Druid's 'Drema's Druidfab Attachments !!

[jörgen.ottosson]

I can see that its put to good use... (although I haven't figured out what.... ...yet )

I rely like this mechanical jacks.

Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150530_12_49_34_Pro_zpsd8008zse.jpg

[V8Druid]

I can see that its put to good use... (although I haven't figured out what.... ...yet )

I really like these mechanical jacks.

Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150530_12_49_34_Pro_zpsd8008zse.jpg

Yeh they're great jacks Jörgen!
we call them 'toe jacks' or 'toe and heel jacks' ...... the beauty of them is they'll work any way up - the hydraulic versions are limited on their orientation a lot of the time.
Used to use them a lot for machinery movement ..... had a 150 cm tall one too, but needed two people to move it around or a sack truck.
It's remarkable what you can do/shift/lift with a few of these 'boys', a couple of roller bars and some skates

[V8Druid]

As I said ........ coming along ..........


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150604_13_13_28_Pro_zpspkamt0qs.jpg


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150604_16_35_12_Pro_zpsfisizubr.jpg


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150604_16_35_23_Pro_zpsqcbgwq4j.jpg

set up on the bench for assembly


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150606_16_00_45_Pro_zpsextgzhii.jpg

bit of a try on


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150606_16_46_15_Pro_zpsnji3nsnn.jpg

Getting too heavy to man handle now so having to sling it.

well that's a fit


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150606_16_46_06_Pro_zpsj18fkuer.jpg


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150606_16_46_38_Pro_zpsiqysfnir.jpg


and back to the bench for a full 'firm up'

Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150606_18_07_05_Pro_zpsagkyb1p0.jpg



Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150606_18_07_13_Pro_zpsmn4dbqkg.jpg


Any guesses yet?



A hell of a lot of thought gone into some inventive cutting here but the clean up is a bitch

Was only thinking the other day, that 'in the day', I'd have dropped a new piece of steel into the band-saw, lopped off exactly what I wanted - at all the right angles, machined as required and stuck it together, all in a couple of hours, instead of the long winded process this has been


One issue has been that; as usual the box isn't perfect - rarely get it perfectly square and true, which causes all sorts of problems to be allowed for


A case of creative re-cycling though - with the current cost of materials, a half a tonne or so of steel to re-use is a gift horse not to be scoffed at!!
Got relieved of 160 quid Friday for some materials that weren't a lot to look at in the trailer, but available instantly and cut as I wanted 'em, so a premium had to be paid!!


Next time'll be a direct supply and wait - reckon I got 'hit' for 70-ish% OTT /above cost (unless steel's nearly doubled in price since October) ... was expecting +30-40% but!! ........ C'est la vie!!

[V8Druid]

cleaned off the next bit with the 'axe' and ground it up clean


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150607_15_35_43_Pro_zps6cd4f6y2.jpg

set it up


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150608_14_10_49_Pro_zpsqmqlgxnx.jpg

and stitched it ready for a trial fit


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150608_14_48_20_Pro_zps2h28tyh1.jpg

which worked out just fine


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150608_14_57_40_Pro_zpsrtdlekdf.jpg

It's a.n.other set that'll pick off the floor with the blade.I first thought of doing it with the remnants of the grab frame some time ago.



Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150608_15_00_27_Pro_zpsejlmrnhl.jpg



Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150608_15_00_40_Pro_zpsazwwvsnx.jpg

getting it jus' right was paramount but also needed to get max lift too!


Back on't bench for a firm up, some more gussets


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150608_17_13_09_Pro_zps42nmtwgj.jpg

an' a coat of primer


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150608_20_18_29_Pro_zps75zy36xg.jpg

Followed by a coat of 'Bitter Choccy' brown (as I've run out o' Druid Gold, 'til I get some more)!!


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150609_17_47_25_Pro_zps1zl4dqcd.jpg

and here they are sat on't 'Drema's blade ready for action


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150609_17_56_12_Pro_zps2q0gkweb.jpg

I've also got a metre set of forks to fit this carriage, if I want some shorter ones


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150609_17_56_20_Pro_zpsb1wksty2.jpg

I've an idea to utilise the bracket, for a tray also.
Either using forks for a quick lift, in integral slots in the base, or I've got some spare top fork lugs that positioned right, on the back of a tray I could hang on the carriage rail and with two 1" bolts, through the two holes in the carriage, secure it to the brackets, so it'd be an easy up/down, for on / off.

