I've Made A Stupid Mistake! And Some Disappointing News

[@rolfwhite2563]

Weld a wee tab on the front of the stand at the bottom in front of the bolt hole so it can only fold back. The tab will then lock out against the drawbar. There is no need for it to fold forward. Abbey were lazy when they made those stands.

[@IFarmWeFarm]

That’s a good idea in fairness, i’ll do that very thing 👍

[@jacobunderhill4865]

Sometimes easier to pick the tanker up put the shaft on then suck the hitch in after

[@AD-hs2bq]

Your fix it mentality is refreshing and you live a challenge-to make something useful by finding bits you already have to keep your machinery going. It’s refreshing to watch as well as earth-friendly.

[@johnlong3214]

Agree, well said👍

[@IFarmWeFarm]

I know it might not be everyone’s cup of tea but I get great feedback from parents especially saying it motivates their kids to get their hands dirty and a least give something a go rather than just throw it out. It’s very satisfying work too. Thank you 👍

[@carollloydjones5735]

You'd make a great tech teacher Adrian. I haven't a clue with half the stuff you mend on here but I think even I could give it a decent go after watching you. 👍

[@dronedairys7461]

Good video as usual. I always had the habit of taking the shaft off the tank completely when I take the tank of the tractor. I always done since I was younger and bent one by catching it in the arm. I think it’s one good habit of the many bad ones I have !!!

[@nancysmith-baker1813]

Always something needed to be done on a farm . Sorry for the loss of the calf . Take care And thankyou .

[@cv990a4]

Mother Nature can be wonderful, but she can also deliver up a share of heartache. Animal farming is as real as it gets in that respect.

[@mikeysky8917]

I have two 50ltr compressors in the workshop leaking all the air out when it fills and replacing the pressure switch on both did nothing. Now I know what the real problem is. Many thanks. 👍

[@IFarmWeFarm]

That’s good to here, hope you get them sorted easier 👍

[@everestyeti]

Sorry to hear about your cow, I know how much you care for your animals so it must be difficult. I have an old compressor in my shed and you've just given me an idea.👍

[@bri200490]

All that work setting up the workshop is sure paying dividends . Cheers mate

[@scootytamra]

I'm sorry you lost a calf, it's always sad to lose animals. I hope the cow will be ok. Much love to you and yours!

[@dieselbushcraft1299]

Love to watch your videos giving an insight into farming life. I guess losing the calf or any other animal is reality and not everything in nature is fluffy and nice. It’s great to see you mending things, so much of this world seems to be disposable.

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Well that’s the reason I decided to mention it, it’s important that people get an understanding of the problems that come with this job and other to realise it happens on every farm not just there’s. Cheers lad 🤞

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Great Video Adrian, your fields like ours, you need a boat to go around them.😁

[@mandyrobinson8353]

Sorry for your loss xxx

[@oisinkierancoyle5518]

That’s right Adrian well done! As they say in Grassmen Always Protect Your Shaft.

[@culkeenycharolais8248]

Glad your balls are ok Adrian and your shafts fixed.. 😂 having one loss in four years is unbelievable going,despite our best efforts usually have one or two a year

[@richardpreen8942]

Hello Adrian I see you had bought a king post for your 50b, I had one that broke on mine back in the 70s.We ordered a new one from Massey it took a fortnight to come, they were a nightmare to deal with, good luck with yours

[@patrickjblackwell]

Hi Adrian, very interesting video, thanks. Not sure if is the case for your compressor but the air you hear leaking form most of that type of compressor is actually a design feature. The compressed air is being bled from the pipe running from the pump to the tank, the one you replaced. This allows the motor to restart next time under no load, reducing the current surge in the motor at startup.

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Yes that’s true, once the tank pressure drops that spring will compress the rubber seal to close it off. The unfortunate thing is if it’s worn or dirt gets stuck behind it then it will never fully seat and just leak out completely. It’s very common on all compressors, thankfully and easy fix

[@patriciamccormack7626Teashee]

Great video Adrian 👍 sorry to hear about the poorly 🐄🥺 great job on the wee compressor, and backend of the slurry wagon 👍 glad to hear the Massey coming along nicely 👍 😂🤣 unplugged hairdryer and as straight as a 🐖 tail 😂🤣😂 Have a lovely day Adrian ❤

[@michaelcrowley1692]

Im might be wrong, but i think the 4 bolts you tighetend on front of tank are meant to be loose, if memory serves me right they allow to vessel to move along with the suspension on sprung drawwbar.

