V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
how ever ..... today has been a clean up after Pam's strimming escapades - again , followed by some household maintenance
Pam did the edges of the lawn (she loves playing with the strimmer) but hates the clear up
...
sod barrowing it now I have a much bigger 'barrow' to collect with ...
had it heaped full by the time we'd gotten all the way round the edges
grabbed the rubber mat I'd hauled out of the floor of the woodshed a week or so ago on the trailer - took the both of us to wrestle the damned thing up a couple of steps and onto the top of the trailer - unbelievably heavy .. was considering using it as trailer bed protection, but waaaaay toooooo heavy for that idea ... so found a new use for it ......
a lot better on the trotters than planings ... and gave it some use this afters ...
the lump of 125 x 25 is flattening out a crease, where it's been curled up a wall for at least the last 15 years
this is barely 8 months old and just will not stay on ....
had a tinker, but was damned if I could see why ...
is some complex switch and almost impossible to dismantle
can go back ... 's barely run in
and then .......
'twas Kenwood time ....
been making a few strange noises lately ..
in fairness to it, it was my mother's and I reckon it's got to be well over 50 years old and never had a spanner to it ...
well that changed today
spectacularly well made, beautifully engineered, fair play .......
but had rather a lot of cake mix hiding inside it ..
plus, the grease in the gearbox had turned to something closer to gum ..
TBH I don't know how the hell it was still going round..
took some separating and then a LOT of cleaning out
had to scrape as much out as possible
but I did get there after a lot of scraping, and a lot of carb cleaner
didn't take a pic of t'other half cleaned up ..
ready to go back together ...
with a lot of fresh lube .. didn't have any food grade grease, but the gearbox is sealed anyway, so some EP2 sufficed
's like a new one again ... nice and quiet (well as quiet as a Kenwood Chef can be)
I very much doubt the current model is this well engineered
Needless to say, 'er indoors was well happy with the result ...
but couldn't understand what took me so long though
brownie point are stacking up
Pam did the edges of the lawn (she loves playing with the strimmer) but hates the clear up
...sod barrowing it now I have a much bigger 'barrow' to collect with
...had it heaped full by the time we'd gotten all the way round the edges
grabbed the rubber mat I'd hauled out of the floor of the woodshed a week or so ago on the trailer - took the both of us to wrestle the damned thing up a couple of steps and onto the top of the trailer - unbelievably heavy .. was considering using it as trailer bed protection, but waaaaay toooooo heavy for that idea ... so found a new use for it ......
a lot better on the trotters than planings ... and gave it some use this afters ...
the lump of 125 x 25 is flattening out a crease, where it's been curled up a wall for at least the last 15 years
this is barely 8 months old and just will not stay on ....
had a tinker, but was damned if I could see why ...
is some complex switch and almost impossible to dismantle
can go back ... 's barely run in
and then .......
'twas Kenwood time ....
been making a few strange noises lately ..
in fairness to it, it was my mother's and I reckon it's got to be well over 50 years old
and never had a spanner to it ...well that changed today
spectacularly well made, beautifully engineered, fair play .......
but had rather a lot of cake mix hiding inside it ..
plus, the grease in the gearbox had turned to something closer to gum ..
TBH I don't know how the hell it was still going round..
took some separating and then a LOT of cleaning out
had to scrape as much out as possible
but I did get there after a lot of scraping, and a lot of carb cleaner
didn't take a pic of t'other half cleaned up
..ready to go back together ...
with a lot of fresh lube .. didn't have any food grade grease, but the gearbox is sealed anyway, so some EP2 sufficed
's like a new one again ... nice and quiet (well as quiet as a Kenwood Chef can be)
I very much doubt the current model is this well engineered
Needless to say, 'er indoors was well happy with the result ...
but couldn't understand what took me so long though
brownie point are stacking up
Left hooker
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You sure.. wanting to go bristol on a certain day wiped them out
Happy anniversary btw
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
one for @Stock from last night's recycling
and as promised ... the Micron's tow bar in situ .... just lower the rear 'blade'/stabiliser to the desired level and hitch up ...... it's pretty well balanced on its road wheels so very little load on the hydraulics on the move .. I'll dig out the transport wheels and set it up when I've half an hour -- tows very well
spent most of the day pressure washing six vehicles, hand washing two of 'em then pressuring them off again ... be a while 'fore four of 'em get the treatment again .... 'Drema's next on the list for a bloody good wash off
and as promised ... the Micron's tow bar in situ .... just lower the rear 'blade'/stabiliser to the desired level and hitch up
...... it's pretty well balanced on its road wheels so very little load on the hydraulics on the move .. I'll dig out the transport wheels and set it up when I've half an hour -- tows very well spent most of the day pressure washing six vehicles, hand washing two of 'em then pressuring them off again ... be a while 'fore four of 'em get the treatment again
.... 'Drema's next on the list for a bloody good wash off
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
been pretty damned warm here today - 29C .. like a sauna in me boxes
sat on the patio this morning, having a coffee and late brekky, contemplating whether I could be ar*ed to do anything (was a mega day yesterday - kids wore us both out) and thought " come on - gotta do summat "
Nice breeze -- blowing the one brolley about and thought " Ha! That needs doing " so went and found some suitable materials and lopped a few bits .. drilled a few holes and set about creating ...
been meaning to do this for a while
boss not convinced it'd 'look right' ....
