Machinery talk thread [Archive] - Page 2

rebel

16th August 2013, 02:09

Cant say I'm a fan of those Cat trucks. I'd bet they'd ide like shit too. Still, better than a jappa. Those cunts should stick to motorbikes and outboards.

These were parked outside work a couple of months ago.

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r158/coop_025/936413_541459775915143_137393623_n_zpsa5748a51.jpg (http://s143.photobucket.com/user/coop_025/media/936413_541459775915143_137393623_n_zpsa5748a51.jpg .html)

One of our tri drive Mack Titans pulling 170 tonne. Cummins ISX EGR. These are a fckn awesome sounding engine, no need for a stereo, up there with the best V8s.

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r158/coop_025/393458_10151268654873465_555848140_n_zpsb27c4a90.j pg (http://s143.photobucket.com/user/coop_025/media/393458_10151268654873465_555848140_n_zpsb27c4a90.j pg.html)

One of our Western Stars when the side door didn't open while tipping 35 tonne of iron ore. All it needed was a bonnet strap and a new drivers exhaust stack shield and she was good to go. New king pin on trailer and 5th wheel inspect. No CVIU tossers walking around with pink stickers over here.

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r158/coop_025/IMG_0781_zps23841036.jpg (http://s143.photobucket.com/user/coop_025/media/IMG_0781_zps23841036.jpg.html)

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r158/coop_025/IMG_0782_zps7ac4b288.jpg (http://s143.photobucket.com/user/coop_025/media/IMG_0782_zps7ac4b288.jpg.html)

unstuck

16th August 2013, 06:32

Bloody lucky the cab never went over there rebel, could of been nasty.:shit:

DrunkenMistake

17th August 2013, 16:38

A Customers Kenworth.
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unstuck

17th August 2013, 16:40

A Customers Kenworth.

Very nice.:Punk: Did they used to have an old flat nosed mack?

DrunkenMistake

17th August 2013, 17:08

Very nice.:Punk: Did they used to have an old flat nosed mack?

Not sure he is reasonably new to us, he had just bought the kenworth to expand his fleet and it was going into a photoshoot for a magazine so I sold him some bits and pieces to help Dress it up for the shoot.

bogan

17th August 2013, 17:08

One of our Western Stars when the side door didn't open while tipping 35 tonne of iron ore. All it needed was a bonnet strap and a new drivers exhaust stack shield and she was good to go. New king pin on trailer and 5th wheel inspect. No CVIU tossers walking around with pink stickers over here.

:shit: from that angle you would think the chassis would be a writeoff.

unstuck

17th August 2013, 18:13

:shit: from that angle you would think the chassis would be a writeoff.

Looks kinda twisted dont it.:scratch:

unstuck

17th August 2013, 18:15

Not sure he is reasonably new to us, he had just bought the kenworth to expand his fleet and it was going into a photoshoot for a magazine so I sold him some bits and pieces to help Dress it up for the shoot.

No doubt I will see it on the Gough TWL page on faceache.:2thumbsup

DrunkenMistake

17th August 2013, 19:04

No doubt I will see it on the Gough TWL page on faceache.:2thumbsup

Dunno, i sold the countries worth of Mudflaps though :laugh::laugh:

rebel

18th August 2013, 13:19

:shit: from that angle you would think the chassis would be a writeoff.

Yeah, the driver reckoned the fan was nearly hitting the radiator. I thought it would be going thru drive shaft centre bearings, uni joints and cracking cross members but it has done about 60,000km since with no dramas.
We were worried about the battery/starter cables, which sit in between the chassis behind the cab running down the LH chassis rail to the starter. From factory it only has a cab isolator, and they deemed it too unsafe to use a cheery picker to disconnect the batteries. If there was a short there would have been no stopping it. But hey these pen pusher safety fuckwits wouldn't know what a spanner is so we may as well talk to a brick wall.

rebel

18th August 2013, 13:27

Re battery cable short, this is what happens. Driver had just enough time to grab his phone and bailed. This truck had just been rebuilt with new Cummins and road ranger gearbox (about 30k and 12k AUD). Suspected short between battery box and isolator (the part that wasn't touched during the rebuild)

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r158/coop_025/IMG_0215.jpg (http://s143.photobucket.com/user/coop_025/media/IMG_0215.jpg.html)

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r158/coop_025/IMG_0214.jpg (http://s143.photobucket.com/user/coop_025/media/IMG_0214.jpg.html)

unstuck

18th August 2013, 13:35

Re battery cable short, this is what happens. Driver had just enough time to grab his phone and bailed. This truck had just been rebuilt with new Cummins and road ranger gearbox (about 30k and 12k AUD). Suspected short between battery box and isolator (the part that wasn't touched during the rebuild)

That,ll buff right out.:laugh:

We had a allis charmers loader ended up like that. Same thing too, battery Isolator fitted by local auto sparky. Was parked in a fertilizer shed at the time and a couple of the Guys were standing around watching, I managed to get on it and moved it out into the yard. Otherwise the whole shed would of gone BOOM.:weird:

unstuck

19th August 2013, 10:02

A farmer with too much time on his hands????

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1208786_582990881746816_987762649_n.jpg

T.W.R

19th August 2013, 11:39

A farmer with too much time on his hands????

:shutup: Rural sculpture ;)

Used to do similar things with bales too :facepalm: made thousands of the buggers, wore out two round balers. Harvest time was always a curse; easiest way to become a walking zombie :yes: make hay while the sun shines...yeah right most was done at night :pinch:

unstuck

19th August 2013, 12:13

A couple of nice old cases there........WTF is that in the second pic? Looks like some kind of Holder on steroids.:lol:

T.W.R

19th August 2013, 12:34

A couple of nice old cases there........WTF is that in the second pic? Looks like some kind of Holder on steroids.:lol:

lol it's a Case 1200 crab steer :yes: We used to use it for cultivation work, just pulling a 30ft heavy grubber. The 1st pic with the 970 & round baler was my baby...spent 5yrs behind the wheel of that, during the winter used to pull a 7 furrow plough with 14" boards. If I wasn't in one of them I was in a Gorse Cutter :facepalm:

unstuck

20th August 2013, 09:19

Love the use of counter balance, she must be one hefty mama.:killingme

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/1004505_583553261690578_606283309_n.jpg

awa355

20th August 2013, 19:48

A russian version of a land crab.

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unstuck

20th August 2013, 19:52

A russian version of a land crab.

Looks like a really fucked up version of a menzi muck.:lol::lol:

MisterD

21st August 2013, 10:52

Hedge trimming was where we came in, wasn't it? My M-i-L's cousin is a contractor, and these are his current and first-generation self-built trimmers.

