Recent content by goldeneagle

We had guys out on offshore oil platform doing examinations on lifting equipment and manual handling aids. One of the pieces of equipment that was certified had to be skipped a week later as structural frame was rotten underneath exterior and failed when lightly loaded. You get good inspectors...

And here lies the problem with the public sector - abject failure is promoted and then given clout - all a recipe for disaster. Would be interesting to see if the government(s) and agencies would publish amount of staff on over say 85K a year and this would have to include all quangos...

We are paying the price for having easier lives now, don't have to worry about food, clothing, shelter etc as there is in most cases a safety net for everything. Everything is automated or mechanised so people have lots of time to ponder things in life which has helped the activists grow. This...

If its 8mm wall be plenty strong i suspect obviously depends on diameter. I did a bit of mucking about with free cad FEM workbench during nightshift to see amount of deflection CHS tube has and found that for a bag lift 114.3 x 5 CHS was tolerable. The program exaggerates the effect you are...

Im up in Aberdeenshire and use Briarwood as they have a local yard, have used cembrit in the past who have/had a yard in Leeds as was best price even after delivery added. Ring around and get prices as some distributors are keener than others and workout if you are getting leg lifted by some.

Have ordered a lean to recently and if you want to get cheapest price then order the roof, cladding and purlins yourself. Only get the steel work from the manufacturers. I missed a line in our shed quote which meant one end of lean to was not clad in. 100% mark up on prices I had obtained...

Set up forms at side at required gradient then attach a former piece to timber or steel that spans forms to pull down length of channel run. Would put guide pieces on former to restrain it moving side to side across forms.. Former could be made from steel or plywood but for 500mm would need to...

That was on mind as well, more expensive up front but cheaper long term

Got the combine straw chopper to refurbish as chopping bean straw this year. Never looked at chopper as all cereal straw is baled. Going through it now and need a few blades. It’s a Rekord M401 on a MF combine This is where I ask the question what is better plane blades or serrated for the...

A bit like the Glazers ate Man Utd, only had the deposit for the purchase. Always found ASDA cheaper than Tesco until they took over then prices rocketed, think everything was ok with them until interest rates rose.

In a lot of wet areas half way up a hill has a drain to prevent what you describe. Old boys had some understanding of what they were doing could teach a lot of the education establishments and political class a thing or two about land management.

Think Venice is built on oak piles that don’t rot because the gloop keeps all the oxygen out. The old boys didn’t let things stop progress the way we do nowadays for sure.

Have been told locally the best thing to do with peat is dig a hole deeper than drainage level then refill with unsorted field stones (or a dyke in NE Scotland). Level out with crush them lay pipe on top and backfill as normal. Having put a road through a small section of peat bog dumping...

Surprised some of the experts on here haven’t been on saying SL sieves is all you need😂😂. Fair play to the drivers though understanding the machine weight distribution and how it’s sitting in order to get the job done safely.

Same here all bolts on main body of knife but still rivet drive arm as feel it’s a better connection method. Is a pain to change as blade has to come out but hey ho