Druidic Dabblings and General Twaddle !!

[V8Druid]

That SEC stuff is really good, from America, got details of the company and name and no. should you need to get hold of anyone. My compaction wheel was from them, Lister’s and RAF Taylor’s too, A friend has a couple of there buckets, 40ton+ size and they stand up to some harsh work. Looks a very handy grab
http://www.secbucket.com/

Cheers Ollie ..... will take a look at that link in a minute ..... and yeh knew they were reasonable tack .... ones I've seen B4 for 210s have been a hell of a lot BIGGER !! Like 7ft tall ...... have a plan formulated to overcome the pins and ctrs. .. in fact have a few ideas. For the cost it'll be a well "handy grab" .. people'll have to be a bit more circumspect about WTF they park in future

 

[V8Druid]

it's a compact model .....

http://www.secbucket.com/hydraulic-grapple22.html

 

[JD450A]

That looks like the same shite I flogged to a gullible Welshman on Monday

 

[V8Druid]

That looks like the same shite I flogged to a gullible Welshman on Monday

must've had s**t in yer eyes selling it Rory ..... if i'd found it I'd have kept it to/for myself ...... nice find mate .. touched down about 11.00 this morning

 

[V8Druid]

so ..... as above ... Roy and his good lady arrived at eleven this morning together with said goodies

this's never been in the ground ... laid about on it a bit maybe no crap/tish in any of the gaps/crevices around the teeef and not a witness mark anywhere to say it's not been on a pension all its life

sadly it's 65 mm pins ... and a tad too narrow in the cheeks ... but I have a cunning plan

as for this little beauty ..... 'sgonna look a lot less monstrous with them bloody great cheeks whittled down to a more sensible size to suit a 'Drema .... cheeks are almost as big as the jaws

Both are good as new and neither look to have done any 'battle' .. ever !! Legs/jaws're 4 footers and'd make a mess of anything that refused to shift

after we'd all had a cuppa and his good lady and Pam had buddied up like they'd known each other for years ... we escaped from the kitchen and went an' dropped 'em on the floor off of Roy's trailer, ............... 'fore taking a placcy pig chassis by the throat and depositing that back on his trailer, for a flight back to sunny (so I'm told it was, this morning) Devon .... So Rory should've taken possession of it by now ... and Del'll have it parked in yet someone else's storage facility ..... Rory's got more space than me anyway
All this, just as it started to piss down ..... glad I fixed the screen wiper on the 'Drema a few weeks back ... generally try to avoid using it in the wet, as a rule ... involves getting damp otherwise ....
forgot to get a pic of the pig departing

So after I'd paid the man for my new toys and his delivery fees, they departed, after a final cuppa and natter ... for their 4 hr trip back ... did very well on time running up, fair play ... was surprised to see them so early, but did leave an hour earlier than I'd been told they would
Lovely people, who I hope we get to meet again

Having dumped said items where they'd landed, I re-located 'em to a spot a little more out the way, for now .... now that I had it -free and wrapped up proceedings for the day .... as it was lashing down even harder

better pix and more info. when the big yeller fing puts in an appearance next ....
very glad I let Rory cajole me into these ....... SERIOUS bargains ..... but not as cheap as the Pocy 60, on 80% gear, the jammy sod found on Tuesday ....... bit easier to shift about though

 

[V8Druid]

Got this on the bench earlier in the week in the odd dry hour we've had ...

and split, to deal with the not insignificant dent hiding behind a weld or three ...

little extra point pressure needed in a few spots ....

a 10mm nut taped in position, here and there, worked a treat

back together and it goes full range ...

thought I was gonna have to find a new bit of SHS for the outer other wise

 

[Left hooker]

RAF Taylor

Thought he would be the Navy as bobbing around on water lately

 

[Komatsu]

Thought he would be the Navy as bobbing around on water lately

It looked like he’d been on water by the time he’d finished with something

 

[V8Druid]

Thought he would be the Navy as bobbing around on water lately

ruff as f*** ...... hardly complimentary .... you bad lads

 

[Left hooker]

ruff as f*** ...... hardly complimentary .... you bad lads

More reference to the pontoon machine he's driving

 

[V8Druid]

More reference to the pontoon machine he's driving

aye I know Stu ... can't think of an acronym with naval connotations ... closest is Navy/Army .. Corporal Under Naval Training

 

[V8Druid]

