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Spring 2009 18 - 1


Spring 2009 18 - 1
Spring 2009  18 - 1
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Vol 18 - 1
Spring 2009
Publication date: May 8, 2009
Page: 48
All editorial, no advertising

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Arable, cropping, tillage:
Skid type mole drainer / combine swath header modified / Rodenator gas bottles towed by ATV /
Home mixed liquid N / Bateman Hi-LO modifications / 20ft container makes top chemical store / safety ideas for sprayers / plough rear has lights, warning / Cat MT855 spares carrier and tool box / lane leveller / huge security entrance gate opens 9m

General farming:
Wheel Nut Indicators - Farm IDEAS Offer / front box for Fastrac 155-65 / Vauxhall Frontera has low ground pressure / Leyland 272 adapted for hedge trimmer

Grassland features:
Silage clamp roller removes air when ensiling / mower gearbox cooled with electric fan

Livestock farming, dairy, beef, sheep:
Quad gate / tip-up cattle crush / calving box cameras on broadband / trough cleaner

Equine:
Horse box ramp converted to hydraulic lift / riding school design

Workshop tips and tricks with Billy Young:
- making a home built profile oxy cutter
- building a big bench vice
- pipe bender made easier to operate
- hydraulic press used for crimping
- white board made from lorry panel
- Tippex used to mark steel
- making air lines adaptable
- washing machine drain used for cable
- Tips with the Plasma Cutter
- making stencil signs with plasma cutter



Click here to view: Read how this MOT failure has been converted into a useful arable farming tool

Click here to view: This 'Made it Myself' tip crush mounts on the tractor loader - see how it's been made

Click here to view: Drive at this gate on the quad and it opens, and closes - and cattle can't push it open