Routy56 - can you just....

[Canal Navvy]

Short bits of heavy angle iron and a sledgehammer is a fine traditional way of dealing with those awkward sods

 

[V8Druid]

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Did I tell you that I hate split rims? Old Ford D Series from when I had 5 kicking around here.
This bastard should have been weighed in yesterday but I couldn't break the bead
I'll have another go today with the ripper. Want the inner tube for the pool

put yer pecker on the bead

 

[Canal Navvy]

put yer pecker on the bead

That would be interesting to try !
Pity he's not closer .... could have lent him an air/hydraulic bead breaker

 

[V8Druid]

used to use a big old Makita breaker on real stubborn buggers ... and if that didn't do it a strategically placed crane leg foot pad

 

[Routy56]

Last week we cleaned up my brother's Cherry Picker that he has stored here because I wanna use it

......the banks of 24v batteries have all sulphated up so I decided to change them. But we had to do some refurb stuff on the carrier first.....

I scrubbed it up with Mr. Angle-Grinder and Ryan applied some left over rattle can Tish....

.....got a right result on FB Market place with a pair of 100Ah about 1 year old for only £100 locally
Offcut of Ifor Gorilla Board bolted in with M6 ck ss - jobs a good un!

Tested them by pruning dead branches out of a Silver Birch whiles waiting for Sharon to serve up dinner on Saturday - all good

 

[V8Druid]

a pair of 100Ah about 1 year old for only £100 locally

lookin' for another pair now then

 

[Routy56]

lookin' for another pair now then

Yep another pair will just about fit on that carrier
Mind you I would probably renew all the cables. The originals and Anderson are a complete bodge up

 

[V8Druid]

Yep another pair will just about fit on that carrier
Mind you I would probably renew all the cables. The originals and Anderson are a complete bodge up

go four abreast, looking at it

 

[Routy56]

go four abreast, looking at it

Yep this size carrier will accommodate 4 every which way and nice a snug.
The previous set up was. complete bodge with 4 x small car batteries and a tacked on frame to hold them
The trick is now to convince my brother to buy another 2
But at least we have got it ready for use when the weather gets cooler

 

[Steve]

How are you charging them?

 

[Shovelhands]

Yep this size carrier will accommodate 4 every which way and nice a snug.
The previous set up was. complete bodge with 4 x small car batteries and a tacked on frame to hold them
The trick is now to convince my brother to buy another 2
But at least we have got it ready for use when the weather gets cooler

I wouldn’t be surprised if the original setup was 4x 6v deep cycle batteries.

 

[Routy56]

How are you charging them?

Hi Steve, that's a great question and something which I want to address.
Any advice most welcome
At the moment it has a crappy old Sealey 12/24v charger.....

.......whilst I try and be careful not to overcharge, it's not foolproof.
After a short 'min' charge yesterday for a few hours, it started at about 6A dropping back to about 2A.
By this time the individual readings were about 15.4v and gassing well
Ideally I'd like to install a 'smart charger' of some description.
This would give the advantage of not overcharging whatever bank of batteries are installed

 

[Routy56]

I wouldn’t be surprised if the original setup was 4x 6v deep cycle batteries.

Hi James, yes that would make sense. We obviously want something reliable. But my brother ain't gonna fund that
When I used it a few month ago with the failing batteries, I nearly got stuck boomed out over the neighbours garden trimming my trees

 

[Shovelhands]

Hi James, yes that would make sense. We obviously want something reliable. But my brother ain't gonna fund that
When I used it a few month ago with the failing batteries, I nearly got stuck boomed out over the neighbours garden trimming my trees

Yes I can understand that, the proper batteries are well north of £100 each now I imagine.

 

[Shovelhands]

Forget my last comment! They’ve gone up considerably since I last had any….

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[V8Druid]

Forget my last comment! They’ve gone up considerably since I last had any….

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had a big 12 volter from them for the Zetor a little while back ..... was 160 quid which was pretty competitive .. 200 locally

 

[Smiffy]

The local scrap yard use to get in batteries from data storage centres. Big deep cycle batteries that where changed every year regardless of condition they sold them on for a quid each.

 

[Shovelhands]

had a big 12 volter from them for the Zetor a little while back ..... was 160 quid which was pretty competitive .. 200 locally

Yes they are always worth checking as they are usually very competitive.

 

[Steve]

Hi Steve, that's a great question and something which I want to address.
Any advice most welcome
At the moment it has a crappy old Sealey 12/24v charger.....View attachment 37742
.......whilst I try and be careful not to overcharge, it's not foolproof.
After a short 'min' charge yesterday for a few hours, it started at about 6A dropping back to about 2A.
By this time the individual readings were about 15.4v and gassing well
Ideally I'd like to install a 'smart charger' of some description.
This would give the advantage of not overcharging whatever bank of batteries are installed

I know what you mean about the overcharging & it is difficult to balance it with charging it fast enough to be useable as well.

 

[Routy56]

I know what you mean about the overcharging & it is difficult to balance it with charging it fast enough to be useable as well.

So to address the issue I’v ordered a cheap Ying Tong ‘smart charger from eBlag that might just do the trick….
12/24V 40A 400w Car Automatic Battery Charger Smart Pulse Boat Repair Trickle
…..WSS - I’ll obviously report back