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Do I just slap grease into the join?

Where do I put the grease? There is no nipple that I can see...

Ah, that's great, thanks

Ah, I found a genie manual, gives some idea of what to look at.

Can I just put old engine oil on the bushes? I don't see any grease on them. I've been looking for maintencence manual but can't find one. Are there general maintenance manuals for cherry pickers? Thanks for any help.

That's awesome, thank you so much

It works but the batteries are shot. New batteries have been ordered. I was just trying to understand how to maintain it as a friend said I should daily grease it etc. I'm getting there with it now

Super info, thanks. It probably won't have heavy work to do now, so hopefully with maintenance it will keep going long enough.

Super, thank you

Thanks for the advice. Yes, it's in a bad way. We were so close to sorting pre lockdown

Thank you so much!

Had a good examine, but I can't find any make names. What is there is rather faded. I was told I nead to grease it dailiy and oil the bushes, but, I don't really know what I'm looking at.

This is the ceiling, 26ft up to the rafters. We were thinking insulation wouldn't make a lot of difference, especially as that area is unheatable.

I'm not sure. I'll go and scout for model names.

Does anyone know where I can find cherry picker maintenence guides? I'm failing to find any googling for it. Thanks.

Yes, so far they've been very good. The only ones to come through with a recommendation for the correct batteries. Ignored or no further follow up from other companies and of course the "we'll charge extra to deliver to the Highlands" clause.

They came through, of my other enquiries only they did.

They came through, of my other enquiries only they did.

For those who might be interested there is a Wikipedia page for the church: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lochcarron_Old_Parish_Church

The communion table is still there. We're not intending to remove it, unlike the plans of the previous owner ?

It has a suspended timber floor. Very large floor area.

Yes, I thought I worded that wrong, I didn't mean the roof and water. Haha. More the breathing of the materials. Thanks for the tip regarding the insulation. Good advice. We're definitely learning as we go along

Currently we are think not to add insulation. We had a corner of the roof fixed that cost 5k. The guy put tons of Kingspan up there, we found out later that a building like this is designed to breath and take in water to a certain extent. Kingspan is not a good product to use. Usually the listed building advice is to use sheeps wool, or like products. Anyway, wer'e thinking of having "pods" in the building that seperate it up. Then the main area doesn't really need insulation. We would do the whole roof in one go, but, not sure we'll manage it. The tourists are already in Lochcarron. Don't think lochdown is counting for much. I'm not sure what businesses around here are going to come out of it well. Certainly my webdesign business is pretty much ruined.

Oh, it's all very convoluted. We have a community recycling point in the porch. But right now we're simply attempting to save the roof. Since lockdown we've been unable to get even a quote for the roof. Hence the cherry picker and starting to do it ourselves. As for the crowd funding, that was the option for a very rich and large family in the USA to help out, which they haven't. Like I say, we had many plans, we missed the funding applications due to lockdown and we're not sure if we'll be able to open the doors again. My wife is still hoping to have a gaelic language studio here. But at the moment, who knows quite what is happening. We do have commercial listed building insurance and public liability insurance. Just have to see what the future is like when and if Scotland comes out of lockdown. Number 1 is to stop the roof falling in, without the roof we have nothing, regardless of viruses, business and so forth. Things are nuts, we're having trouble even getting batteries for the cherry picker. It was hard enough getting delivery to the Highlands before, now with lockdown, impossible This building will be, and is, first and foremost, a home. Unfortunately the website is a bit of a mess due to us and the world, and the building all shifting around.

We were toying with business ideas but my wife became disabled, so it's all over as a business. It's just a home.