sandy2210

wee digger needed a hand from the landy's winch to-day not so easy when on your own

fires were other side of town from here but we got a great veiw of it from here quite spectacular - tho must have been frightening for those over that side of town, son in law is local retained fireman and was on duty for days, some houses very lucky

not loch fyne but loch linnie ben nevis is just to the right of the digger in first pic , i am about 3 miles south of fort-william

agree 100?% with eddie on this we had a hired in digger like yours with a kerb grab with rotator fitted the number of times you "forgot" which way the switch was and released the kerb was uncanny hire co then got a new grab that hung on like a timber grab but had it plumbed so the bucket crowd worked the grab and the pedal the rotator, again not ideal as the rotator on the pedal was to violent and to easy to drop the kerbs with just a slight movment of the crowd , at my suggestion they swapped them over and now it is ideal, can rotate with very accurate with small movment of the bucket crowd and a positive grab/release with the pedal I do envy your setup I have a 3 ton jcb with hydraulic thumb that has been the best investvent i ever made

did you get the pedal/buttons all sorted out then what works the rotator and grab and do you have good control of each function

I was stopped by the police last night and failed the breath test - on to police stn and gave a urine sample, as i was leaving i noticed the sample on the desk and managed to whip it into my pocket Think i will get away with drink driving but my lawer says i may get done with taking the p*ss

think these are very rare seen a 148 4wd in one of the mags lately for £14,000 albeit restored

just back from Ireland after help dig and fill sister-in-laws grave also helped with father in laws back in January 20 odd years ago when working up a remote glen was asked to dig grave for old spinster who died - overseen by her 85 brother who complete with flat cap held down with baler twine and pipe going strong to keep the midges at bay we uncovered a scull after much head scratching by the brother and heel/toe measuring from a rowan tree he announced "aye that will be auntie mary right enough I forgot all about her" didnt know to laugh or cry inverness council have a mini digger with a blade at each end to save spraging round when digging graves on hilly cemetrys

just been given a connect van with 2 sliding side doors with windows and proper back seats fitted, back windows blanked out. Anyone know what category/speed limits this comes under

dalmaly is as close to fort-william as it is to oban

only if you find the pipe somewhere and attach the genny to it. some marker tapes now also have a tracer wire through it but again you need to find it first and attach the genny AND it will only work as far as the first break in the wire they are not always joined when laid originally or when repairs to pipe etc carried out street light cable can be traced by attaching the genny to nearby lamppost ( it works through the earth wire ) for drains if you open a manhole and push a piece of wire along the pipe and attach the genny you can trace it -try electric cable tied to draining rods you can get a "thingy" that goes on the end of a draining rod and gives off a signal but this needs 2 people as you can only pick it up directly above it and so easy to "lose" it depth indicator also only works with the genny but NEVER EVER beleive it I will never write down a depth when marking out for digging it just gives the boys hand digging an idea where they might find it genny will also work if you know where a phone or electric cable is and sit genny on ground above it it will put a signal into the cable that you can follow erratic results from the cat can de for a number of reasons swinging it from side to side in front of you common mistake as can cat being set too sensitive also loops in bt or electric cables near where it goes up a pole can be very confusing

think the worst one I ever chased was a hand reared but now fully grown cow that followed our 6 year old son upstairs and into his bedroom - it point blank refused to go back down stairway !!!!

£1.44.9 for diesel in our local

only time I drove to bradford I had to take the train home, car found burnt out a week later!!!

getting a loan of a walktax and already have a wheel so will try both to see how they compare i'll update this thread with my findings

not measured or even erected yet thats just an educated guess

we are talking about 4500 m here about 1000 through a clearfell with all the stumps and drains

ever tried walking up a steep banking taking 1m steps!!

ever tried a wheel over heather and rocks and peat hags probably a lot more up and down than the fence

thanks spruce pirate stanton hope still have them on their website will give them a call

on hill ground that would be way out

got new kettle but never asked youngster to switch it on --kettle was not the only thing not "switched on"

would gps work when the ground is very up/down into streams etc some bits would be about 50 meters on a "map" but double on the ground

asked young lad at work to go an put the kettle on as we finished a bit of concrete -when the ar*s burned out of it he said he wasnt asked to fill it as well

does anyone know the proper name any where i can get one of the things for measuring a fence using handheld thing with biodegradable thread running through it . its a hill fence so wheel not much use , tried google fleabay etc without any luck