Also, being the talented chap he is, what he did with an old mobility scooter for his Grandson. MasterD thought it was the coolest thing he'd ever seen...

unstuck

21st August 2013, 11:43

Thats one cool looking baby landy.:niceone:

awa355

21st August 2013, 15:57

Looks like a really fucked up version of a menzi muck.:lol::lol:

When you see some of the crude adaptions coming out of Russia you begin to realise how hard their agricultural industry have it. They must be desperate to come up with some of their creations.

Ocean1

21st August 2013, 18:53

Thats one cool looking baby landy.:niceone:

A mate made one. One of these I think: http://www.toylander.com/

MisterD

22nd August 2013, 08:43

A mate made one. One of these I think: http://www.toylander.com/

No, he made his own sheet ally body on an old mobility scooter chassis. Currently in the process of making a "barbie car" for his grandaughter.

Grubber

22nd August 2013, 10:25

:shutup: Rural sculpture ;)

Used to do similar things with bales too :facepalm: made thousands of the buggers, wore out two round balers. Harvest time was always a curse; easiest way to become a walking zombie :yes: make hay while the sun shines...yeah right most was done at night :pinch:

I can relate to these. My neighbours had one of those Cases. Come from a cropping family way down South, so all nighters were very common when the season was on.
First tractor for me was an old Farmall petrol. Carby use to freeze up in the winter and she would idle at a 2000 revs till the sun came out.
Next one was a real flash Fordson Major. Pure luxury!;)

T.W.R

22nd August 2013, 10:53

I can relate to these. My neighbours had one of those Cases. Come from a cropping family way down South, so all nighters were very common when the season was on.
First tractor for me was an old Farmall petrol. Carby use to freeze up in the winter and she would idle at a 2000 revs till the sun came out.
Next one was a real flash Fordson Major. Pure luxury!;)

Actually when both 970s were sold they went up north, the one with duals went to one farm & the other was brought by the neighbouring farm, think from memory was around Pukekohe actually. The 1270 & 1200 went to a collector somewhere around Palmy
Used to average 85hr weeks during the harvest season....did a 7wk stretch one yr without a day off, 16-18hr day then a couple of hrs off then back into another 16hr or 24hr shift was normal :weep:

Found this old paper cutting from the local rag.....was a bit of cheap advertising for the boss; he had be scalping jobs in another contractors area :rolleyes:

unstuck

22nd August 2013, 11:14

Who is the cheapest supplier of diesel injectors in NZ?? After injectors for an ED33 engine, in a Nissan civilian bus.Been quoted $187 each down here, gotta be somewhere cheaper out there.:2thumbsup

Grubber

22nd August 2013, 12:41

Actually when both 970s were sold they went up north, the one with duals went to one farm & the other was brought by the neighbouring farm, think from memory was around Pukekohe actually. The 1270 & 1200 went to a collector somewhere around Palmy
Used to average 85hr weeks during the harvest season....did a 7wk stretch one yr without a day off, 16-18hr day then a couple of hrs off then back into another 16hr or 24hr shift was normal :weep:

Found this old paper cutting from the local rag.....was a bit of cheap advertising for the boss; he had be scalping jobs in another contractors area :rolleyes:

Friggin Nuffield! Didn't think they had enough hp to run a hedge cutter.
Plenty of those around the rural Mayfield region where i was. Them and those damn David Brown 990's.
Funny they never seem to break down at all.

T.W.R

22nd August 2013, 13:00

Friggin Nuffield! Didn't think they had enough hp to run a hedge cutter.
Plenty of those around the rural Mayfield region where i was. Them and those damn David Brown 990's.
Funny they never seem to break down at all.

:shutup: yep ol 10/60 ran that set-up perfectly :yes: cutting speed 1000rpm for the 6ft bar with 18" blades. Actually was Doug Hood's (he built it), it had been a cable operated boom then we converted it to full hydraulic, all PTO driven pump ; could side @ 22ft & level top @ 16ft. Had DB990 loader :facepalm: slow gutless heap but couldn't kill the wee sod

Grubber

22nd August 2013, 14:21

:shutup: yep ol 10/60 ran that set-up perfectly :yes: cutting speed 1000rpm for the 6ft bar with 18" blades. Actually was Doug Hood's (he built it), it had been a cable operated boom then we converted it to full hydraulic, all PTO driven pump ; could side @ 22ft & level top @ 16ft. Had DB990 loader :facepalm: slow gutless heap but couldn't kill the wee sod

Doug Hood!!! Brings back memories. My cousin use to work for him. He was a local icon around my area, and yours by the looks.
Lake Hood (named after him) is where the family does all their boating these days. Fantastic spot!
We used to have this little petrol Allis Chalmers that would do a million miles an hour on the road, but then it would get the speed wobble and head for a fence. took a bit of getting used to.
My brothers are still active crop and sheep farmers up in the Ruapuna region if you know it.

Grubber

22nd August 2013, 14:31

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Was one just like this actually.
Wasn't quite as tidy from memory. If ya know what i mean.:whistle:

unstuck

22nd August 2013, 15:00

they pull neat wheelies those ones.:headbang:

T.W.R

22nd August 2013, 16:14

Doug Hood!!! Brings back memories. My cousin use to work for him. He was a local icon around my area, and yours by the looks.
Lake Hood (named after him) is where the family does all their boating these days. Fantastic spot!

Very Very Clever man was Doug :yes: Put the Mt Hutt access road in when all the international wizards said it couldn't be done; certainly was an Icon for the whole region...self-made Multi millionaire yet all his money couldn't help when he got cancer. He used to stop me on the road when he saw the GC, just pull up casual as in the Range Rover walk over in the old cord pants & work jersey, you wouldn't think he was worth millions until you spotted the dirty big Rolex swinging off his wrist :lol:
Mary is still the director for the earth moving side of things and Peter his brother in-law controls Mountain View deer processing plant; have spent quite a few hours Salmon fishing with Peter and his mates

My brothers are still active crop and sheep farmers up in the Ruapuna region if you know it.

