Hi folks,
I get the impression that Jamie, when he's employed on crushing, spends a lot of time doing nothing while the machine works away by itself, and hence he started wondering about the requirements to free up a tractor. Apparently his idea would be to mount the electric motor on the crusher with the genny as a standalone piece of kit. He rang me just to try his thoughts on me, and of course it's way outside my realm of knowledge, hence my suggestion of asking the question that I did here. I did this, and this is in reply to Andrew Tinsley, because one thing I've learned is that there are a lot of very knowledgable people frequenting this forum, and although I freely admit it's nothing to do with model engineering, it's quite obvious that these knowledgable people do not seem to mind giving their thoughts. I'll go further, and say that in my experience over the last 50+ years, most people do not mind sharing their knowledge. True, there are some awkward people who wouldn't give their grandma the time of day but then I wouldn't expect them to appear on a forum such as this.
Jamie's had a read of this thread, and gone away to ponder further! I really don't know now what he'll do, so really, that's the end of it for me.
Now, there has been talk of the actual requirements for building it. This may help. Jamie is 22 and on leaving school went to Newton Rigg Agricultural College for two years where he learnt all about servicing and repairing agricultural machinery. (And other stuff I believe.) His brother, nearly 20, on leaving school obtained a job as a trainee mechanical engineer. He is in the third year of a mechanical engineering college course leading, I think to HNC. Amongst other things he has learned welding, and last year he got this: "Pearson BTEC Level3 Diploma in Operations and Maintenance Engineering". Both lads have been/still are members of the local Young Farmers and have been involved in making all sorts of strange items. It seems to me that between them, other than the electrical connection side of things, they will be quite capable of building this thing themselves, that is, if it comes off.
On a personal note, I've been rather surprised at the response my initial post has generated. I'd like to thank all of you for your thoughts.
Neil,
Little Grey Fergies. Learned to drive on one of those at age 13. Could write reams about what I did with it. And the MF65 that replaced it. Happy times in what seems now to be a different life. Memories!!!
Regards to all,
Peter G. Shaw
Edited to add note about Fergies.
Edited By Peter G. Shaw on 19/09/2017 21:11:37