It was a spare carriage I had sat and I wanted a set that'd be pick-able off the floor too. they're good for 3 ton so reckoned it'd be enough for the blade, although I dare say it'd pick a hell of a lot more.

Plus it's 'part 1' for a tray, as I say. Gonna have to 'trip over' some suitable materials for that though, first.

Would've been nice if they'd been on a 4ft carriage, but 3 ft'll do for now. If/when I trip over some more carriage rail, I'll 'add' a bit to each end. ...... 'Nother 3 ft carriage'd be handy, suitably lopped and 'adjusted' to suit to end up with a 6ft carriage


Then it was on to the next bits!!


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150610_15_14_04_Pro_zpskjea9e8m.jpg

This'll have you guessing for a while !!

[V8Druid]

couple more to tease yer's all


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150610_18_19_03_Pro_zpstos18vys.jpg


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150610_20_30_43_Pro_zpssvz1tj8w.jpg



Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150611_18_57_37_Pro_zps4gega99s.jpg



Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150611_19_38_07_Pro_zpsktlfrptp.jpg


"Waste not, want not" ......... would've been a bloody sight easier with some new stuff though


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150612_14_05_47_Pro_zpsc1ecjle3.jpg



Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150612_19_29_25_Pro_zpsc5gpdp1c.jpg



Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150613_16_45_43_Pro_zpsezzz1koy.jpg



Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150613_16_56_18_Pro_zpssloo8mqh.jpg

Answers on an e-postcard please

[jörgen.ottosson]

Nice, So the fist contraption....fork lifts for the blade. ( I know you mentioned it earlier on....but I never would have guessed...)

.....by the locks of it I not sure that I dear take a guess on the next one.....

[V8Druid]

Nice, So the fist contraption....fork lifts for the blade. ( I know you mentioned it earlier on....but I never would have guessed...)

.....by the locks of it I not sure that I dear take a guess on the next one.....

LOL Jörgen
Better put you out of your misery then!!

[V8Druid]

Ok, so .............

Here's the latest little idea that's been ticking over in the Druid's grey matter for a while.
Need some extra height, on a reach, to get at the pine end of the barn, from the neighbour's yard, so .......


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150610_17_02_22_Pro_zpsvfif0eht.jpg


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150610_17_02_43_Pro_zpssledo3kp.jpg



Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150610_18_11_48_Pro_zpsecofzg8w.jpg


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150613_17_11_14_Pro_zpseyfherqt.jpg

.......... I's been at the bench again.


The bracket's a bit of a lump, 'cos what's going on it is too!!


As usual, whenever I'm trying to do something, there's at least one of the cats who wants to see what's going on !!

before I could get on with it there were the remnants of the two brackets it was originally attached to the Toyota FLT with, to attend to .....


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150610_15_40_26_Pro_zpsajiffc3w.jpg


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150610_15_40_41_Pro_zpsztdmchm8.jpg



Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150610_16_01_22_Pro_zps8eht69q5.jpg

They took some persuading off, but they gave up eventually .


This is the triple stage 18' 6" lift mast that I might've mentioned before.


The bracket's set at the 45 deg angle to avoid it making contact with the bucket crowd ram on the dipper on full crowd. It's also this sort of size to give me something/a decent size 'footprint' to sit it on, when it's off.
I'll make up some sort of lock mechanism to make sure the forks stay at the bottom of the mast, when it's parked.
I could lay it down, but would ideally need to take the forks off, each time, to get it sitting flat, to do that!


Hopefully if it continues to be dry I might get the bracket finished off and perhaps even mounted soon.


Gonna need to have an 'in depth conversation' with my mate The Mog (who picked up the 'Drema for me) then, to pick his brains again on his 'magic' single acting on dual circuit plumbing idea, 'cos I can't recall the finer nuances of what gets plumbed where - least I want to check I've got it/remember it right


As usual and as some may have already discovered, there's a load more pix of this here, for anyone who cares for a gander ......... http://s1275.photobucket.com/user/v8...deshow/buckets


having got it all assembled and nailed together ......


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150615_17_35_03_Pro_zpsmg77vj4y.jpg



'Twas time to see if it'd fit on't hitch ....


