Recent content by marimus

You can see in this photo, i'm skipping ahead a little. I have a small cattle yard here, that is growing slightly. I've already put in the new posts as you can see, but they need some rails now. Rails are cut from ironbark logs using a chainsaw, steel wedges, a sledge hammer and some steel...

Hello, I have a 5.5hp honda that I want to run a logsplitter from. It has previously powered a 3" water pump, and the engine has a threaded shaft. I can't seem to find anything that will couple a spline or keyway shaft (eg a hydraulic pump) onto an engine with a threaded shaft. Any help is...

Hi guys, please excuse my misuse of terms that i'm sure follows. I'm not well versed in hydraulics speak :laughing: Anyway, I have a 3PT logsplitter that runs off my tractor. It has started leaking out the end of the hydraulic spool, and the leak is getting worse. Its now a constant drip. I...

I bought a 3PL Logsplitter that works off the tractors hydraulics. Tomorrow I am going to be buying some hoses to connect it up, as it didn't come with any. I have elbow fittings that fit the splitters control valve, which I will take to the hydraulic shop, but what do I tell them the other...

I have been putting it off for ages, but my old leather boots are just plain worn out. I bought a new pair, exact same brand/model and size, but I can hardly stand to wear them. The new boots seem to be a much stiffer and harder leather then I ever remember the old ones being. Part of why I...

We have been very dry last few years, but it looks like we might be back to average rainfall, with an early spring break! The wet doesn't usually start untill october, although last year it was november before we got any relief. This year has been well below average (about 1/2) but things...

Hi guys. I'm wanting to buy a plough of some description for cheap. I have found a couple close to me (pictured below) but I don't know which would be best for what I want. They are both the same money ($330). I want it to convert some pasture into a small vegetable plot. I put some...

Cool weather means two things for me, its bloody dry, and its fencing season. This post is about the second. Here is the shed I live in currently 2 days/week :) Its the start of this fence, and the post you can see is where a gate will go Speaking of gates, here are the posts set out for...

Hello, I have a NH TT75 which yesterday started leaking hydraulic fluid. I don't know much about hydraulics (or tractors for that matter), but looking through some loader valve parts manuals (not for my tractor, but to figure out the names of the parts). Anyway, its leaking from between the...

We had a bad storm go through and know down alot of trees. We cut logs out of most everything that was good, as we'll use it one day. Problem I have is a couple real nice looking trees that came down across a small gully. I've attached a (pretty crappy) drawing of the situation. The trees...

This photo is the finished (lined and capped) bore. They concrete from the surface down to solid rock, and use PVC pipe all the way down, with slotted pipe at the fracture zone. If your wondering how they concrete down to solid rock, they used a larger (12") drill bit untill they get into...

Time to flow test. Its air pressure that provides circulation for drilling, and thats what brings the water up the bore. They wind the pressure right back from what they use to drill (370psi for drilling). The flow rate was 2 litres/second, which translates to around 30gpm. That rate is...

Hit water at 32 metres. Dust is gone, and you can see there really were 2 people operating the rigg. The water was in a fracture in the bassalt, 3 meters of fracture, and back to solid rock after that. They drilled 2 metres past the fracture zone, but it was solid and the flow was good so...

There was soil in the top metre, followed by decomposed granite then solid granite down to 3 metres. After that it changed to bassalt, which was solid down to 30 metres (100ft). This photo shows the strata samples, taken every 3 metres. A report detailing the GPS coordinates, the strata...

This photo shows the drill in operation. Lots of dust and noise. There are actually two guys in the photo...