Mogman
What man as done, man can do, what never has,maybe
Well finished the trailer conversion
now to earn a bit of money with it
now you see it
now you don’t
makes carrying stuff a lot safer plus keeps prying off
managed to get all the sign writing too
now to earn a bit of money with it
now you see it
now you don’t
makes carrying stuff a lot safer plus keeps prying off
managed to get all the sign writing too
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Davedb
Well-known member
All loads are secure when tops onWell finished the trailer conversion
now to earn a bit of money with it
now you see it
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now you don’t
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makes carrying stuff a lot safer plus keeps prying off
managed to get all the sign writing too
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
I wouldn't wanna bet on that ...... spent 15 hrs out, one day, many years ago, recovering escaped coils from all over the county ... new haulage contractor (and drivers) not used to trailers full of coils ..... they were bloody everywhere and a few people had some close shaves .... recovered one from the front room of a house in Risca about five in the evening .... mill was still loading these idiots at 4 in the afternoon, in spite of losing a dozen through the dayAll loads are secure when tops on
Mogman
What man as done, man can do, what never has,maybe
Plenty of strap downs in thereI wouldn't wanna bet on that ...... spent 15 hrs out, one day, many years ago, recovering escaped coils from all over the county ... new haulage contractor (and drivers) not used to trailers full of coils ..... they were bloody everywhere and a few people had some close shaves .... recovered one from the front room of a house in Risca about five in the evening .... mill was still loading these idiots at 4 in the afternoon, in spite of losing a dozen through the day
It’s mainly for carrying air con units that need protection from the weather
but I still need to lift them off with the crane while on site plus it should stop the ductwork from escaping that I recover from site too
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
The one coil was a bloody miracle it didn't kill anyone, in HollybushI wouldn't wanna bet on that ...... spent 15 hrs out, one day, many years ago, recovering escaped coils from all over the county ... new haulage contractor (and drivers) not used to trailers full of coils ..... they were bloody everywhere and a few people had some close shaves .... recovered one from the front room of a house in Risca about five in the evening .... mill was still loading these idiots at 4 in the afternoon, in spite of losing a dozen through the day
came off the truck at X , (no idea how??) .. went bouncing down the embankment and through the gap in the terrace, (two houses had been destroyed by fire a couple of years earlier and not been rebuilt), at the bottom, where it bounced on the black top at X , then careered on down a further embankment to a disused railway line at X , (which now appears to be a road - actually looking again the line is further across to the right and none of the bldgs were there ) ..... had to reverse a mile up the old line to get to it, lift it to one side, drive back out, drive back in, past it, artic then had to reverse the mile up the line and get it stuck on his trailer, he drove out and i had to reverse the mile back out
I'd already done four further up the valley, 'fore getting to this one and by the time i got out of there, were two more off further down in Blackwood in a bus shelter
..... several more after that, then the finale in Riscawas some day .... plod had a bloody field day .... I would NOT have wanted to deal with the paperwork for it all
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
these were 9t coils of tinplate, on end, on pallets ... not allowed to put anything over the coils, just the pallets, which were purpose built ... previous contractor had run for years with them, incident free .. new outfit, under cut him and the day was the result ... doubt they had a trailer left in the fleet with an intact set of curtains, or doubt they had any drivers left that hadn't been done for losing their loads either .... slow and steady was the way to deal with these ... new lot thought they were heading for / competing in the le Mans 24hrPlenty of strap downs in there
... was a day of utter carnage, culminating in a demolition job on a house !!
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Monkeybusiness
Well-known member
I’m surprised nobody went to prison!these were 9t coils of tinplate, on end, on pallets ... not allowed to put anything over the coils, just the pallets, which were purpose built ... previous contractor had run for years with them, incident free .. new outfit, under cut him and the day was the result ... doubt they had a trailer left in the fleet with an intact set of curtains, or doubt they had any drivers left that hadn't been done for losing their loads either .... slow and steady was the way to deal with these ... new lot thought they were heading for / competing in the le Mans 24hr
All involved must have known the funny handshake…
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
no idea of the outcome of any of it MB ... other than the fact that the transport manager at the tinplate works had a lot of egg on face and ate a lot of humble pie ... the old guys were in next day and all proceeded like the clockwork it had been for years prior to the debacle. ........