:pinch: gravel alley, used to do a bit of work through there & Carew, almost toasted the round baler at a job at Ruapuna :pinch: a bearing collapsed & set the bale in the chamber on fire :eek:

We used to have this little petrol Allis Chalmers that would do a million miles an hour on the road, but then it would get the speed wobble and head for a fence. took a bit of getting used to.

they pull neat wheelies those ones.:headbang:

Had a race with a bigger model Allis when we were doing a squash contract and yep they go damn quick...I was on a 830 Case with a backlift still managed to beat him but the 830 was rapid once we'd fiddled the governors

In the early 90s Lincoln field days when the tractor pull was still a novelty the students built up one like that Allis with a 265 hemi chucked in it :lol: it pulled awesome wheelies. The next year Cochranes had built the V8 maxxum so Lincoln built a V8 Massy Ferg :2thumbsup

unstuck

22nd August 2013, 17:41

Now this is a monster truck.:Punk::Punk:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/598756_584038934975344_616684092_n.jpg

Grubber

23rd August 2013, 11:27

Very Very Clever man was Doug :yes: Put the Mt Hutt access road in when all the international wizards said it couldn't be done; certainly was an Icon for the whole region...self-made Multi millionaire yet all his money couldn't help when he got cancer. He used to stop me on the road when he saw the GC, just pull up casual as in the Range Rover walk over in the old cord pants & work jersey, you wouldn't think he was worth millions until you spotted the dirty big Rolex swinging off his wrist :lol:
Mary is still the director for the earth moving side of things and Peter his brother in-law controls Mountain View deer processing plant; have spent quite a few hours Salmon fishing with Peter and his mates

Good to hear they are still going strong. I used to work for Burnetts Motors. Bobby Burnett was another local of high regard.
You see his gear up North here doing jobs still. Great stuff.

:pinch: gravel alley, used to do a bit of work through there & Carew, almost toasted the round baler at a job at Ruapuna :pinch: a bearing collapsed & set the bale in the chamber on fire :eek:

Yep, it wasn't the most pleasant of places to farm. bloody boulders for as far as the eye could see. Think we just got used to it actually, but yea there was plenty of rocks about.
Not sure if you still do any work up that way, but the years of stone picking have made life much better in most areas now.

Had a race with a bigger model Allis when we were doing a squash contract and yep they go damn quick...I was on a 830 Case with a backlift still managed to beat him but the 830 was rapid once we'd fiddled the governors

In the early 90s Lincoln field days when the tractor pull was still a novelty the students built up one like that Allis with a 265 hemi chucked in it :lol: it pulled awesome wheelies. The next year Cochranes had built the V8 maxxum so Lincoln built a V8 Massy Ferg :2thumbsup

Lol, now that sounds like something i could get my head around fairly easy.

awa355

23rd August 2013, 15:33

We used to have this little petrol Allis Chalmers that would do a million miles an hour on the road, but then it would get the speed wobble and head for a fence. took a bit of getting used to.

The fathers firm had a block of farmland. As a youngster, I would drive the David Brown Cropmaster. Had a dual seat and went like stink. Next tractor was a new Massey Fergy 65 multipower.

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In the 1960's, the cow cockys were doing quite nicely. Wright Stephensons had 14 railway flat wagons arrive in Putaruru in one shipment with new MF tractors on board. All sold. The 'not so well off' cockys bought David Browns from Aikmans.

unstuck

23rd August 2013, 18:10

I wonder if this thing actually runs. Anybody know anything about it?

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/533198_584823774896860_1295880926_n.jpg

unstuck

24th August 2013, 18:15

:killingme:killingme:killingme:clap:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/d_8Fc9qAZcw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>:lol::lol:

T.W.R

24th August 2013, 18:36

:shit: love the ooh ooh when it lets go :shutup: notice the brand name of the dyno unit :facepalm: how appropriate :clap:

unstuck

24th August 2013, 18:40

Now what was that program on the telly back in the day??????
A black family and the son was always saying dynomite.:scratch: Tis going to bug me now.

unstuck

24th August 2013, 18:46

Good times. :woohoo::woohoo::woohoo: Thats the one,:yes:

I would of thought seeing the exhaust pipe starting to expand and move like that would of given it away, but probably to late by then.

Ocean1

24th August 2013, 18:54

:killingme:killingme:killingme:clap: Video :lol::lol:

I had a Cat D13000 do something similar to me once.

But it was the blower on a 671 that nearly come to get me, it'd run away and we'd pulled the pin on it too late.

unstuck

27th August 2013, 08:36

pete376403

3rd September 2013, 21:19

unstuck

4th September 2013, 05:35

Quite a few of us know about Commer TS3 engines - who knew there was a TS4? And that one of the for remaining prototypes in in New Zealand?

Prototype Rootes TS4 (Stage I design)
Engine number TS OE 65 (spare engine)
Model Number 4D-287
Number of cylinders 4
Displacement 287 cu in
Performance 200 hp @ 2,600 rpm
Torque 465 ft lb.'s @ 1,800 rpm
Manufacturer Tillings Stevens Ltd, Maidstone, Kent, UK.
Year of manufacture 1966
Total TS4 prototypes built 14

pretty good torque for a little engine

Yeah, I saw that on talking trucks last week, sounds like a pretty impressive motor.:2thumbsup

pete376403

4th September 2013, 20:08

Yeah, I saw that on talking trucks last week, sounds like a pretty impressive motor.:2thumbsup

Make a nice boat motor.
"sounds" indeed - if you go to the website you can listen to it running - straight pipe exhaust and open inlet
Saddest part was reading how Chrysler axed development because they realised that it would take sales from Cummins, who Chrysler had just invested a shit load of money in, and Perkins - but the TS4 would have been better than both of them.

unstuck

4th September 2013, 20:11

The guy on talking trucks got 2 complete motors to bring home with him, I think he already had one. :2thumbsup

unstuck

4th September 2013, 20:15

Just had a look at that link, its the same guy who got the ts4 motors on talking trucks.:niceone:

bogan

5th September 2013, 09:58

unstuck

5th September 2013, 10:40

Fuck yeah.:headbang::headbang::headbang:

DrunkenMistake

7th September 2013, 23:25

This kind of counts..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tns-jOzR0Og

He takes an old international and cleans it up something mint, its a bit of a pain to find all the episodes in order but its a good watch

unstuck

8th September 2013, 06:43

Thats a cool old Inter, cheers for posting that up, will have to look up the rest now.:2thumbsup

pete376403

8th September 2013, 21:08

Wonder what sort of MPG that would get when hauling a load - obviously gas was dirt cheap in 1969

unstuck

25th September 2013, 14:13

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/993045_599972253382012_705894587_n.jpg:headbang::h eadbang:

unstuck

31st October 2013, 05:50

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Better operator than some I have seen.:niceone:

Grubber

31st October 2013, 06:54

Quite a few of us know about Commer TS3 engines - who knew there was a TS4? And that one of the for remaining prototypes in in New Zealand?
http://www.commer.org.nz/Commer_Connections/TS4Mtr.html

Prototype Rootes TS4 (Stage I design)
Engine number TS OE 65 (spare engine)
Model Number 4D-287
Number of cylinders 4
Displacement 287 cu in
Performance 200 hp @ 2,600 rpm
Torque 465 ft lb.'s @ 1,800 rpm
Manufacturer Tillings Stevens Ltd, Maidstone, Kent, UK.
Year of manufacture 1966
Total TS4 prototypes built 14

pretty good torque for a little engine

One of my first trucking jobs was with an outfit called Burnetts Transport in Ashburton and they had a bucket load of TS3's.
They replaced most of the TS3 motors with Perkins V8's out of the Dodge.
Not a bad engine for a Perkins to be fair.

