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Playing around with my new toys, a jcb micro excavator and a jcb high lift tracked barrow, that me up to 9 machines in my personal "fleet" think I have a fetish for shinny yellow machines...

Well had a busy day today as the main lorry driver was off ill, and his rigid lowloader was in the garage, so ended up driving the strallis today, only problem is it doesn't have ramps, which means everything has to be lifted on with the hiab, can honestly say I required a clean pair of pants after lifting a 6 tonne doosan off of it. Tomorrow I will hopefully be back to the comforts of my desk, and maybe sneakily take the afternoon off for a couple of pints with my brother...

Raking through the pile to find a tin of beans and sausages for there lunch...

Petrol Blue fendt 818 on grimmie de-stoner, will attempt to get photos tommorow while on my travels.

Cheers Lads, Well today consisted of saying good bye to 3 2010 JCB 3CX's and hello to a JCB 3CX, JCB 4CX and a JCB 8085zts to join my one, 2 Doosan Midi Diggers leaving tommorow morning, not decided on replacements for these yet as I'm unsure on weather there's enough work to warrant getting 2 new ones, just getting rid of all the 2010 machines with over 3000 hours of the clocks, busy times in the yard just now, unsure weather the the js220 long reach is leaving or if we'll put another 1000 hours on it and decide then.

So after 10 years of going out with Carly, I've finally grown a pair of balls and asked her to marry me, and she's said yes, very happy boy!

There's a new doosan rubber duckie in the yard... oops

holy potato... Dearest siku model I've seen yet, would be interesting to see what there worth in 10/15 years time

tommorow, swapping the strallis for the scania lowloader, collecting a doosan dx140, a thwaites 9 tonne dumper, and a bomag roller, and taking them to a site outside edinburgh, collecting a jcb jz235 from the same site and taking it back to base, then back to my desk to catch up on some paperwork, the joys...

Carly and I's two cocker spaniels. Nora (brown/white) and rory (blue/black)

A joal js330, having a demo grab fitted, and making an attempt at a set of cab guards.

My 936, with NC Dunp Trailer, with a JCB 8085zts inside, and a yard brush on the front. A Muir Hill with a stone cart, a 818 with a plough on the front aswell as the back, and a John Deere 6920s with big boots on

Trip to Inverness in the strallis to pick up a monster of a generator for a mate, back home,then collected a pile of models from Sarah the sexy secretary in the office's house, just need somewhere to put them, there currently sat in the floor of the spare room, could be a task for tommorow re homing them

Originally offered her £250 but was addiment she wasn't taking anything for them, stuck a crisp 50 note in her sons hand on the way out and that was that. I've also gave him a two week trial a couple of weeks back, starting monday, he's a good lad, got a good report from his previous employer, just have to see how things go, might be job for him, if there's more models for me...

Got a phone call from the secretary in the office saying her son had some farm models and was going to be throwing them out, and asked me if I would like them, so I went round to meet said woman, and came back with these, she said I could have then for free, I gave her son £50.

Moving containers from one yard to another with our 13 plate iveco strallis flatbed, then home, getting some funny looks from the neighbours when I pulled in the street with it, makes a change from them having 20 cars parked because there having friends round, don't know how they could have that many friends anyway, there a bunch of stuck up b@£('rds

Today consisted of getting the rage while trying to build a cot for the wee one, and having a liquid lunch with a mate whos just gotten of the rigs, then home to get moaned at, as the cot wasn't finished...

Sounds like a plan, maybe once I take full ownership of the company ill do something like that, right now is a bit hectic as we're starting the change over of everything from the current owners name to my name, only off this week as I've managed to put my back out over the weekend, felt it away to go on Saturday but only went today as went to pick something up, I'll give it some thought, thanks for the idea

Moving plant around the yard, having the whole yard concreted but can only do it in sections due to the mount of machines we have sitting,the brothers coming in to shutter it the morn, while I have the rest of the week off, as I have worked far too hard today...

Well today consisted of me eating my own body weight (which is a lot right now) in Indian food, the usual paddy day drinks with the lads down the pub, and sitting, feet up in front of the fire with the girlfriend, as the TVs capoot, new one on the insurance hopefully, but that'll get sorted the morra hopefully

Testing out the company's new liebherr R916, very good machine... But still not as good as a jcb

Tommorow, heading south with the lowloader, to collect our js220 long reach machine, first trip out this year in the artic, the company that's got it on loan is meeting me in Penrith with it where ill unload it from there lorry and load it on to ours, then hopefully make it back to base tommorow or it'll be a couple of hours kip and then back on the road,

Just had a read of the restraunts menu, some good tasty food on offer, might have to pay it a visit,

Booked flights, for my self, my manager, and the big boss who I'll be taking over from in may, out to Munich for BAUMA next month, and tickets for Plantworx in Coventry in may, could be a rather expensive 2 months for the company, in search of a few new machines, and possibly some sort of satellite kit for one of the d7's

Crushing rubble for two days, stock pile of crushed stuffs currently sitting at the 300tonne mark, still a bit more to crush but spuds going to get that done over the weekend, not back at work until Tuesday as I'm going down to London for a few days with the other half,