david wood

work sent us all home for day off, not even allowed in to do indoors stuff on basis too dangerous for public to enter estates too dangerous for us - newer policies since aftermath of Arwen i belive hoping it doesnt hit as we just spent 9 days with mewp crown lifting and dead wooding main drive which is looking nice and really dont want the damage! so will go with long ish lie as knackered and then book on as first responder to assist ambo service i reckon

i would google hydraulic repair type places near you and take ram there - they can test/strip to examine usually quickly. then if its seals match up new ones or if more cost effective a new ram. had ram seals done on my one which i had literally no info on just by getting blacksmith to strip and send info to his hydraulic supplier, got better grade seals and happy days

heating on for couple hrs every evening last 3 weeks, easing off now a bit but was bloody frozen after 2 weeks in hospital as temprature in there is nuts so couldnt cope without it roll on some better temps

proper knotty lumps how do you plan on splitting once you spend hrs and hrs sawing up big hydraulic splitter and time could be done

i have a large log splitter with apparently road tow ok, wouldnt tow it anywhere as its just too bouncy and slow for all time it takes me to winch with small atv winch onto or off a trailer and tie down with easy mod to trailer from engineering place its proper daft to not do it if you have a trailer it can fit on and want to do distance well worth it, can post some pics if folks want

almost exact same post dentist this week

work got an industrial henry type from a company called powerwasher services at laurencekirk, wet and dry - 3 motors! can run one or two or all 3 its not small but its crazy suction and power awesome kit

29 here yukk

kaaz mowers are honda engined, mechanically robust and simple and last really well, worth a look. we use at work and as far back as 2011 model still in use all be it less but goes just fine

mostly all masks gone here expect for healthcare settings it seems, docs surgery, dentist etc which i guess is pretty limited and i do wonder in flu season how much was transmitted in a waiting room so perhaps not worst thing smaller places like blacksmith and such havent done masks pretty much from day 1 - do remember i stopped in at blacksmith 2 -3 months into 2020 and was wondering what deal would be, whole lot of them around me for a chat as most folks were hiding and boy they like a yap on a good day. not a worry at all which was rather pleasant. work hasnt done masks for 99% of it at all in offices etc just resteraunt and shop

still burning here and actually burning more as we try to reduce oil use as much as can, later putting stove on today as sun made an appearance where as yesterday on all day

not same splitter but had some issues with mine that made it slow hydraulic filter was horrible so lots of slower, a ram seal weeping, annoyingly had to get a bigger tank as original tank wasnt matched well to pump volume,, hydraulics place checked flow rate and was 19 litres a min at pump and way too small a tank so oil got hot and that kills performance now got a 60 litre tank and doesnt matter how long i run it, how hard logs are never tops 25 celcious in summer in full sun and never drops performance but an oil/filter change will tell you a lot as a good start

having had a stray lump of rotten wood break off a log i was lifting with grab and take out small side window on our valtra i wish work had it guarded even some basic stuff, glass doesnt take that much to pop it

That looks amazing! Needs a video doing some lifting to show off that crane

thats true electric prices are getting horrible, now i know sod all about solar so i hate to imagine how many panels to be worth it, can they go on a garage roof instead of house? garage roof only has about 20 degree slope, hate thought of adding to house roof as its a windy site and dont want to compromise roof structure any. its all a totally new topic to me so any folks with an idiots guide please post,

so i rent out one semi detached house, older build but well looked after. no chance i can bring to a C without i suspect many many thousands of pounds into solar. its already fully double glazed, roof well insulated. would have to rip up wooden floors and under floor insulate to improve a wee bit, rip out new kitchen to get cavity done - which i dont like as older houses need to breathe. very effeciant boiler with all new thermostatic valves on radiators, led lighting throughout. solar may get me a C but cost versus return means i be in debt many years to do it so not really viable.

