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
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/scans/WP_20180523_18_47_55_Pro_zpsja0zi35a.jpgstuck 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 ths washing out again
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/scans/WP_20180523_18_49_27_Pro_zpsehgmk2dt.jpga good 400-500mm of fill gone into there to bring it back to where it was
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/scans/WP_20180523_18_58_55_Pro_zpsly3bemcq.jpgcould 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 !!
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/scans/WP_20180523_18_59_21_Pro_zpssddbgbvy.jpgbad 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
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/my%20bucket%202/s-l1600%205_zpsa3pvwbgp.jpgOriginalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/my%20bucket%202/WP_20180524_10_45_47_Pro.jpg%20crop_zpsdgq3a08c.jpg 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 ...
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/my%20bucket%202/s-l1600%204_zpsbbnl19hm.jpgwas looking for 20-25Kva, but this ain't a lot bigger, will run 'light' .. and frugally ...
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/my%20bucket%202/s-l1600%206_zps3gwx3i0c.jpg..... without being a great deal larger, physically
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/my%20bucket%202/WP_20180524_11_15_57_Pro_zpsnycnawpd.jpgex 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
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/my%20bucket%202/WP_20180525_17_39_50_Pro_zpslhrjxvxn.jpgdrain 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 !!
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/my%20bucket%202/WP_20180525_17_40_00_Pro_zpsxugynmpw.jpgReckon 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 !!