" Jus' leave it to me -- will look fine "
see where this is going ?
that'll stop the wind blowing it about, even though it had about 120lbs on the base, it'd still leap about .. not any more
Having seen the brackets there was a " can you make some more for the other corners - just the brackets - they look great " .. " ferk !!! "
" While you've got the paint out, can you just -- paint the old base "
" I've just put it away and cleaned the brush "
however!
cleaned the threads in the pinch bolt ...
wire brushed it off and ..
brought it back down looking 'shinier' - parked it where the kids like to play with the bird bath bowl, to keep any further sun we might get off 'em and put the two 50lb stage weights back on it .. just lift brolley from one to t'other as required
was gonna put the gear and the caddy away and thought there's summat else I wanted to drop some weld onto .. ah yes ........
have a crack at a repair ... would've been so much easier with a MIG, but was blowing fair-ish this afters, so Caddy it was ...
took bloody ages, but got there --
think I'll bang a wheel tape in this with a tube -- can't really see it being completely air tight ... a lot more solid than it was though, and'll do as a get you home spare ... coat of shiny tish and tea ..
followed by a tidy up and second coat of tish .. after tea .. good paint drying weather today
chuck a tyre and tube on it tomorrow .. pretty sure I had one passable one left
sat on the patio this morning, having a coffee and late brekky, contemplating whether I could be ar*ed to do anything (was a mega day yesterday - kids wore us both out) and thought " come on - gotta do summat "
Nice breeze -- blowing the one brolley about and thought " Ha! That needs doing " so went and found some suitable materials and lopped a few bits .. drilled a few holes and set about creating ...
been meaning to do this for a while
boss not convinced it'd 'look right' ....
" Jus' leave it to me -- will look fine "
see where this is going ?
that'll stop the wind blowing it about, even though it had about 120lbs on the base, it'd still leap about
.. not any more Having seen the brackets there was a " can you make some more for the other corners - just the brackets - they look great "
.. " ferk !!! " " While you've got the paint out, can you just -- paint the old base "
" I've just put it away and cleaned the brush "
however!
cleaned the threads in the pinch bolt ...
wire brushed it off and ..
brought it back down looking 'shinier' - parked it where the kids like to play with the bird bath bowl, to keep any further sun we might get off 'em and put the two 50lb stage weights back on it .. just lift brolley from one to t'other as required
was gonna put the gear and the caddy away and thought there's summat else I wanted to drop some weld onto
.. ah yes ........have a crack at a repair ... would've been so much easier with a MIG, but was blowing fair-ish this afters, so Caddy it was
...took bloody ages, but got there --
think I'll bang a wheel tape in this with a tube -- can't really see it being completely air tight ... a lot more solid than it was though, and'll do as a get you home spare
... coat of shiny tish and tea ..followed by a tidy up and second coat of tish .. after tea .. good paint drying weather today
chuck a tyre and tube on it tomorrow .. pretty sure I had one passable one left
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
brownie points're stacking up quietly
local HUGE nursery used to have a sale two or three times a year .. found out it's on every weekend now, so thought I'd better let the boss in on the info.
not set to be much of a day so little 'jolly' out ... thought I'd better stick the trailer on as I'd been told they were very, VERY ... cheap!!
had probably pushing 400 quids-worth of plants, if you'd bought them elsewhere, for 120 quid.
One very happy SWMBO ... she loves her garden
it is some set up there!!
will take the 10' x 5' high sider next time ..... at least it stayed dry, 'til we got back in the car .... then it let go
these'd be 20-30+ quid anywhere else £5 and £10 each
local HUGE nursery used to have a sale two or three times a year .. found out it's on every weekend now, so thought I'd better let the boss in on the info.
not set to be much of a day so little 'jolly' out ... thought I'd better stick the trailer on as I'd been told they were very, VERY ... cheap!!
had probably pushing 400 quids-worth of plants, if you'd bought them elsewhere, for 120 quid.
One very happy SWMBO ... she loves her garden
it is some set up there!!
will take the 10' x 5' high sider next time
..... at least it stayed dry, 'til we got back in the car .... then it let go these'd be 20-30+ quid anywhere else £5 and £10 each
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6feetdown
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If I had a garden not a building site I'd have the addressbrownie points're stacking up quietly
local HUGE nursery used to have a sale two or three times a year .. found out it's on every weekend now, so thought I'd better let the boss in on the info.
not set to be much of a day so little 'jolly' out ... thought I'd better stick the trailer on as I'd been told they were very, VERY ... cheap!!
had probably pushing 400 quids-worth of plants, if you'd bought them elsewhere, for 120 quid.