unstuck

31st October 2013, 07:16

This is a bit of a laugh, crawler races from 1930s NZ. :lol::lol:
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avgas

31st October 2013, 09:15

As a kid I used to think Atlas Copco boomers (drill rigs) were the best. Always thought they were cool when I went to site.

http://www.atlascopco.us/Images/Boomer_L2_D.jpg_ac0038277_456.jpghttp://www.stcgroup.co.uk/Brochures/Boart drill rig 2 booms.jpg

http://www.mining-technology.com/projects/laisvall/images/laisvall3.jpg
Now there is a simulator - but at US$6000 I can't justify it.
http://www.vista-training.com/training/simulators/drill-jumbo

DrunkenMistake

1st November 2013, 20:57

unstuck

2nd November 2013, 04:56

Found one of these bad boys while checking out second hand machines in the states,

We dont have any here in NZ that I could see, probably due to been so small however they are a forestry purpose built feller buncher off my head I think they have a C-9 engine maybe smaller in them,

I spent a day on one of these for a mate about 6 years ago, Was a bit of fun, but I would get bored if I had to spend everyday on one.
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DrunkenMistake

2nd November 2013, 12:24

I spent a day on one of these for a mate about 6 years ago, Was a bit of fun, but I would get bored if I had to spend everyday on one.

Those waratah processing heads are cool,
We have a customer who has bought a CAT 336 and are putting a custom forestry cab on it with a Waratah head, its currently sitting in our workshop on a pallet, its massive.

Headbanger

2nd November 2013, 22:09

Recent work pics

http://s18.postimg.org/d3snyq2pl/sc1.jpg
http://s18.postimg.org/z6xhfxeex/sc4.jpg

Headbanger

2nd November 2013, 22:12

Better view then my office (my office doesn't even have a window)

http://s18.postimg.org/pq7o9auk9/sc2.jpg

http://s18.postimg.org/h5eci4ke1/sc5.jpg

awa355

18th November 2013, 18:53

I quite liked this clip. East European I would think. Real basic back yard stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG1MnXkHhlM&list=PL53E46BE19C021421

skippa1

18th November 2013, 19:10

I quite liked this clip. East European I would think. Real basic back yard stuff.

Awesome ....love the style of these guys

The Reibz

19th November 2013, 12:44

bogan

19th November 2013, 13:05

Does anyone or have any experience with mini mills?
I need a good drill press but these things have sort of caught my eye as they would be good for machining up small parts and fittings on. I have zero machining experience, only ever done welding and fabrication of heavy steel plate and the TIG service which I have been running out of my back shed for about 7 months now.

Any advice on this sort of shit would be appreciated.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/business-farming-industry/industrial/manufacturing-metalwork/lathes-accessories/auction-662016772.htm

Not personally, but I think those ones have been used for small scale CNC work, so must have decent rigidity; for soft metals at least. With no machining experience, I recommend taking a course, during which you'd probably learn a lot more about what size machine you require.

The Reibz

19th November 2013, 13:19

Not personally, but I think those ones have been used for small scale CNC work, so must have decent rigidity; for soft metals at least. With no machining experience, I recommend taking a course, during which you'd probably learn a lot more about what size machine you require.

Probably need something bigger then that but space is limited to a 3x3.2 shed and half that space is already taken up with a welder/dropsaw/benchgrinder and also a FZR1000 which needs to hurry up and get finished. I have switched trades to engineer at work so basic machining experience is coming but im probably going to specialise in heavy diesels. Might just get a basic book and start reading about it, thats how I got started up welding before paying some cunt to teach me properly.

And yeah I have seen the CNC conversions of this machine. Farken nuts. I would rather a CNC plasma cutter though

The Reibz

21st November 2013, 11:55

bogan

21st November 2013, 11:58

Appologies for the double post cunts, but I just found this Jem on trademe. Keen as fark on buying it but just need someone to buy my old welder and FZR1000 race fairing set so im not completely broke for xmas.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=663312425

1500 for a machine that size that includes a couple of vices seems like a bargin.

Ya know, if I was in auckland and a bit of a cunt, I'd probly hit buy now and save you the trouble....

So in interests of being a GC instead, what's your old welder specs?

The Reibz

21st November 2013, 12:21

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=664847710

160amp DC ARC/TIG
40amp Plasma Cut
60% Duty
37v OCV

Its a good little machine. Only shit thing is it can't do ali and I needed that, got 4 times more jobs coming through the door now I have that capability. As far as sheet metal goes its excelent. Retails for 1000 bucks brand new. Has a new heavy duty torch and lead.

290130290131

Dont be a shit cunt, be a sick cunt!

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bogan

21st November 2013, 12:33

In the market for an AC tig myself, so can't help you there.

The Reibz

21st November 2013, 12:51

Personally if you have access to 3 phase power (your a lucky bastard if you do) in your shed I would save for a 3ph AC/DC.
They are extremely bulky but weld way better than single phase and you get a larger amperage range alowing for thicker materials and rods. Single Phase is good enough for me though, does the jobs I need easily. Cost $2500 though! expensive hobby!

bogan

21st November 2013, 12:58

No 3phase in my shed, so looking at an XA-TIG200PXP with pedal for 3k. No plans to do any thick stuff so not worried about large amperage.

unstuck

21st November 2013, 13:05

You cunts take your welders tea party somewhere else will ya.:Punk:

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bogan

21st November 2013, 13:17

Welders is machines too :bleh:

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awa355

21st November 2013, 14:25

You cunts take your welders tea party somewhere else will ya.:Punk

:woohoo: Yea, What e says,:shit:

Once a machine is winched back onto its' feet, shouldn't the injectors be removed and the engine spun over to check for no oil buildup between the piston and head?

unstuck

21st November 2013, 14:40

:woohoo: Yea, What e says,:shit:

Once a machine is winched back onto its' feet, shouldn't the injectors be removed and the engine spun over to check for no oil buildup between the piston and head?

The compression will force the oil out.....somewhere.:crazy:

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awa355

30th November 2013, 16:10

This is copied from a website about heavy machinary. This describes working on a FiatAllis 31. You need something heavier than a 3/8 drive socket set to tear this baby apart.

