Routy56 - can you just....

[Routy56]

the P38 unless dead locked has all sorts of tish going on even when parked and draws a lot of juice .... on a full battery, you are lucky to have enough power to crank it after 10-14 days stood.
were famous for being a problem at airport parking
if you didn't have the security info. to reset them, even once you'd gotten into them they were still dead in the water.

Always have a plan B

 

[V8Druid]

Always have a plan B

there's no doubt it will extend 'standing life' ... and may even keep it full ATM - all depends on what the parked draw is

 

[bobthebuilder]

I just took ours on a 6 mile round trip to the butchers. Hopefully put more into it than I took out. I watched a video on YouTube where that Harry's farm guy went up to clarksons and they chatted about their range rovers. I think their model is the l322? Anyway Clarkson was saying when filming they had some newer models they opened and shut the doors multiple times in a day, ecu fired up each time and flattened the battery.

My disco 4 does that ,it's a twat

 

[Routy56]

Hot tub now repaired and back in use
There were two faults that needed addressing:

Heater was open circuit - only converted/replaced it 5 years ago

Original was a 2kW 5.5" job and all replacements are now the upgraded 2kW 10" job. Only £120 on Amazon

2hp pump was leaking so wrestled that out...

New ceramic pump seals were only £16 from eBay

And there is is slipped in under the Spanish Theme Pergola using my Hyster FLT yesterday. And now heating up with our surplus solar PV power

 

[Routy56]

Pergola Post Repair during the week
You will have noticed that my previous photo showed the post beside the hot tub had a shiny new galvanised post support installed....

So Terry, my 90 year old neighbour opposite, came over and supervised

Old post had rotted out at ground level, like wot they all do! So cut it to size for roughly the new support height.
Then screwed a 300mm sleeper screw in and Mr. Crowbar helped me get it out...

Rotten action came in one piece. Then Mr. Henry helped me hoover the hole nice and clean for concrete...

Pulled a few blocks about and inserted a few halves. It's bolted down with about 300mm of threaded rod.
Mr. Bodgit and Scarper said I'd a good job

 

[Routy56]

Busy weekend - who remembers "Radio Mi Amigo" or "Radio Caroline"

On Friday morning cycled into Harwich with my mate. Took a photo beside the RNLI Station and LV18 the home for "Radio Mi Amigo" and also a floating museum. Well worth a visit if you are down this way

Friday evening 22 members of Harwich Runners joined about 300 others for the 5 mile Championship Challenge Race. It was mixed road and trail running, very hot with many hills

So glad to have got it finished...

The big bonus was that it was at the local football club - Brantham Athletic FC. While my mate Kev got us burger and chips from the kitchen I got the beers in. Nicola is such a superb runner for our club and loads of fun

 

[V8Druid]

Pergola Post Repair during the week
You will have noticed that my previous photo showed the post beside the hot tub had a shiny new galvanised post support installed....View attachment 83328
So Terry, my 90 year old neighbour opposite, came over and supervised
View attachment 83329
Old post had rotted out at ground level, like wot they all do! So cut it to size for roughly the new support height.
Then screwed a 300mm sleeper screw in and Mr. Crowbar helped me get it out...
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Rotten action came in one piece. Then Mr. Henry helped me hoover the hole nice and clean for concrete...
View attachment 83331
Pulled a few blocks about and inserted a few halves. It's bolted down with about 300mm of threaded rod.
Mr. Bodgit and Scarper said I'd a good job

was the post you extracted set in concrete or just compacted ground / fill around it ... got 4 set in concrete I need to extract (and some 300mm coach screws) .. not been looking forward to trying to extract them ......100 x 100 x 4/5/6 mm SHS going back in there ... should see me out then .. what's in there has done 15 years and a lot of their 'compatriots' are still solid ... but the wind's not been kind to these

 

[Routy56]

was the post you extracted set in concrete or just compacted ground / fill around it ... got 4 set in concrete I need to extract (and some 300mm coach screws) .. not been looking forward to trying to extract them ......100 x 100 x 4/5/6 mm SHS going back in there ... should see me out then .. what's in there has done 15 years and a lot of their 'compatriots' are still solid ... but the wind's not been kind to these

Yep these too have been in about 15 years or so Gra and they were nicely set in concrete
But do you know what-they came out sweet as. Plan B was to fire up the Nueson and give it a tug. But trust me with a bit of rot they will come out easy peasy. This is the 3rd front one that I’ve done like this. Got one more to do, which can wait until the school holidays and I’ll supervise our Jack doing it

 

[Monkeybusiness]

That post support is a good design - did you make it or buy it?

