Druidic Dabblings and General Twaddle !!

[V8Druid]

" Have you got a glue gun Gra? "
" Er - well I did have, last time I saw it I lent it to Vicki - not sure if it came back or not ? "
" Any chance of having a look ? "
" in this ?? "

coat and wellies on and head for my tool box
Man is it coming down
get up there and am confronted with a cat'safterme
amazed i didn't notice it missing from the 'skyline' when I drew the bedroom curtains this morning

the remnants of the old dead oak, we dismantled from the top down several years ago and which I had meant to deal with a few months ago, 'til I ended up losing July, August and a lot of September to a 'faulty body' knackered that and a few other plans for this summer.
don't know whether the wind'd had it in the night or the saturated bank had given up supporting it, but it weren't as upright as the last time I saw it
Looks to have disturbed a few bits on the way down for a nap and is being supported by a few less than healthy looking filing cab.s a very bent 6 ft CH radiator, me sack truck and the top of my vibe roller, as far as I can see.

looks to have caught the block grab on its way down, but the trailer sides look straight enough, from what I could see ... oh and there's a couple of 47kg bottles under there helping too
's gonna be a fun day tomorrow, sorting the carnage ('sposed to be dry) ...
it's probably still attached to the bank, so not much chance of lifting it out in a lump, if I could get close enough .... we'll see when this wet stuff quits

whilst out (and wet) had a bit of a look about
sodding great spring pumping out the back of the black shed - drain just about coping, but a bit of water on the floor inside -- sump in there really going for it ... has a lot to collect .. and channel into the sump that got the new lid a week or two back .... that sounds to be 'gushing' !!
took a closer look at the lawn

not seen it standing soooo badly like that before

they'm gonna be giving this a 1 in 50 event category, you watch ... had summat like it crimbo '77 or '78 ... and there was soooooooooome MEGA flooding round here ...Aber was cut off for a couple of days, bar for one road out, above the water levels

house is dry enough, 'cept for a couple window heads which're facing into it and are gonna need re-caulking between the oak lintels and masonry, when it all dries out ... 'nother one of those little jobs I just didn't get around to -- must start doing myself a list of piddly bits

 

[V8Druid]

looks to have caught the block grab on its way down, but the trailer sides look straight enough, from what I could see ... oh and there's a couple of 47kg bottles under there helping too

didn't see this bit ..... just noticed it on the pic now .......
looks to have burst the hinge off the side of the trailer rave
better look tomorrow ...... has just eased off on the rain front and i ain't looking at this time of night

move a couple of trailers out the way and lift that tree over into the clear space it creates to deal with it

 

[V8Druid]

well despite the miserable morning - drizzly wetting tish/very heavy foggy/misty type thing - it had to have it.
first thing was drag me 10 x 5 out the way with the Kia and park it well out the way - Tick

then get a bit of a better look/suss of the 'situation'
side board had taken a real bollocking and the closure pin was snapped and ripped through the eye

block grab had obviously taken a hell of a clout from the descending tree which was now resting on various other bits and pieces as it'd tipped the block grab sideways, forcing the Kins sideways and bursting the side board


so wound the 'Drema up, moved a few bits from in front of the tipper and a few other odds and sods about and got her in position to move the tipper
carefully extracted it from where it was parked, with a bit of tree sat on t'other side board and hauled it to where the 'Drema usually lives

while I was sat there I slung the block grab to get everything back somewhere near where it'd started out ..... it must've had a hell of a bang .. bent the one bottom grab bar - which'll take some sorting - some other time

then realised I'd got two very soft outer tyres on the back of the 'Drema so had to sort them

sat a lot better with the proper 7 bar in 'em
then had a proper look at the carnage with the tipper out the way

quite some hole in the bank but the roots were obviously well past their 'sell by' as there really wasn't much of a spread to 'em

old security gate and frame from work had obviously taken a serious amount of the weight too and the base of the tree'd pivoted about the top of it
so ........ got set up to take some weight off all the supporting objects and hopefully swing it out to somewhere a little less critical,

before anything gave up the struggle and take it from there .......