Dozer repairs

I often get questions from people looking for parts or wondering how you fix one of these things. Our family joke is that when you want to fix this thing you have to get up in the morning with determination. Actually the technology of repair isn't much different from watch repair other than the fact that you need larger tools. The side skirts on the engine house open to reveal a 6 cylinder Cummins engine, which though a series larger than is typical of heavy trucks (the K series), it is familiar looking at least to anyone who has seen a Cummins and has no real secrets which make it different from other Cummins. The 6 foot diameter cooling fan on the front might give your a start though. Like most turbocharged Cummins, it is not particularly noisy (at least compared to the classic 2 cycle Detroit Diesels which have the highest noise to diesel ratio in the industry.) On the back of the engine is a torque converter coupled to a transmission by a short drive shaft. The 3 speed powershift transmission is bolted to the rear end case and the pinion extends from it to drive the bevel gear. Unique to Fiat Allis is a drop out clutch in front of the converter. The shifting sequence releases the clutch in front of the converter so the machine can shift without engine power against the converter. This provides a smooth and relatively jerk free shift even if you inappropriately make the shift at full throttle. The brakes are spring set --hydraulic released, and when the pressure blows down to release the master clutch, it also releases the brake pressure setting the brakes. This is a useful safety feature in that the machine will not run away if the engine dies or loses transmission pressure. Instead the machine stops. There is cavernous area under the floor boards around the transmission. This doesn't really mean that it is easy to access everything though. Mostly it means that things are so far away you can't reach them. Under the seat there is actually a 'manhole' big enough to allow a small man to crawl right down in with the transmission. For major service the cab is hinged on the back and can be tilted away to provide access for work in the converter and transmission area. Underneath there is a massive belly pan which yields access to the converter area (and which allows you to stand up under the dozer and look at the front of the transmission. The double reduction final drives have both a small gear running on a bull gear in the classic design, but also inside the bull gear there is a further planetary gear reduction.

If you need to break a track, you gently slide the master pin out (with the help of a 100 ton port-a-power) and perhaps some heat and a sledge hammer, and lay the track chain out on the ground. Swing frame removal isn't much different from a small dozer. The sprocket has an outboard bearing bolted to swing frame, and the angle brace underneath is bolted up with 4 bolts just like many smaller dozers. some assistance here is an 1.5 inch square 3000 foot pound impact wrench and a socket set to 3 inches or so. The classic 1 inch drive impact wrench such as is often around to change truck tires and the like only kicks up 1000 foot pounds of torque and won't do much except make noise on bolts of this size. This also implies that your shop truck needs a real air compressor because these large impact wrenches use 25 or 30 CFM. We use a 2 stage 15 CFM compressor with a 60 gallon tank with satisfactory results. This, of course, won't sustain the wrench, but unless you are tougher than we are you won't mind resting up between bolts while the compressor catches its breath.

The entire sprocket, final drive, planetary assembly can be unbolted from the side of the rear end housing and removed from the dozer as a single unit, by simply breaking the track, unbolting the swing frame and jacking the dozer up about 3 and a feet so the bottom of the sprocket clears the top of the swingframe. The bolt circle for unbolting the final is accessible with a long extension through a small hole in the sprocket. The plan is for the sprocket to be rotated (with machine power) while the bolts are successively removed. This works quite well. Life is less simple if the machine is out of service or the final is lockup up and won't turn, though it is reportedly possible to get the bolts out with a slug wrench and a hammer.

5/27/2003 9:26:59 PM

Swoop

4th July 2014, 15:31

Phoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrr!!!!!!!

This would piss off some greenies.

Would also be kinda handy at the Green Party conference too, come to think of it...:blip:

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Tree be gone!!

unstuck

4th July 2014, 15:47

Phoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrr!!!!!!!

This would piss off some greenies.

Would also be kinda handy at the Green Party conference too, come to think of it...:blip:

Tree be gone!!

Them is fun, used one on the sides of the track for the Kingston Flyer. :2thumbsup

_Shrek_

5th July 2014, 10:20

Phoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrr!!!!!!!

Tree be gone!!

I want one of these :Punk: or is that need :whistle:

unstuck

26th July 2014, 18:51

The new office. Had 18 hours on it when I first got it on wednesday, got 38 on it now.:Punk::Punk:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10403408_783306608380762_4610367960143995243_n.jpg ?oh=b271763b5692693ee0e6610c9015bb1c&oe=5454352B&__gda__=1414022547_2bc33d5ed941605e227925d9b9085bb 9

awa355

26th July 2014, 22:28

38 hours and look at the state of it :oi-grr::oi-grr:

unstuck

27th July 2014, 06:35

38 hours and look at the state of it :oi-grr::oi-grr:

What can I say, Im a rough fucker. And it's kinda hard to keep em clean in swampland. That trench was full of water an hour later, heaps of fun for the guys laying the pipe.:nya:

awa355

15th August 2014, 11:59

What you do with old Yamahas. Well, the wheels anyway. RZ125's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_Gdp5255kw

unstuck

15th August 2014, 12:05

Thats pretty cool.:niceone:

Just put together a bigger version of one of these this week, going to fire it up tomorrow if the weather clears.

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husaberg

15th August 2014, 19:47

Now this is cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PCPo2vXikg
How it works, a bit more to it than it looks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ooi0iFTlrK8

awa355

18th August 2014, 19:03

I had to post this. Geez there are some dumb fuckers in this world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vddHbbCCUC0

awa355

18th August 2014, 19:04

Here's another :facepalm:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1_QXOpiPm8

speights_bud

23rd August 2014, 12:56

http://shopswarf.orconhosting.net.nz/bgscrew.jpg

A Real Screw Cutting Job
Cutting the feed screw used in a machine, which rifled 240 mm howitzer barrels, at the Niles Tool Works during WWII.
The screw is 6 inches in diameter and 62 feet long.
Quadruple threads 1-1/8 inch pitch, 4 1/2 inch lead, being cut to an accuracy of .002 of an inch per foot of length. Screw weighs 5,000 pounds.

http://shopswarf.orconhosting.net.nz/bgscrew.html

awa355

1st October 2014, 21:34

Here's how to launch a ship, or maybe not.:(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajTJ5sCdJ2g

husaberg

1st October 2014, 21:44

http://www.boiseweekly.com/imager/train-derailment-near-missoula-spills-boei/b/original/3146766/685a/Kyle_Massick_Boeing_Train_Derailment_2__1__2.JPG
http://www.krtv.com/news/train-derails-west-of-missoula-spilling-airplane-parts-into-river/

Moi

1st October 2014, 21:52

Saw this vessel a week or so before she was launched - built in Palm Nth and transported to Foxton Beach in two parts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeALrAdUtT0

rebel

3rd October 2014, 20:04

Ah yes, that oversized was the scene of the fatal crash first or second week of the year when a truck sanwiched a car between another truck half way between Sanson & Foxton.

A couple of months ago we had a 730hp Scania in as a demo. Too quiet for my liking. Interior is the BMW/Mercedes of trucks not a bad place to be.
A couple of twin steer tri drive 730 are in the pipeline but the whole mining game has slowed down so there is no rush.
Still looks lame compared to the Western Stars.

