2017 - Volume #41, Issue #2, Page #17
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British Farmer Inventions
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Martin Bell of County Durham added a hydraulic step to the side of his JCB tractor loader to help him climb in and out. He removed the original step, replacing it with a lift step made out of a couple pieces of square tubing and plate steel.
The step pivots on a bracket attached to the main frame. An electro-hydraulic cylinder raises the step so Bell just steps onto it, presses a button, and is lifted up to the cab. He added a new, narrower step next to it so others can still climb into the cab without using the lift step.
Branch “Lopper”
East Lothian farmer Douglas Dale built a loader-mounted “lopper” to clear branches along fencelines and field boundaries.
The blade consists of a tough section of bucket blade that pivots closed like a jaw against one side of a heavy piece of steel tubing. It will cut through limbs up to 6 in. dia. and reach up to 17 ft. high. It mounts securely onto two front bale spears, so it’s easy to attach and detach when needed.
Grain Tank Auger
Grain bridging is a problem when harvesting damp grass seed. That’s why Oliver Williams added a second auger to his combine hopper.
Because he harvests grass with a stripper header, there was an extra hydraulic coupling available which would normally have been used to move the reel. Williams plumbed in a small hydraulic motor that drives a 7:1 reduction gearbox. A laterally-mounted 7-in. dia. auger mounts alongside the main tank auger to keep material flowing downward.
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