I'm reliably informed this morning, that all my woes started on this day 20 years ago

took Pam out on our first (blind) date ..... an' she didn't draw breath all evening !! .... some might say a 'wiser' man'd taken that as a sign of things to come
I blame Kevin Philips, her work colleague, and mutual friend, whom she tasked with the 'project' of finding her a suitable fella to accompany her to the BWW crimbo bash in '99, as she was fed up of going on her own, after her divorce some time before!!
I had ABSOLUTELY no idea who she was, or what she was like ... other than Kev's assurances she was "alright " ... lyin' bar steward

I really have no idea WTF the last twenty years have vanished to but we've made a pretty decent team, along the way .... two strong willed, very independent people, may not have been the best of combinations at times, but between us, there ain't much we can't cope with or handle.

Can't imagine what she went through in 2010, having not long moved here, when I got whisked into hospital, middle of the night, on a blues and two,s ride, body shutting down, with a distinctly serious possibility of not coming back !!!

she coped, nursed me back from, what was at the time, the edge of an abyss and has taken on the weekly responsibility for keeping me alive and 'healthy', ever since.

Women uh ...... WTF'd we be without 'em

 

[Komatsu]

I'm reliably informed this morning, that all my woes started on this day 20 years ago

took Pam out on our first (blind) date ..... an' she didn't draw breath all evening !! .... some might say a 'wiser' man'd taken that as a sign of things to come
I blame Kevin Philips, her work colleague, and mutual friend, whom she tasked with the 'project' of finding her a suitable fella to accompany her to the BWW crimbo bash in '99, as she was fed up of going on her own, after her divorce some time before!!
I had ABSOLUTELY no idea who she was, or what she was like ... other than Kev's assurances she was "alright " ... lyin' bar steward

I really have no idea WTF the last twenty years have vanished to but we've made a pretty decent team, along the way .... two strong willed, very independent people, may not have been the best of combinations at times, but between us, there ain't much we can't cope with or handle.

Can't imagine what she went through in 2010, having not long moved here, when I got whisked into hospital, middle of the night, on a blues and two,s ride, body shutting down, with a distinctly serious possibility of not coming back !!!

she coped, nursed me back from, what was at the time, the edge of an abyss and has taken on the weekly responsibility for keeping me alive and 'healthy', ever since.

Women uh ...... WTF'd we be without 'em

Congratulations to you both

 

[JD450A]

Can't imagine what she went through in 2010, having not long moved here, when I got whisked into hospital, middle of the night, on a blues and two,s ride, body shutting down, with a distinctly serious possibility of not coming back !!!

she coped, nursed me back from, what was at the time, the edge of an abyss and has taken on the weekly responsibility for keeping me alive and 'healthy', ever since.

Probably views that night with some disappointment of what might of been..... there'd be less mess up on the top patch, no random plant arriving via pallet force from ebay and less moaning about helping with gardening

 

[V8Druid]

Probably views that night with some disappointment of what might of been..... there'd be less mess up on the top patch, no random plant arriving via pallet force from ebay and less moaning about helping with gardening

you bad lad

she'd be a fairly wealthy widow for sure

 

[Komatsu]

you bad lad

she'd be a fairly wealthy widow for sure

And the forum would be quite

 

[CPS]

And the forum would be quite

CEF would be dead for sure

Congratulations guys..... Pam especially

 

[V8Druid]

Got an email this morning from me Consultant in the Heath .... we got the official appro. to change me treatment regime so this ...

.....'ll be a thing of the past on a Monday in the New Year ...
could start sooner, but have a delivery booked tomorrow for the next months-worth and REALLY do not want to be trying summat new over Crimbo, with no access to him if I have any problems ....
so hopefully, barring any issues, Jan 8th, 2020'll be the day I cut my ties to the fridge, for keeping me 'hamster juice' chilled and it'll be two lil' tabs a day for the rest of me natural
Can always go back to this if it doesn't work, or pisses my system off ... but hopefully all will be fine.
The huge significance of it, aside from the obvious, is we'll be able to travel, tablets in pocket ... might have a holiday to celebrate ... once it's had some time to settle and prove itself

 

[Rob65]

Fingers crossed for you Druid.

If you can break away from yer fridge for few days you will be able to collect your own toys from wherever they happen to be in the country

Rob

 

[Stock]

Best of luck to you with it Druid, the tables weren't made in France by Getafix were they? .............maybe he made the hamster juice........................................................

Yea He made the hamster juice ..................................................