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r158/coop_025/10380291_755688297825622_7325056614446269251_n_zps fcf7cd7b.jpg (http://s143.photobucket.com/user/coop_025/media/10380291_755688297825622_7325056614446269251_n_zps fcf7cd7b.jpg.html)

These are good breakdowns, when they can't be repaired on the side of the road, load the rescue truck and drive up to 450km to mine site. This day I managed to get the truck I was picking up going, so didnt need to unload, easy money. 200 tonne rated KW, 580 Scania yard truck with over 1.3m km.

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r158/coop_025/IMG_1037_zpsf60a4c46.jpg (http://s143.photobucket.com/user/coop_025/media/IMG_1037_zpsf60a4c46.jpg.html)

awa355

4th October 2014, 04:47

One persons version of the nine biggest machines. Interesting that most were built back in the 1960's - 70's.

http://a-el.blogspot.co.nz/2011/06/most-9-big-vehicle.html

awa355

4th October 2014, 06:14

An old clip from the 1940's. Logging the Redwoods. No OSH back then. No big machines, just big trees.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb_YNZn_kaQ

R650R

22nd November 2014, 18:36

Bit of kiwi infrastructure history.... some pretty cool clips of construction workers doing crazy stuff before the days of OSH.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9zdz780l-U

awa355

23rd November 2014, 04:37

A great film. Watched the entire clip, the infrastructure of this country would never had been built if done under todays 'PC' climate.

Not one fat worker either. It is hard to imagine the amount of planning done before hand, all done without laptops, etc. I wonder what the cost of the project would have been, back then.

speights_bud

23rd November 2014, 08:05

Not one fat worker either. It is hard to imagine the amount of planning done before hand, all done without laptops, etc. I wonder what the cost of the project would have been, back then.
Awesome video alright. You know what, I reckon the cost of the project would have been much much less back then.

Now days big greedy corporates would run it into billions of dollars and all the health and safety crap would make it take weeks to erect each tower, not a days labour for half a dozen men.

As an example, designing a new logo for a company like Telecom costs around 500k. The same project for a graphic designer working on a smaller business will charge around 2-5k.... Bullshit...

R650R

23rd November 2014, 11:11

As an example, designing a new logo for a company like Telecom costs around 500k. The same project for a graphic designer working on a smaller business will charge around 2-5k.... Bullshit...

Have you ever worked with big companies in related areas??? They can be very finicky and they usually have more expensive lawyers on their payroll than the average small business.
Recently did some work with major manufacturer, you wouldn't believe how fussy they are over finer details. The slightest thing can scupper hours or days of work back to square one.

speights_bud

23rd November 2014, 12:33

Have you ever worked with big companies in related areas??? They can be very finicky and they usually have more expensive lawyers on their payroll than the average small business.
Recently did some work with major manufacturer, you wouldn't believe how fussy they are over finer details. The slightest thing can scupper hours or days of work back to square one.
My sister is a graphic designer, she started in small business here and has worked as manager for Fuji Europe's design team before moving back to nz. Like you say, the more people who are involved the harder it is to come to a final design. At the end of the day the same result can often be achieved without all the Bullshit.... I do know a few other designers who agree with me. Often the businesses are paying for the thesis written about why the company logo designed is so awesome. Just like interpreting art I suppose. I haven't heard anyone say wow cool, telecom's scribble looks like good value for money.

Did you see the one about the absolutely Wellington logo design?

Just my opinion, I'm a machinist not a big business guru... But anyway back to the machinery...

http://youtu.be/WgftvXM5hTI

ruaphu

23rd November 2014, 14:50

A great film. Watched the entire clip, the infrastructure of this country would never had been built if done under todays 'PC' climate.
.

Yeah cool vid. Dunno about ya theory about the PC climate. That Waikato to Auckland 400kV line to provide more power to Auckland is just finishing up eh. Even with all the opposition to it, vital infrastructure won over in the end. One very complex project completed on budget, on time and no fatalities, good stuff.

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ruaphu

23rd November 2014, 14:59

and all the health and safety crap would make it take weeks to erect each tower, not a days labour for half a dozen men....

Jez fella, i dunno, i like the fact that 'health and safety crap' as you call it helps ensure i go home alive and in one piece to my family at the end of the day, as do my fellow mates.

We are still killing too many of us workers with piss poor h&s attitudes eh.

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speights_bud

23rd November 2014, 15:25

Jez fella, i dunno, i like the fact that 'health and safety crap' as you call it helps ensure i go home alive and in one piece to my family at the end of the day, as do my fellow mates.

We are still killing too many of us workers with piss poor h&s attitudes eh.

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This is true. Do you think stronger unions would help workers to improve their work places? Lots of changes to H&S laws recently. Trouble is all the older managers etc at the top of the ladders finding out they can't get away with what they have in the past. Shit can now flow uphill believe it or not. About time.

Just look at the current situation with the petrol stations docking employees pay for drive offs. To be fair employees should know that's not kosher...

speights_bud

10th February 2015, 18:09

http://englishrussia.com/2015/01/29/vintage-photos-of-russian-railroad-workshops/2/

Some awesome photos from when the Russians had money...

unstuck

10th February 2015, 18:16

http://englishrussia.com/2015/01/29/vintage-photos-of-russian-railroad-workshops/2/

Some awesome photos from when the Russians had money...

Some pretty heavy duty gear in some of those pics.:niceone:

speights_bud

10th February 2015, 18:17

Some pretty heavy duty gear in some of those pics.:niceone:

Look at the length of the vice handle top of page 3! haha

unstuck

10th February 2015, 18:22

Look at the length of the vice handle top of page 3! haha

I imagine a few of the workers had a nice tap on the shin from that bugger.:laugh:

speights_bud

10th February 2015, 18:24

I imagine a few of the workers had a nice tap on the shin from that bugger.:laugh:
The rest of the website is pretty cool, check out the abandoned category

unstuck

10th February 2015, 18:32

The rest of the website is pretty cool, check out the abandoned category

Yeah, I did. I would love to bring back some of those trucks from Franz Josef land. I love the look of some of those old Russian military vehicles.

Motu

17th February 2015, 19:08

An automotive technician wouldn't know what I'm trying to do here, but a plain ordinary mechanic would know the drill. It's 15 years since I reamed a kingpin bush, but I've done so many in the past it doesn't require much thought. I've already done the front axle pivot pin and bushes, next the kingpins, ball joints (welded on the power steering rams!) and a new power steering pump....which has different fittings.

http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af212/bmwr65/2015-02-17141156_zps9ae69f0c.jpg

http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af212/bmwr65/2015-02-17141145_zps16c00d96.jpg

Oh, anyone looking for a job?

http://www.trademe.co.nz/jobs/automotive/automotive-technician/listing-848132411.htm

husaberg

17th February 2015, 19:26

unstuck

17th February 2015, 20:03

I was going to say 165 but I can't see the side brackets........

