here you go cliff,

i even had to cut of the traylor mount as that was fouling the PTO lincage and wouldnt let it turn,, i never pull a traylor so it didnt matter,

but they must of put it on at manifacture as the welding was good and neet,

thank you for your concern mate, i do understand tractors a little as my mum had a farm, still does but smaller,,

jake

OK Jake, thank you. I see them now.

Something still doesn't look balanced. I've never seen the top link on a 3 point (the one you shortened) mounted so low on the tractor. They reach up to a point just below the seat and about even with the pivot for the hydraulic lift.

The things that keep triggering me is that to hook up a standard 3 point implement (easy) you had to cut off the factory hitch, shorten the PTO drive shaft, shorten the top link, and it still doesn't look balanced. All of those parts are standard among different manufacturers and I'm really lost as to how this could be.

I'm sorry to be a pain, but I'm a worry wort when it come to hitches. Please take a look at this picture to see where I circled in red the top link connection. Is there anywhere on your tractor high like that for attachment? If you flipped your mount over, would that raise it? Is it possible someone got that on upside down?

Cliff

Great pictures. Being a farmer myself I enjoy seeing the farming style of different countries. All my brother-in-laws here in Thailand are also part time farmers. Thanks for sharing.

This does look odd top link so low, chopping off the draw bar .I at one time, was looking at rotavator's at my local tractor guy near me, he said what make is your tractor I said Hino ,he said I do not have a rotavator to fit a Hino,

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My Hino, an E184,second hand import, has 2 brackets with flip over locks,spring mounted, bolted to the tractor, separate from the 3 point linkage, I took for mounting a rotavator ,with these mounting brackets and the 3 point linkage would make a very stable set up. for a rotavator, the tractor could not flip over.

I think PJ's rotavator was not made for the tractor, did note same colour , it look's a big rotavator for the tractor to, hence the modifications , some one will say , not true, any rotavator will fit any tractor I will aggre, they will, but,on a saftey point of view ...........

I have to take off my draw bar when I put on the pto shaft, but it is not an OM draw bar on my tractor.

hi cliff,

i didnt cut off the factory 3 point top hitch, i had to shorten the conector between the top hitch and roto tiller,

i had to cut off the traylor hitch, the one that has a pin through the eye of your traylor and through the hitch,

i could see why it wanted welding on 2" further down and there was room for that, then the PTO hitch wouldnt of fouled,

i do understand about going over, we used to pull weelies in our stupid younger days,,

but it does seem sound to drive, and i only have to PTO in low gear and not to deep to reduce the pull on the tractor,

thanks again cliff

jake

hi shaggy,

this is my mornings work up to now,

1st farrowing pen ongoing,, i didnt make the pipe bender, i just used my gate post to not bend the pipe,,,lol,, it just creased it,, but it does the job and as they say TIT,

so we have what we have, they will do the job by the time i get them finnished,

ill update more as i go till i have a finnished one to show you guys,

jake,,

ps good morning to all

hi guys me again,

its lunch break,, thank god,

just a couple of update pics, cates just about on, just got to get some small bore pipe to go down the other pipe to form hinges, so i can open the doors both ways,

ive bent the pipe for the little bent things at the bottom, got to weld them on, but ill leave them till last so i can turn it on its side and it,ll still be level,,

have a good day

jake

right sorry guys,

final update for today,

finished apart from the feeder at the front, ill get them fabricated out,

so its took me a day to build a farrowing crate at a cost of 1000bht,in materials plus my time, im not botherd about that, i wasnt doing anything,,lol,

just in time to go and do the feeds,

mac just shouted theres a man here to buy 30 finished pigs,, get in,,

sorry for taking so much space mr shaggy just wanted to keep showing you updates,,

jake

Hi folks,my apologies for neglecting this fine thread over the past week or so.The honest truth is I have been

working all hours and didn't have the time or energy to go sorting through photos to post.

Jimmy, thanks for your post regarding the palms trees and bad luck to your friends who's trees rotted out,I hope that they had more success the following season.

