Druidic Dabblings and General Twaddle !!

V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
well Yodel's tracking said still in Nantgarew this morning :mad: ..... so got the Solvol out and a sili gun and set to SWMBO's swallows :rolleyes:

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...... just getting the last one applied and clamped, when Yodel's driver turned up :D with me cable clamps :)

I'd used all me light clamps, so t'other gate was gonna have to wait anyway, 'til the first one was dry :rolleyes: .. so cable time

Boss was happy with 'em not going behind the down pipe ... said it'd look odd ... so they went here ......;)

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bit of a struggle, getting the clamps nicely spaced, due to the nature of the masonry and having sufficiently large enough lumps to fix to ..... the best possible from a difficult scenario .. :rolleyes:
having gotten to the top, there was sod all in the way of solid enough masonry, to contain yon python in its preferred route, :( so it had to be attached to the soffit and purlins above :sneaky:

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boss is happy with it and realised it was not an easy job :( (for once) :rolleyes: ..... even managed to get it all through an opening in the wall (y) and into the attic space (y) ...... with a struggle o_O

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if I get sick of looking at it on the soffit, I can always box it with a suitably cut/rebated timber strip and give it some Sadolin to camouflage it :);)

had to venture into the spider's lair, in the attic space, to make sure the cable ends I'd persuaded in there, weren't 'shaking hands' with anything they shouldn't be :oops: ... they weren't :) ..... next up is sorting all the various junctions and connections required :unsure: ..... and coercing some 10mm tails down into the consumer, (which is a 'pig's guts - would like to meet whoever wired it :mad: ), to feed everything, once I've wrestled it all into place :( ..... I still have to maintain my current catenary supply to me boxes, 'til it's all ready to be disconnected, prior to a move :rolleyes: and I don't have a lot of space, or juggle room, for all the tails, where they all appear in there :(
A couple of boards required for a bit of comfort .... trying to balance on 4 x 2,s, with limited headroom, is a recipe for disaster :oops: ...... I do not need to be repairing a ceiling as well :oops::cry: ..... so first job in the morning is find some suitable bits of ply :) ..... that'll fit through what is not the greatest of loft access holes, into what is not the biggest of attic spaces :cautious: ..... good progress though .. on the home straight....... for this bit anyway (y)

The time all these fiddly, pissy about bits take is unbelievable though :censored::censored::whistle:
 
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V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
forgot to say :rolleyes: ..... been a lovely day here (y) .... and we had one of our sunsets tonight :giggle:

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followed by a BIG moon rising ..... :)

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..... from the east ;)

hopefully another nice day in the morning:unsure: ..... not as I'll see a lot of it ... stuck in an attic space for a while :rolleyes:
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
a different start to the day, this morning ...... "Gra, summat just went rattling up the hoover pipe !! :oops: .... might've been an ear ring:( "

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so having turned the hoover bag inside out ......

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it wasn't:confused: .... dunno WTF it was, :unsure: but 'tain't attached to what it was supposed to be .... any more :rolleyes: ... think it's one of Clara's 'trinkets' :)

Another dry morning, which meant another assault on a certain job for SWMBO

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clamp forest ......
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and some of yesterday's efforts too ..... gonna need a crow bar to shift them off of there (y):giggle:

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and 'fore anyone says bottom left is cock eyed .... 'swhere I was told it had to go:rolleyes::unsure:

Boss - well happy ......... me - can't believe the time it took, to get today's batch cleaned and stuck in place :oops:o_O

07:45 kick off with the little 'un tomorrow, :rolleyes: so might get a few hours in the roof space, once she's been delivered to nursery at 09:00 (y)
Need to create some bum parking space first :unsure: ...... just about killed my knees up there the other day on the 4 x 2,s :cry: ... and as said previously ... do not want to be repairing ceilings :(
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Forgot to say ......... Message from Ryan, the guy who bought the 1520 Hydrema from Sweden, yesterday ..... did I have any issues getting spare keys cut for mine ??:confused: ..... Hydrema want 50 odd quid for spares !! :oops:

so he sent me a pic of his to see if they were similar ..... :confused:
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this is mine ....... ;)

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Just what are the chances ?????? !!! :eek::unsure:
 
Shovelhands

Shovelhands

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They will all be the same from that era I’m sure, just like most other brands.

Reckon your bang on @Quattromike , looks just like a jcb key to me too.
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V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
well Squeak liked the finished article :giggle: :rolleyes:

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Boss happy to have 'em all stuck in place .... talking about a few more for the top right corner now :oops: :(

Kids up from Plymouth for the weekend ... missed the road disruptions (y) such as they were :) and they'd all gone out for the day :giggle:
so time to drag the mowers out for a good clean off and service .... been dry and mild-ish for days and forecast to last another 10-ish days ATM :cool:
Countax deck off first ... in it's usual state :rolleyes: .... gets done two or three times a season as it builds up rapidly and then doesn't cut properly, no matter how much I clear out after each cut .... it still accumulates :(

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spotless going back on and well oiled ... try and stop it sticking ... never works though :rolleyes: ...... damned sight lighter coming back off the bench ;)

oil sorted .. and the few nipples on it filled ....

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a good blast off with the air line and ready to rock ......

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first cut sorted ..... not a lot off it :) ..... courtesy of the marauding sheep :giggle:
on to the next one .....
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can't stop the bloody grass getting into the belt guard under this lil' sod .... good scrape off, blast out, touch up the blade with the grinder and a coat of oil under the deck ..... oil change and back in the shed (y)

refit the battery on the Dane .... have had 'em all off, all winter on trickle charger/conditioner regularly ..... paid dividends .... The Dane can be a bitch to start, but went off pretty well for a change :cool: .... another good blast off with the air, a scrape as necessary, where I could get at it, greased and oils done .... she's ready for action ........

