kabin man
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100% not necessary,but 100% great..
100% not necessary,but 100% great..
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Gecko
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Lancs Lad
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Gotta be a racing block?
Saw some spectacular ones years ago in the blydenstein minis ..at 9k plus rpm when something lets go it wasn't good
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
I bought a SWB 2.5T landy once, with the engine completely destroyed ... as in half was under the bonnet -- the other half of the block, crank, etc. was in the back ... think the guy said it jumped out of cog pulling hard up a steep hill ... didn't lift his foot quick enough and it went BANG ..spectacularly
Bob
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The rear leyland engine on TS14 scraper would kick a leg out of bed had one go flying down to fill area good job front engine wasn't prune to do it as your leg was right along side the block
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
interesting welding on the 'new' fitting for the drain port on the bottom of the receiver .... all the same .... one to remember
Gecko
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"200 years of collective experience" should have taught him to drain the compressor occasionally.
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Similar building in Hereford, got moved a couple of hundred yards, many many years ago ... was quite a feat at the time
Giles
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I think that’s Sheffield when then built pondsford roundabout and pool
Ahh it’s not someone posted that pic in the old photos of Sheffield group asking if anyone had a pic of when they did similar in Sheffield.
pettsy
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Think it was somewhere in Manchester 
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
pretty damned impressive for its day, where ever it was
seem to remember they did two in Hereford at differing times .. the one above and a smaller one
seem to remember they did two in Hereford at differing times .. the one above and a smaller one
Canal Navvy
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I remember as a boy going to see Ballingdon Hall in Sudbury when that was jacked up and wheeled half a mile up the hill.
Made quite an impression on a young mind which might explain why I seem to get involved with projects that I possibly oughtn't to
Made quite an impression on a young mind which might explain why I seem to get involved with projects that I possibly oughtn't to
Bob
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whats your thoughts ?
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
drugs & alcohol .....
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Monkeybusiness
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Bucket on backwards and probably ‘forgot’ which way to empty it once it started lifting I reckon. And a not very well trained bum-seat-tilt-o’meter possibly.
Probably wrecked the pour and cost a fortune due to overreaction - stand everything down and let it all set instead of get on with the job.
Probably wrecked the pour and cost a fortune due to overreaction - stand everything down and let it all set instead of get on with the job.
Giles
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Typical flannery seat filler with no experience, how high was his bucket to get that much track in the air. Was he splattering concrete in from a great height and across his tracks. Any decent up would have manoeuvred so at least at 45 degrees to pour and truck for more stability.
I also position myself while waiting for wagon make a little pad, go through arm movements etc pick a fill position and check range of pour etc then when it’s full you go extended out low akways ready to pull back or dump some of it gets a bit light on the bum
I also position myself while waiting for wagon make a little pad, go through arm movements etc pick a fill position and check range of pour etc then when it’s full you go extended out low akways ready to pull back or dump some of it gets a bit light on the bum
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