V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
where abouts Kev ..... weather looks goodView attachment 29310
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Business with pleasure.... down south of France at another trial and had 10 minutes in the new 5t
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
I did think the same .... brave looking for that wiv teef
Left hooker
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I did think the same .... brave looking for that wiv teef
There's a reason why it's only 500mm deep and put in by hand many moons ago
Bloody rocky ground comprising of granite
JD450A
Feral as Fk 🐾
because he's a good operator
doobin
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Doesn’t mean you don’t do everything to minimise the risk.
Left hooker
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Was told where it was roughly with in a 10-15m area of where I'd trenched up to
I knew where it was further up the site as had exposed it few years back
I know water mains are layed dead straight down here in Cornwall so I looked for possible routes on the hedge line
The hedge is several hundreds of years old with BIG boulders in bottom row and none looked out of place and all right together so knew none of them have been moved to lay the main there was 2 places that looked out of place one further down and one near where I'd trenched up to so far that was an old gate way with granite gate posts and had been blocked up to look like a granite hedge
So that's where I took it inch by inch and came across it running through the old built up gate way
Still have to cross it 2 more times in-between where I've found it and where I know it is up top of site so will know where to roughly find it later on
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Lynchy
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Monkeybusiness
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If it was mine I’d definitely invest in enough straps to nail it down on all corners…
Canal Navvy
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Over dodgy old asbestos reinforced bitumen I'd be going toothed too , prefer to plane upwards with a sharp new tooth and hope to pull any stone away than risk putting any pressure downwards. In my experience you can never just run a flat bucket over it without going through the horrible stuff 
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Lynchy
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Seemed a care free kind of chap,saw this on Saturday same are
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Furniss
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Weather was spot on
Cornillon Confloux .... was a fair treck though @ just shy of 11hrs away from home.
Stayed at a great spot owned by an interesting bloke with a fair collection of old bikes .... Indians mainly.
Good weekend.
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
lovely part of the world .... Fos sur mer , Martigues'd be the closest i've been to that area, other side of the lake, coast side ... had a week based in Le Grau de Roi, another in Cavalaire and ran the coast roads between the two and up as far as Menton the second week ..... Love the French Med coast ..... two wheeled paradise
...... done the whole length a few times and a lot of time in the French Alps, mostly on the Z1000 shafty .... probably covered 25k miles or more jollying round Froggy
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
"perfick"
nice looking grab bucket
Left hooker
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Been over the water main again today put a mark where I thought it was
Wasn't too far out on my guess but someone had beaten me to it as it's been replaced with a bit of ductile iron probably site owner digging the elec cable that's running parallel to my trench
even found the off cut
And under 2 medium pressure gas mains with sewer on top on another run
Wasn't too far out on my guess but someone had beaten me to it as it's been replaced with a bit of ductile iron probably site owner digging the elec cable that's running parallel to my trench
even found the off cut And under 2 medium pressure gas mains with sewer on top on another run
Hg2702
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Been in use all day tidying up and it’s proved to be very useful"perfick"
nice looking grab bucket
hiluxman
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4in1 buckets are the future.
Hg2702
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I’ve always liked anything grab related and want a thumb but ended up going this way … still like a thumb though
Hg2702
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I saw it on someone else machine and thought how much nice the old ones look so they did that instead everyone seems to notice it so hopefully that’s a good thing !
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