V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
bet VW would rather that one was forgotten about
Furniss
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VW that and the emmisions 
Routy56
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Someone needs to remind me that I'm not a Groundworker
Another mate of mine say, "can you bring your digger round and sort out my driveway"
A few years ago he had some guys fill in the original front garden to park his Mitsubishi Shotgun on.....
Trouble is the haunching was absolute crap/non existent - so it let go causing this massive slippage
So I know a thing about string lines......
......and gave it some strong concrete bedding and haunching today before it pissed down 🌧
I'd been home about 2 minutes, kettle on in the barn, and Terry turns up.
He's my 84yr off neighbour opposite. See him most days. Retired coach operator.
Knows something about everything. He was straight on to cleaning my mixer properly
So, when I get a day or tow of dry weather thins week, I'll be back to relay the blocks on a nice new bed of sharp
Poxy groundwerk stuff
Another mate of mine say, "can you bring your digger round and sort out my driveway"
A few years ago he had some guys fill in the original front garden to park his Mitsubishi Shotgun on.....
Trouble is the haunching was absolute crap/non existent - so it let go causing this massive slippage
So I know a thing about string lines......
......and gave it some strong concrete bedding and haunching today before it pissed down 🌧
I'd been home about 2 minutes, kettle on in the barn, and Terry turns up.
He's my 84yr off neighbour opposite. See him most days. Retired coach operator.
Knows something about everything. He was straight on to cleaning my mixer properly
So, when I get a day or tow of dry weather thins week, I'll be back to relay the blocks on a nice new bed of sharp
Poxy groundwerk stuff
Routy56
Well-known member
Last month we had our Broadband and Phone line sorted out and I know that you will be interested in this Graham @V8Druid
We live in a very rural location and the phone lines come from a cabinet in the next village just over a mile away and about 3.5 miles from the exchange.
The phone and broadband in recent years have been absolute crap and both dropping out randomly especially when it rains 
Our ISP is BT Internet and they have got magically better at listening to our complaints if recent years.
This has included refunds when we can prove that they have failed to deliver
We have continuously logged our interest in FFTP.
August 2019 saw them run the fibre cable along the grass verges and up the poles
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Then in March 2020 contractor came to run the fibre cables up the pole to the outlet box.
Had a chat, "No mate, we can't do it because of all this ivy and brambles. Openreach were supposed to have cleared this for us."
R - "Leave it with me I'll sort it right now"
So with the help of Mr Stihl and a rip all the brambles and ivy was removed and they did the connection.
Another 6 months went by before my ISP emailed me that FFTP was available
Immediately ordered it
Two fellas rocked up from Openreach both called Ryan
Kept them supplied with coffee and biscuits and what a superb job was done
New fibre cable which also has a pair of copper wires run from pole to facia.
Ryan even raised the drop wire so that tipper lorries can drop stuff on our drive
Fibre splicing kit. Ryan describes himself as a Master Technician for doing this fiddly process.
Seen him locally recently and he has proved this by fixing other techies cock ups
This is the kit in the hall. New BT Smart Hub 2 with repeater in the conservatory.
Openreach modem on the wall.
All this now reside on the oak corner table hiding all but the Hub
New speed to my iPhone via WiFi
New speed to my iMac desktop machine via Ethernet connection this morning
So there you have it guys. As Sharon says, "It's more about the reliability than anything else"
The speed is superb, have subscribed to the usual TV and music streaming services
We live in a very rural location and the phone lines come from a cabinet in the next village just over a mile away and about 3.5 miles from the exchange.
The phone and broadband in recent years have been absolute crap
and both dropping out randomly especially when it rains Our ISP is BT Internet and they have got magically better at listening to our complaints if recent years.
This has included refunds when we can prove that they have failed to deliver
We have continuously logged our interest in FFTP.
August 2019 saw them run the fibre cable along the grass verges and up the poles
Then in March 2020 contractor came to run the fibre cables up the pole to the outlet box.
Had a chat, "No mate, we can't do it because of all this ivy and brambles. Openreach were supposed to have cleared this for us."
R - "Leave it with me I'll sort it right now"
So with the help of Mr Stihl and a rip all the brambles and ivy was removed and they did the connection.
Another 6 months went by before my ISP emailed me that FFTP was available
Immediately ordered it
Two fellas rocked up from Openreach both called Ryan
Kept them supplied with coffee and biscuits and what a superb job was done
New fibre cable which also has a pair of copper wires run from pole to facia.
