Druidic Dabblings and General Twaddle !!

[V8Druid]

well it got weighed this morning .....

any guesses ?

I was surprised TBH

then it got shifted out the way for now ... and made itself useful in a supporting role .... for Del's placcy pig chassis ....

I've been threatened he's gonna collect it at the weekend .... together with Mr Sanders

shoved it in there with the hook in the eye ... went in sweet as ... some serious flexibility at the end of the boom/dipper .... could put that just about anywhere even sat on the armrest ..... Sparty had taken up residence in the seat and left him and the 'Drema here, 'til he'd vacated .... and I'd had me lunch

Found a bit of 12mm for @Rob65 's chuck key for a tommy bar..... really needs to be 1/2", but it'll do for now ...

done a nice job on freeing it off and cleaning it up Boyo ... many thanks ... works well enough for what i want it for .

been another stunning day here today .... sat after tea (which i don't do very often) letting it go down a bit ...enjoying the evening sun ...

........ and me phone rings ..... Russel, me crane mate ..... what was i doing tomorrow?
Did I fancy a few hours slinging for him ... got a silo to take down (amongst other things) and wanted someone who's not afraid of a basket .... plus the site he's on's ticketed bloke is ****ing clueless ... got the paperwork ... and that's as far as it goes. and he's terrified of the basket
So ... gotta go to work tomorrow ... will be a good craic with Russ ...... an' I'll get to have a play with his new crane probably

He said " why don't you do your ticket Gra ... could keep you real busy " LOL ... like I'm not already

 

[Cyberprog]

Aye could be, I was thinking it was scot-ads and scot-cars. Many an hour was spent looking for the right car at the right price

Tuesdays and Fridays I thought. Saturday edition wouldn't make sense. Lads getting their weeks wages on a Friday...

 

[V8Druid]

keep forgetting these .......

apparently he's gonna be called Beau Ebeneezer Griffiths

his 'big' bro, Shem, will be two shortly .... hell he's grown some in the last few months

 

[Cyberprog]

Showed Helen the pic Druid, she said "it's baby season at the moment"

 

[Rob65]

I’m going to guess at 1.4te for the trailer weight. What’s my prize

 

[V8Druid]

I’m going to guess at 1.4te for the trailer weight. What’s my prize

'fraid it's now't at that weight Rob .... try again .... you will be surprised ... I was

 

[Monkeybusiness]

I’m going to guess at 1.4te for the trailer weight. What’s my prize

I reckon you’re at least a tonne out - I think 2.5 - 3 tonnes personally.

 

[Bucket on wheels]

I reckon you’re at least a tonne out - I think 2.5 - 3 tonnes personally.

No way is it near 3 tons
This one is 3 tons and it has 8mm bottom and 6mm sides in the hardox 450
11 tons axle
8.5 tonnes of load capacity
the bed is 3.7M X 2.38M inside

 

[V8Druid]

No way is it near 3 tons
This one is 3 tons and it has 8mm bottom and 6mm sides in the hardox 450
11 tons axle
8.5 tonnes of load capacity
the bed is 3.7M X 2.38M inside


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interesting tag axle/ bogie on that trailer Frank ..... will it lift as well

 

[Bucket on wheels]

interesting tag axle/ bogie on that trailer Frank ..... will it lift as well

The setup is rated at 65 tonnes of cargo
So he was dangerously close to overloaded with my duck and trailer

 

[Komatsu]

The setup is rated at 65 tonnes of cargo
So he was dangerously close to overloaded with my duck and trailer

See you had to put your arm and bucket on your light weight trailer to stop it blowing away

 

[Monkeybusiness]

No way is it near 3 tons
This one is 3 tons and it has 8mm bottom and 6mm sides in the hardox 450
11 tons axle
8.5 tonnes of load capacity
the bed is 3.7M X 2.38M inside

I reckon I won’t be far off with my guesstimate - I don’t think the blue trailer is made out of your lightweight Scandinavian lady-metal!...

 

[V8Druid]

" ... could keep you real busy " LOL ... like I'm not already

woke up with a bump, rolled over and looked at me phone ... 05:31 .... WTF hasn't the alarm gone off?? .... old body clock is remarkably accurate when it needs to be ... had set it last night ... but forgot to check it was for all days ... and was set for weekend only

on site for seven .... shame the rest of the 'team' weren't .... half seven the guy with the gas axe turned up ....we were ready to rock ...

hour later the gathered throng were still fannying about, as to how/who/when/what/why .... FFS ...... it is no wonder everything takes so long and costs sooooo much these days ....

was on the floor eventually by half nine ...... and on to the next lift ....

