ToughButterCup Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 Yep; you guessed it, I can. Lucky the digger was next to it and available to put it back on its feet. One of the lads working with me pointed out that it really wasn't necessary to go everywhere at full revs and full speed. I am making a nice little car park for @MrsRA so she can drive in and out of the site in first gear - same for deliveries: safe off-road, off site parking. No need to access the site itself. Good CDM2015 practice, so I read. And big stones hide under the hardcore and tip unsuspecting rollers over - right over, half way down a bank Such fun self-building innit?
ProDave Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 Where's the "this thread is useless without pictures" icon? 4
Construction Channel Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 Lucky to walk away from that one. I take it you didn't have a seat belt on? and yes we clearly need pictures.
Declan52 Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 Very lucky a good friend broke his arm doing the same thing.
ToughButterCup Posted January 17, 2017 Author Posted January 17, 2017 Too embarrassed to take photos. Glad that I had the digger to nudge it upright, and two hefty Lancastrians too! Ian
ProDave Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 Was this a ride on roller? I thought you were talking about a push along.
ToughButterCup Posted January 17, 2017 Author Posted January 17, 2017 @ProDave, Push, shake, rattle and roll roller.
Declan52 Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 Do you not find after a few mins of vibrations you have the urge to drain the vein. Old age and vibrations ain't a good mix.
Construction Channel Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 ahh if it was a push along you were not SO lucky, its the ride along ones that have a fairly good chance of landing on you, same with the little skip loading dumpers, and believe it or not they are too heavy to push of yourself. Never done it myself but i have heard some pretty nasty stories from the old guys at work
ProDave Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 This is me on a "proper" roller. At my BIL's farm in Queensland a few years ago. That re defines the meaning of "shake rattle and roll" It was the most weird thing to drive. It was basically controlled with a hand throttle (that kept adjusting itself) with a decelerator peddle if you want to slow down. Mind it was nowhere near as weird to drive as the buldozer......
Construction Channel Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 Nice work, Proppa bit of kit, the biggest bit of kit iv ever had control of was a CAT D6, crazy setup, had a similar hand throttle but then 2 clutches and 2 "hand" brakes. I was mole draining on it and i could have done with changing my pants every time i had to turn it at the ditch end
ProDave Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 I think it was a D5 I drove down under, but I can't find a picture of it. Yes that's it, two brakes and two clutches, to turn left, you pull on the lever to brake the left hand track.
Construction Channel Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 thats the kiddy, I spent a good 6 hrs on the beast and i don't think i managed to get more than 2 turns right/smooth, weather i should have been using the clutch or the brake it didn't matter i would pull/press the wrong one pulling the mole was fine as thats when you just use the clutches to keep straight, But at the ends you have to clutch, brake, and pull the mole out all at the same time..... bit too much for my little monkey brain to get to grips with.
SteamyTea Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 1 hour ago, Construction Channel said: But at the ends you have to clutch, brake, and pull the mole out all at the same time..... bit too much for my little monkey brain to get to grips with. 7 years after getting rid of my Suzuki Swift, I still turn the wipers on when I intend to indicate. I like cars what were designed as right hand drive from the start.
Steptoe Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 (edited) Have you guys never drove proper old school tractors, ? Little Massey 165 multipower (or its baby brother the 135) Hand throttle as well as foot throttle, and two foot brakes, one for each rear wheel so you could turn it on itself, And the requisite two gearboxes of course, I'll bet a few of the Irish lads (&lasses) learnt to drive on something like that, Edited January 17, 2017 by Steptoe 1
jack Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 2 minutes ago, SteamyTea said: 7 years after getting rid of my Suzuki Swift, I still turn the wipers on when I intend to indicate. I like cars what were designed as right hand drive from the start. They were designed as right hand cars from the start, it's just that Japan standardised to indicator on the right. Someone once told me that in the UK the indicator stalk used to be on the right, but changed over time due to the number of Euro imports. Not sure whether that's true. I lived in Australia for several years and most non-European cars have the indicator stalk on the right. It actually makes a lot of sense, because you can operate the indicator while you're changing gears during lane changes or coming up to an intersection. It's a pain changing over though, for sure. I find it easier to change between left hand and right hand drive than to switch indicator sides!
Construction Channel Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 I turned hay on a 135 for most of my childhood. I can still remember the old man shouting that I don't NEED to turn on a sixpence at full speed at the end of every row. ? 3
SteamyTea Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Construction Channel said: I turned hay on a 135 for most of my childhood. I can still remember the old man shouting that I don't NEED to turn on a sixpence at full speed at the end of every row. ? Yes you do. It pays off later in life. All the accidents and adventures I had in vehicles taught me valuable roadcraft skills. I now get cheap insurance and very really scare myself these days. 7 minutes ago, jack said: I find it easier to change between left hand and right hand drive than to switch indicator sides Glad it is not just me. 30 years of the indicator on the right and then they have to change it. Like my mothers fridge, for 22 years it was hinged on the right, now it is on the left. After 7 years, I still open it the wrong way (actually, I don't open it, just rock it a bit till the pot plant falls off). Edited January 17, 2017 by SteamyTea 1
daiking Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 42 minutes ago, jack said: They were designed as right hand cars from the start, it's just that Japan standardised to indicator on the right. Someone once told me that in the UK the indicator stalk used to be on the right, but changed over time due to the number of Euro imports. Not sure whether that's true. I lived in Australia for several years and most non-European cars have the indicator stalk on the right. It actually makes a lot of sense, because you can operate the indicator while you're changing gears during lane changes or coming up to an intersection. It's a pain changing over though, for sure. I find it easier to change between left hand and right hand drive than to switch indicator sides! Tell me about it! I have to change gear with one hand and reach through the steering wheel and indicate with the other... Both my mid-nouhgties Ricers though have the indicator stalk on the left. Annoyingly they alternate in wipers operating from the stalk up or down
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