Ryan even raised the drop wire so that tipper lorries can drop stuff on our drive
Fibre splicing kit. Ryan describes himself as a Master Technician for doing this fiddly process.
Seen him locally recently and he has proved this by fixing other techies cock ups
This is the kit in the hall. New BT Smart Hub 2 with repeater in the conservatory.
Openreach modem on the wall.
All this now reside on the oak corner table hiding all but the Hub
New speed to my iPhone via WiFi
New speed to my iMac desktop machine via Ethernet connection this morning
So there you have it guys. As Sharon says, "It's more about the reliability than anything else"
The speed is superb, have subscribed to the usual TV and music streaming services
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Cyberprog
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Well jealous! Have FTTC currently but would love FTTP!
J
Jimoz
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Wicked speed what's it cost u a month
Cyberprog
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One of my colleagues is getting it installed today (annoyingly not far from me!) and he said £56 a month.
Lancs Lad
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Very jealous..there's 4 of us at the end of our lane...I'm the last pole.. must be at least 2 mile from the box let alone the exchange. I get 12mb at very best doubt we shall ever get anything better.Last month we had our Broadband and Phone line sorted out and I know that you will be interested in this Graham @V8Druid
We live in a very rural location and the phone lines come from a cabinet in the next village just over a mile away and about 3.5 miles from the exchange.
The phone and broadband in recent years have been absolute crap
Our ISP is BT Internet and they have got magically better at listening to our complaints if recent years.
This has included refunds when we can prove that they have failed to deliver
We have continuously logged our interest in FFTP.
August 2019 saw them run the fibre cable along the grass verges and up the polesView attachment 18418.
Then in March 2020 contractor came to run the fibre cables up the pole to the outlet box.
Had a chat, "No mate, we can't do it because of all this ivy and brambles. Openreach were supposed to have cleared this for us."
R - "Leave it with me I'll sort it right now"
So with the help of Mr Stihl and a rip all the brambles and ivy was removed and they did the connection.
Another 6 months went by before my ISP emailed me that FFTP was available
Immediately ordered it
Two fellas rocked up from Openreach both called Ryan
Kept them supplied with coffee and biscuits and what a superb job was done
View attachment 18420
New fibre cable which also has a pair of copper wires run from pole to facia.
View attachment 18421
Ryan even raised the drop wire so that tipper lorries can drop stuff on our drive
View attachment 18422
Fibre splicing kit. Ryan describes himself as a Master Technician for doing this fiddly process.
Seen him locally recently and he has proved this by fixing other techies cock ups
View attachment 18423
This is the kit in the hall. New BT Smart Hub 2 with repeater in the conservatory.
Openreach modem on the wall.
All this now reside on the oak corner table hiding all but the Hub
View attachment 18424
New speed to my iPhone via WiFi
View attachment 18425
New speed to my iMac desktop machine via Ethernet connection this morning
So there you have it guys. As Sharon says, "It's more about the reliability than anything else"
The speed is superb, have subscribed to the usual TV and music streaming services
TiltyShaun
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We are lucky that we have full fibre direct to the house. 300 upload and download. Previously had 1 on a good day.
All of the screens in the photo where streaming along with 2 others in the house.
Saturday football had never been so good!!
All of the screens in the photo where streaming along with 2 others in the house.
Saturday football had never been so good!!
Routy56
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It's only £48.99/month for Broadband and Landline - BT Full Fibre 100 with Halo 1 and Complete Wi-Fi
Say it quick and it won't hurt yer pocket
Routy56
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Wow - what provider and service has he signed up for
Routy56
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You may well do if you sign up for Broadband in rural Lancashire and badger those in charge of the roll outVery jealous..there's 4 of us at the end of our lane...I'm the last pole.. must be at least 2 mile from the box let alone the exchange. I get 12mb at very best doubt we shall ever get anything better.
Routy56
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Love your style and yer socks
SWMBO would NEVER allow me 2 screens in the Lounge.
Currently having a battle trying to get a smart TV in the dinning room.
WTF - I wanna watch TV while eating my breakfast
Cyberprog
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You'll want one of these;
Cyberprog
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BT I think.Wow - what provider and service has he signed up for
Routy56
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Christmas present for Sharon then - vivarium for her tortoise
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
I can only dreamVery jealous..there's 4 of us at the end of our lane...I'm the last pole.. must be at least 2 mile from the box let alone the exchange. I get 12mb at very best doubt we shall ever get anything better.
average test
best result in last week
this is after 9 engineers' efforts and months of pratting about, new phone sockets, new router, multiple re-makes of joints and junctions (even dug two up to check them) and a lot of to-ing and fro-ing ...
