The 'Today's Job' thread

[Lancs Lad]

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Nice to see the forwarder out n about

 

[doobin]

A rather expensive trip to wales.

 

[pettsy]

Tilty on the forklift?

 

[V8Druid]

A rather expensive trip to wales. View attachment 66856View attachment 66857

is that the old NCB site in Tredegar .. units look very familiar ... looks just like a mate's place he used to do LPG conversions from
not so sure about this though

if it is Tredegar why have you not been round for a cuppa, yer bugga
tidy looking little FLT and a WHOLE pile of goodies on the pick up

Marianne's gonna have a hell of a job
(a)wrapping that lot
and
(b) lugging 'em in under the tree

 

[V8Druid]

or is it Noble Squre I.E. in Brynmawr ??

 

[William127]

Decent pile there

 

[6feetdown]

is that the old NCB site in Tredegar .. units look very familiar ... looks just like a mate's place he used to do LPG conversions from
not so sure about this though View attachment 66860

if it is Tredegar why have you not been round for a cuppa, yer bugga
tidy looking little FLT and a WHOLE pile of goodies on the pick up

Marianne's gonna have a hell of a job
(a)wrapping that lot
and
(b) lugging 'em in under the tree

Tredegar I googled the welders lol.
Yes probably passed by me 5 min off the motorway

 

[Furniss]

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Happy days

 

[V8Druid]

Tredegar I googled the welders lol.
Yes probably passed by me 5 min off the motorway

Doob's been here several times and dare say he didn't fancy the drag up to the top of my driveway, either from the main road or worse, back out of my place, with that FLT on the back end

 

[Lancs Lad]

Seriously

 

[doobin]

Doob's been here several times and dare say he didn't fancy the drag up to the top of my driveway, either from the main road or worse, back out of my place, with that FLT on the back end

Pretty much that, sorry mate! Plus I'd done the first pickup somewhere in North Wales so was already on a tight scedule to get back to the yard before 5pm after leaving at 4am. As much as I'd have loved a cuppa and to pick your brains about removing the tilty cetops in favour of direct pipes (manifold??), I thought it best to wait until the missus and I are on holiday and chilled! Had it been just the forklift to collect I'd have come to you first for a few hours.

Whats that place maybe twenty minutes north where theres the worlds tightest bridge (apparently 7' wide but I swear it was less) over the river? Yellow steels each end. Llansomethingorother.That's a fucker with a GH1054! Good job I've got a few miles under my belt on tight lanes, I wasn't going to get a second chance at it! Very much a heart in mouth moment. Why the fk does that satnav send you that way?? Most drivers with a medium estate car would baulk at it, never mind the wide body tipper Ranger and a trailer.

Yes, it was Tredegar. I've been looking for one of those models for a long time. As small as they come, and with the right mast to work under my mezaninne and lift on top of it- at 3.3m it's an awkward lift that many small container spec fork trucks fall short on. This maxes out at 3.7m so perfect. It's old (2004) but has done 183 hours, most of those at a training school. Only 24v so not too many cells to worry about either. Fingers crossed- at £2600 it was nowhere near the bargain of £4500 for my 2017 Hyundai diesel with 550 hours, but it should be ideal for working inside, loading the mill etc. The state of charge light started at the full four bars, then down to one and the red, back up to three, before settling on 2 bars. Multimeter had it at 24.9v. I've left it on charge overnight and we shall see.

 

[Stroppymonkey]

Pretty much that, sorry mate! Plus I'd done the first pickup somewhere in North Wales so was already on a tight scedule to get back to the yard before 5pm after leaving at 4am. As much as I'd have loved a cuppa and to pick your brains about removing the tilty cetops in favour of direct pipes (manifold??), I thought it best to wait until the missus and I are on holiday and chilled! Had it been just the forklift to collect I'd have come to you first for a few hours.

Whats that place maybe twenty minutes north where theres the worlds tightest bridge (apparently 7' wide but I swear it was less) over the river? Yellow steels each end. Llansomethingorother.That's a fucker with a GH1054! Good job I've got a few miles under my belt on tight lanes, I wasn't going to get a second chance at it! Very much a heart in mouth moment. Why the fk does that satnav send you that way?? Most drivers with a medium estate car would baulk at it, never mind the wide body tipper Ranger and a trailer.

