Bri963
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The colour doesn’t bother me, but the new tracks cracked me up. Looks like the tensioner has let go as well, and no good picture of the sprockets or chains.
Canal Navvy
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The surfacing boys seem to like blue, perhaps it stays tidier looking 
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Bri963
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The wife bought me this in Hunstanton yesterday, early birthday present (8th June if you’re interested). Painted by a chap called Roy Didwell, who used to be an operator and is one of the few people I take my hat off to on a Drott or a dozer. Inspiring me to pick up the brushes.
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
that is a very nice rendition, fair play .. we had an artist locally, who was very good at technical stuff ... did a lot of 'interpretation work' for BWW ... Pam paid him to do one of my old workshop for Crimbo one year .. can see every brick in the original - not the best copy pic and a bit dark
Bri963
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Very similar styles.
Bri963
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First time I’ve had the bota at full depth, trial hole in the fens near Whittlesey. Still haven’t found King John’s treasure after nearly fifty years of digging.
Lancs Lad
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V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
BX graveyard ..... gonna need a bigger hole Bri ...... bit inconsiderate making them watch though
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
great minds think alike - posted simultaneouslyA BX graveyard!
BX graveyard ..... gonna need a bigger hole Bri ...... bit inconsiderate making them watch though
Lancs Lad
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Spent a period of my life under those things getting pissed on with LHM fluidgreat minds think alike - posted simultaneously
Bri963
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I haven’t seen a BX on the road for years. This fellow has over twenty in various states of decay, plus another fifty other Citroens.A BX graveyard!
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Lancs Lad
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Bri963
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I’d forgotten how bad the old froggies were for rust. I don’t get filling a yard up with cars like that and just letting them rust out. The chap I did the work for is a neighbour and the boundaries seem a little, erm, fluid. He’ll find out where they are when he starts building.That's a bad disease
They'll be rotted bad. Cheese panels on most
Lancs Lad
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Agreed...hardly like they'll fetch much for scrap either
Bri963
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There was very little to weigh in apart from the blocks, gearboxes and suspensions. Most of them are more Weetabix than steel..Agreed...hardly like they'll fetch much for scrap either
Lancs Lad
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There's a few that are mainly sikaflex and patches
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Bri963
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This weekend’s last-minute.com job. An old customer was let down late in the day. Bigger job than I normally take on with the K008 as it was digging through a layer of hard core (unbelievable what gets dumped and covered over on house sites) sitting over hard packed blue and brown clay. I think the architect was a nervous type, 2’ wide, 3-1/2’ deep for a single storey. Plenty of room until the last five meters and at the end my arse was scraping both fences to get the swing through the gate. First time using a KC70, got to say it was a good dumper, just a bit slow.
probably be back in a few weeks to do the oversite and generally civilise everything up
probably be back in a few weeks to do the oversite and generally civilise everything up
Bri963
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Postscript, went back last week to dig off the oversite, put in a soak away and level the bottom end of the garden. I take back what I said about the KC 70, high range worked on this one.
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