FITTING A SOFT DRIVE TO A FRONT LOADER -- AND BATTENING DOWN FOR A STORM!

[@jerryodriscoll3691]

Only thing about 4 people in my household being positive for covid is that it's given me time to catch up on the last 5 months of videos for yourself, Phil and Gerry Happy new year to you and your family

[@johnjohnston6838]

You could get netting that would slow the wind coming into the shed, a neighbour has them and there is no looking back you can also lift them up out of the way and they stop the rain from coming in.

[@danmcloughlin2711]

Great video Adrian and helped me a lot fitting a soft drive on my loader.

[@keithturney3667]

As a one man farmer Adrian it’s a good job you are so multi talented. A happy new year, good health and prosperity to you and your lovely family, keep those brilliant videos coming when you can find time. Keith

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Thanks Keith

[@tommitchell1826]

isn't it nice to have thm pothole roads to test out ur softride on ur loader😀😀😀 o happy new year to ye all

[@paulholmes7311]

Hi Bro,my Dad would always cover the mower bar in old oil to help preserve it from rust,soon cleans up once you start mowing next spring. Keep up the good work, really enjoy your honesty and down to earth farming. Certainly wouldn't want to farm in Ireland, can't bet the Waikato in in New Zealand 😁

[@sleepwalker8600]

Sort ride is similar to the Citroen hydraulic suspension, sound idea behind the idea of the soft ride. Not a farmer but I enjoy your videos, good work

[@davidrigby1543]

What a wonderful specimen of a calf to start off the new year, lovely appearance and colours and mirrors our optimism for the future- great

[@spideybrent]

Hello from Moosomin, Saskatchewan, Canada. Thanks for sharing your great video’s please keep them coming

[@lefthandontop426]

I'm new to this channel and have watched a few videos already and I'm looking forward to catching up on the rest Adrian is a top man and a very good farmer.He could of done many things in life.He has great hands and a great thinking brain.He is also a great father.well done

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Thanks mate 👍

[@claetuswoodroofe4164]

I have had soft drive for over 20 years and never turn it off with the grab around the yard it takes the shock out over bumps even at low speed and I have never damaged a accumulator .My taps siezed on my first few loaders the newer electric ones I have to turn off to make the loader double active.

[@paulmurray750]

Great content, positive and bright as ever. The show goes on, Happy New Year.

[@FarmersSss]

On our old quicke loader we had soft ride and on the joy stick there was two buttons and a little flick switch below the buttons. One worked the 3rd service and the other did nothing but the flick switch was the on/off for the soft ride. To be honest I left the soft ride on all the time and it done 4500h before needing a new accumulater. I just thought it was kinder on the tractor to just leave it on.

[@agoodbluewilldo8359]

Smashing heifer calf. A good start is nice.

[@evanwalsh121]

Great man too get a job finished, no messing around, may ye have a safe calving season and a happy new year 😊

[@shanedeane9056]

with the mower its a good job to power wash it and then spray it with oil all over it and put it in the shed for the winter we do it at home and its a brilliant job all u need is an air compressor and a oil sprayer

[@kevingovier5090]

Good morning Adrian,,interesting video about the loader,great to see Bailey and Hudson keeping a eye on you,and nice to see new life at the start of a new year,hope all calving goes well for you.

[@jrw5831]

Your videos are so interesting and it brings me back to the years on the family farm during the 1950 & '60s. Things have really changed to hopefully make a farmer's life easier. Hope you and your family have a Happy & Healthy New Year.....................

[@MrShaggerohara]

Fierce good of Hudson to give you a push in with that mixer. First class video yet again Adrian, keep them coming. Hope you and the family have a great 2022

[@IFarmWeFarm]

He’s more of a supervisor 👌

[@jamescarmody1710]

When u get the 20 going should make up a silage pusher for it and get a scraper for the yard be nice jobs for it

[@iainpaton7129]

Job well done friend keep the great videos coming friend from Scotland 👍😀

[@tonykeane6130]

Good man Adrian, Happy new year to you and the family. I always take photos with the camera phone before dismantling anything, it makes reassembly a doddle.