 

[Routy56]

That post support is a good design - did you make it or buy it?

Yes Dan I’m well pleased with the quality and value here’s a link eBay Pergola Post Support
And I’ll happily buy 4 more for the back posts when the time comes

 

[Routy56]

Yes Dan I’m well pleased with the quality and value here’s a link eBay Pergola Post Support
And I’ll happily buy 4 more for the back posts when the time comes

And over breakfast this morning, I've just ordered 4 more ready for more replacement action.
3% discount and then another £5 voucher applied making a total of only £64.72

 

[Lancs Lad]

And over breakfast this morning, I've just ordered 4 more ready for more replacement action.
3% discount and then another £5 voucher applied making a total of only £64.72

Simpson strongtie make similar. Some concealed and adjustable variants...prob few quid more though .

 

[Routy56]

Another busy week. Harvest started on the WHEAT in the field opposite our house...

Charlie, the son of the farmer is operating it. He is now taking over the running go the farm

Straw chopper on for the wheat. Although Charlie deals a lot in straw. Usually barley straw, both big and small bales.
He invested in this Case Combine about 5 years ago replacing the old John Deere machine. It has less breakdowns.
Their farm although local to here was one of the many many farms that I used to collect grain form with the grain lorry...

Loved my time driving the grain lorries. It was going to farms where I often had a good old chat with the farmers about all stuff to do with farming

 

[Routy56]

Got out and about on the bike many times during the past week
There's a gravel track that starts very near us and pops out nearly in the local town of Dovercourt...

The track goes down between the Carless Oil refinery and the Golf Course.
Stopped to grab a quick photo for Gra @V8Druid
Loads of work going on. The new owners are now laying off staff and reducing their assets

Then I often pick up this track on the bike. It's on the route of an old railway track and known locally as "The Hangings". Part of national Cycle Network No. 51. Nice and shady in all the heatwaves that we are having

Then as I came round to the Promenade from Harwich to Dovercourt Bay, it was closed off towards the Stones Pier Headland. Guys in the long reach were doing maintenance of the foreshore and beach.

Had a chat with them. They are from a big company in Doncaster that do coastal defence work. I'll get a name later. But they didn't like the hired in 8 tonne Hitachi Zaxxis. Not very smooth etc. To be replaced next week with a 22 tonne long reach

 

[Monkeybusiness]

Another busy week. Harvest started on the WHEAT in the field opposite our house...
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Charlie, the son of the farmer is operating it. He is now taking over the running go the farm
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Straw chopper on for the wheat. Although Charlie deals a lot in straw. Usually barley straw, both big and small bales.
He invested in this Case Combine about 5 years ago replacing the old John Deere machine. It has less breakdowns.
Their farm although local to here was one of the many many farms that I used to collect grain form with the grain lorry...

View attachment 83443
Loved my time driving the grain lorries. It was going to farms where I often had a good old chat with the farmers about all stuff to do with farming

Why isn’t he baling the straw? He obviously has his reasons - straw is big money at the moment up here!

 

[Routy56]

Why isn’t he baling the straw? He obviously has his reasons - straw is big money at the moment up here!

Barley straw is much better and he's already done tons of that elsewhere on the farm. Remember that the Barley Harvest is usually before Wheat and after the OSR

 

[V8Druid]

Got out and about on the bike many times during the past week
There's a gravel track that starts very near us and pops out nearly in the local town of Dovercourt...
View attachment 83444
The track goes down between the Carless Oil refinery and the Golf Course.
Stopped to grab a quick photo for Gra @V8Druid
Loads of work going on. The new owners are now laying off staff and reducing their assets
View attachment 83445
Then I often pick up this track on the bike. It's on the route of an old railway track and known locally as "The Hangings". Part of national Cycle Network No. 51. Nice and shady in all the heatwaves that we are having
View attachment 83446
Then as I came round to the Promenade from Harwich to Dovercourt Bay, it was closed off towards the Stones Pier Headland. Guys in the long reach were doing maintenance of the foreshore and beach.


View attachment 83447
Had a chat with them. They are from a big company in Doncaster that do coastal defence work. I'll get a name later. But they didn't like the hired in 8 tonne Hitachi Zaxxis. Not very smooth etc. To be replaced next week with a 22 tonne long reach
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nice Liebherr Dave

 

[Routy56]

nice Liebherr Dave

Yep I thought you’d like that so I stopped the bike and grabbed a snap for you