David,Regarding the plans for the mini fish farm,My plan is to leave it up to the ladies,the only advice I have given them so far was regarding the price they were selling the fish for.In my opinion it was far too low (10 baht/kg under the towns price).The price has now gone up and the fish are still getting sold,in fact they have sold out all the ones big enough for market and now have to weight for the new stock to grow.......Oooohh,that was another bit of advice I gave them,have the sizes staggered,that way they will always have fish to sell.

sorry for taking so much space mr shaggy just wanted to keep showing you updates,,

jake

Jake mate,there is absolutely no need to apologize for anything mate.The photos you posted of today's build were IMHO brilliant.That is what Farm Photos

is about.I was wondering how you are going to secure the crates to the floor,by the looks of it they are not going to be raised from the floor.I really like your design with the walk in/walk out system,a lot less stressful for the gilt/sow and makes Mac's work a whole lot easier when you are not around to help.

Just between me and you mate I did cringe a bit at your pipe bending technique,but by the looks of it you have laid a weld down in the crease to strengthen it.

You know that I am in the steel trade also mate and did about 4 years of pipe bending.How about half filling the tubes with sand when you bend them mate,it won't

stop walls collapsing totally but it will stop them creasing to a certain degree.Only a thought mate and meant well,I know that you have been in the trade a lot longer than me.

A big heads up to you all

Nong Kung Si rice fields.

hi shaggy lad,

regarding bolting to the floor they are going to sit on angle iron feet with them bolted to the floor,

i know what you saying about sand, its good and does the job, to be honest mate i just couldnt be botherd, its the cheap pipe over here and for the pig job they will do,

i got 6 lengths of the bigger pipe 10 of the 20 mil and it cane to 2600bht deliverd,

and ive got 4 of each left over after that first crate, so i called it that it cost me a 1000bht to build, without the feeder and 4 angle iron feet,

was going to make a pipe bender with my car jack, but then thought i wouldnt have the former for anyway, so it was the gate post,

jake

ps steady on at work shaggy,, you can do to much you know,,,,,, ive been there

morning guys,,

hers one for you ron,

do you have a birds nest in your bannanas? looking on the internet i think its a brown flycatcher, beautiful little bird, brown with like white checkering under were the wing is, i saw the parent yesterday when i didnt have the camera,

the gease on guard,

and 2 more beautiful little pigeons,, ive got 30 now,,lol but i was a mad keen pigeon man in the uk, even wrote for a pigeon weekly, under the name of gainsborough gossip,,lol

so ive got a few here i just like to see them flying round, they come to me when i call,,

jake

Spray time

The transition of how good you guys are at photography over the past few years has been fantastic to see.

Subject matter, framing, post processing is just fantastic in your photographs and I just love coming to this forum just to see what you see every day.

Don't stop. You guys are awesome.

The transition of how good you guys are at photography over the past few years has been fantastic to see.

Subject matter, framing, post processing is just fantastic in your photographs and I just love coming to this forum just to see what you see every day.

Don't stop. You guys are awesome.

And count me in on that one as well DLock , a fantastic view for all ! Just a shame I cannot deliver more to the topic at the moment .

Just a dream in the making ,

Edited by awesome Goompa .

Chumpae Cucumber Express , Daily runs, seasonally adjusted, limited seats available - please book in advance .

amazing! - it looks so much like a 'painting'

Fresh produce from the jungles of Samui! Very colourful!

The mixed basket!

DASL ... cracking photo ...

Now, I rarely suggest this because I like the photos I view, to be natural without a lot of the extensive post-editing you see sometimes.

Have you thought of wiping out those power-lines in the Photo?

Just thought removal of that distraction might add a slight '3D' effect.

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Have you thought of wiping out those power-lines in the Photo?

Just thought removal of that distraction might add a slight '3D' effect.

Thanks . I hate removing powerlines.

I'll do it for money.

DAL will do anything for money! ^^^

Daisy the cow!.... in the flower field!

See Ron's resting again! ^

I drove by one of the many Samui coconut husking places again yesterday.... those geese are still wondering about all those eggs!

See Ron's resting again! ^

I drove by one of the many Samui coconut husking places again yesterday.... those geese are still wondering about all those eggs!

would have a sore ass passing one of them,,lol

A frogs eye view sunset in the rice field.