Druidic Dabblings and General Twaddle !!

[Komatsu]

and on the subject of creations ........ View attachment 13405

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one 71mm sq. internal socket

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for a 70mm stub post ...... for this

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now you can see where this is going

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Lil' bar steward took some welding on ... lower channel is 4mm narrower than the upper ... giving a 4mm gap to fill ... vertically and overhead ...... but got it on there ..... needed the practice

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can either get parked thus .... or slung in the back ...... or I might make it another socket, for elsewhere ... or wait 'til I can pick up a few inches of 80 sq x 4mm SHS ... a storage socket doesn't need to be such a condom fit

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might look at the wiring next ... or try and wrestle the body off ... that one pin is gonna be a bar**ard .... but paint and leccies'd be a POP with the body inverted on the floor

I’d probably look at some where else to store the leg Gra, if you jack knife yourself or turn a sharp corner there’s a good chance you’ll catch it.

 

[V8Druid]

and if you think I took my time with that today ....... 'twas in between interruptions from YKW ....... have broken up and filled five of these today

she wanted some 40ish mm lumps ... but not my clean 40 ... it had to be from the pallets of rocks quietly crumbling on the patch ... with the nice browns and greens and greys ... you get the idea .... so been 'on the chain gang' for a fair portion of me day ... stuff was bloody harder than you'd think, looking at it

Kept Pam happy though ..... an' I got her home made chilli an' chips for tea ... yummy!!

 

[V8Druid]

I’d probably look at some where else to store the leg Gra, if you jack knife yourself or turn a sharp corner there’s a good chance you’ll catch it.

that was the thinking Ollie ..... have made the draw bar long enough to be able to jack knife it to 90 - i.e. half the width of the 'Drema plus two inches .... the leg'd be on the blind side, facing forward, but visible slewed round ..... and you really would have to jack knife it to get it TBH .... but yeh .... a.n.other socket will be attached somewhere ... maybe on top of the draw bar ... but it can wait

 

[Lancs Lad]

and on the subject of creations ........ View attachment 13405

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one 71mm sq. internal socket

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for a 70mm stub post ...... for this

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now you can see where this is going

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Lil' bar steward took some welding on ... lower channel is 4mm narrower than the upper ... giving a 4mm gap to fill ... vertically and overhead ...... but got it on there ..... needed the practice

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can either get parked thus .... or slung in the back ...... or I might make it another socket, for elsewhere ... or wait 'til I can pick up a few inches of 80 sq x 4mm SHS ... a storage socket doesn't need to be such a condom fit

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might look at the wiring next ... or try and wrestle the body off ... that one pin is gonna be a bar**ard .... but paint and leccies'd be a POP with the body inverted on the floor

Neat job I like that bolt simples and cheap

 

[V8Druid]

Zetor tractor

 

[V8Druid]

Neat job I like that bolt simples and cheap

and a lot easier than a loose pin to get lost .. 's always there

 

[Komatsu]

you really would have to jack knife it to get it TBH .... but yeh .... a.n.other socket will be attached somewhere ... maybe on top of the draw bar ... but it can wait

Haha...that’ll happen then....yeh on top, or on the headboard, that’s where I’ve put mine for this trailer, think there’s some pics on my thread some where.

 

[V8Druid]

Haha...that’ll happen then....yeh on top, or on the headboard, that’s where I’ve put mine for this trailer, think there’s some pics on my thread some where.

it'll either wait 'til I can lay hands on some 80mm SHS ... or I find a bit here ... but can't think of any ATM

 

[diggerjones]

Nearly 100 pages of twodle

 

[V8Druid]

Nearly 100 pages of twodle

aye .... so I just noticed Dyl ..... hope it's kept folks amused

 

[diggerjones]

aye .... so I just noticed Dyl ..... hope it's kept folks amused

 

[JD450A]

Nearly 100 pages of twodle

The silence on your prior comment is deafening however

 

[Jimoz]

So sounding stupid for a minute if you fill one of these trailers up have machines comfortably got the power to lift to tip when full off a chain/rope? What kind of weight would it be lifting bearing in mind some is pivoting?

 

[JD450A]

So sounding stupid for a minute if you fill one of these trailers up have machines comfortably got the power to lift to tip when full off a chain/rope? What kind of weight would it be lifting bearing in mind some is pivoting?

A 3t trailer would start off at around 3t Deadweight on the flat,as you lift (Due to the pivot point) the weight quickly reduces. You can give yourself a mechanical advantage by putting a stop in so the body is already a couple inches off the Level.

 

[T whiting]

You can always shove a few bucketfuls out the back before you tip it if your struggling

 

[Jimoz]

You can always shove a few bucketfuls out the back before you tip it if your struggling

I did think this myself but just wondered

 

[V8Druid]

So sounding stupid for a minute if you fill one of these trailers up have machines comfortably got the power to lift to tip when full off a chain/rope? What kind of weight would it be lifting bearing in mind some is pivoting?

in theory half of the dead weight ..... the total load is shared between the rear bearing points and the front lift points ... 6t trailer so 3 tons .... you're only lifting the front end not the entire body, assuming a uniformly distributed load ... simple physics...... be a different kettle of fish if you were lifting it from the centre point, as the ram does .... that is REALLY grunting

 

[V8Druid]

The silence on your prior comment is deafening however

you obviously can't read sign language then Rory ....

 

[Left hooker]

it'll either wait 'til I can lay hands on some 80mm SHS ... or I find a bit here ... but can't think of any ATM

You could always weld a few links together then miss a few with chain

 

[V8Druid]

everything always looks better / more finished ..... with a coat of shiny tish

Plan A .......

Plan B...

B worked better than A did

the remnants'll take some dealing with ..... get drilled out probably