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150615_15_55_43_Pro_zpsw8o2pcwp.jpg

before dropping it into place to see if it'd fit on the mast


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150615_17_43_47_Pro_zpsdlj5bqfm.jpg

and clamping it up ready for some serious welding to attach it.


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150615_18_46_52_Pro_zpsyjusxvnd.jpg

got it reasonably consolidated ....


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150615_19_46_42_Pro_zpseebzucgp.jpg

then quality control took a look over it to make sure it was OK ....


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150615_19_46_56_Pro_zpsxqk4jfmm.jpg

before it got picked up for a bit of a trial fit ......


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150616_12_26_40_Pro_zpsnzrlayww.jpg

before it got turned over for yet more welding up.


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150616_17_24_54_Pro_zpssjzmgmnd.jpg

then turned again .....


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150616_17_44_01_Pro_zpsrbprbbrk.jpg

for ...... you guessed it ......... yet more hot stick !


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150616_18_42_52_Pro_zpsccclfper.jpg

'til I was happy it was solid enough to chuck it about a bit ...



Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150616_19_40_05_Pro_zps4iqgeaos.jpg


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150616_19_42_29_Pro_zpsqfdooaxi.jpg

'Drema handles it well and I'll be weighing it shortly to see just what's sitting there to give me an idea of capacities.
Ultimately this is more about gaining height, for access use, rather than lifting capacity. hence the great care in ensuring it is well and truly stuck together.

[V8Druid]

Several tedious hours of cutting and fettling later and I'd 'ended' 6 new pins;


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150617_18_56_43_Pro_zpsgiawedzh.jpg

two for the fork mast, which are much longer than all t'others


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150617_21_23_35_Pro_zpsdvvzawzq.jpg

two for the 3 ft Geith bucket which need to be shorter than the rest,


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150617_21_24_22_Pro_zpspjaytkz6.jpg

and two more 'standard' ones for the grab.


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150617_21_24_04_Pro_zpsrtsdyeq8.jpg

Having returned the 'std.' pins out of the Geith to the B20 adapter, everything now has pins and can just be 'grabbed' at will, without faffing about swapping pins around.


As you can see the mast got the best part of a first coat of shiny tish, but I still had a few more bits I wanted to add, hence the 'shiny' bits, missing paint!!


added a few more extra bits and rolled it yet again to get at 'em to weld the undersides


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150619_12_51_02_Pro_zpsrmkpbznf.jpg

removed the extraneous lugs that originally held the tilt rams


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150619_15_54_12_Pro_zpst15nw14p.jpg

flipped it back over and finished off all the additional welding


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150619_17_03_40_Pro_zps5g5wth3a.jpg

to finally end up with this,


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150619_19_39_30_Pro_zps7qlptcsv.jpg

......... ready for some plumbing, after a conversation is had with 'the Mog', 'bout his trick one way plumbing circuit, to make it yet another Druidfab 'Drema attachment (which I have need to use shortly)
Better find it its forks soon!


As per usual, there're loads more of the various bits of this, sat here for anyone who cares to take a gander - http://s1275.photobucket.com/user/v8...deshow/buckets

as this is such a lump I thought I'd better have a suss of just what it weighs


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150622_14_02_10_Pro_zpsdmaxnhls.jpg


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150622_14_01_06_Pro%202_zpsa5b04y6j.jpg


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150622_14_00_55_Pro%202_zpsi9bxsmxi.jpg

I wasn't far out with my guesstimate of about a tonne!

while I had the load cell out I thought I'd get some weights on t'other bits 'n bobs too


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150622_14_41_15_Pro%202_zpsxn8yr56i.jpg


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150622_14_41_05_Pro%202_zpsjytmgbv3.jpg

surprised at this, a little


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/Druidfab%20VA%20Rotor/WP_20150622_14_11_55_Pro%202_zpsxsubks6k.jpg


But not at this one - 'bout where I expected it to be

then the batteries decided they'd had enough - that, or the cell didn't like being awoken from its slumbers - couldn't get any further sense out of it, so went and got a smaller analogue out of hiding.


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150622_14_59_45_Pro_zpswvpzk6rj.jpg


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150622_14_59_40_Pro_zpsxajtxm1u.jpg


checked it against this one and pretty smack on ........