Josh Wood from SSE has been a hero in his pursuit of Openreach to try to get this sorted .....
it still drops pages regularly, but the BB hasn't vanished in over 6 days now .....
we're 2.55 miles from the local exchange ......
Josh has an open invitation to call in for a cuppa - anytime he is in the area
Routy56
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Yes always best to look after the technicians GrahamI can only dream
average test
View attachment 18430
best result in last week
View attachment 18431
this is after 9 engineers' efforts and months of pratting about, new phone sockets, new router, multiple re-makes of joints and junctions (even dug two up to check them) and a lot of to-ing and fro-ing ...
Josh Wood from SSE has been a hero in his pursuit of Openreach to try to get this sorted .....
it still drops pages regularly, but the BB hasn't vanished in over 6 days now .....
we're 2.55 miles from the local exchange ......
Josh has an open invitation to call in for a cuppa - anytime he is in the area
The Openreach guys are really struggling to get broadband down yer phone wires.
Are you signed up for a VDSL service?
The results you are getting is what we were getting with the old ADSL service
The other thing that will cause real problems for you is the ping delay.
This will cause problems with the ISPs DNS servers - the virtual phone directory when you request a web site
To solve this about 2 years ago I replaced BTs crappy HomeHub6 with a third party Modem/Router
Used a TP-Link AC1600 which kept us going until fibre was installed
In the meantime keep banging the drum for fibre rollout to your rural community.
There may even be a Broadband Champion in your area
Good luck
J
Jimoz
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I'm hoping 5g is rolled out near me by end of 12 month contract of my mobile Wi-Fi. Then I can choose between that and fixed line.
Routy56
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So this weekend I decided to check over the brakes on my trusty old FLT.
Some of you will, especially Graham @V8Druid will know that I have an ex hire Hyster H50H in my yard
It's given me 8 years great service and given regular oil and filer changes etc.
BUT, the brakes have been snatching on in recent months.......
Pulling the left drum off revealed that the self adjuster was slack. Plenty of meat n the brake shoes. Slight weep under the wheel cylinder rubbers - to be done soon.
Workshop manual spoke about poking a screwdriver through the slot at the back etc rotating the adjuster.
HTF can do that with all that mast metal in the way - so I made a special screwdriver
The brake pedal was now right at the top of travel and not snatching on.
Did you know that the tilt will jack these beasts up on blocks so you can spin yer wheel(s) to test and take wheels off etc
Then I did something stupid - while I've got me tools out, I'll check the other side (right).
Jacking and spinning revealed that the brakes were totally ineffective on the right side
Whipping off the wheel and drum revealed a sticky oily mess from a leaking wheel cylinder.
This photo was taken after a jet wash with TFL and it's still wet.
Then my brother popped round this afternoon and gave it the once over - he spotted that the bundy tubing brake pipe at the rear of the wheel cylinder had been crushed
So have just managed to order a pair of wheel cylinders from these guys:
L S Forklifts Ltd
Great web site which even list stuff for my old FLT
Guess what I'll be doing next week?
Do you know what - there's no such thing as a quick job
Some of you will, especially Graham @V8Druid will know that I have an ex hire Hyster H50H in my yard
It's given me 8 years great service and given regular oil and filer changes etc.
BUT, the brakes have been snatching on in recent months.......
Pulling the left drum off revealed that the self adjuster was slack. Plenty of meat n the brake shoes. Slight weep under the wheel cylinder rubbers - to be done soon.
Workshop manual spoke about poking a screwdriver through the slot at the back etc rotating the adjuster.
HTF can do that with all that mast metal in the way - so I made a special screwdriver
The brake pedal was now right at the top of travel and not snatching on.
Did you know that the tilt will jack these beasts up on blocks so you can spin yer wheel(s) to test and take wheels off etc
Then I did something stupid - while I've got me tools out, I'll check the other side (right).
Jacking and spinning revealed that the brakes were totally ineffective on the right side
Whipping off the wheel and drum revealed a sticky oily mess from a leaking wheel cylinder.
This photo was taken after a jet wash with TFL and it's still wet.
Then my brother popped round this afternoon and gave it the once over - he spotted that the bundy tubing brake pipe at the rear of the wheel cylinder had been crushed
So have just managed to order a pair of wheel cylinders from these guys:
L S Forklifts Ltd
Great web site which even list stuff for my old FLT
Guess what I'll be doing next week?
Do you know what - there's no such thing as a quick job
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