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[Win]

what is the small hydraulic ram under the lights at the back for?

Pulls the lights against the body to stop them getting covered in sh#t is my guess?

Yeah its to close the lights, I do a fair bit of travelling on the road loaded so thought it would be handy.

Tee,d into the back door I,d think .It,s been on the to do list here for ages

This one is tee'd into the bed chain, I thought it was going to be in to the door! Tbh it's not ideal you have to reverse the bed chain along way to get them to open, then when starting loaded the beaters obviously need to be going first before moving the floor. Think i'm going to put a couple of extra pipes into another spool, they've tee'd in at the front by the floor speed valve so the pipes won't be that long, it don't seem quite right now anyway!!!:tdown:

 

[headcase]

Yeah its to close the lights, I do a fair bit of travelling on the road loaded so thought it would be handy.

This one is tee'd into the bed chain, I thought it was going to be in to the door! Tbh it's not ideal you have to reverse the bed chain along way to get them to open, then when starting loaded the beaters obviously need to be going first before moving the floor. Think i'm going to put a couple of extra pipes into another spool, they've tee'd in at the front by the floor speed valve so the pipes won't be that long, it don't seem quite right now anyway!!!:tdown:

seen 1 with a flap that the slurry door moves :Thumbp2:

 

[slurryboy]

seen 1 with a flap that the slurry door moves :Thumbp2:

Have also seen those lifting the flap as you lower the door while still spreading.

 

[nashmach]

seen 1 with a flap that the slurry door moves :Thumbp2:

That's the way laoisfarmers Western is done :Thumbp2:

 

[johndeere6920s]

Think @laoisfarmer made something like that for when the door opens

 

[scoffcruddle]

Jeantil spreader I used to hire had a linear actuator on each indicator,had a switch in the cab on the control box.

 

[AYF]

One that came here once had them activated by the door. But it needed to be down to the very last to open them. So worked very well.
Was just a counter balanced or sprung flap I think. A bit of the door just caught it as it was coming down to the last few inches.

 

[laoisfarmer]

This is ours, works well you can lift the door a small bit first to close them and when finished don’t close the door the last bit until spinners slow down. Haven’t had any issues even when spreading wet stuff , should have done it years ago !!!

Yeah its to close the lights, I do a fair bit of travelling on the road loaded so thought it would be handy.

This one is tee'd into the bed chain, I thought it was going to be in to the door! Tbh it's not ideal you have to reverse the bed chain along way to get them to open, then when starting loaded the beaters obviously need to be going first before moving the floor. Think i'm going to put a couple of extra pipes into another spool, they've tee'd in at the front by the floor speed valve so the pipes won't be that long, it don't seem quite right now anyway!!!:tdown:

 

[mixed fleet]

Went to co.Letrim ploughing today.
Ground was sticky. Nice day out though. It was held at Aughavas.
Go East for the land and West for a Wife.

 

[mixed fleet]

I took this one for @CORK and @Bog Man .
This is the most prevalent crop in theese parts .

Few more

 

[massey 6480]

Don't you love Sunday mornings.....

 

[johndeere6920s]

It wasnt today or yesterday that broke

 

[headcase]

Push the ram right out and clean every thing and weld away
Have a hose trickling over the back end of the rod to take the heat away

 

[Blackwater boy]

The cows have a nice view for a few hours anyway

 

[kverneland es 80]

are you north or south of the river kevin

 

[massey 6480]

I actually wrapped the chrome in a wet rag .

Push the ram right out and clean every thing and weld away
Have a hose trickling over the back end of the rod to take the heat away

 

[headcase]

I actually wrapped the chrome in a wet rag . View attachment 53028

Could have had the hose trickling on the rag too:Thumbp2:

 

[Blackwater boy]

are you north or south of the river kevin

On the south bank Geoff, that's looking directly west there but standing on the bridge where the rivers turns 90 degrees and heads straight south to the sea

 

[MF30]

View attachment 52978 Don't you love Sunday mornings.....

That was a disappointing amount of weld to be on a Redrock product, wasn't it? Hope they put more weld onto their dump trailer rams...
MF30

 

[kverneland es 80]

On the south bank Geoff, that's looking directly west there but standing on the bridge where the rivers turns 90 degrees and heads straight south to the sea

Thought it might be there alright.my late father went to secondary school in Mt mellary many yrs ago

 

[kverneland es 80]

My cow's don't like the rain

 

[denis086]

That was a disappointing amount of weld to be on a Redrock product, wasn't it? Hope they put more weld onto their dump trailer rams...
MF30

I'd imagine the rams are bought in from a third party,
And in fairness I bought an 04 16t dump trailer that had one ram weeping when I bought it. I brought the ram to the local expert and he even remarked when I collected it that they were a very good quality ram and it was just a loose seal was the problem it hadn't failed. In fact I wouldn't look past another redrock dump trailer because its quality, service it's given.

 

[Blackwater boy]

Thought it might be there alright.my late father went to secondary school in Mt mellary many yrs ago

My father and all the local legends went there too, great memories so they say

 

[Big Vern]

My cow's don't like the rain View attachment 53029 View attachment 53030

I must be like your cows then as I don't like the rain either,,,,,

 

[slurryboy]

Have abandoned trying to spread any today, hasn't been raining all day occasionally it snowed instead