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Yes without a doubt that’s a great thing to do, it has got me through many’s a though job 😜👍

[@massey7616]

Great video Adrian, best wishes for 2022

[@kevinryan3475]

Start of the busy time for you good luck with it

[@georgemorrison6689]

Your handy man Adrian, and you have some good hand tools whats your back ground, not just farming I am guessing, great job on the loader and spot on filming very professional, hope you had a good new year and all the best for 2022 good luck

[@IFarmWeFarm]

I’ve always loved working on things, it’s very satisfying even if it takes 3 times as long. Self thought as a went along and learnt from mistakes made. Thanks George

[@Error..01851]

You could put lifting door up on the shed

[@cdemo1186]

Good man Adrian,I knew it wouldn't be an issue to you to get that sorted. Hopefully there won't be too many late night deliveries for you during calving season. Happy New year to you and the family 👍🏼

[@seamusmurphy2877]

Grate video as ever many happy returns to you and your family. Hopefully calfing goes well .how many ate you going to calf for now best of luck 👍

[@B4rberblacksheep]

Yay it's calving time! I love all the aspects of your videos (in part because you present it so well) but I do love seeing the calves especially, they're so cute.

[@mrcallaghanbarry]

New life, class, thanks for the vids Adrian 👍 and happy new year

[@patdonnelly4803]

Great video adrian. I use to drive a cat 972 loading shovel .the easy ride could be turned on to automatic and as soon as I went above 10mph it would kick in . It's a great job

[@davegenske8973]

Thanks for that I willing be looking for one for my tractor

[@ivorsmyth6168]

Very interesting thanks

[@Feilding8187]

Once you have softride you'll never switch it off. The more weight you have on loader the better it works. I've had softride for 25 yrs, saves the front axle shock. And the operators back.

[@jamesmellor8642]

You could try a roller door Adrian, think that might be best for your shed doorway,

[@gerardscally3463]

Great detail videos improving all the time nice healthy calf Keep up the good work

[@theoxfordshirehunter492]

So much better having smooth ride on a loader, its a right pain in the back side without it as you know. I very rarely turn mine off on my quicke and it moves thousands bales of straw in the summer like it, only times I really turn it off is if I need to put downward pressure on the loader to push the loads up a bit or for example, lift the front axle off the ground a bit.

[@seanmchugh4283]

Adrian if your putting a switch in the cab for the soft-drive, be sure and put a light or a flashing light or a buzzer in too. It's very easy to forget these things are on or off when you get used to the convenience of not having to get out of the cab every time to switch it on or off.

[@noelgallagher3507]

You should put a wind curtain like a blind pull up and down on that shed Happy New Year Hope it a lot better .

[@garymadden2656]

Great video Adrian your better being safe than sorry 👍

[@jamiemacleod6463]

We had a 105x with a quickie. Paint faded on that one as well. Happy New Year!

[@josephfox1048]

roll up wind breakers would be ideal in that shed great video

[@mikemclaughlin1726]

Long time follower first time poster. I hope you and your family had a lovely Christmas and new year. It’s great to see such well looked after Animals,machinery and farm.

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Thanks very much Mike, hope you have a happy and healthy 2022 mate

[@cavanmick9406]

Roller shutters would be good but expensive for your shed Adrian

[@brianhorgan2252]

Hi you could hang gates (2/3/4 gates) and put stokboard on the gates on the front of the shed.

[@dennismathieson1140]

happy new year Adrian all the best for 2022 we will be watching for you. Best wishes with all your calfing , hope they are all healthy.

[@jimmygm325]

Great job Adrian, soft drive makes it so much easier on man & machine. We have it on a similar Quickie / MF loader here for over 10 years. We rarely switch it off. Only time might be loading sand or muck where you are pushing hard into the load. Never had a problem with the accumulator failing. Happy New Year to you and yours.

[@mikeman584]

Now I know what a soft drive is, those accumulators are like the ones you used to see on the old box Citreons back in the day. I think Rolls Royce also used them. Great video.

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Yes the earlier Citroens would be very similar, I rather the Rolls Royce once any day 😜

[@shaneprior]

Nice one Adrian, great to be fit to fix your own machinery, happy new year to you and your Family!

[@IFarmWeFarm]

And to you mate 👍

[@anthonyodonovan7266]

Get a curtain from a truck trailer you can pull it across when needed and not that expensive.

[@gerryoconnor8751]

Fair play to you as always Adrian, great job. The netting would keep alot of wind out of the shed I'd say. A very happy new Year to you and your lovely wife and family. A credit to you 👏.

