JazzDad
Gold Member
I think we now know why the Scrapheap Challenge (in the States, Junkyard Wars) started where it did!
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Hi from the UK
- Thread starter Densleigh
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Metal Chicken,
So you must before the traffic lights on what was the 3 lane road they just resurfaced, and after the round about.
If memeory serves theres a JD dealer further back from there (if You turn at traffic lights)
I will be along there Monday on way to Chester for a Jobs fair somewhere near the town hall market area.
Just thought why not buy a longer ptp shaft cheaper and easier than converting- but maybe not as interesting.
Mith
Hydraulics supplier is www.howford-hydraulics.co.uk
email is either Sales@ or george@ If you do contact please mention me to him (John from Crewe) - His service is great
and he is practical and very knowledgable. I am not connected to him in anyway just agreat guy to deal with
I have been fortunate to find scrap cylinder £5 ea in a ex-ministry specialist scrap yard - that was about 2 yrs ago had a whole pallet full . Only 8" stroke d/a with unusual ball end on cylinder. these were unused surplus, unfortunately I only had about £20 on me at the time and I wanted a gerry can £5 as well!
Have you any details on that scarrifier - spring tines in particular where have you sourced them from.
I have not been back since but suspect will be well gone, must really take a ride out.
MC & Mith -- a thought - any milage in a 'small bulk' import of cheap bits from the US agri-fabs etc uk pricing is a pain.
Or indeed some of euro ones -Italian etc.
Have either of you been to the IOG show at Windsor - usually in first week september - meant to be trade but will let anyone in if you pre-book on the web and its FOC!!!!
Lots of great ideas and kit to look at + buy (sorry daft thought!)
To everyone else.
Thanks for the enthusiastic welcome, I will post some photo's of varoius bits - when I have mastered the digi cam on the right pc.
So you must before the traffic lights on what was the 3 lane road they just resurfaced, and after the round about.
If memeory serves theres a JD dealer further back from there (if You turn at traffic lights)
I will be along there Monday on way to Chester for a Jobs fair somewhere near the town hall market area.
Just thought why not buy a longer ptp shaft cheaper and easier than converting- but maybe not as interesting.
Mith
Hydraulics supplier is www.howford-hydraulics.co.uk
email is either Sales@ or george@ If you do contact please mention me to him (John from Crewe) - His service is great
and he is practical and very knowledgable. I am not connected to him in anyway just agreat guy to deal with
I have been fortunate to find scrap cylinder £5 ea in a ex-ministry specialist scrap yard - that was about 2 yrs ago had a whole pallet full . Only 8" stroke d/a with unusual ball end on cylinder. these were unused surplus, unfortunately I only had about £20 on me at the time and I wanted a gerry can £5 as well!
Have you any details on that scarrifier - spring tines in particular where have you sourced them from.
I have not been back since but suspect will be well gone, must really take a ride out.
MC & Mith -- a thought - any milage in a 'small bulk' import of cheap bits from the US agri-fabs etc uk pricing is a pain.
Or indeed some of euro ones -Italian etc.
Have either of you been to the IOG show at Windsor - usually in first week september - meant to be trade but will let anyone in if you pre-book on the web and its FOC!!!!
Lots of great ideas and kit to look at + buy (sorry daft thought!)
To everyone else.
Thanks for the enthusiastic welcome, I will post some photo's of varoius bits - when I have mastered the digi cam on the right pc.
surfran
Platinum Member
Densleigh and MetalChicken,
I'm not from the UK, but I did spend 6 months in 1991 and 3 months in 1995 in the Deeside area just North of Chester. I really enjoyed my time over there. Great people, great beer, and great pubs. Oh and I enhoyed the Golf and Football as well.
I'm not from the UK, but I did spend 6 months in 1991 and 3 months in 1995 in the Deeside area just North of Chester. I really enjoyed my time over there. Great people, great beer, and great pubs. Oh and I enhoyed the Golf and Football as well.
Densleigh, thanks for the link. Looks good, but expensive /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif might go for the second hand option.
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personally no. if you look on ebay UK search for 'tractor' you will see some new garden tractors at the top at low prices. the people who sell these are US importers of bulk garden equipment. they may be able to ship you specific stuff ect...
i look forward to those pics, hoping for ideas. do you do anything with smaller garden equipment, ride on mowers ect. this is more my area and im looking for ideas as to what to make.
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( any milage in a 'small bulk' import )</font>
personally no. if you look on ebay UK search for 'tractor' you will see some new garden tractors at the top at low prices. the people who sell these are US importers of bulk garden equipment. they may be able to ship you specific stuff ect...
i look forward to those pics, hoping for ideas. do you do anything with smaller garden equipment, ride on mowers ect. this is more my area and im looking for ideas as to what to make.
