smithy Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 I got dirt back in hole and also some sand around the tank and then started to dig a fresh trench for pipe as i had filled the other one in so we had room to work ,trench is 800mm deep with sand in bottom so pipe will then be 600mm down 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Later that week i filled in trench and scraped the hole area and got another load of dirt away and left it like this for the moment as it is all going to settle down ,plan is to lay a liner down and cover it over with stones like it originally was ,The couple that live there did say at the end of it they did not realise how big of job it was and wished they had gone with company that quoted to do the hole job in a week ,back in October 2021. And if Lamma had been on i would not have been there to backfill and if i had left them the digger i am sure they would have tipped it in the hole 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 (edited) Sometimes folk think a job is easy Smithy... How hard can it be it's just a hole or just a few barrows of concrete.... Or just a few bolts... Sometimes little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Good job your there to try and keep job right at least Edited January 22, 2022 by Valley Axe Man 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Well after 2 and half years keeping all family safe from the covid we ended up getting it but we all very good mot sick so first time out in 10 days down to feed the cattle IE had my uncle do it when we all were at home. . Happy get out house for a bit . 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 8 hours ago, Valley Axe Man said: Sometimes folk think a job is easy Smithy... How hard can it be it's just a hole or just a few barrows of concrete.... Or just a few bolts... Sometimes little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Good job your there to try and keep job right at least They was not expecting the clay/dirt that come out of the hole to take up as much room as it did ,and they was hoping to put it all back in ,they had not allowed for the 10 ton off sand that went around the tank and pipe and the volume that the tank takes up and in the bottom there is a pre-cast concrete base that the tank installers lowed into the hole for the tank to sit on ,thats why i had to arrange for 3 loads of very wet/heavy sticky clay/dirt to be taken away ,yes a little knowledge is dangerous 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Eldest son has a pet pig in his garden and its making a mess in its run so i have helped him concrete half of it and plan on doing other half in about 2 weeks time by then this half should have gone hard and pig proof 😄 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Nipped down to the Doe Show today ,plenty of people about and loads of new/x-hire machine to buy or look at ,i only took a few photos of the vintage stuff 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Valley Axe Man Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Thanks for sharing your photos Smithy, looks good weather for the job. Hope you had a good day looking about 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmd Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Good pictures and video's of some cracking tractors there smithy thanks for showing . Hope you had a good day out 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 16 hours ago, Valley Axe Man said: Thanks for sharing your photos Smithy, looks good weather for the job. Hope you had a good day looking about No problem Paul ,cant believe the dry spell we have had last couple of weeks it was nice walking around on dry land some years down there its like dancing on ice but with mud .Was a very good day out 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 35 minutes ago, jmd said: Good pictures and video's of some cracking tractors there smithy thanks for showing . Hope you had a good day out As soon as i saw the does i thought of you John 😄. Yes it was a very good day out better than being stuck indoors 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Just before Christmas 2021 this old sodium light unit up in barn roof went bang and gave of a burning smell so turned switch of pretty quickly ,anyway only now got around to sorting it out ,granddaughter in JCB and cage on front she lifted me up to get light down . Old light next to the new replacement LED , the difference in size and weight is unbelievable, i really needed 3 hands to lift and unhook old one and new one i only needed two fingers 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 I changed the other old light that was still working at the same time ,so new lights up and turned on in daylight . 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 First photo standing in barn in dark ,2nd one with new lights on . They are 200% better than old ones and only use half the electric 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmd Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 you can work all night now smithy with them lights 😀 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 3 hours ago, jmd said: you can work all night now smithy with them lights 😀 HaHa some days it seems like we are working all night 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 I got my other combine home yesterday ,the farmer i bought it of helped me by driving it while i towed the header trailer as a escort in front of him . 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Grandson Theo came up farm to try it out ,he soon put me on passenger seat as he wonted the seat with the steering wheel 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Then Theo and his sister Ella decided they would play on the heap of wheat 😂 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Then this afternoon i took a call they was coming to get another load of that wheat ,daughter-in-law was up the farm and she was filming me without me knowing VID-20220203-WA0003.mp4 VID-20220203-WA0004.mp4 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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