[@matthewgorman1307]

Galebreaker. Ah nitrogen my favourite inert gas. Love how your cows know the routine.

[@johnmurray5467]

Hi Adrain, happy new year to you and the whole family. Great videos, keep up the good work! Regarding your shed issue, i feel the span is too wide for roller doors, but feel a pair of sliding doors would work very well. You will need two full length tracks, so one door slides across in front of the other. Only disadvantage is that you can ever only have half the shed open! Perhaps you might consider joining a new shed on to the front? More space for machines and the new doors would serve both! Or side entry!

[@davidrichardson7656]

Another good video Adrian, Happy new year to you and the family 👍🏻

[@tzajaczajac]

Bolt a rsj into the slab each side of the poles give you a mounting point for rollers doors with the wall the other side done the same myself made a massive job

[@paddy294]

Happy new year Adrian and family. Hope Elena is feeling better

[@spannermonkey]

Soft ride is a must on a loader, some of the alo loaders were wired ready for soft ride and had a little toggle switch on the front of the joystick, also some loaders the two accumulators are different capacities one in raise and one in lower circuit, you might want to check their the right way round, if not to rusty the capacities should be stamped in them, probs 0.75l and 0.5l approx. Cheers Adrian hope this was of some use👍

[@martincraig1974]

Yea accumulators do look like Citroën and Bentley ones happy new year Adrian an family an all subscribers 👍👍

[@seanlenehan7574]

Great video again Adrian. U needed more than a soft drive. On them roads u on.👍

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Ya that’s for sure 🙈

[@madeljacky]

Good work on getting the soft drive to work on the loader, you stuck at it and figured it out, the simplest way I can describe how it works is basically if you cut the pressure pipe to a hydraulic lift ram, fit a T piece to join it again, the accumulator screws into the part of the T piece thats left so it acts like a shock absorber for the hydraulic oil, accumulators need pressurised with Nitrogen depending on the application and weight they are lifting to usually around 300- 350 bar (4410 - 5145 PSI), it will give you the pressure stamped into the side of the accumulator. JCB had it years ago on their diggers, they called it SRS which was Smooth Ride System and it was unbelievable good when you drove the digger on the road.

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Cheers for the info mate 👌👍

[@MASSYMADMAN]

Maybe some roller doors might suit that side. Nice handy shed to have you wouldn’t want to lose it. Soft ride will make a big difference to the loader.

[@oconnellsfarm811]

Roller door be best job for your shed put them on shed similar we lost milking parlour roof and cubicle shed in that storm in 95

[@ianhaggart1438]

Glad it's gliding along nicely for you. Nice work on the vid. Stay safe sir 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@louispower2853]

Great video Adrian, never heard of a soft drive before handy yoke.

[@padraiggeaney3167]

Brilliant video Adrian I have the soft yoke on our loader they are a super job I never turn mine off I never saw the weight block on your Massey it's a fine job I love your shed set up especially for calving it must make life so handy around calving time

[@liammcelhone5572]

Adrian you could get shutter doors for that machinery shed. They are so handy to have

[@gerry6420]

Great addition to a loader. On a bumpy road could save a concussion😂

[@IFarmWeFarm]

There’s no roads that will test it as good as ours 😜

[@tinkeringtaylor3053]

Great video IFarmWeFarm thank you for sharing

[@davidhickey9166]

You could bolt the ratchet straps to the outside of back wall of shed and bring them over the roof and ratchet the down at the front in 3 points permanent solution for now as we would say great videos

[@aaronlawler3491]

You could get a roller door for the shed they would bold onto the pillar and go straight up

[@AndrzejMichalak-jp8bx]

Pozdrowienia z Polski. Dobra robota

[@PVAglue-fi4kc]

You can get a quicke joystick with the soft drive switch built into it. My old loader only had 1 accumulater connected to the lift pipe.

