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New Tractor Shed
tom osselton:
I'd try " But Honey it is for the greater good! "
howsitwork?:
I'd try paying cash !!! :D :D
Happy New Year one and all. :beer:
Ian
awemawson:
I've never had a problem 'importing' things for the workshop. She barely notices what I'm doing and certainly hasn't a clue about my 'projects'. It often makes me smile to think that the Madmodders around the world know what I'm doing, but not 'Er Indoors' !
Happy New Year everyone.
awemawson:
Well ten steps backwards and two forwards :bugeye:
My 'shed builder' has been rather overwhelmed with work - in fairness it's fixing machinery needed for the season and he's prioritising that over what in actual fact isn't a life or death project. He's confident he'll have it up and workable by the autmn.
But to get things moving forward, Pete had very kindly offered his expertise breaking up the slab that the tank is sitting on, so that the individual 4 foot square panels can be released and scrapped. They were originally sat on the slab, bolted together, then more concrete poured round them to make it waterproof, so the concrete has to be broken to release the panels.
I understand that he is bringing a remotely operated electrical robot concrete breaker tomorrow - so this should be fun :ddb:
But before he comes I needed to expose the outside of the tank all round so that the slab on both sides of the panels can be accessed, and as there are water and electrical services running beside the tank, expose them so that they can be avoided.
First I went down the west side of the tank, mainly by shovel, exposing the water and 415v 3 phase that rests on the slab:
awemawson:
Then I needed to remove a very heavy 6" cast iron pipe that originally was the input to the tank. This was in the way of getting the JCB803 down that side of the tank to expose the panels.
I was fortunate in that there was a flange / bolts / flange compression joint 8 foot away from the tank, that I was able to cut the bolts on and release the pipe. It was then hauled away by JCB.
This then let me get at the two remaining sides that needed trenching out to expose the panels
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