Project Zetros

tomlad · Feb 19, 2021

Absolutely i spent last few weeks in one of my different ponds , maintenance, one day ice was honestly 50 , 60 mm thick
So much milder this week possibly spring may come eh

RushesToo · Feb 19, 2021

@Cab-over Pete yyou have the winter blues big time. Get some sun - alternatively get some Vit D in tablets - but sun is always better. You need to get out.

From where I am standing it is waiting for the off - always the most nerve wracking time, spring will come.

Tubbylew · Feb 19, 2021

Keep her lit pete, you'll get there.

Cab-over Pete · Feb 19, 2021

I will.

I’m a bit happier now I’ve decided to let it slide a while. There was no way I could get it done for spring (unless it keeps on raining for a few more weeks!!) so I’ve got the Big A all ready to go. I’m more relaxed about things now.

Trouble is, I need time to get the Zetros finished but I don’t want time at home, I want to be busy!

Tubbylew · Feb 19, 2021

Cab-over Pete said:
I don’t want time at home, I want to be busy!

Same, one of those years I guess, be better when it stops raining.

Cab-over Pete · Feb 19, 2021

Autumn 2019 was wet early, same with autumn 2020, spring in between them wasn’t much better with covid closing my main quarry.

Hopefully it’ll turn around but with very little grain in stores I’m not getting too excited about prospects!

spanners and hammers · Feb 20, 2021

dont get to dispondant you have done some sterling projects on that old bit of concrete ... you will get there , we all find it hard this time of year the winter always makes it bloody hard work to get moivated ,,, keep the faith pete

br jones · Feb 20, 2021

Cab-over Pete said:
Autumn 2019 was wet early, same with autumn 2020, spring in between them wasn’t much better with covid closing my main quarry.

Hopefully it’ll turn around but with very little grain in stores I’m not getting too excited about

Stick with it pedro ,in a wee while the the light will come on and you willl have two fab machines

Cab-over Pete · Feb 20, 2021

Cheers.

Don’t worry, I’m not having bad thoughts!!!

The worst thing is I just can’t get on with it. There seems to be something every day to hold me up. I’ve just come down the sheep, yet another ewe off her food for no apparent reason. Back home, get her a mixture of kill or cure, back here again. Before I know it the time is 11.30.

it’s the wet weather that’s the worst. Sheep always fair better when it’s bone dry and there’s hardly any grass instead of shommocking about in the wet for beet and hay.

Whdn I eventually got to start yesterday my cordless drill wouldn’t work. No apparent reason, just wouldn’t work. Put the other battery on, no good. Faff about, eventually put the first battery back on, worked a treat and has been no bother. Another half hour gone.

Another day I had to strip the welder down. Earth wire had burnt out just inside the cover. Couldn’t be just outside the cover. Hour and a half before I got going. Then I noticed the gas was about to run out.....

Life I suppose. I could always go and get a proper job. Mind you, like my friend Rich says, we’re probably unemployable.

Boydvalley · Feb 20, 2021

Cab-over Pete said:
Life I suppose. I could always go and get a proper job. Mind you, like my friend Rich says, we’re probably unemployable.

Can’t like that enough. Been pointed out to me many times

Alistair Nelson · Feb 20, 2021

Cab-over Pete said:
Cheers.

Don’t worry, I’m not having bad thoughts!!!

The worst thing is I just can’t get on with it. There seems to be something every day to hold me up. I’ve just come down the sheep, yet another ewe off her food for no apparent reason. Back home, get her a mixture of kill or cure, back here again. Before I know it the time is 11.30.

it’s the wet weather that’s the worst. Sheep always fair better when it’s bone dry and there’s hardly any grass instead of shommocking about in the wet for beet and hay.

Whdn I eventually got to start yesterday my cordless drill wouldn’t work. No apparent reason, just wouldn’t work. Put the other battery on, no good. Faff about, eventually put the first battery back on, worked a treat and has been no bother. Another half hour gone.

Another day I had to strip the welder down. Earth wire had burnt out just inside the cover. Couldn’t be just outside the cover. Hour and a half before I got going. Then I noticed the gas was about to run out.....

Life I suppose. I could always go and get a proper job. Mind you, like my friend Rich says, we’re probably unemployable.