My first thought was 135.:scratch:

husaberg

17th February 2015, 20:04

My first thought was 135.:scratch:

148 big gap before seat?

unstuck

17th February 2015, 20:05

And no, It is not photo chopped.

https://scontent-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10982469_537056359769218_3946867435242323929_n.jpg ?oh=7171dc91cfb763af948af94c5fef211a&oe=5550CBA2

unstuck

17th February 2015, 20:06

148 big gap before seat?

Seat looks after market?

Motu

17th February 2015, 20:08

husaberg

17th February 2015, 20:09

Seat looks after market?

Yeah but the gap between seat and steering wheel........ looks longer, wasn't the 8 series the same as the 5 series but had a few extra inches in the bell housing. to make it easier to get on and off.
Come on Motu what is it?

husaberg

17th February 2015, 20:10

Ah, could be, I wasn't looking when I pulled it down. There is an International 454 in front of it, and another Fergy out side...and a Ford with a flat rear tyre. It's good farmers don't indulge in the throw away society and keep fixing their gear to keep it going. A bit of grease would go a long way though.....

R and M is fully tax deductible...........

unstuck

17th February 2015, 20:12

A bit of grease would go a long way though.....

The only grease most farmer know is the stuff they used to put on cows teats.:2thumbsup

unstuck

17th February 2015, 20:14

Yeah but the gap between seat and steering wheel........ looks longer, wasn't the 8 series the same as the 5 series but had a few extra inches in the bell housing. to make it easier to get on and off.
Come on Motu what is it?

I reckon thats the angle of the pic, plus the dash panel and other stuff removed.:wacko:

Motu

17th February 2015, 20:49

My first thought was 135.:scratch:

Looks too small for a 165....lights are low in the grill. Went looking for a full half turn freeplay, and looked at the steering box first, so all that area is apart too....then saw where all the extra movement was. The other Fergy has totally flogged out bushes and pins in it's front loader bracket, never seen grease since it was new. By the time we cut the brackets off, make new ones and weld them on it might be a better bet to buy a new one.

husaberg

17th February 2015, 20:57

Looks too small for a 165....lights are low in the grill. Went looking for a full half turn freeplay, and looked at the steering box first, so all that area is apart too....then saw where all the extra movement was. The other Fergy has totally flogged out bushes and pins in it's front loader bracket, never seen grease since it was new. By the time we cut the brackets off, make new ones and weld them on it might be a better bet to buy a new one.

Your pics have no lights..............
I must admit its 5 years since I greased anything on my165 other than the top link but all the steering was renewed 5 years ago.
The oil level must be getting low as the multipower has developed a mind of its own....

unstuck

17th February 2015, 20:58

Looks too small for a 165....lights are low in the grill. Went looking for a full half turn freeplay, and looked at the steering box first, so all that area is apart too....then saw where all the extra movement was. The other Fergy has totally flogged out bushes and pins in it's front loader bracket, never seen grease since it was new. By the time we cut the brackets off, make new ones and weld them on it might be a better bet to buy a new one.

Most of those old tractors are past major farm work now, and are only good for hacks or small block owners. Must be a fairly wealthy sheep cockey to worry about fixing that lot up. Most dairy farmers would write something like that of and go and get a new holland, that they will then spend thousands on trying to sort out transmission solenoids on.:rolleyes:

Motu

17th February 2015, 21:11

It's all dairy here. This one has half a dozen tractors, a late model, and a bunch of old ones. So they can leave them hooked up to something for ages, just take the tractor that has the feedout wagon hooked on...or the one with the bail forks. There was one up the road sitting half in the holding pond with a shit stirrer on the back for about 6 months.... I see he's moved it now. They are all the same here, one good one, and then the old ones that are too useful to throw away. Like cars and trucks and motorcycles, the old stuff is much easier to work on...and more rewarding.

pete376403

17th February 2015, 22:23

husaberg

17th February 2015, 22:58

Really? Most farms I've ever seen usually have at least two or three derelict tractors parked up, plus any number of towed implements with trees growing through them.

Really I know a farm they only milk about 100 cows still through a walk through, abeit a 14 bail. plus about I guess 200 breeding cows 13 tractors all blue from a Dexter ,major, super major 4000 5000 through to a pre Fiat/New Holland (for the round baler) All have one implement including one dedicated solely to a Lincoln welder. The family Has great collection of D series fords as well.

Motu

18th February 2015, 17:52

It's a 245! Today I took the trumpet housing off to replace the lower 3 point linkage pin - 30 seconds to replace the pin, 2 hours to get it apart, and 3 hours back together. Some bugger had welded the left guard to the ROPs! The 390 got a new spear in the front ram, and some fuel leaks fixed.

http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af212/bmwr65/2015-02-18113921_zps76df74e5.jpg

http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af212/bmwr65/2015-02-18113912_zpsa9ed2145.jpg

unstuck

18th February 2015, 18:03

Damn, that is going to be some bill.:eek:

unstuck

18th February 2015, 18:05

And I thought the 245 came out with the smaller rounded mudguards. You learn something new every day.:2thumbsup

Motu

18th February 2015, 18:31

unstuck

18th February 2015, 18:36

The new pump is going to be too much hassle to fit, so I'm putting a kit into it. The rams are a bit more of a problem, maybe we'll have to source some replacements. Work has dropped off with the lower payout, but we still get work to do. Does someone want to come and work with me? I'll be on my own soon.

Too far for me.:no:

I thought the payout was going up again, hard to keep up with it all at times.:eek:

Ever done a park brake on an International 454 without splitting the trans and engine? :eek::eek: That is one job I would hate to tackle again, you need a small mirror and 6 arms.:laugh:

husaberg

18th February 2015, 19:56

And I thought the 245 came out with the smaller rounded mudguards. You learn something new every day.:2thumbsup

It's a 245!

First time I seen a 245 I was amazed that the bell housing looked remarkably like a TEA right down to the bulge in the casting for a starter on the other (petrol) side. I guess it was little changed from the 35's

T.W.R

18th February 2015, 22:22

Damn, that is going to be some bill.:eek:

:laugh: pocket money... we sent a bill out for $47k on a transmission job on 340 Magnum a couple of weeks ago :niceone:

unstuck

19th February 2015, 06:27

:laugh: pocket money... we sent a bill out for $47k on a transmission job on 340 Magnum a couple of weeks ago :niceone:

I thought those things were bullet proof in the trans, someone must have been abusing it. Brilliant tractors on the side of hills those, a little too good, nearly come to grief a couple of times being too comfortable.:weird:

T.W.R

19th February 2015, 20:46

I thought those things were bullet proof in the trans, someone must have been abusing it. Brilliant tractors on the side of hills those, a little too good, nearly come to grief a couple of times being too comfortable.:weird:

Yeah it was the first fail of it's kind, the Mechanic who did the work was in uncharted territory...two technical support staff came down from CB Norwoods to see what had happened & relay the info back to CNH. The owner is a contractor who uses mainly OE workers from Europe so most of the machinery he runs gets more abuse rather than proper use; It's one of his smaller tractors.... has a couple of STX450 QuadTracs etc.
Actually the company sold the largest tractor every sold in NZ late last year :cool: A brand new STX600 QuadTrac, went to a farm up the Hakataramea Valley

Kornholio

19th February 2015, 23:47

Maize time.....309172

bogan

9th April 2015, 08:22

Ocean1

9th April 2015, 08:41

I guess this is easier than chain gangs...