cold here now and finally wind dropped after storm last night - devastation on a truly unreal scale. huge areas in scotland minus power 28 hrs on or more and damage is just unreal spent hrs with boss today cutting open estate roads to allow emergency crews in if needed to residents, weeks and weeks of work making tidy/safe and thats ignoring the new motorway sized hole through a plantation of sitka more timber than we can possibly ever use just in stuff we have to clear, suspect we still be clearing trees next december if out of way a bit they get ignored for now. Please let the weather improve i hope

maybe a min or two longer needed there but has to be a good pink/red with nice sear on outside, cant beat a good steak

only input i really have on this is i have to say not all landlords are Ba****ds i inherited a house a few years ago that i had already put quite a lot of money into to upgrade for mother on basis made life more comfy, spent a lot of money doing a refit to put on rental market as i am super lucky and live in a rent free tied house with job. i havent raised rent a penny in 3 years had tenants, and dont plan to as they are super tenants so worth weight in gold! they are relaxed folks who dont ask for much in terms of repairs, despite me fixing every single tiny lil thing i spot wrong to keep place at nice standard - ok i would love to re tar drive but thats just money i dont have and wont go into debt for it. an example is recently they got somebody in to treat a wasp nest in shed and paid for it themselves, only found out when speaking to them to say roofer was coming round to clean gutters and check roofs, and he found a nest that needed to go away to re point a bit - first thing i did was say send me receipt/bill and i will send you money same day. So some landlords can be genuine and gives folks a bit of security in sense that monthly house costs dont rise. i understand some are needing taken out and shot too!

slightly crazy here where i am at local morrisons all day, but not helped at all by nearby tesco being mid refit of entire car park including fuel station so down to 50% local capacity. had to go fill landy as was just into red and thats no use since my first responder scheme covers 15 miles or more all directions from my house so easily a 30 mile round trip to a job required. Also i need to do a 36 mile round trip sat to spend 12 hrs or so on a ambulance for red cross - so if this crazy continues i will be topping up at half tank instead of usual 50 miles or so left point to keep me mobile. several folks in que ahead of me had plastic cans in boots of cars too. by 7pm morrisons security was moving folks on who were trying to que on main road just to keep town traffic moving and guy in filling station i spoke to said it had been mental all day. suspect wont last long as most modern cars do a fairly reasonable mileage to tank so now majority have squeezed in every drop they can must have at least a few days fuel if not week. do know i will be tad grumpy if i have to go hunt fuel by 10pm tommorow night for ambulance, sense of humour tends to get less as night wears on as i want dinner by midnight and i make a awful hungry person

i never rush folks into qouting, turn up in next 3 months and stick in a qoute to plan job for spring when warmer to cement in so when in area can qoute, as i said the 350 is average so if right person came along and said yep can do but its 400 to allow travel and i liked them and attitude its fine. not met a person worth 600 a day labour yet as thats silly money and just driving prices nuts

its not that i am demading rates - never specified yet just based on the average of all the other folks who worked on house per day. if your brother wanted the job and wasnt putting in a crazy price for what i suspect is going to be a no fun at all task, take large upvc window out in perfect condition, remove old split concrete windowsill, refit new sill and then refit window, make good harling if damaged which i cant see a way around some, leave site ready for internal finishing by decorator its not a great job, wont make anyone a fortune, and the travel to it puts folks off as its an hr out of aberdeen. I have huge belief in using local trades as everyone thats worked on house is local, money stays in community and you build up a good relationship with them. just all swamped with backlog of work after being shut down by covid

one of the problems in aberdeen is now getting trades to do jobs that arent huge money makers, all the smaller work is being ignored. I am trying to find a good builder for a day or two work and no chance at all for many months. for sparkys, roof guys, plumber, lawn folks who are willing to come work they sure aint charging that kinda money a day and have good lists ahead of them. if somebody qouted me more than 350 a day before materials they aint working for me. so if somebody in aberdeenshire knows of a good builder who can do works such as harling, replacing a windowsill then let me know.

miserable hot and humid last two days, literally cant get enough fluids into me to prevent dehydration headaches etc, roll on the cooler weather

kaaz mowers are heavy but good blade that comes on them can break as its vented on ends but stick a high lift solid one on and they are better treat engine to oil every 50 hrs and last forever can loose drive to a wheel but theres a wee pin inside wheel that breaks and saves drive/more expensive bits and its beyond easy and cheap to fix worst case you hole the deck get away with a wee thin steel patch pop rivited over - lasted 3 years like that so far