Welcome to TBN. We can always use more members from anywhere! If you've been reading here a lot, you know WE LOVE to see pictures of everything.
Sounds like you have some interesting home makes we'd love to see. Enjoy the site and come back often. John
Sounds like you have some interesting home makes we'd love to see. Enjoy the site and come back often. John
voodoo
Silver Member
Hi Densleigh. Welcome to the forum.
Seems that there is a nice small group of UK members emerging.
If we can get another 100 or so, perhaps we can ask to start our own category /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Nice to know that ingenuity is alive and kicking this side of the pond. Some of your ideas sound very interesting. In my time I have built 3pt pallet forks and land leveller. Also made single furrow 3pt plough from an old No 12 Moldboard.
This forum gave me the idea of a hydraulic top link. Best invention ever made for the tractor since the 3pt hitch was invented. If you haven't yet got one for your machine, might I suggest it is your next project.
Mith is another relatively new member and I have enjoyed his homegrown posts recently. I had a Kubota B6000 as my first compact and previously had many of the questions and answers he has now received.
This forum really is a great place of friendly, knowledgable people from all over the world. Great to be a member.
Perhaps we should start a poll to find out how global membership now is. We know for sure there are members in;
USA
Canada
UK
Australia
Anyone else chip in? I think there might have been someone posting from Poland / Romania.
Is this something for a new thread?
Nigel
Seems that there is a nice small group of UK members emerging.
If we can get another 100 or so, perhaps we can ask to start our own category /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Nice to know that ingenuity is alive and kicking this side of the pond. Some of your ideas sound very interesting. In my time I have built 3pt pallet forks and land leveller. Also made single furrow 3pt plough from an old No 12 Moldboard.
This forum gave me the idea of a hydraulic top link. Best invention ever made for the tractor since the 3pt hitch was invented. If you haven't yet got one for your machine, might I suggest it is your next project.
Mith is another relatively new member and I have enjoyed his homegrown posts recently. I had a Kubota B6000 as my first compact and previously had many of the questions and answers he has now received.
This forum really is a great place of friendly, knowledgable people from all over the world. Great to be a member.
Perhaps we should start a poll to find out how global membership now is. We know for sure there are members in;
USA
Canada
UK
Australia
Anyone else chip in? I think there might have been someone posting from Poland / Romania.
Is this something for a new thread?
Nigel
Hi Voodoo,
Seems to be!
And an even smaller world, my wife is from Portloiase and daughter of a farmer!
From another post the northwest seems to be a centre for free thinking in the Uk as far as 'saving a bob or two'
A uk page would be good as there would be useful uk locations we can all use for our special bits and pieces, until then just drool over the US ease of available stuf at the right price.
Seems to be!
And an even smaller world, my wife is from Portloiase and daughter of a farmer!
From another post the northwest seems to be a centre for free thinking in the Uk as far as 'saving a bob or two'
A uk page would be good as there would be useful uk locations we can all use for our special bits and pieces, until then just drool over the US ease of available stuf at the right price.
Taylortractornut
Elite Member
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- Iuka Mississippi USA
- Tractor
- 3550 Fard Backhoe and a 1948 Farmall Cub,
Densliegh one source of alot of my material is at auctions. I go to old factory sell outs, and the auto auction every few weeks they take consignments to. Yesterday I bought some 2 inch diameter rams with 4 .5 inch diameter pistons by 36 inch stroke. I bougt 5 for 125 dollars on a skid and sold one before I got home for 125 dollars. they never have been used. It came from a yearly auction at a utility trailer company here. Lots of heavy equipmen repair shops here will also sell scrap items like worn pumps that make good project pumps or if you remove the back flow ball check valves make fine high speed motors.
I picked up a pallet of internal gear hydraulic motors there as well for 3 dollars per motor. I also like to buy the big enclosed crates like that to not sure what your gettin lol. I did thato ne time and found my self with 5000 1057 trailer light bulbs. I sold alot of them at a few truck shops and took the rest to a friends asphault roller and broke all the glass and picked out the brass lol.
I picked up a pallet of internal gear hydraulic motors there as well for 3 dollars per motor. I also like to buy the big enclosed crates like that to not sure what your gettin lol. I did thato ne time and found my self with 5000 1057 trailer light bulbs. I sold alot of them at a few truck shops and took the rest to a friends asphault roller and broke all the glass and picked out the brass lol.