Yes, it was Tredegar. I've been looking for one of those models for a long time. As small as they come, and with the right mast to work under my mezaninne and lift on top of it- at 3.3m it's an awkward lift that many small container spec fork trucks fall short on. This maxes out at 3.7m so perfect. It's old (2004) but has done 183 hours, most of those at a training school. Only 24v so not too many cells to worry about either. Fingers crossed- at £2600 it was nowhere near the bargain of £4500 for my 2017 Hyundai diesel with 550 hours, but it should be ideal for working inside, loading the mill etc. The state of charge light started at the full four bars, then down to one and the red, back up to three, before settling on 2 bars. Multimeter had it at 24.9v. I've left it on charge overnight and we shall see.

I can beat you for once. My little 24v FLT Still I bought back in the summer has only done 600 hours since its last rebuild. And is from 1982 . Just put it on charge last week for the first time. Lovely little thing, so much more nimble and actually legally towable.

 

[6feetdown]

Pretty much that, sorry mate! Plus I'd done the first pickup somewhere in North Wales so was already on a tight scedule to get back to the yard before 5pm after leaving at 4am. As much as I'd have loved a cuppa and to pick your brains about removing the tilty cetops in favour of direct pipes (manifold??), I thought it best to wait until the missus and I are on holiday and chilled! Had it been just the forklift to collect I'd have come to you first for a few hours.

Whats that place maybe twenty minutes north where theres the worlds tightest bridge (apparently 7' wide but I swear it was less) over the river? Yellow steels each end. Llansomethingorother.That's a fucker with a GH1054! Good job I've got a few miles under my belt on tight lanes, I wasn't going to get a second chance at it! Very much a heart in mouth moment. Why the fk does that satnav send you that way?? Most drivers with a medium estate car would baulk at it, never mind the wide body tipper Ranger and a trailer.

Yes, it was Tredegar. I've been looking for one of those models for a long time. As small as they come, and with the right mast to work under my mezaninne and lift on top of it- at 3.3m it's an awkward lift that many small container spec fork trucks fall short on. This maxes out at 3.7m so perfect. It's old (2004) but has done 183 hours, most of those at a training school. Only 24v so not too many cells to worry about either. Fingers crossed- at £2600 it was nowhere near the bargain of £4500 for my 2017 Hyundai diesel with 550 hours, but it should be ideal for working inside, loading the mill etc. The state of charge light started at the full four bars, then down to one and the red, back up to three, before settling on 2 bars. Multimeter had it at 24.9v. I've left it on charge overnight and we shall see.

I went over the bridge a few years ago with my trailer and machine if it's the same 1 it is a nightmare nothing to spare
Think it's this 1
157 B4560

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[doobin]

I went over the bridge a few years ago with my trailer and machine if it's the same 1 it is a nightmare nothing to spare
Think it's this 1
157 B4560

Google Maps

Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.

maps.app.goo.gl

That’s the one! Here’s the steel width restrictions.
Doesn’t look nearly as bad on street view as it is in the flesh.

 

[6feetdown]

That’s the one! Here’s the steel width restrictions.
Doesn’t look nearly as bad on street view as it is in the flesh.

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Yeah is a mare if I'd had had a longer trailer on I'd have been making the news!

 

[Stroppymonkey]

Yeah is a mare if I'd had had a longer trailer on I'd have been making the news!

You guys need to come to the Tamar Valley. We have some challenges for you

 

[Storrsy]

Yeah is a mare if I'd had had a longer trailer on I'd have been making the news!

Pfft That would be dueled In Devon

 

[Stroppymonkey]

Pfft That would be dueled In Devon

If In, doubt flat out !

The one at Lifton/Tettridge I used to pride myself on being able to run at 30mph in a MK4 Transit back in the 00s. These days I’m definitely more hesitant. I was riding shotgun for one of the lads recently and he took it flat out. Nearly s**t myself

 

[Smiffy]

We put in width restriction bollards to protect a listed bridge in godalming.
Set at bang on 7ft wide. Loads of other works involved so we where on site nearly 2 months with a full road closure. We took all tm away on a Saturday lunch time. An emergency highways gang where sent up by Monday lunchtime to remove the bollards as so many people had opened up there vehicles and where trying to sue. They have since been reset as a pair of traffic islands just over 7ft wide and then the bollards set back from the kerb lines so nearer 9ft wide.

 

[Stroppymonkey]

We put in width restriction bollards to protect a listed bridge in godalming.
Set at bang on 7ft wide. Loads of other works involved so we where on site nearly 2 months with a full road closure. We took all tm away on a Saturday lunch time. An emergency highways gang where sent up by Monday lunchtime to remove the bollards as so many people had opened up there vehicles and where trying to sue. They have since been reset as a pair of traffic islands just over 7ft wide and then the bollards set back from the kerb lines so nearer 9ft wide.

How can anyone sue for driving through a space that’s too narrow