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The Rabbit Hutch looks bang on but what about No 2's, a nettie would be handy unless you are not fussed about "Hedge Row Art" pillows arn't needed as I have not used 1 for near 40 years, but dont think I am going for a No2 in that little Office job you have, I can manage as above if its t...

IT's not uncommon to see graders cutting draines like that but I reackon that clay was just too tough and a piece of boulder or something may have flipped him

I have had to get them both ear muffs Jeremy as I often go down to the quarry on a saturday morning with them.There is allways some blade work to do and those D8's are abit on the loud side...

sorry Neil,i don't know your dad as I never went on hire to Floods and only ever worked on a couple of sites where their D8's were hired in.I remember they had 2 tractor and boxes at the greyhound track in Sealand I think it was. After seeing the Kenworth I realise that I was confusing it with a bri...

Buggered off to The Algarve the other Friday morning for a wedding bash.The plan was to arrive on friday lunchtime and check in,than head off into Villamora to meet a customer to look at a job he's embarking on and talk business......or just talk sh##e and have a liquid late lunch. The plan (as allw...

it's about time you were working on some proper kit again Stuart,all that German stuff's no good.You can't read the instruction book on how to drive them

Hi Neil.I remember Floods of Chester around that time.I may have worked along side some of their kit as I did alot for D.Morgan Plc at that time.I briefly met Derek Flood one Sunday during 1989 at the Chester Business Park.He was walking the dog about the site and I was tandem pushing scrapers throu...

On wednesday morning the D5 blew a hydraulic hose so I had to return to the quarry.This time the sun was shining and it was mid morning.I knew it wouldn't take too long to fix so I took a new D8 bottom roller that I'd been putting off as I just didn't fancy mauling with it at the moment.I took 1&quo...

I get a call last Saturday afternoon to say the D8's leaking a fair bit of transmission oil so might be a good idea to check it over as it's working quite abit at the moment.I set off on Monday morning on the dark rain swept M6 with as many spare hoses as I could find and a box of o rings.It was 4.1...