LIEBHERR LTF 1035-3.1

same issue .... plus everyone'd disafknppeared

one lift turned into three .....so much for the RAMS .... and .... the next .... 4.8t of cooler

...... after waiting another half an hour to get into spot, after they'd shifted the crud someone'd dumped in the way yesterday .. organisation be damned
......and the next, after yon cooler'd gotten dropped on a truck .... which was another half an hour late turning up

2t of cooler base frame and blowers out on to the road-side, ready to get transported away ... tomorrow ... when they'd have to fork it on????? the lack of organisation beggars belief.

I used to put my cranes in here almost fortnightly ... and they weren't a lot better back then ......
Steve the maintenance manager's looking at me, whilst we were waiting for the truck to arrive and says "you're Graham aren't you ? .. thought you'd retired? "
"Aye ... I had ... Russ was stuck for a hand" ... " so're you coming back with him, in a few weeks, to put the new stuff in? "
let's hope they're better organised for that lil' escapade .... two an' a half hours work and we were there for six ....... Russ had a wedding to go to this afters ...... beautiful day for this though ..... and the wedding

 

[Jimoz]

What did you have to cut then

 

[Pond digger]

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couldn't be arsed to cut a shorter bit of tube .... this 'un fitted fine

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bearing was looking similarly second hand after it eventually succumbed

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think the goodness has been exhausted out o' them

it's been 'grumbling' for a while ...... can see why now ....

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from here on in it was a clean up job ..... and suss the new bits ...

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another very tired one

and all measured up for sourcing ......

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as usual, 20 minutes on Ebay and they're ordered and on their way .... 18 quid all in
everything cleaned up and sat in a box awaiting the arrival of the 'spare bits' ...... let's hope i can remember how it goes back together

this, once i'd sussed it, has to be one of the easiest washing machines i've ever had apart .... and I have done a few .... as a young teenager I used to have quite a lucrative lil' biz re-firb.ing 'em ...
in those days a new washing machine was a significant investment ... and was always a market for decent s/hand ones ... had an 'arrangement' with the local scrappy ... I had first pick on anything he got in ... and he used to get quite a few .... Mother always had a row of three top flight Bendix,s ... she ran a guest house/B&B and there was always one or two going round (and I always had a spare sat for her -- in case.) ...... wish I'd had ebay in those days would've made life so much easier

anyway .... apart from the obvious, this un'll be good for another few washes, ......... once it's re-assembled .... you could put a few of these together in a day .. a very well designed assembly

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nearly forgot these for you ...... tonight's sky ..... been a glorious day here ..

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Been there myself; pleased to see someone else having a go, most folks would just order a new one. I’ve also had a cracked outer drum on one, thanks to leaving keys in trouser pocket. Just used a soldering iron to weld it up .

 

[V8Druid]

What did you have to cut then

4 x 100 mm square SHS legs holding the flagpole frame above the entry door ... Russ said to me after "Bet you were stood there wondering WTF he was pissing about at .... 15 min.s a leg that took him " .... I'd have had the four of 'em off in under 5 minutes for sure ... never seen anything like it .. talk about creating / wasting time use

 

[V8Druid]

Been there myself; pleased to see someone else having a go, most folks would just order a new one. I’ve also had a cracked outer drum on one, thanks to leaving keys in trouser pocket. Just used a soldering iron to weld it up .

throw away society Chris .... 330 quid saved and the cost to the environment of disposal and manufacture of a new one ... 's why i used to do so well as a teenager .... no one would tackle 'em or be arsed to do so ..... an' that was 50 years ago
TBF to the machine, I was impressed how well it was put together .... totally differently to the old stuff ... did at one point think it was gonna be a scrapper, when I saw the state of the bearing hub ... but a bit of improvisation and some determination (not to be beaten) and it was apart
Also impressed that they'd used standard bearings ... Mountfield, for instance grind the bores out on their deck bearings by 0.25mm so you have to buy THEIR bearings at exorbitant rates (like 10x the prices of std.!! )
Usual Druid philosophy ... some one built it so it'll come apart for mending ...................... most of the time, anyway

 

[Komatsu]

What was weight of the the trailer??

 

[Furniss]

2450 KG

 

[Smiffy]

I find this company very good for white good spares

https://www.espares.co.uk/?&mkwid=s...gnLbc24MSt5iTdc2nj9yI66vCJWtj7YoaAuEAEALw_wcB

It's amazing how obscure a parts they can get hold of cheaply too

I personally prefer second hand appliances and just ditching them when broken
Living in the home counties there are amazing deals from people who have to have the latest stuff usually pay about 25-50 an item and usually less than 2 years old
We saved well over a grand on our range cooker as a grill element had blown