Happenings in hiluxmans world 🤪

[DaveDCB]

My mates running them off Derbyshire highways jobs but bit far to you but if you need any back this way

I’ll need 500ton+ at somepoint , but before that I need to strip 2k ton of topsoil and then crush some more 6f2! Might be a next year job!

 

[Giles]

I’ll need 500ton+ at somepoint , but before that I need to strip 2k ton of topsoil and then crush some more 6f2! Might be a next year job!

He’s got herbst crusher and herbst screener

 

[hiluxman]

Who are the pond firm? Someone was asking me to fix their’s other day and I’d rather not.

I've sent you his telephone number

 

[hiluxman]

Remembered to take an update picture.

So far 28t of rocks have gone in to the pond job. Ptiry much every one lifted in with the digger.

 

[Giles]

Remembered to take an update picture.

So far 28t of rocks have gone in to the pond job. Ptiry much every one lifted in with the digger.

Nice, no grab or grapple? where abouts in the posh bit are you working?

 

[hiluxman]

Nice, no grab or grapple? where abouts in the posh bit are you working?

No, all slung individually. They like it done that way, they sling them so when you lift they twist into the position they want and then once in position they've got some play to tweak them as you lower in. Slow going and sometimes annoying but the finished product is bang on.

This job is near nether edge hospital.

 

[Rob65]

This job is near nether edge hospital.

There’s some impressive big old houses on the uphill side of the old hospital isn’t there.

 

[Giles]

There’s some impressive big old houses on the uphill side of the old hospital isn’t there.

Near Chelsea park Rd there there is I used to live off psalter lane and we’d walk dog in Chelsea park some lovely 2-5m houses up Rd there in old stone in big plots.

 

[hiluxman]

There’s some impressive big old houses on the uphill side of the old hospital isn’t there.

Yeah, definitely. The first time I saw a robotic lawn mower was at a house on Cavendish Rd many years ago and we helped put a ramp in so the mower could pass from one lawn to the other.

i've worked on a good few over the years just round that area alone and all have spent plenty of money on them. Had a walk to get a sandwich the other day and almost every other house is having work done.

 

[hiluxman]

Our part on the pond is now finished, this it as we left. If I get pictures of the finished pond I'll update you.

In other happenings the little red thing arrived. Wants some tyres and paint but cheap enough and hopefully some profit in it. Drives very well for one of those.

In other news the iveco has thrown an adblue spaz today, so tomorrow looks like a day running about in the lorry to take 1t of compost to our other job.

 

[pettsy]

Pretty bulletproof those, I help out with a team that races the Citroen badged version. We changed an engine in an hour and 20mins after one of the drivers found 1st instead of 3rd

 

[hiluxman]

Pretty bulletproof those, I help out with a team that races the Citroen badged version. We changed an engine in an hour and 20mins after one of the drivers found 1st instead of 3rd

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Just embarked on doing a clutch change on a toyota iq. Usually I'd sub it out but decided it have a go myself this time

 

[Bri963]

Pretty bulletproof those, I help out with a team that races the Citroen badged version. We changed an engine in an hour and 20mins after one of the drivers found 1st instead of 3rd

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I think they’re called Quick Release big ends.

 

[hiluxman]

Not what I normally do but here we have been planting....it is plant talk after all

 

[hiluxman]

Just embarked on doing a clutch change on a toyota iq. Usually I'd sub it out but decided it have a go myself this time

Had half an hour to give to the toyota iq this afternoon. So sub frame removed and drive shaft out.

Few more brackets ect then can start to undo the box

 

[Lancs Lad]

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Had half an hour to give to the toyota iq this afternoon. So sub frame removed and drive shaft out.

Few more brackets ect then can start to undo the box

On the deck by the looks made a vow years ago to only do clutch's on a ramp 🫣🫣🫣

 

[hiluxman]

On the deck by the looks made a vow years ago to only do clutch's on a ramp 🫣🫣🫣

Yeah, on the deck in the elements and on mi tod. Haha, but I'm in no rush to get it done so just do abit when I'm in the mood....also YouTube helped by watching it been done easily enough without a ramp.

 

[Lancs Lad]

Yeah, on the deck in the elements and on mi tod. Haha, but I'm in no rush to get it done so just do abit when I'm in the mood....also YouTube helped by watching it been done easily enough without a ramp.

Fair play

 

[hiluxman]

Oh no....

 

[Vinpetrol]

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What are these disco 4s like ? Are they fairly reliable ? Can they do big miles without falling apart ? Water leaks ? Rust ?