Druidic exploits of a various nature!!

[v8druid]

been for a bit of a reccy on the next fill spot yesterday afternoon .... field was nice an' dry .. this ain't !!!!!


bit of a run down into it .....








might be a bit circumspect on how much I put in the Thwaites ... for a few loads anyway





'tis a tad damp in the hole





Like a swamp apparently when it's 'proper wet' and needs about 800mm putting in there to return it to where it once was ..... so I'm told !!

Must be well over a 12 month since I was down in there with the guy whose field it is and he showed me what he'd like filled up.


as for why .... it's a combination of wash out, animal erosion and gert tyres ripping into it trying to get traction climbing out of there


Photos don't really show it very well at all, I'm afraid ..... gonna be bloody steep going in skip first, but going to have to, to lay some out in front of me, as I drop in there.

had hoped to have had a go at it today ........ but ....


bloody weddings .....


one in particular today ....


day knackered ....


granny and mummy welded to the box, with Clara (for about 2 minutes) ... the rest of the day with me and a long one it's been too .!!


Perfect dross shifting day .... hopefully, so too will be Monday, et seq


Never mind ..... she'll only be this small once ..... and she's had a great day with grand-dad
Now to go put everything away !!!!

Sunday tomorrow so a 'quiet (ish) day' ...... might see if I can get summat done to Alex's Blec stone lifter .... make some progress with the weather, at least

[v8druid]

forgot to add .......... got 'em all re-bagged and filled on Friday .....





just need to get 'em up out the way and what's left in the heap, into 'storage'.


Alex brought me this the other evening .... .... luvverly jubbly.





and has two more for me ..... Pam is of the opinion it's too good for block storage ..... **** knows what else she thinks she's gonna put in 'em


it is very nice though !!

[v8druid]

Much as I love the lil' bugger .... he's a PITA, with a death wish .....





not content to stay in the cab ..... in my seat .......... been stood up, in there, shifting bags of blocks about, before sticking a bucket on ....


last seen heading down the patch .... could see his bum in my mirror...


put the bucket on the floor to hop her around and head up the ramp for some dirt shifting .... no sooner it touched down and ......





He's in it !!!!!
before I can get down and shift him, he's disappeared !!


WTF has he gone now .... climb down to take him down the house and damn me .... perfect positioning, out of my line of sight from the cab ....








Gave up, switched her off and went and had a cuppa ....... in the hope he'd follow and settle in the house somewhere !!!


He did ..................... eventually !!

[v8druid]

eventually got the ol' girl up in position for some spoil shifting ....








best thing since sliced bread, cornflakes and VA booms ....... swivel tip dumper !!





so much easier slotting these into 'em when they'm pointing in the right direction to start !!!!!





another 5 loads relocated this afternoon ..... long ol' turnaround where it's going to and 'early bath' tonight for me 'hamster juice' !!

[v8druid]

got a bit late last night to bang these few in ..... early kick off with Clara this morning and I was knacked ....


a long way back up from the gateway I'm tipping into ......





some careful tipping got it relatively spread, but have to be on the ball with the tip/swivel lever, to get it where i want it ...





getting there though .... few more loads'll have it looking a bit more accessible ... I might consider taking Jakie down in there to square it about a bit more ....doesn't look so daunting as it did and can turn around in the far field now without fear of getting trapped in the hole





Thwaites tracks it in well too!


'tis a long way down to get to it though .... and pretty steep ... I'll take me inclinometer next trip and see just what it is !!!!!

[Stock]

" there's an inclinometer on the starboard bow, starboard bow, Starboard bow,"
" there's an inclinometer on the starboard bow, scare 'em off Wee Jim"

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[Mattir]

” it’s a long long way to tippingrary?”

[v8druid]

" there's an inclinometer on the starboard bow, starboard bow, Starboard bow,"
" there's an inclinometer on the starboard bow, scare 'em off Wee Jim"

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LOL Stock ..... though I do believe they'm wuz Cling ons!! ...... yer know, like the bears get in the woods

[v8druid]

” it’s a long long way to tippingrary?”

