper than the uk now?, just no longer realistic..

I'm not an economist by anyones standards, but even I can see that it won't work, in either the short term or the long run? how is that loss of trade supposed to help the uk economy? something will have to change before there's no exterior trade with the uk, as I doubt it's capable of internally being self sustaining ...

So the next time I sell you something I'll have to drive the 9 miles to the Republic of Ireland & post if from there?

Maybe I should start providing a service, you guys send me your EU bound stuff & I smuggle it across & post it from the EU!

 

[James1979]

So the next time I sell you something I'll have to drive the 9 miles to the Republic of Ireland & post if from there?

Maybe I should start providing a service, you guys send me your EU bound stuff & I smuggle it across & post it from the EU!

Reckon plenty would pay you to smuggle it the other way! P.O. Box in roi and smuggle it north to be posted over here

 

[zeppelin builder]

more concrete under the table lift to fix it to!

and got the ramp built up

 

[25.4_mechanic]

Maybe I should start providing a service, you guys send me your EU bound stuff & I smuggle it across & post it from the EU!

Absolutely! I have had a finished plan for this in the drawer for two and a half years, for both directions.

I often wonder if this wasn't even the plan from the beginning, something like this: we know full well that they'll never let the Republic of Ireland down, and they realize that we'll never give up NI, so we have a nice little smuggling nest in the middle of it.
Because a fixed border on the island will never be enforced.

Wasn't there talk of Singapore in the North Sea?

Carsten

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[Dcal]

Don't hold your breath.
I guarantee our lot of numpties (both in NI and London) will collapse the protocol because they (the UK government) will not want to show what we have lost by leaving the EU.
NI has the best of both worlds and a real opportunity to thrive but that won’t matter one little bit to our masters in London.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

In danger of getting 'Political' lads.......

 

[The Artilleryman]

Yes, but some of the EU residents on here have a very good point about what the real world consequences of puppyshit are, and some UK residents have pointed out some of the horrendous charges we face to import goods - even small stuff.