Mogman
What man as done, man can do, what never has,maybe
But you can take a bit of weight off the front trailer axles to aid traction they will even lift for the ride home empty
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
you'll like this one .....
Llyn Brianne lake has a roadway right around it .... that wasn't there before .. grrrreat two wheel road ... one of my fave rides ... up to Devils Bridge through the Elan Valley dam network and back home down past LB ..... has a spectacular outlet nozzle
and these blokes are nuts
Llyn Brianne lake has a roadway right around it
.... that wasn't there before .. grrrreat two wheel road ... one of my fave rides ... up to Devils Bridge through the Elan Valley dam network and back home down past LB ..... has a spectacular outlet nozzle and these blokes are nuts
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mart1602
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cracking place on the bike
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
my fave run Mart ....
Rhayader - Plinlimmon -Cwmystwyth - Devils Bridge - head for Tregarron - dive off left for Pontrhydfendigaid then over the top to Dolgoch Hostel and down the side of Llyn Brianne to Rhandirmwyn .. down the side of the Towy and pop back out onto the A40 at Llandovery and gun it for home.
bloody great Sunday afternoon circuit
need to know where you are though up on the top ... not many sign posts up on those mountain roads
while since I been up there
.... on a Z1300 Kwaka with Pam on the back, last ..... can recall thinking at the time ... she is gonna go ape if this breaks down ... middle of no where and sod all phone service .... we made it .. thank God .... I'd still be hearing about it otherwise
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Monkeybusiness
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Great vids - the build of the dam is fascinating!
I love the lack of health and safety - 20.40 ish when the fellas are placing the concrete grates above the fast flowing water that disappears down a tunnel into the middle of the earth...
I’d love to be involved in a project like this, amazing stuff!
I love the lack of health and safety - 20.40 ish when the fellas are placing the concrete grates above the fast flowing water that disappears down a tunnel into the middle of the earth...
I’d love to be involved in a project like this, amazing stuff!
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Bucket on wheels
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Was the fire boat to any help or did it, its best in trying to blow the fire crews off the dock
Must have been the first time they were aboard that boat
Must have been the first time they were aboard that boat
pettsy
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Mind the wet patch
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Mind the wet patch
been looking for that vid for a while pettsy .... @Op_Alx24/7 and I were discussing ground conditions like that a week or two ago on his current site .... pretty iffy ground
V8Druid
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so ... usual pilgrimage to Welland Saturday ... started to pee down, half way up the M50 on the way there .... but'd reached a tolerable wetness, by our arrival ... told it'd lashed it down the previous night - we'd had sod all .
IMHDO was a bit of a subdued event, compared to the usual 'carnival' atmosphere sadly.
Disappointing day TBH and was heading for the car, to catch up with the rest of 'em, to leave, when my eye was caught by a bit of kit i'd seen being dragged about earlier in the day, which'd looked at first glance like a big water pump ..... anyway
Turned out on closer inspection, to be a water brake dynamometer and they were just hooking up a gert Traction engine to it ..... departure was delayed
not often you get the chance to see one of these beasts flat out, under full load .... so for your delectation .....
takes a while to 'get going', but worth the wait ..... no idea on the eventual figures as it'd started to pee down and seemed to take 'em forever calculating the outputs
oh and watch the steam start to appear out of the brake's water reservoir tank
... started to pee down, half way up the M50 on the way there .... but'd reached a tolerable wetness, by our arrival ... told it'd lashed it down the previous night - we'd had sod all .IMHDO was a bit of a subdued event, compared to the usual 'carnival' atmosphere
sadly.Disappointing day TBH and was heading for the car, to catch up with the rest of 'em, to leave, when my eye was caught by a bit of kit i'd seen being dragged about earlier in the day, which'd looked at first glance like a big water pump ..... anyway
Turned out on closer inspection, to be a water brake dynamometer and they were just hooking up a gert Traction engine to it ..... departure was delayed
not often you get the chance to see one of these beasts flat out, under full load .... so for your delectation .....
takes a while to 'get going', but worth the wait
..... no idea on the eventual figures as it'd started to pee down and seemed to take 'em forever calculating the outputs oh and watch the steam start to appear out of the brake's water reservoir tank
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V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
this is SOME lift ..... some tail weight too ... not seen 'em rigged like that before
..... some tail weight too ... not seen 'em rigged like that before
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
I'd guess this guy is NOT happy ........... was a toss up between here ... or the I challenge you to make me laugh thread
Furniss
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pettsy
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Never really seen a hooklift hooking up, not being square on can’t have helped this situation can it?
Mogman
What man as done, man can do, what never has,maybe
Well over loaded plus too much weight on one side
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Smiffy
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You can pick up bins wonky as long as you are square to them by the time they hit the rear rollers
The skip is poorly loaded and the rear Tyre is sunk in the ground so soft ground and looks on a side slope anyway
The skip is poorly loaded and the rear Tyre is sunk in the ground so soft ground and looks on a side slope anyway
pettsy
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Is it normal for them to lift the front axle when loading?
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
a few of the bins going out of my yard had them off the deck when they picked 'em up
..... didn't have any lie down though
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Monkeybusiness
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The guy filming obviously knew it was a piss-take of a load as he seemed to be being careful not to be seen by the driver...
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
yeh ..... very surreptitious
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