More comedic humour ..... but very good Matt ...... who's next ....... oh sorry that's already been done .... by The Who ... some classic sounds there one of my fave albums of all time

[v8druid]

thought we were gonna get piddled on Wednesday morning, but the sun eventually shone and was a glorious day ....


another seven loads have got it looking a tad better





stuck a bund across the bottom end of the small stream, to encourage it down the pipe it supposed to drop into .... and divert it elsewhere if it doesn't...
will hopefully help stop this washing out again





a good 400-500mm of fill gone into there to bring it back to where it was





could do with dropping a couple more loads at the edge and getting jake down in there to grade it over in places ...
tough going trying to tip just the right amount, out of a seven foot wide skip, that you can't see at all !!





bad news was, it's supposed to pee down from about 4 a.m. ..... for three days !!


good news was I'd a truck arriving in the a.m. ..... with a Happy Birthday to me prezzy on't back of it ......
it was a bit early, but I'd live with the disappointment of not having it on the day, LOL












FFS!!!!!! .... Fotobucket site was down yet again this morning ..... it's always a bloody Friday


aside from their extortionate new rates and lack of support for historic links, is it any wonder ppl are leaving like lemmings off a cliff !!


have had to sit tight waiting for it today ...... hopefully it'd be back up soon !!! ...... which it eventually was

Pam approves of, even likes, the colour, so bonus in that direction ... didn't stop the inevitable "How much?" though


A little larger than I've been hunting for, but it'll do the job, very nicely and I can't fault the hours on it - just about run in



not summat to poke yer fingers into ...





was looking for 20-25Kva, but this ain't a lot bigger, will run 'light' .. and frugally ...





..... without being a great deal larger, physically





ex standby, hence the very low hours. Totally self contained and a super silent enclosure. (it is nice and quiet)
Full auto control gear, or manual operation and'll run just about anything I ever care to plug into it.
Nice service history, with hours recorded, (to two decimal places), at each service


My mate, who does gennies for a living, has failed to come up with anything comparable, for the bucks and rates these sets highly.
He's only ever had one fail on him -- down to some muppet filling with dirty fuel and knackering the pump ....
his advice was "cheap, buy it - good, reliable set ... will last you forever .... save on a coffin and get buried in it " LOL


Triple Iveco/Cummins, with a Stamford-Newage back end.
New battery, (with auto trickle charger/conditioner, when hard wired), new engine water heater, full 300+ltr belly tank of juice, serviced 3 hrs ago, delivered to me door !! .....
Not been messed about with - as it left the maker's factory


Been looking for quite some time and this is the best I've seen in a while.
Make a grand more, usually, with 4-5000+hrs on 'em !!


Some paint work to attend to, on the enclosure and a couple door locks to replace, but think I can manage that !!

taken bloody months to find it
the good 'uns do not hang about for long ... had to 'strike' PDQ on this one
You can see why .... just the ticket !!




First time I've been out the door today ..... been abso****inglutely lashing it down all day ..... was expecting to see worse ........ 'bout 6" deep, but the rest has been draining away well





drain sumps are all running like hell ..... first time in a couple of weeks
A LOT more forecast for the weekend, but then it is Aber Steam Rally B/hol. weekend, so what can we expect !!
Can't remember the last time they had a decent weekend for it ....
the local park, in the centre of town, will look like the Somme on Monday evening, after all the engines have dragged themselves in and out of there several times ....
very sad for the organisers and all involved, but when will they learn .... this weekend is cursed - end of !!!!


One of the many things I learned, from my few weeks with Alex last year, was 'seal' it down, at the end of the day, if it looks like rain !!




Reckon this last load of loose, on top'd been everywhere, after the deluges we've had since about 3 a.m. last night .... and the night before !!

[AndrewMawson]

Sadly no pictures showing, Druid, just gaps where they should be :(

[v8druid]

Sadly no pictures showing, Druid, just gaps where they should be :(

Photobucket playing silly bar stewards again Andrew ....... can see them all here this morning
Friday seems to be their 'piss everyone about day' ... they call it site maintenance .... was on/off all day yesterday.
I find it exceptionally annoying as I pay for my pic. hosting.

let me know if it persists and I will give them some shit

[Muz]

Photobucket playing silly bar stewards again Andrew ....... can see them all here this morning
Friday seems to be their 'piss everyone about day' ... they call it site maintenance .... was on/off all day yesterday.
I find it exceptionally annoying as I pay for my pic. hosting.

let me know if it persists and I will give them some shit

Many software companies release updates on Fridays, so the great unwashed get to deal with, and fix/workaround any issues without the avaialabilty of tech support over the weekend, and by Monday ... only the serious complainers with serious issues are left and so their workload is halved .... cynical ? .. who?.... me ? .........

[v8druid]

Many software companies release updates on Fridays, so the great unwashed get to deal with, and fix/workaround any issues without the avaialabilty of tech support over the weekend, and by Monday ... only the serious complainers with serious issues are left and so their workload is halved .... cynical ? .. who?.... me ? .........

well they're pissing me off the last couple of days ...... can't even log into the site, let alone my a/c ..... snotty email dispatched .... they're usually pretty quick at replying ..... bet they're inundated ATM

[AndrewMawson]

Nope! Pictures still not showing :(