dnb Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 But boring in the extreme! The weekend was the first fine weekend of the year where I was not working. So I put a bit of time into getting the digger serviced and ready for the spring groundworks. During testing it made a bad noise and on removing the battery that was more or less hanging on by the cables found the battery tray was slowly disassembling itself like a 1970s vintage Jaguar! Heaven only knows how the -ve terminal connected to anything through that rust! I resolved to fix the digger that day because it will be good for a biscuit or two in "House not finished anonymous" and the weather looks good for getting some industrial weeding done later in the week. Cardboard will work, won't it? Maybe not the cardboard. It's even less conductive than rust. I found some steel from the stores (read scrap heap). Bends formed with a bit of angle iron and a hammer. And it even fits in the hole. Welding and painting will be done next time I am not at work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Jones Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 your not wrong, the cheapest plant to hire. Never buy one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 (edited) 1 hour ago, Dave Jones said: Never buy one. A bit of a blanket statement, Depends on what you have to do, I bought mine, used it all the time, didn’t loose much money on it (and was great fun). Edited March 19 by joe90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 35 minutes ago, joe90 said: A bit of a blanket statement, Depends on what you have to do, I bought mine, used it all the time, didn’t loose much money on it (and was great fun). Ditto. Apart from the main big jobs it was bought for, it was a damned handy thing to have, often just used for a short period. You would not hire a machine just to have sitting there to be used every now and then, so without your own machine you would either do without, or wait until you have enough jobs to hire one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnb Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 I bought mine because I have a lot of work for it that I couldn't do all at once. I'm still "winning" over hiring because the flexibility is worth a lot to me especially when I've had experiences of weeks where there were zero available diggers for hire on the whole island. You can imagine how much they were costing to hire that month, and what the terms for "one more day" were... A bit of servicing and welding every so often isn't so bad if you have the equipment. It's worth highlighing that this sort of repair should be a consideration for running your own plant, especially if you buy an older machine. In hindsight a better cover for the worst of the winter months would have been a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpmiller Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 yep, I bought too and I'm not sure I'd ever get rid tbh. Far too handy... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnb Posted March 31 Author Share Posted March 31 Had a bit of fun playing find the good bits of metal with the MIG and the inevitable running out of wire on Easter Saturday. All together again and back to doing the landscaping. Going to need to do a few more repairs over the next winter I think but all OK for now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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