Recent content by FarmerAlex

Here are some pics of the machine and the 10 acres sown down. Used the quad bike to get the paddock done quicker, walk behind tractor was used to do a few smaller areas

Here are some more pictures getting very close to calibration and running out seed onto paddocks. Seed metering rollers are made from hard Australian box timber. Slots were milled in with a carbide router bit. Plastic pipe is Australian class 12 high pressure pvc pipe. Seed boxes are a...

Seed boxes attached now, conducted rip tests yesterday with the machine coming up trumps, now just the metering roller drive and she's ready to get 10acres done asap

Here's a foam marker I made for my broad jet sprayer. First step is to put in a little brass nipple into the blower tube, 1/8 tube diameter is plenty, then get bird netting roll up fairly tightly to the diameter of the blower tube, with a the length of the netting sausage around two fists...

Here's the press wheel and seed tube mounted onto a Tyne

Howdy all, building a seed drill for my Pasquali walk behind tractors. Independent openers with press wheels, 27 speed gearbox for feed rolls 6 run with 272mm Tyne spacing Electric raise and lower

Here's some pics of a repair I did on a case 580sle fuel sender. The fault was the sender failing to send a valid signal to the gauge. The fault was the wiper wearing through the wires on potentiometer in the middle range. I removed the broken wires and installed a fine strand of nickel plated...

Has anyone ever thought of replacing their small tractor with just a quad bike ? With a small cultivator or direct drill pasture seeder, and the trailed mulchers available now, do you think you could replace a tractor with a 500cc bike for smaller operations?? They are much lighter, easier to...

Here's two of my Pasquali 934s one with an acme 9 hp motor and the other with a Kohler 15hp The stick take I built myself, which works quite well, tyres are quad bike rears

Here are some pictures of the hay I mowed with my Valpandana walk behind tractor, 8hp 3 Days to mow 15 acres This year I am hoping to do around 100 acres with it, nothing like keeping fit!!

Howdy all, i am after an older mouldboard ploughing tractor, I have used international 434 with a 3 furrow plough on 10'' furrows, and fergie 2 furrow plough on 12'' furrows, i have whitnessed a farmall a with a two furrow mid mount plough doing an excellent job, just wondering if there are any...

Howdy all, I am designing a seeder for a small 20Hp tractor The ground I am working does have a bit of stone, and can be quite sticky, at the moment still dry as chips. Now I am wondering it there are any good types of seeding tynes, or disc setups that have worked well? I have used knife...

Howdy all, Just signed up on here, farming a variety of things. Hope to read some interesting stuff Alex