[@bobuncle8704]

I have a generator and small compressor that live in the back of my truck. Handy to have.

[@abbiejones1843]

We had a wide angle shaft on pick up baler . We where on a tight bend and left it on tick over but the balls snaped off. But we welded it back up and it worked OK. Probably with the bale ram going over on tick over they broke off.

[@johnlong3214]

I like these rebuild and maintnance videos, they are all part of farm life, thank you for sharing.👍

[@kevingovier5090]

Another interesting video Adrian, as we say,, where there’s livestock there’s dead stock, dam shame that. Good to see Hudson and Bailey letting you get on with work ! Good line there,,,,,straight as a pig’s tail, brilliant, fields that drain very well here in Somerset uk just holding inches of water for weeks. Anyway keep up the good work 👍🍻

[@sandymcghee3328]

Great video again Adrian sorry about the calf 👍👍👍👍

[@Kevin98atclare]

All ways like your vids the thing u tightened at the end is ment to be a bit loose because of the spring drawbar it has to be Abel to move or else it’s putting pressure on the black hoses and it will kink

[@IFarmWeFarm]

I’ll put new bolts on it this week and slacking it off a bit. The old bolts are worn so there was a lot of side to side movement. Thanks for that tip 👌

[@tc6573]

Using the chain i hang the pto at 45° degrees roughly. (If nothing to hang too, make a bracket which holds the pto well up out of way) That way you are reassured that you wont damage it by the USUAL methods. Had the same issues with same compressor and fixed it likewise. Allow at times she doesn't cut out & the pressure switch blows. Damp air i think???

[@soloheadlad]

The same thing happened to me with the pto shaft 2 years ago but thankfully it wasn't a right angle shaft but i ended up buying a right angle shaft instead of fixing it and in 1 since i was happy i broke it as i kept on saying id buy 1 for years

[@Gearoid35]

Nice update nice job on the little compressor

[@JimF500]

It's unfortunate and sad that cattle lose their calves sometimes, but you have to acknowledge that it can and not bury your head in the sand about it for viewers, but of course it's understandable that you didn't show this. At least you left in the bit where your daughter pulled you up on a point 😂. Can I borrow that blowtorch for a wee second cause I have a stubborn immersion heater element that doesn't want to come out 😊.

[@tonysargent7787]

Another great video has always Adrian and family 👍

[@denisdangan]

Those shaft stands on Abbey tankers a full balls,can still end up breaking your shaft when u pick up the tank as the shaft end is hanging over the eye of the tank.Some rope and tieing it back up at an angle woks best.

[@kris_shutler]

Great video again Adrian. Your videos always supply education to us viewers 😊

[@gerry6420]

We all have them mishaps from time to time. Alls well that ends well 😊👌

[@williecosgrove]

4,16 Dont put tape on the treads, put a small around the olive ring

[@andyross5644]

The syphon on the front of your tanker is supposed to be slightly loose so the pump can travel up and down with the sprung drawbar, if you leave it tight you run the risk of damaging your vacuum pump.

[@mikestapleton3973]

Agree with this it’s supposed to be a bit of play for the movement in the draw bar

[@IFarmWeFarm]

I will add new bolts to it so there’s no side to side play like there is now and slacking them off so it can move. Thanks for the tip Andy 👍

[@galwaypat5744]

Hi Adrian .The ferguson 20 looks well in the shed with the new wheels .I s she all done now and did your father take it for a spin yet?

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Dad unfortunately isn’t fit anymore, it’s been a tough year past for him

[@claetuswoodroofe1854]

Just to add a point I hope you didn’t tighten the bolts very tight on the front of the tank as it has to move a bit if you’re drawbar is sprung

[@anthonysweeney1412]

Relating to the calf adrian that’s life and stock and reality you join the army you march 😂 all the best

[@i-do-stuff-2]

great information nice to see you saving stuff.

