the all aussie dribble thread!

[trains]

Hey mate, hope your having a better day over there.

I cleared up the fallen branches, then put a new tube in the balers tyre, got it all sorted, chains lubed, etc.
31 bloomin idiot bricks in, and the chain that drives the pick up fingers breaks, wraps itself around the center drive pulley/ chains, and messes up the timing and the plunger hits the feed fingers and bends the drive arm.
*&^$%&#%$&^$%&*#$*#&^#$^@&#$#$

No more bales this year, and wont get them done before the rain tomorrow evening.

ahhh &^#$%#%#%##
no bales, no cleaned up paddock, and an expensive repair bill if i can even find replacement parts.
Ah the joys of messing about with 60 year old equipment.

 

[derwoodii]

bad day, i hate that kinda stuff one jinx and it stuffs many other things, hey least it might rain for you that gotta be a plus

 

[derwoodii]

a few piccy of last friday storm damage,
im getting weary of finding bigger trees over each street i visit

each one has story to tell

big blue over will use crane to lift section away once power isolated

big cypress over took out street power close bus route 4 days



Owner fitted a cobra canopy sling to reduce limb failure worked a treat till the whole tree came over



there was a dead 3 foot snake under this one just weird

win blew it blew water main under it got called 8 pm dusk tree started to lean told the owner stay in motel tonight




hundreds more im calling biggest hit in 25 years was tornado type cell about 2 clicks across packing 122kph winds circling with eye in middle

Im gonna use cranes loader & skip bins to clear many site

 

[trains]

yeah, get hit with a super cell, and its carnage central.
have you got power back on at yours yet ?

chat once the dust settles mate.

 

[derwoodii]

yay my 1st shoot in 12 weeks after Vic lock down beat my own high score & i think i won the 3 5 an 600 yard club day

 

[derwoodii]

yeah, get hit with a super cell, and its carnage central.
have you got power back on at yours yet ?

chat once the dust settles mate.

yeah home power back on after 3 or was it 4 days but some poor blighters are still without juice after 8-9 days..
We got smashed and hundreds of big to small trees down all over Melb metro and surrounds.. Friday I did small climb to clear a busted tree so power co could restring wire for young lassy with baby house that had no juice for a week it been a bit crazzy

 

[derwoodii]

oh goodie,,, hope now one gets hurt but a few smash up spins always entertaining

Bathurst Forecast​

View the current warnings for New South Wales
Forecast issued at 5:15 am EDT on Sunday 7 November 2021.

Forecast for the rest of Sunday​

Summary

Max 23Showers. Possible storm.Chance of any rain: 100%

Central Tablelands area​

Cloudy. Very high (95%) chance of showers, most likely during this afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm, possibly severe, with possible heavy falls during this afternoon and evening. Winds north to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the early afternoon. Daytime maximum temperatures 20 to 25.

 

[derwoodii]

oh goodie,,, hope now one gets hurt but a few smash up spins always entertaining

Bathurst Forecast​

View the current warnings for New South Wales
Forecast issued at 5:15 am EDT on Sunday 7 November 2021.

Forecast for the rest of Sunday​

Summary

Max 23Showers. Possible storm.Chance of any rain: 100%

Central Tablelands area​

Cloudy. Very high (95%) chance of showers, most likely during this afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm, possibly severe, with possible heavy falls during this afternoon and evening. Winds north to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the early afternoon. Daytime maximum temperatures 20 to 25.

doh! this next month got me date mucked up

 

[derwoodii]

got to drive a Kenworth,,, if i look nervous i was bloody heavy clutch and cranky gearbox 18 speed RR i even found reverse,, when i dint need it ops

 

[Ando81]

How did the road ranger box treat you? Did you match the ground speed with engine revs to make crunch free gear changes. It’s like riding a bike once you’ve got the hang of it [emoji1303]

 

[derwoodii]

How did the road ranger box treat you? Did you match the ground speed with engine revs to make crunch free gear changes. It’s like riding a bike once you’ve got the hang of it [emoji1303]

i treated the box badly, more practice Wednesday,,, at one stage i lost the sync had to pull over start again

 

[Ando81]

Yep, if you lose track of what’s happening then it’s best to stop and start over. Won’t be long and you’ll be shuffling them through without the clutch [emoji1303]

 

[derwoodii]

Christmas tree light install again huh i been dong this since 1996 im startin to get over it, today was up tree before 8am not get down till 230.. It used to take us 3 hours to rig 2 hours to de-rig its now more sitting up tree waiting while the crane and events crew do the things they need to do..



One the big chunks we moved last week,, i wonder if the wood rats will whittle this down oh old banger 066 - 30 inch bar

 

[trains]

Noticed a few places are having sales on at the moment.

Any of you use JakMax bar oil, have been using Castrol in 20l, but this stuff is quite cheap at the moment, or is it the old adage, you get what you pay for ?

 

[derwoodii]

i got 20 litre tub of stihl bar oil dunno what i paid just needed fast due to big storm crews work consuming all gear so fast it was only bar oil left in Stihl shop with shelves of saws bare & empty

 

[trains]

I used to get that at end of season for 90 bucks 20lts, but now that shop has changed to husky supplier.
60 for 20lts jakmax inc free freight is tempting, it used to be good oil made by alco, not sure now, been out of the game re oil industry for a while now, so dont know if its vegy shop strained thru old socks stuff.

 

[derwoodii]

honest in most of my saws i just use clean new engine oil that i find dumped in tip recycle section or been given away

 

[trains]

Hey, long shot, but im rebuilding a 661 basket case saw, after some bits and pieces, thought I had sorted a muffler assy from ebay, but as its coming from the states, US postal services have stopped shipping to Australia due to their lack of truck drivers and staff, as the story goes.

Anyone here have a damaged one they ran over or dropped a tree on or has one that wont run right that can part out complete, and or some bits, plastic covers, muffler, cylinder av spring assy would be helpful.

Cheers chaps.

Hey Derwoodii, hows the cruiser going, I finally got around to sorting the unis and ctr brg on the hilux, also replaced a worn yoke on the diff end, now have the front wheel bearings to sort on the ute, bit of play, hmm, shouldnt be doing that, then realised they had been done 40k ago.




Those of you with 2 piece tail shafts, a bit of a trick to make the center bearing rubber last longer is to fill its voids with some sikaflex, they dont flog out, and you almost get to the point of the bearing getting worn before having to replace them.
No extra vibrations, and the rubber carrier piece lasts for an almost acceptable service time.

 

[derwoodii]

I will have scrounge around workshops see if any 661 muffs about.


The cruisers doin ok i had the front end CV reco'd last week and the tappets to be done soon.. all the windows got luv & a lube and so they work now..

So handy down my road its Toyota mech who a series 80 specialist & happy to fix things not too pricey

 

[trains]

Appreciate that, if there are any plastic covers for air filter/ and cylinder, that would help too.

Tappets worth doing at recommended intervals, makes a difference in the efficiency of those motors, not a lot of hp to start with, but they last for ever if you keep the oil changes up to them.

Solid axle rebuild is not cheap, but worth it, I would assume they were done when the cv's were done, since you have to take quite a bit apart to get to them.