They didn't show the rail handling/welding rig in front of it.

I did some design work for Kiwirail's current ballast cars. Not quite as sophisticate but good, fun, basic design work, if a little "agricultural".

unstuck

9th April 2015, 10:07

Cue tv is getting axed and low gear is moving to sky. Never wanted to get sky, but guess I may have to now.:cry:

speights_bud

2nd May 2015, 21:26

Just came across these badass tree pruners

https://youtu.be/Mfz1YrpMbBg

https://youtu.be/OW2UvW6xLP8

husaberg

2nd May 2015, 22:05

speights_bud

2nd May 2015, 22:24

I forwarded this photo to a work mate the other day, wasn't until I found the above video that I actually realised what it was.

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T.W.R

22nd October 2015, 19:15

Having a wide variety of clients we get to see some interesting machinery; currently I've got a job on the go involving one of these beasties.
The Technical support controller based in ChCh sent these pics to me of part of fleet at work on the ice :cool:

The one I'm dealing with, a STX535 is possibly the one in the third pic pulling the train of fuel tanks, a interesting challenge as it's a matter dealing direct with CNH America as it was a special build with quite a few in-house factory mods.

husaberg

22nd October 2015, 19:32

T.W.R

22nd October 2015, 20:10

Without opening that first one I thought it looked to snowy for Silage........
ever worked on a Cat Challenger first one I seen made me giggle profusely when I seen the steering wheel.

Nah haven't been involved with a challenger, we had one at another branch for a while. I'm based at head office taking care of the techs in the workshop so don't get to poke around the other branches apart from parts supply etc and dealing with other businesses
That 1st pic is the heavy roller for the runway at McMurdo

husaberg

22nd October 2015, 20:15

Nah haven't been involved with a challenger, we had one at another branch for a while. I'm based at head office taking care of the techs in the workshop so don't get to poke around the other branches apart from parts supply etc and dealing with other businesses
That 1st pic is the heavy roller for the runway at McMurdo

I figured that from the pic name
STX450 & runway roller.
I guy here had the challenger for mulching gorse I think it was pretty fast but the Steering wheel on the tracker heavy crawler was just too funny (although useful I guess)
Pretty sure it was privately imported from England (likely by the brethos)
Nothing else much interesting over here other than a old V8 Massey pivot even all the Counties are gone now.

Mcmurdo had the nuclear power plant better send the giger counter as well.:laugh:

T.W.R

22nd October 2015, 20:39

I guy here had the challenger for mulching gorse I think it was pretty fast but the Steering wheel on the tracker heavy crawler was just too funny (although useful I guess)
Pretty sure it was privately imported from England (likely by the brethos)
Nothing else much interesting over here other than a old V8 Massey pivot even all the Counties are gone now.

Mcmurdo had the nuclear power plant better send the giger counter as well.:laugh:

Damn brethren have a choke hold on a fair percentage of the agricultural sector. Surprising how many cockies import their own equipment though, but when something goes bung they run into headaches especially when software is involved :lol: cheap vanishes real quick.

Have had a couple of customers bring retired machines back into their workforce recently...... 8910, 7730, & a 2370. There's V8 massey locally that gets run every now & then ....... angry old tank :devil2:
We do all Dymac's fleet on the coast.

lol the radiation might have been what fried the control module on the STX

husaberg

22nd October 2015, 20:55

Damn brethren have a choke hold on a fair percentage of the agricultural sector. Surprising how many cockies import their own equipment though, but when something goes bung they run into headaches especially when software is involved :lol: cheap vanishes real quick.

Have had a couple of customers bring retired machines back into their workforce recently...... 8910, 7730, & a 2370. There's V8 massey locally that gets run every now & then ....... angry old tank :devil2:
We do all Dymac's fleet on the coast.

lol the radiation might have been what fried the control module on the STX

Funny small world, the Mrs is going there tomorrow to sort out the impegnantation of the girls
I bet they are up to the axels/armpits in Mud.(both the girls and the tractor)

I wonder if the brethos still remove the radios now god told them the cellphones are not connected directly to the devil after all.
Uncle had an imported Case it cost him a fortune for bugger all wrong with the tranny.
Other uncles only run Fiats and the Blue Fiats/Fords/Dutchies.

T.W.R

22nd October 2015, 21:55

Funny small world, the Mrs is going there tomorrow to sort out the impegnantation of the girls
I bet they are up to the axels/armpits in Mud.(both the girls and the tractor)

I wonder if the brethos still remove the radios now god told them the cellphones are not connected directly to the devil after all.
Uncle had an imported Case it cost him a fortune for bugger all wrong with the tranny.
Other uncles only run Fiats and the Blue Fiats/Fords/Dutchies.

Dymac are a big operation, we deal direct with their parent company over here...one of the larger ag contractors.
The Mrs a LIC A.I tech ?
Bet it is boggy over the hill, better dry out for the next few days :msn-wink:

Imported small frame Puma CVX by chance?
Ha FiatAgri own the whole lot in the grand scheme of things

husaberg

22nd October 2015, 22:05

Dymac are a big operation, we deal direct with their parent company over here...one of the larger ag contractors.
The Mrs a LIC A.I tech ?
Bet it is boggy over the hill, better dry out for the next few days :msn-wink:

Imported small frame Puma CVX by chance?
Ha FiatAgri own the whole lot in the grand scheme of things

She only a tech assist she can't keep past the idea of the entry requirements.
She used to moan about how I came home smelling of cow all the time, now I get my own back.

Re the Fiat that was my point in a roundabout way, I liked the old square orange un's metric before it was fashionable, Zetors excluded.

It actually ok at the moment considering ESP its El nino, It was wet early but pretty good since, but their particular farms are wet year round anyway.
We have had 2 dry springs/winters previously although this winter was wet-ish so it will happen.

I can't remember what the Case was other than it was about 120HP, it was years ago in Hari Hari on Onë Onë road, (Those local Maoris had a sense of humour with the place names.)
The Case put him off them for life.