and i billed 'em for the equivalent of 3 days hire .... called out at 6 a.m. so 1st eight were std time ... rest of the day was double - could've billed 'em for 8 hrs at each location
..... I worked bloody hard that day and was one of the few days i had a police escort from one coil to the next mostly running against the oncoming traffic, down the outside of the large queues that'd formed, awaiting the arrival of the cavalry, driving a Hydrocon ... one saving grace was it was a beautiful summer's day
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bobthebuilder
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didnt happen to keep a coil ?no idea of the outcome of any of it MB ... other than the fact that the transport manager at the tinplate works had a lot of egg on face and ate a lot of humble pie ... the old guys were in next day and all proceeded like the clockwork it had been for years prior to the debacle. ........
and i billed 'em for the equivalent of 3 days hire .... called out at 6 a.m. so 1st eight were std time ... rest of the day was double - could've billed 'em for 8 hrs at each location
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
not at 9t and bolloxed ... they don't fare well to being dropped off lorries .....didnt happen to keep a coil ?
did once have a couple of hundred 3ft x 3ft sheets of tin plate which had escaped through a curtain ..... rest of the pack was burgered by the time i'd put a chain around it and picked it into a tipper
Mogman
What man as done, man can do, what never has,maybe
today’s shenanigans
move a 4m x 5m ‘log’ cabin for out of a garden
so took the windows out and the doors, plywood sheet across the door opening and a few bracings to keep it square
jacked it up a bit and slid a couple of steels underneath
lifting over the hedge
and place on my trailer
and move it into his new extended garden through a 9’ gate
move a 4m x 5m ‘log’ cabin for out of a garden
so took the windows out and the doors, plywood sheet across the door opening and a few bracings to keep it square
jacked it up a bit and slid a couple of steels underneath
lifting over the hedge
and place on my trailer
and move it into his new extended garden through a 9’ gate
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DaveDCB
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By ‘his’ garden do you mean ‘your’ garden? 
Mogman
What man as done, man can do, what never has,maybe
Guy called me today from the local FLT hire and repair place and told me he had just the thing for me
A fork rotator but also has power fork spreading too a proper job
they had just replaced it for a new one, for a customer who swaps it every 5 years
the replacement cost £14k
so had to offer a bit of cash for it
but only scrap value
now need a electric change over valve on the telehandler head stock and to get a cable up the boom that won’t get mangled up will probably have to pull the pipes that go up the boom and get some big heat shrink tubing and attach the cable to the pipe
A fork rotator
but also has power fork spreading too a proper jobthey had just replaced it for a new one, for a customer who swaps it every 5 years
the replacement cost £14k
so had to offer a bit of cash for it
but only scrap valuenow need a electric change over valve on the telehandler head stock and to get a cable up the boom that won’t get mangled up
will probably have to pull the pipes that go up the boom and get some big heat shrink tubing and attach the cable to the pipe
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Smiffy
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Guy called me today from the local FLT hire and repair place and told me he had just the thing for me
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A fork rotator
they had just replaced it for a new one, for a customer who swaps it every 5 years
the replacement cost £14k
so had to offer a bit of cash for it
now need a electric change over valve on the telehandler head stock and to get a cable up the boom that won’t get mangled up
I know it's against your morals to buy anything but you can get spring retractable cable reels to mount at the base of the boom so it retracts itself would only need 1 core
Shovelhands
Well-known member
Wonder if you could add a hydraulic pipe in and feed the wire inside it, use it like a ducting? Less chance of damage then? Or maybe an electric tech reel type arrangement might be an option?Guy called me today from the local FLT hire and repair place and told me he had just the thing for me
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A fork rotator
they had just replaced it for a new one, for a customer who swaps it every 5 years
the replacement cost £14k
so had to offer a bit of cash for it
now need a electric change over valve on the telehandler head stock and to get a cable up the boom that won’t get mangled up
That was an absolute steal by the way! But you know that……
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DaveDCB
Well-known member
Abit like the mast forklifts have on the side for additional hydraulic lines to the forks.. but for electric obviously
Mogman
What man as done, man can do, what never has,maybe
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
very nice... especially at that price you lucky bugger. ... as said, wind in drum is the answer ... might be worth having a couple of extra circuits if you have to buy one ... never know what else you might like at the carriage endGuy called me today from the local FLT hire and repair place and told me he had just the thing for me
View attachment 34747
A fork rotator
they had just replaced it for a new one, for a customer who swaps it every 5 years
the replacement cost £14k
so had to offer a bit of cash for it
now need a electric change over valve on the telehandler head stock and to get a cable up the boom that won’t get mangled up
.... Sealey do some cheap enough if you get any more o' them
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JD450A
Feral as Fk 🐾
If you have some retractable ones for hydraulics moggy then you might get me to part with even more..... need to work out a easy way to pipe up for the grab and rotate on my new toy, but it's double extension + Manual fly jib.I have one
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