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150622_15_04_07_Pro_zpsamtuxpqj.jpg



Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150622_15_04_19_Pro_zpsem9asogz.jpg

'collection corner' LOL!


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150622_18_37_51_Pro_zpsntdfmebq.jpg

[V8Druid]

well the conversation with Mog was had and he gave me a real easy way to get me FLT mast plumbed up, so it was a shopping trip to hydraulic heaven son for a few weird fitting converters ..... bloody Jap fittings .... and hopefully a bit of a try out thereafter!!

Shopping trip was had and wallet lightened by 'enough' - didn't have two fittings I wanted so we had to 'improvise', otherwise I'd have had to go back again today - 30+ mile round trip for two fittings didn't appeal


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/Druidfab%20VA%20Rotor/WP_20150625_18_12_59_Pro_zpshk9ydfc7.jpg

the fittings I wanted (and they didn't have) were to enable me to swap the weird screw together QCs, on't drema dipper, for some 1/2" FFs so had to make up an adapter for now and I'll pick up said fittings again, but it did mean the hoses ended up a foot longer than planned ....... for now anyway !!

and so to ...... the mast ........


Got myself an adapter, from the FLT mast cylinder port (JIC apparently, not Jap. metric), to get me to BSP. I'd already sussed that one of the 3/8" tilt hoses, that I'd replaced with quarters, when I was plumbing the VA-r finally, would be perfect for the job, so suitable fittings were acquired/pulled out of stock and said pipe persuaded into spot.
Getting the cylinder port fitting back in was a tad 'testing', but got there in the end ... took some getting out in the first place !!


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150626_16_51_23_Pro_zps97ybbpdm.jpg



having sussed t'other end, a suitable bracket was created for a b/head fitting .......



Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150626_16_51_11_Pro_zpskxapkzqv.jpg


........ welded into spot and 'tar-ed' before the plumbing went in



Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150626_17_22_38_Pro_zpsxghfiepl.jpg


prior to getting picked up again, off the bench,



Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150626_17_31_01_Pro_zps7vkzni3y.jpg


and onto the floor for a try .........


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150626_17_45_04_Pro_zpsaj83dwkn.jpg


Mog's plumbing solution was even easier than I'd originally recalled (he'd been catering for it being permanently plumbed into the system with a diverter valve) and was a simple case of returning one service direction straight to tank, whilst using t'other, to provide oil to the mast cylinder.


So a tank return was required and the easiest solution for a try out was the breaker return - looks a bit 'Heath' ATM as I was just using what I had to hand, to get it there. A neater solution will be forthcoming!!
Plus as I say I'm short on two metric/BSP M/M adapters from my shopping expedition !



Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150626_17_44_42_Pro_zpsq7e2kng5.jpg


It did however produce the desired effect!
Rotate pedal forward and up goes the carriage ......



Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150626_17_50_09_Pro_zpsz3obs1h1.jpg


Pedal back ........ and after an initial pause, where I'm thinking "bollo .... it ain't gonna happen", it quietly returned to the mast base.
The return was also better when the engine rev.s had dropped back to idle ?


Need to get me test weight down from where it's sat and stick it on there.


I was reluctant to take it full up, without a tonne, or more on it, to get the lil' b****rd back down
It also appears to have some 'air' issues, which a good amount of weight is going to hopefully 'iron out/dispel !!


This mast hasn't been used in 5 years, or more, so everything's a bit stiff. Chains have all been off, soaked and oiled and re-fitted, but until it's up, all the rollers are inaccessible for some lube and TLC


Also, having the mast on the floor and the oil tank 10 ft above it, returning through the filter top, probably didn't help, so it could well perform better with it in the air a bit, or as I say, with a bit of 'gravity assist' in the form of a 1200kg test weight.


The eagle eyed amongst you will have spotted that when I piped up the VA-r with its new hoses, I'd put a QC on the tank return port, as I wanted to 'borrow it' to give this 'un a try.


The pipes, as seen, are long because, as I say, I was some fittings short to alter the 'Drema's QCs on't dipper, which'll re-position the QCs a foot or so, further back up the dipper.


I'm still considering whether to do the same to the P port on the VA-r, (put it on a QC), so's the plumbing can get stuck away, in the dry/out the weather, whilst not in use.
It's currently 'hard plumbed' / fixed.


I realise that the more QCs, the more chance of a leak, etc., but it has its advantages, for me !!