 

[V8Druid]

a very tentative lift ...
and swung it round into some clear space

and sat it down for some 'attention' from my 'new Charlie' courtesy of Hyundai a few weeks ago

re slung it to take some weight off the cut and introduced it to its Nemesis .....rad and cab.s in the back ground looking a bit S/hand
that effectively halved it

lopped it in half again ... saw worked very well, fairplay .. well happy with it

interesting hole down the middle of it ... obviously where the hornets have made a home the last few years .. no one home today though

and continued to dissect the beast

light was starting to disappear and had a clear up whilst it was all 'not too wet', having carved up most of the upper half - one largish lump left aside for now ... wanted to get the bottom end a bit more stable, so went and grabbed a bucket to give it a christening

and stuck it on the dipper to wrestle the lower half of yon tree into a better, safer position, for the night

 

[V8Druid]

Bought this from Rory's mate Roy a few years ago .. 's a Miller which i had to add some cheeks to ... never been used, but got it on the dipper and it got christened tonight

wanted summat with some nice teef to sink into that butt and as getting dark, fast .... persuaded it down off the bank after giving it a bit of a ragging first to try to leave as much 'bank' up there as I could, but not easy to see

LED time ... got one out on the back - I assume it's the unit as I know that wiring is OK.

and a couple out on the front - deffo units as not all the LEDs're out

were only cheapies, but surprised they've failed just sitting ... bloody eyeball burners when they'm all lit though .... got some spares sat so hope they haven't died in their boxes would be damned annoying
then stretched her out for the night ..... there's a wounded trailer sat in her usual spot

 

[Lancs Lad]

Bought this from Rory's mate Roy a few years ago .. 's a Miller which i had to add some cheeks to ... never been used, but got it on the dipper and it got christened tonight
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wanted summat with some nice teef to sink into that butt and as getting dark, fast .... persuaded it down off the bank after giving it a bit of a ragging first to try to leave as much 'bank' up there as I could, but not easy to see
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LED time ... got one out on the back - I assume it's the unit as I know that wiring is OK.
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and a couple out on the front - deffo units as not all the LEDs're out
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were only cheapies, but surprised they've failed just sitting ... bloody eyeball burners when they'm all lit though .... got some spares sat so hope they haven't died in their boxes would be damned annoying
then stretched her out for the night ..... there's a wounded trailer sat in her usual spot
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Id wager it's water ingress.
Had same on elcheapos.

 

[CPS]

Bought this from Rory's mate Roy a few years ago .. 's a Miller which i had to add some cheeks to ... never been used, but got it on the dipper and it got christened tonight
View attachment 77392
wanted summat with some nice teef to sink into that butt and as getting dark, fast .... persuaded it down off the bank after giving it a bit of a ragging first to try to leave as much 'bank' up there as I could, but not easy to see
View attachment 77390
LED time ... got one out on the back - I assume it's the unit as I know that wiring is OK.
View attachment 77389
and a couple out on the front - deffo units as not all the LEDs're out
View attachment 77391
were only cheapies, but surprised they've failed just sitting ... bloody eyeball burners when they'm all lit though .... got some spares sat so hope they haven't died in their boxes would be damned annoying
then stretched her out for the night ..... there's a wounded trailer sat in her usual spot
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Your the only man on here with 24 grabs in various forms and your still messing around with a chain??

 

[Monkeybusiness]

Your the only man on here with 24 grabs in various forms and your still messing around with a chain??

I was thinking it looked an ideal job for the tilty too!

 

[V8Druid]

Your the only man on here with 24 grabs in various forms and your still messing around with a chain??

I've spent most of my life " messing about with a chain " and know exactly how to use 'em Aiden ......
plus that is one hell of a weight and 500kgs of VA-r plus another 250kgs of Cranab significantly reduces my capacity at the reach I was working at ..
had her up on her arse a few times as it was ..... but the VA-r's time will come .. shortly

I was thinking it looked an ideal job for the tilty too!