Ox power unit BOOKLET

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Hare Krsna Syam Prabhu,

We would be well set if we could just harness you to a computor for a

weekend and milk your brain for the wealth of practical knowlege you have in

there! I think many of our farms simply feel going beyond the basic

harnessing of the bullocks and utilizing them for general draw bar work is

too hard. But taking things one step further and gearing for their work

would be really encouraging. A easy to read booklet with drawings written by

you would be very valuable to our society.

I would like to order the first one!.

Thanks,

Your servant,

Ananta Krsna Dasi.

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Syamasundara (das) (Bhaktivedanta Manor - UK) <Syamasundara (AT) pamho (DOT) net>

Cow (Protection and related issues) <Cow (AT) pamho (DOT) net>

Friday, 30 March 2001 08:43

Ox power unit

 

 

Dear Prabhu's

 

we have a very versatile ox power unit here at Bhaktivedanta manor.

 

The machine in effect replaces the engine of a tractor. The gearing of the

oxen ends up in a PTO point ( the same point a tractor has which equipment

is connected to)

 

One can power any machine that a tractor can power in a standing position.

 

Our power unit grinds flour and rolls oats and barley. It could also cut

wood if we had a saw. We don't have a saw because we dont burn any logs

except for perhaps once or twice a year. Gas central heating boilers.

 

The gear system is basically a 30 tonne truck axle fixed into the ground.

>From that the trucks drive shafts are connected. To that the gear box is

connected or you could even put two gear boxes to get a bigger variety of

speeds. From the gear box you go into a universal power point, like a

tractors

 

>From the universal power point you go straight into the farm equipment using

the tractor pto bars.

 

If you can buy a tractor powered flour mill you are ready to go. If not then

you will need to modify a bought flour mill. This is a straight forward task

for an engineer.

 

The manor uses 4 oxen on the mill. The oxen are in series i.e all following

one another each pulling their own bar via a cable and pulleys. The fine

details of getting all 4 oxen to pull equal whilst pulling there own bar can

be acuretly seen on the Gita nagari saw gear unit. I was able to stream line

our unit after my visit there a couple of years ago.

 

The driver of the oxen stands in the middle and drives and encourages the

oxen from there. All our oxen have rings but in the ox power unit there is

no need for any nasal harnessing. The oxen are pulled along from their

harness connected to the bar in front.

 

The ox power gear sytem is a must for every farm and opens up many exciting

posibilities in ox powered livelihoods.

 

I keep meaning to getting around to making a booklet but I do not get around

it.

 

The only snag if I may say with the Gita nagari gear system is that it is

quite complex and would require professional engineering help. The use of

truck axles and gear boxes could be attempted by somebody without extensive

engineering skills.

 

ys syam