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...... soon as the ground gets a bit harder, beside the drive (y)...... if I can drive my heel into it, the herring bone treads'll rip it up, so I'll give it a few more days yet.:rolleyes:
Not looking too bad ..... again, courtesy of said sheep :LOL:
She could do with a wash off, but I'll leave that 'til it's a bit warmer .... and sunnier, so's it'll dry off a bit quicker than it would ATM :( ..... it may be dry, but warm it ain't :( and been overcast all day ...... 'sposed to be wall to wall blue sky tomorrow :giggle:(y) and a fair bit of the coming week too :cool:
 
Left hooker

Left hooker

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Remember fondly dragging dead spares one up on to beaver tail with the running one and first time ever driven one in the wet Cornish mizzle
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Good job on the gates mate 👍🏻
Thank you @Charlie (y) ..... she's moaning now 'cos they'm right handed and she's a lefty, FFS :rolleyes::( .... currently formulating ideas for some support for them posts :unsure: .... 'specially if she wants even more boyrdies on the right bugger :oops: .... they were never originally designed/intended for steel gates to be hung on 'em .... I'd have put steel posts in if I'd known ..... but I have a plan ;):) :sneaky:
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Remember fondly dragging dead spares one up on to beaver tail with the running one and first time ever driven one in the wet Cornish mizzle
I'd like to have seen you test driving the runner up the road, at full tilt :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: .... it can get exciting at speed :oops: been a good tool though ... once I got the herring bone tyres onto it ...... was bloody lethal on turf treads, cross slope :eek: talk about drift :oops::LOL:
..... heard any more on yer traccy wheels??:unsure::confused:
 
Charlie

Charlie

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If they ain’t holding up I’d just stick steel posts in mate. Gotta be easier in the long run and after the amount of time you’ve spent on the gates what’s another day?
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
If they ain’t holding up I’d just stick steel posts in mate. Gotta be easier in the long run and after the amount of time you’ve spent on the gates what’s another day?
Much easier said than done :rolleyes: ..... they'm in 2 ft of concrete :oops: ....... they're not bad TBH, but're bound to deteriorate with age eventually :cry: .... then summat'll have to occur :giggle:
 
F

fred

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plymouth - hope they brought a big box of Ivor Dewdney pasties!

Can't be beaten!!!
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
plymouth - hope they brought a big box of Ivor Dewdney pasties!

Can't be beaten!!!
must be joking :rolleyes::LOL: .... they just come, empty the fridge/freezer/cupboards and leg it :unsure:
 
Left hooker

Left hooker

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I'd like to have seen you test driving the runner up the road, at full tilt :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: .... it can get exciting at speed :oops: been a good tool though ... once I got the herring bone tyres onto it ...... was bloody lethal on turf treads, cross slope :eek: talk about drift :oops::LOL:
..... heard any more on yer traccy wheels??:unsure::confused:
Not yet have to message him again on FB as left comment for him to read

must be joking :rolleyes::LOL: .... they just come, empty the fridge/freezer/cupboards and leg it :unsure:
That's what happens when they are from across the border at least I sent you packing with a pasty
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Not yet have to message him again on FB as left comment for him to read


That's what happens when they are from across the border at least I sent you packing with a pasty

and a gert big bugger it was too :oops: ...... still scoffing it at the Severn bridge :LOL:
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
anyone care to venture a theory as to WTF this is :unsure: ....... or even know what and/or where it originates off ???? :(

sure I have seen one before somewhere and guessing it's some sort of suspended jockey type wheel ... Sankey trailer perhaps or similar ??? :rolleyes:
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will have a better look at tomorrow ..... came from Pam's elderly farmer cuzs, who insisted I give it a new home. o_O

been out collecting a 'member's' ebay spoils this afters ...... had to cut a bit off to make it fit ..:giggle:

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naked plastic pig :LOL:

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was a tight fit ..... :unsure:

it's a small world ... got a msg from said member the other night .. did I know where such and such was ... when I looked I knew exactly .... came from a good friend's place, who I haven't seen in some time and they're moving house Sunday, so it had to go :oops:
was real nice to see them again :cool: an' his missus was well pleased to wave this goodbye :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:


been a bit of a 'rusty tat' collecting day, one way and another :rolleyes::giggle::giggle:
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
also been a bit of a week for 'water issues' ......
fish pond pump decided to go on a go slow/not play ball, at the beginning of the week .... not a cheap pump so thought I'd better investigate, before writing it off :( .... wasn't long since i'd cleaned it out, so was guessing it wasn't badly clogged again already :unsure:

a complete strip later and I'd got the culprit ........

impeller spindle ...... looking a bit second hand to bollo-ed .....

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has been in there probably 5 years, so's not done bad really :oops: ....... new piece of 1/8" silver steel out of me assorted SS bar stock box, cut to length, meticulous clean out and re-assembly ... hey presto, good as new (y) .... happy fish, Druid and Boss ..... plus 130 quid saved :giggle::giggle: result.

damn me Wednesday ..... bloody UV lamp goes out in the water treatment/filtration system from the spring supply .... not too bad a job to change .... but coming up for a service so delved into the full monty ....

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UV chamber out ... and stripped

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the quartz tube usually takes some persuading out of its seals .... it didn't let me down this time either ... :rolleyes:

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but cleaned up well ..... always got a spare lamp, quartz tube and seal kit in stock, in case, but not broken one yet, or failed to get it clean ;) and the lamps are a service item anyway .....

all back together .....
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and glowing nicely (in the dark) :).... got a job to see the damned thing in the daylight:( ..... I am now awaiting the next item to give issues:mad: ..... they usually come in threes :rolleyes: ...... will either be the pressure switch ...... or worse still yon pump .... :(:(
 
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