Plus, with Jack at Holmbury back on the scene, with his bargain Holmbury FFs, I'll probably replace all the ISOs with FFs and they drop so little on the change, it's a negligible issue.


Any thoughts guys ?????

[V8Druid]

This is the pine end I need to get at - the barges haven't had a coat of paint in 5 years and the window head needs re-sealing - this is the end that catches all the weather and if Mrs D's up to it, it also needs some dry verge screwing on too


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/scans/WP_20150629_19_11_35_Pro_zpsbetssyq9.jpg

The neighbour's yard is a good 6 ft lower and is the closest I can get - gotta reach over the shed, then UP !! - it's a kin long way up on a 6 x 4 tower scaffold and feels even further off a ladder - done it and don't fancy a second go!!



Had a foray up the bank to the upper level Tuesday, hoiked me test weight out from where it was hiding amongst the rubble/boulder pile and parked it somewhere a little more accessible from down the bottom level .......... well on the bottom level actually ...... damn this 'Drema'll reach with a lump on !!

So ........ on to the weight .........


Grabbed it yesterday morning,



Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150701_17_10_55_Pro_zpsmaied1px.jpg


and sat it on the FLT mast forks ......



Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150701_17_16_28_Pro_zpsven9c6gh.jpg


...... before coupling up to lift it all out of its corner.
Thought I'd just pop the safety in first, just in case like ..... !!

Swung it round in front of the 'Drema and got ourselves all nice an' level !!


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150701_19_38_00_Pro_zpsumfsxz4t.jpg


It's been over 30 deg.s C here the last couple of days and well over 38C in the boxes, which is where the hose was for this.

Mental note to self .... cool hose down, in the water butt, before trying to couple up next time - QCs each end and no-where for yon expanding oil to go, 'cept make a dash for freedom the moment you show one half of an ISO the other half!!!!!


After I'd cleaned up, I got it all connected up (all ISOs are going to be changed to FFs in the very near future)!!


So ........ a tentative bit of pedal motion and up went 1200kgs of concrete, sweet as!!



Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150701_17_49_57_Pro_zpsz65s010l.jpg


...... to the top of the first stage - this was a low headroom FLT mast and the carriage is always at the top of the mast before it extends, itself.
Tried it back down and again, sweet as with that lump on it.


So ........ back up and on upwards it went .....



Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150701_18_01_26_Pro_zpsglz7vhdf.jpg


the next two stages are simultaneous and keep on going, all the way to 18'6" off the deck !!!!!


This was the point at which Mrs D returned from her Keep fit class of a Wednesday evening and after the casual "oh you got it working then" remark, announced tea in five "an' don't be long" !!


So it got put on't deck and that's where it sat last night, as it was a bit late to go back out and crank her up again after tea............. (deference to the neighbours, etc) !


So no, I haven't tried 'lofting' this and it certainly won't be attempted with the bugger at that height for starters and probably not with quite that much weight on board either ........... I'm after access, not lifting cap, least not for the foreseeable anyway !!


Been chauffeuring SWMBO about most of the day today, as a 'shopping trip' to Hereford was needed apparently!!
'Drema's been on her lonesome all day, but don't seem to have got a lot done in my absence
Not too much of an issue though, this morning, as it's been persisting down most of the day, so not a total loss an' the boss has had her day in Hereford ably assisted by Moi !!

New day tomorrow ............ for a full house try out ............... at full height (with a little less weight on board)

[ja-bond77]

The reason for the forks dropping slower with higher revs is because all the extra oil that the maschine is pumping through the return filter at the same time as the fork oil wants through the same filter. It becomes "crowded" with higher pressure drop over the filter. We´re talking just a couple of bars in added backpressure but that is all it takes when the forks have only there own weight in their favour... I suppose some of the pumps on the hydrema have fixed deplacement? Otherwise I suppose this reasoning is not intirely accurate... Okey, okey, total bullshit then...

Other wise, good and interesting work!

[V8Druid]

The reason for the forks dropping slower with higher revs is because all the extra oil that the maschine is pumping through the return filter at the same time as the fork oil wants through the same filter. It becomes "crowded" with higher pressure drop over the filter. We´re talking just a couple of bars in added backpressure but that is all it takes when the forks have only there own weight in their favour... I suppose some of the pumps on the hydrema have fixed deplacement? Otherwise I suppose this reasoning is not intirely accurate... Okey, okey, total bullshit then...

