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  1. The RAMs would still make an interesting night time read Chris. Bob
  2. As above get it down as soon as possible, if the client leaves it any longer walk away. I recently mulched out a very large compartment of failed/failing Ash , most of it shattered as soon as the machine touched it. I would not be happy sending any of my climbers up dead or dying Ash. Bob
  3. Its being piped inline with all the rainwater run off , all the soakaway water will go through this big tank which will then when full overflow into a rainwater harvesting tank and only what's left over will actually go into a soakaway. Between the two tanks there will be 2500ltrs for garden watering and the 15000 ltrs will always be held back for the emergency hydrant use. 8oD.
  4. Reset the clocks! Its just gone out of the gate for the first time Bob
  5. It’s miles from the nearest hydrant and the owner is paranoid after the last house burned down, marsh made this as a special with a 110 mm outlet for the pumping equipment. Bob
  6. Dont think so Mark, the umbrella had not been invented back then so they probably just thought feck this. Bob
  7. Not so much as it is but when laid on wet concrete, filled with water to stop it swimming and then covered in concrete its basically just a load of arches, the two holes in the middle then become stanchions. Bob Another tank turned up today, this one is for 15000lts of reserve hydrant water.
  8. Makes you wonder which tongue was used when this was Doggerland, Stubby may know Bob
  9. It hasn't turned a wheel yet , they are either scared of it or think its a trap Bob
  10. Or, Qui eorum sciunt Latine I`ll get me coat. Bob
  11. Gurt rainwater harvesting tank turned up at the yard yesterday instead of being delivered straight to the job. Made by Graf , never used them before but they really are HD, must be nearly 15mm thick judging by the weight.
  12. Probably the same as you, in the absence of the right kit you just have to tough it out. looks well. Bob
  13. Steve it really hits home when an artic load of bagged whips turn up for a planting scheme and they all tagged in Latin, kin nightmare. Bob
  14. One of the Transits has just had the once over , fresh paint courtesy of our one eyed painter , no dents, no plastic broken and it has two mirrors . Its back on the road tomorrow ' Who can guess how long it will be before the resident Luddites rip something off , smash it up. lose a mirror or dent it ? The victim
  15. I just picked up a terex ( same as atlas) 105.2 which is also piped for a grab/rotator and has flip up legs , also came with a diesel power pack, remote with charger and its still in test all for £1500. Its going on one of the trucks, seemed a lot of kit for the money, they are about .
  16. Ply is ok but does end up looking a bit tatty, unless you brace the top or put a lid on it the sides always splay out. Facing ply with Alubond can tart it up.
  17. Its just as bad around here Don for all us law abiding cycle users , these lycra clad teletubby racing bikists are always cutting me up and swearing at me Bob:)
  18. Top prize has to go to a log goblin a few years ago that had me load him up with sticks and then stopped on the way out to to fill in any gaps
  19. A bolt in air bag load assister that works with the original springs, just pump them up to load level. Just saying. Bob Ford Transit Double RWD Air Suspension Kit 2001-2019 Continental 6 inch Air Bags WWW.EBAY.CO.UK 2 Air inlet valves. The original suspension will not be removed. The semi-airsuspension are designed to co-operate with the...
  20. "A council spokesman said: “The trees, which were situated on private land, were being felled by the landowner, apparently due to highway safety concerns." Seems plausible, there are not many woodland managers these days with a budget that will stretch to "tree surgery". We have winched in hundreds of roadside trees over the years, many only needed deadwooding, in a lot of cases there is not even the money to sned them out , pull them in and on to the next one. Bob
  21. Not sure on reach Connor but its got four extensions , no electrics and can pick up four ton at full stretch. Its 28ton mtr but punches well past whats good for it or the truck, it will pull the truck over if you are not careful. Used it to dismantle a few trees and because it slews 360 degrees you can work it off the front of the lorry which is a lot easier in some cases than trying to get alongside. Bob
  22. Helped the lads site another one of those sewage treatment plants and a pumped rainwater harvesting tank in my mates garden.
  23. The yanks have got it right J , big engines with gobs of torque at low down revs and everything around it built to last, horse power for a tow barge is sort of meaningless , you really do need to see where in the rev range maximum torque is produced . I ran a rhd Chevy v8 diesel pick up for years, only rated at about 160 hp but would pull four ton plus of trailer as if there nothing there, spares were dirt cheap and readily available , also simple to work on. If I could find another right hand drive one I would grab it. Bob
  24. I bought a couple of 201tc`s and went with 12" bars, was listening to the chimps trying to kill them the other day and thought 12" was pretty much the limit. Bob

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