northeastshooter Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 how high do you normaly have the pigeons on a rotory off the floor? im tight and cant afford to buy on atm so im making one from a old drill and plenty of ali tubing/bar from work. thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Essex Hunter Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 how high do you normaly have the pigeons on a rotory off the floor? im tight and cant afford to buy on atm so im making one from a old drill and plenty of ali tubing/bar from work. thanks guys Drills are not ideal, that’s why all but the very expensive ones use windscreen motors. They however are used to running for long periods and have speeds which work quite well on a rotary, coupled with good fixing holes to build a platform off. http://s856.photobucket.com/albums/ab130/TheEssexHunter/rotary/?action=view¤t=rotary4.jpg TEH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deny essex Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Agreed drills are not the best to use , they do work but overheat when running constant and burn up battery power and from experience have a short working life. Wiper motors as EH has said are the favourite, tough durable and plod on for ages. Height of the rotary birds should be above grown crop height for use on crop before harvest, I use mine around 5 foot high, but if your building one no harm in making it adjustable if possible. EH's pics will help you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northeastshooter Posted March 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 thanks guys just found a old window wiper motor will have ago with that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army Dog Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 I use a magnet that is about 24 inches high, to get above the crops I shoot over, my shooting buddy uses one with the motor about 6 inches off the ground to keep the birds low when shooting over stubble. Both work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linny Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 i have a three leged tripod that goes up to about twelve feet. magnet slots on the top of it and it has worked well . it is an old speaker tripod the type bands use a bit heavy but you can see it from a long way well above the headge tops and it was free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smig4373 Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 My rotary is run with an old vauxhall wiper motor...It already has 3 fixings on it for ease of mounting...I bet you could pick 1 up for a fiver from the local scrappers...same as this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northeastshooter Posted March 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 My rotary is run with an old vauxhall wiper motor...It already has 3 fixings on it for ease of mounting...I bet you could pick 1 up for a fiver from the local scrappers...same as this. Managed to get one off my brothers corsa lefts hope it doesnt rain soon lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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