Don’t worry welcome to my world most days!!!

Fraserb · Feb 20, 2021

Cab-over Pete said:
Cheers.

Don’t worry, I’m not having bad thoughts!!!

The worst thing is I just can’t get on with it. There seems to be something every day to hold me up. I’ve just come down the sheep, yet another ewe off her food for no apparent reason. Back home, get her a mixture of kill or cure, back here again. Before I know it the time is 11.30.

it’s the wet weather that’s the worst. Sheep always fair better when it’s bone dry and there’s hardly any grass instead of shommocking about in the wet for beet and hay.

Whdn I eventually got to start yesterday my cordless drill wouldn’t work. No apparent reason, just wouldn’t work. Put the other battery on, no good. Faff about, eventually put the first battery back on, worked a treat and has been no bother. Another half hour gone.

Another day I had to strip the welder down. Earth wire had burnt out just inside the cover. Couldn’t be just outside the cover. Hour and a half before I got going. Then I noticed the gas was about to run out.....

Life I suppose. I could always go and get a proper job. Mind you, like my friend Rich says, we’re probably unemployable.

I wouldnt worry, last week it was about Thursday lunchtime before I got started on the jobs planned for Monday.

pgilliat · Feb 20, 2021

Dont loose faith Pete, I have watched this and your previous threads with nothing but admiration. I can totally relate to not having a nice workshop to ease things. Keep going your doing a brilliant job, I've found sometimes having a break off big projects helps speed the job up in the long term.

76masseyman · Feb 20, 2021

Keep the Warwickshire Bear spirit going, far too easy to post and chat about things that go well, but takes guts to share the bad experiences alongside the good for us all to see. This second long wet end and start to the year isn’t helping anyone’s mood at the moment. Best thing about this thread is that we all feel we’re in it with you, working alongside, even though we’re only viewers. Everyone loves a trier. Keep the faith.

Plus......we don’t want a similar thread to the dead horse removal one

Carson54 · Feb 20, 2021

Nice project mate! where you find a Zetros?

Sausage · Feb 20, 2021

Cab-over Pete said:
Cheers.

Don’t worry, I’m not having bad thoughts!!!

The worst thing is I just can’t get on with it. There seems to be something every day to hold me up. I’ve just come down the sheep, yet another ewe off her food for no apparent reason. Back home, get her a mixture of kill or cure, back here again. Before I know it the time is 11.30.

it’s the wet weather that’s the worst. Sheep always fair better when it’s bone dry and there’s hardly any grass instead of shommocking about in the wet for beet and hay.

Whdn I eventually got to start yesterday my cordless drill wouldn’t work. No apparent reason, just wouldn’t work. Put the other battery on, no good. Faff about, eventually put the first battery back on, worked a treat and has been no bother. Another half hour gone.

Another day I had to strip the welder down. Earth wire had burnt out just inside the cover. Couldn’t be just outside the cover. Hour and a half before I got going. Then I noticed the gas was about to run out.....

Life I suppose. I could always go and get a proper job. Mind you, like my friend Rich says, we’re probably unemployable.

Don’t want to drag us down with sheep, but it might be worth getting some rested for MV, we’ve tested most of the flock and found a lot have it and so they need to go. In wales farming connect fund the testing.

Bob lincs · Feb 20, 2021

I had a day like that on wed , big welder ran out of gas swapped bottle of little welder that also ran out , mate had borrowed spare bottle so fetched that back and then ran out of mig wire

Celt83 · Feb 20, 2021

Come on @Cab-over Pete pull your finger out, that's a boys job before breakfast!

Seriously hang in there it might feel monotonous now but one day it will all click together.

On a plus note my boy loves engineering and tinkering with bits of engines and whatnots and is regularly asking for updates, so do me a favour even if you just tighten a 19mm bolt take a picture for me, it will keep Junior quiet for a half hour!

Cab-over Pete · Feb 20, 2021

Ok. Got a bit done today. Bit of help from my lad on the Loadall and everything seemed to go reasonably well.

Cab-over Pete · Feb 20, 2021

Considering everything was only tacked together weeks ago and hasn’t been together since I was quite pleased to see it go together quite easily. Just wish I had thought to find out the RAL code for Merc chassis grey. But then again there’s got to be a change somewhere.

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