One very happy SWMBO ... she loves her garden
it is some set up there!!
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will take the 10' x 5' high sider next time
these'd be 20-30+ quid anywhere else £5 and £10 each
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Lancs Lad
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Gotta be only Kia Sportage that's towed a twin axle iforbrownie points're stacking up quietly
local HUGE nursery used to have a sale two or three times a year .. found out it's on every weekend now, so thought I'd better let the boss in on the info.
not set to be much of a day so little 'jolly' out ... thought I'd better stick the trailer on as I'd been told they were very, VERY ... cheap!!
had probably pushing 400 quids-worth of plants, if you'd bought them elsewhere, for 120 quid.
One very happy SWMBO ... she loves her garden
it is some set up there!!
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will take the 10' x 5' high sider next time
these'd be 20-30+ quid anywhere else £5 and £10 each
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V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Allensmore Nurseries Boyo ..... file for reference.If I had a garden not a building site I'd have the address
Turn right opposite Locks Garage on the 465 ... March 'til September .. only on the weekends though .. they're a commercial nursery supplying the supermarkets
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Lancs Lad
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What's it with women and fekkin plants....spend my life flailing green crap...plant the things ...no chance 🫣🫣
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
who cares .... "happy wife is a happy life "
Lancs Lad
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Absolutely
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bobthebuilder
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was there a couple of weeks ago ,mrs loves it as the prices are sensibleAllensmore Nurseries Boyo ..... file for reference.
Turn right opposite Locks Garage on the 465 ... March 'til September .. only on the weekends though .. they're a commercial nursery supplying the supermarkets
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
sensible ... they're unbelievable, compared to yer average garden centre
I would say well under a third of what you would normally expect to pay for good, decent sized plants
Bucket on wheels
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V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
been a while since I mounted a tyre with a tube ...
I'll take a tubeless any day
repaired rim with the best of what came off the trailers recently -- a spare, spare
While I had the tyre dept. set up thought I'd sort the flat on the manor's road wheels ...
tube took a bit of patching ..
and all the damned grass yet again ..... 'fore it got wet again
this morning didn't quite go as planned ..
in fact I can't even recall now what I'd intended to get done today ??
Pam, plus large pot with tree in was more than this could handle .....
been there 12+ years so hasn't done badly, considering our poxy weather ...
major strip and rebuild .. my back is in half tonight
finding suitable bits of lumpy stuff, was one of the major issues ... didn't want to waste half the day running round fetching timber
but found enough sat about to cater for the demand .....
ground has moved in a few places since it was originally built so had to have the odd compromise, here and there .. the blockwork in the middle is an attenuation tank for the land drains .. 's 8ft deep and the datum for the deck build originally ..
one end has sunk about an inch .. not the tank - the sleeper divider between garden transitions and the face board .... will do 'til the next rebuild -- which might just be concrete and slabs ..'s all a bit spongy in a few corners - was hoping for another year or two out of it
back together tonight and tools away by half eight
the 'remnants' burnt very well later on
I'll take a tubeless any day
repaired rim with the best of what came off the trailers recently -- a spare, spare
While I had the tyre dept. set up thought I'd sort the flat on the manor's road wheels ...
tube took a bit of patching ..
and all the damned grass yet again ..... 'fore it got wet again
this morning didn't quite go as planned ..
in fact I can't even recall now what I'd intended to get done today ??
Pam, plus large pot with tree in was more than this could handle .....
been there 12+ years so hasn't done badly, considering our poxy weather ...
major strip and rebuild .. my back is in half tonight
finding suitable bits of lumpy stuff, was one of the major issues ... didn't want to waste half the day running round fetching timber
but found enough sat about to cater for the demand .....
ground has moved in a few places since it was originally built so had to have the odd compromise, here and there .. the blockwork in the middle is an attenuation tank for the land drains .. 's 8ft deep and the datum for the deck build originally ..
one end has sunk about an inch
.. not the tank - the sleeper divider between garden transitions and the face board .... will do 'til the next rebuild -- which might just be concrete and slabs ..'s all a bit spongy in a few corners - was hoping for another year or two out of it back together tonight and tools away by half eight
the 'remnants' burnt very well later on
Stock
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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!........................................................................................................................the 'remnants' burnt very well later on
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V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
bin's been going all day @Stock ... been having a tidy up on the patch trying to collect up as much of the thousands of dry leaves that've accumulated over the last few months ... barely made a hole in it ... they're bloody everywhere - every time I move summat there's more .. I'm kippered tonight
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