[@jimconnolly3572]

Those abbey pto stands are a balls of a thing look at the hispec ones and modify accordingly

[@patlydon519]

Great videos as always,

[@gerrymulligan2602]

Good man.busy this time year

[@eamon589]

The pto stands on the abbey tankers are pure dung even the new ones

[@kieranmcgroary5426]

Good man Adrian, sorry about u cow aborting the calf , ground very wet, might dry soon, u are as good as a macanic, keep the things right on the farm, great video, chat soon kieran from Laghey donegal town

[@patodwyer721]

Nice one Adrian

[@bri200490]

Hey Adrian , thx again for your great efforts , as usual great production values and content . As far as the screw is concerned mate , we have a word for it in our part of the world that’s child friendly……….. it’s “munted”

[@TO-sp6do]

Thanks for the great video love them thank u

[@joflood]

Sad news about your cow. For someone who doesn't know how it all works, would you not just keep her and wait till next year or is it likely to happen again and not worth the risk? Or too expensive to feed for the next year?

[@IFarmWeFarm]

I’ve a lot of replacements for this coming year so best to move her on, we’re fairly heavy stocked at present so every animal has to earn her spot. We’ll probably hold on to her till late April early May

[@joflood]

@@IFarmWeFarm makes sense. Thanks for another interesting video!!

[@tomthetaxi-n1l]

your holding on to her till april is that in case she is sent to the factory and shows up with tb and you will be locked up and cant sell your calves ??​@IFarmWeFarm

[@IFarmWeFarm]

@@tomthetaxi-n1lno just going to get some condition on her first, the farmer that will buy her may put her back in calf.

[@johnlydon533]

Great video Adrian. Enjoyed watching. 👍🏼

[@jamesjohnston1007]

Another good one Adrian 👍

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Almost 96k subscribers!

[@michaelcreedon1994]

Don’t drive that tank Adrian until you loosen that overflow trap. If you have a sprung drawbar there needs to be play as those pipes going from pump to top of tank are very hard and rigid.Pretty sure all abbeys are done like that.

[@IFarmWeFarm]

I didn’t know that, yes spring draw bar on this one. The bolts are worn so it was rattling side to side. I’ll replace them and slacking them off. Thanks for the advise 👍

[@garymadden2656]

Great video Adrian as always 👌

[@O_K_Agri_CS94]

Great video Adrian keep it up!

[@robin96984]

To be fair that’s the best way a bad situation could have gone at least the cow is back ok

[@tinagibbs618]

Iove your videos. xxxxxxx

[@jix177]

Nice job. Just curious, why does the pressure switch have 2 air connections? I know it needs to monitor the tank pressure to control when the pump starts/stops but what does that second flexible pipe to the non-return valve do?

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Bleed of pipe, it’s suppose to release some pressure so it isn’t under load starting up. That spring pushes back to release the air and when the pressure drops it seals up and the air stops. Hope that makes sense

[@Alan-rn5ip]

Halfords for spanners adrian. They come with life time guarantee

[@padraigking5185]

Good stuff

[@gerrymulligan2602]

You.should leave shaft off.tanker.when.not.useing it

[@dane5896]

My Wife is always yelling at me for not throwing anything out. 😆😂😆

[@Henbopty]

great video pal

[@farmerslife2612]

That was a great video of yourself

[@Isitthepinkorthebrown]

Morning Adrian… Are you anywhere near Donamana Strabane? My Cousin lives there.

[@IFarmWeFarm]

About 100km from us Mark, Co.Tyrone

[@markcorr6704]

Heat shrink over the shitty chrome spanners.

[@roomullan3050]

Can someone explain to me, I get the sickly cow is not an asset to diary farm but Adrian said , sell her on to another farm. What would be her use then? Thanks in advance ps can we have more of the “ useless helpers” please 🤣🤣🤣

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Our stocking rate is too high to hold on to her, we normally sell 10-15 cows each year to make room for our replacement heifers. They all go to the one farmer, he does fatting the old ones and put the younger ladies like this one back in calf and sell them to a dairy farmer as they calve down. He left with a good calf afterwards to rear as well. Hope that makes so sense. Stocking rates are getting tighter each year

[@roomullan3050]

@@IFarmWeFarm ah yes, I see. Thanks Adrian x

[@ilovetractors40]

Great video

[@gerrymulligan2602]

Lucky.did not.brake hitch on tractor.could be alot worse

[@nirvairsingh1678]

👍👍

[@westcoast5934]

Adrian, You'll have to get an agent for Your advertising work.......😀😀

[@IFarmWeFarm]

What I’m advertising is not really for sale 😉

[@shanemcguire3367]

The joys of farming

[@Henbopty]

great pal

[@ciaranconeely8579]

👍👍👍.