[@IFarmWeFarm]

There’s 2 switches on the joystick we have, one for the third action and the other does nothing. Presumed it was for a fourth action

[@PVAglue-fi4kc]

@@IFarmWeFarm the one I had had two buttons, one for the third service, the other was connected up for anything, possibly for hydraulic quick attachment and a flicker switch under them, right to left for the soft drive. There is also soft drive on the 3 point linkage of that massey. Put 12k hours up on a 08 5455 then it all went wrong!🤑

[@Eamo-21]

Good to see the soft loader doing it's job, Albeit permanently! I'd imagine you'd want to be able to take the softness out of the loader when doing yard work for sure. Soft tool isn't much use! 🤣

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Very true 🤣🤣

[@philiptyndall4968]

The idea with leaving it on is that 2 new accumulators are cheaper than wear in the front axle Loading shovels have soft ride built in and it’s never turned off

[@IFarmWeFarm]

First 😜

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Well third then 😁

[@nathanthefarmerboy8726]

I'm fourt then

[@jamesjohnston1007]

Great video Adrian Happy New year to you and the family

[@annettepaterson2519]

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU FAM

[@davidatreacy]

Might I suggest when you are tidying up the loader to pull all pins and check for ware. Might not always have been fully greased.

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Yes I will do just that, I think it had been sitting a while and that’s why those pins spun around

[@themeparkkieran4573]

You could get roller doors for the shed and make brackets for the mechanism to stand on so it doesn't strain the shed

[@alanrees688]

Check out faster hydraulics couplers Multifast coupler. 2 port coupler. Makes taking the shear grab off really easy and quick. Fitted one to our loader years ago. Fit one to bale squeeze aswell.

[@michaelscaife9638]

Happy New year to you all

[@Aulanefarmkerry]

Roller doors would be an ideal job for that shed

[@raymondconnolly1435]

Well done great video have you ever heard of downer cow syndrome just lost one on Friday she got a fall in Parlour and when lifted her she could Walk no problem but she lay down couldn't get up happy new year 👍🚜

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Yes heard of it surely, first thing I’d do is get Calcium and Magnesium into her. Could be pressure on her spin too. Hope she gets up. Have a great new year mate 👍

[@rogerquenault7207]

How do you find time to do the video’s, when I was on the farm I didn’t have a minute to myself and only managed a hobby after I had left the farm, Thank you for your time and effort it’s very much appreciated.

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Ya it takes up quite a bit of extra time but its enjoyable. I do all my edit late at night so it doesn’t interfere with my day jobs. Thanks Roger

[@vincent19064]

We have a big shed at home with big sliding doors. One of the door runs on tracks on the ground using 3 or 4 inch diameter bearings. The doors are large enough to drive any tractor into the shed.

[@martinmumper3355]

Just a suggestion but maybe some second hand roller shutter doors on the front of your shed would also help a bit with security

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Yes roller doors might work, security is quite good due to the access and it’s surroundings. But it’s always a great help to have doors for sure

[@robertdonnelly385]

last quickie loader i used a q35 had soft drive,great job,never had it on when feeding etc as makes harder to get full grabfull etc,it was wired to a switch on back of joystick,maybe the hole for said switch is on your joystick covered up?

[@IFarmWeFarm]

That could very well be, I’ll must look at that later 👍

[@michaelstaunton1632]

1st video of 2022 best of luck with the channel this year now 💪💪

[@Dermo37]

Happy New year Adrian. Quickie have a joystick with a switch on it for the soft ride which is a great job

[@JACK11168]

Great video

[@jasondavies4887]

I never realised you could fit them on those loaders, I'm going out now to see if I have fittings on mine.

[@evanduffy1884]

Hi Adrian I was cleaning my uncles tractor and his front loder is pail like yours,he showed me that if you put a bit of power steering oil on a clean rag and rub it in it axe as a polish and brings back the colour,hope this is hopefull

[@martin11161]

Great vids Adrian 🙂

[@sandymcghee3328]

Happy new year to you and your family Adrian great video 👍👍👍🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheMeggiemoo1]

Growing very well

[@michaelbradley280]

I enjoy that video like all of them

[@2626stephen]

Nice one. Storm barra done some damage here in the north-east of England. Is that the start of the new calf's arriving

[@IFarmWeFarm]

That’s it, calving season is in full swing now 😬

[@brendanbell8301]

Adrian a was sure you done your mechanics apprentice maybe you could seal the front off with some timber slabs to keep the wind out

[@abbiejones1843]

You need a good machinery shed Adrian. This machinery is to expensive to stop out side . Somethinnk you can park your tractors under has well.

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Yes it’s coming, the next building project

[@paulknipe9881]

Great videos you need a good machinery shed for tractors and equipment

[@JayKehoe]

Happy new year to you Adrian and family