Other wise, good and interesting work!

LOL

Got both on the 'Drema Ja !

Also as I said somewhere earlier, the mast is below the tank too - with it level, or above it, it would help I'd guess, but can certainly see where you're coming from with the reversed service flow and a bit of judiciious pedal tweaking is required to find the optimum position for best return flow

It's something I too had considered might be an issue.

[V8Druid]

they say "a picture speaks a thousand words"
Well here's 2000 for you all!!!!


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150704_14_07_42_Pro_zpsxxv7d2fb.jpg


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150704_14_09_43_Pro_zpsfkktooov.jpg



I could o' got a couple more feet on't boom, but it was 'kin blowy here this morning and I bottled out - should've put the 'trotters' down too and give it all. The blade was well planted anyway


There's more chance of finding God, the Devil and the Pope, having a game of darts in your local bar tomorrow night, than of ever getting Mrs D in that, in the open, like pictured there.

Half mast on the boom is her limit so far, on the forks, for the cable to the boxes!!

She may cope with the pine end barge boards, as it'll be beside a wall and having now seen just how far this'll go up, doubt it'll need full capacity !!

[V8Druid]

been waiting for a new toy to arrive !!

Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150714_14_30_42_Pro_zpsong5ikpu.jpg

which it duly did last week

It was one o' these!!!!


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150714_14_48_34_Pro_zpsealpfz3e.jpg

or more recognisably ...... one of these


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150714_15_40_27_Pro_zpssxsozr2t.jpg

been after one for ages and this one just sort of popped up !!
My new rock scare-er

Plenty of lil' 'uns about, but finding something a bit more 'Drema sized has taken a while.

Missed a real nice 5ft Kinshoffer a while back waiting for the seller to confirm dimensions ........





which was disappointing but as the old saying goes - "good things come to those who wait" and this one cropped up.

first job was to get it on the bench to assess what I'd bought and get the oil out the ram, plumbing,etc.! 'Drema's full of bio-oil and I'm real careful about NOT mixing any, or at least minimal quantities of mineral !!


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150715_12_39_08_Pro_zpssscwzfoj.jpg

Interestingly the top link on the rotator has the same/similar offset 'kink' as the set up on my 3 foot digging grab which was the topic of discussion some time ago on the UK forum! No one has a plausible reason for why these are set up thus ?


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150715_12_04_09_Pro_zpsukdy7yhu.jpg

I'd love to know the theory/reasoning behind this offset?

As I don't want to use this free hanging under the rotator, for a bit more precision use, it was the next thing to get my attention.

Garth must've done the bolts up on this, 'cos they took some shifting!
Got there though and it was off.


Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150715_14_49_28_Pro_zps8ys2535p.jpg

The Kinshoffer has a '99 label/plate on it, but looks like new. Doesn't seem to have had much abuse ..... or use?
Obviously not the original fitted to this grab as it's been re-drilled to suit what came off.



Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150715_14_49_51_Pro_zpsbpecrlha.jpg

The original 6 way mount is on a strange 174mm P.C.D., which is an odd dimension and doesn't equate to anything particular in imperial either?


Whoever had cobbled the 'new' Kins. on there, had torched off some braces .... very badly ....



Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150715_15_01_09_Pro_zps9wvwaikw.jpg


..... and not cleaned off the surface where the Kins bolt holes came through, which explained the struggle to slack 'em off, when I eventually got a look at the state of the washers under the nuts!


I'm considering replacing the braces, in a different position to avoid the fixings, but re-stiffen up the top plate, in relation to the side plates, as the originals were obviously intended for.


having got it on its back......



Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150715_15_05_28_Pro_zpsekltfedz.jpg


... I went through all the pivots looking for wear,replaced a few pin retaining bolts that had gone astray, couple of split pins cleaned all the nipple recesses and greased 'em all - didn't take a lot in any of 'em to see grease coming out of the pivots



Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/buckets/WP_20150715_15_11_51_Pro_zps3b73mjhi.jpg


checked out the overlap to suss an idea I have for a few bolt on additions perhaps, to get them to meet more in a pincer fashion and opened it up fully to check the 5 foot I'd been told they were and get the final remnants of oil out the bottom of the cylinder with the port at the lowest point.