[@ollywareing9419]

I've just split with my girlfriend tonight, I needed this...thankyou

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Sorry about that mate

[@ollywareing9419]

Thankyou it's been tough. I really look forward to your video's please keep them coming. Best wishes to you all

[@stubuddle5561]

Ring ? They are copper Olives.

[@IFarmWeFarm]

U’ll have to elaborate on that one for me 🤔

[@phil6465]

@@IFarmWeFarm 3:43 The little ring is called an olive!

[@seanlavelle2]

Some people call them olives or rings

[@aaronsmyth53]

That cow was annoying losing her calf i have one and she had dead twins recently bit of a loss

[@davidcurley7901]

You should milk the cow for a couple of days, they will quite often come into milk just from having the cups put on.

[@arjenhillenius1917]

When you're really fond of your cow you might milk her up with eight month pregnancy. She won't be a topper, but if she was, you could keep her and try again. I never heard the expression you used in relation to your helper; as helpful as a underwater dryer. 🤣

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Have a lot of replacements for this coming year already so it’s best to move her on so there’s place for them, our stocking rates are high as is so we were needing to sell some cows on anyhow. She will be going to another farmer that will probably put her back in calf in

[@KiwiJim13]

👀🙄🐾👍

[@willyfindlay4398]

Sorry you lost a calf. I presume the cow will go for slaughter eventually ?

[@IFarmWeFarm]

I don’t really know but the man that’s buys from us does put them back in calf most of the time, she’s young and a good producer so i’d be thinking her milking days will continue

[@willyfindlay4398]

@IFarmWeFarm aw that's good. I watch the New Zealand " Once a day" dairy farmer and his cows go to " The Works" when not pregnant. He is not shy of the realities of farming on World prices fir milk. . But he has better weather.

[@IFarmWeFarm]

@@willyfindlay4398 Andrews a great fella, do chat to him regularly. He is blessed to have cows out side all year round, no big expense on sheds or slurry storage either which is a massive plus.

[@markallen6961]

A government incentive to rediculously over charge. never😯👍

[@markcolgan5465]

A hydraulic pump on ur slurry spreader only way to go.

[@greggroome2791]

👍👍🇮🇪🇮🇪🙏🙏👌👌

[@pharvalleyaussies6215]

Lol pigs tail lol

[@noelocallaghan9325]

That spanner is pure rubbish . U should buy a decent set of bahco or teng tool spanners they'd last a lifetime

[@ninjanana1272]

👍👍❤🐮

[@karolschulz48]

You have me confused. Why are you going to sell the cow that lost her calf? It makes no sense. Especially if she is a good producer. Who knows why the calf died. Likely had something that wasn't compatible with life. So give her antibiotics and get her back in shape. Then let her try to have another calf. It doesn't cost you to feed her during the summer and minimal cost now. If no live birth the second time then send her to freezer camp and get hamburger. Btw and underwater hair dryer awesome never heard that one before.

[@jameshussey4900]

@kaorlschulz48 because she will be taking the place of a replacement heifer that will actually produce milk for the year, every cow has to pay her way. Unfortunately that is the reality of farming.

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Just like James said there, it’s based on our stocking rates, if she was kept on it would be at least be 11 months before she would be back milking. She would also take up the spot of a replacement heifer or a milking cow so we always have to tin out the herd each year anyhow to allow young stock to come in. We would get penalised if we’re too overstocked. She will go to another farmer that buys all my cows who will more than likely based on her age put her back in calf and sell her on as she calves down. He’ll have a calf for himself and a good milking cow to sell to a dairy man.

[@paddy294]

First

[@homey3051]

[@rickywest57]

Let’s get back to farming. Feels like a DIY show at the moment 🫶🏻

[@IFarmWeFarm]

To be fair the last few videos were packed with cattle work so wanted to just have a change this week. Everything is fairly routine at the min till ground hopefully starts to dry out and we can get some work done

[@davidduffy3021]

Great video