What did you do with your Range Rover today

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Doo said:
What I did to my Rage Rover, George....?

Nothing! Haven't driven her for a week :(

Last Saturday, I towed my caravan, Mildred, to the works yard and spent an hour with the jet wash removing all the crud from the roof to the skirts (bonus being I'm a boom pilot IPAF, so I used a Star 10 to get up over the roof with the lance and get the spots off).

Then I hooked Mildred back onto George and towed her home.

George & Mildred :D

But I have mostly been driving the works Defender truck with effluent tank mounted on he back up stupidly steep mountain roads and back down (clearly).

THE most uncomfortable vehicle in the world, but OH so able to tackle those steep, steep slopes. I love it if I'm honest :cool:

Tonight, I mostly plan to drive George to visit my sister 72 miles away and stay over so we may sample the local brews & bands ;)
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Top tip. DON'T use a jet wash on a caravan,you will destroy the seals where the panels join.,;):)
 
Ha ha ha, I would rather sell my wife :D

I had to use a jet wash, the green stuff was molesting poor Mildred.

But she's a 1991 Swift Corniche 15/4 in excellent condition and super dry inside.

The only sign of previous damp is at the front middle window where the plastic screen rail guide thingy is loose at the bottom....

Not bad for an old tin tent :cool:
 
Grrrrrr said:
This could run for a while ...

You probably gone as high as you can in that company?

What's the view like from the top?
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Well, this is a teeny weeny Genie Z45 which I was "testing" before beginning work on a sub station out near Cannich.




This is me 135 feet up in the yard doing a PDI on the Genie ZX135



Was in Tain for this one, roofing engineer inspecting, well...a roof! Had to squeeze past a chim chimminey here...



This is a Genie Z135 (not a ZX) in a private estate.... We were checking the hydraulics after a hose burst & was replaced, again, 135 feet up






Like I say, up & down days :)
 
Used one taking a large horse chestnut tree down on a big house in the country. Sways a lot more than you'd hope in even very light winds. I didn't enjoy the experience much to be honest. Much rather be lashed to the tree or even better, on the ground! Reminds me, I've a gutter to fix still!

Impressive views though. And interesting seeing houses from those odd angles.
 
Doo said:
Well, this is a teeny weeny Genie Z45 which I was "testing" before beginning work on a sub station out near Cannich.




This is me 135 feet up in the yard doing a PDI on the Genie ZX135



Was in Tain for this one, roofing engineer inspecting, well...a roof! Had to squeeze past a chim chimminey here...



This is a Genie Z135 (not a ZX) in a private estate.... We were checking the hydraulics after a hose burst & was replaced, again, 135 feet up






Like I say, up & down days :)
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Did you see the guy who died In the biggest mewp in the UK the other year? He delivered it to a motorway depot, got in it to test it and went to its full extent. It fell over and it was so long it fell over the compound, over the approach road and over all lanes of the nearby motorway. Nasty business.
 
Grrrrrr said:
Used one taking a large horse chestnut tree down on a big house in the country. Sways a lot more than you'd hope in even very light winds. I didn't enjoy the experience much to be honest. Much rather be lashed to the tree or even better, on the ground! Reminds me, I've a gutter to fix still!

Impressive views though. And interesting seeing houses from those odd angles.
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Back in March, we were using the 135 at the Cathedral in Inverness. I had to take the scaffolders up to attach ledges to the side of the towers.

It became very windy indeed and the boom started swaying, whacking the basket off the walls so I had to call it.

We are allowed to operate the big stuff in wind speeds of 12.5mps (metres per second) or about 28mph.

We measured gusts of 39mph!!

Gave it an hour and went back up, still gusting, but we moved the machine round the other side and used the building as protection.

Like I explained to Bruce, the scaff boss, she wont blow over, but the movement could cause broken arms/legs or worse if she whacked the building with the basket.
 
goonarmy said:
Did you see the guy who died In the biggest mewp in the UK the other year? He delivered it to a motorway depot, got in it to test it and went to its full extent. It fell over and it was so long it fell over the compound, over the approach road and over all lanes of the nearby motorway. Nasty business.
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Aye, Genie hushed that up as best they could. The couldn't figure out what caused the tip over, so they came to every site that owned a Z135 and checked every component. I remember it well. You could see the splat where the guy hit the road. Not good. But it's like any profession, do it right, do it once and you should be safe. If I am in any doubt, I call it and we go down. Up there "I" alone am in charge.
 
Under my Freelander today to size up fitting a tow bracket and I noticed the back box was quite tatty so I decided to change it before fitting the tow bracket which would restrict access later as it fits to the rear of the back box. It was an hell of a job to get off. To get access to the clamp I used a leccy hacksaw to cut the pipe between the clamp and back box, this let me remove the box itself. I had to use a grinder to cut the clamp which was stainless steel and was studded to the pipe and required some hammering to get off. The section of pipe would not budge so I cut a groove in it and peeled it back with a chisel, more hammering got it to slide off. Managed to do this while car was on the ground as there was plenty of room, this will also let me fit the towing bracket without raising the car.
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This evening I've had the rear driver's side hub out and apart, Loctite 648 applied and reassembled. Will see in the morning if it has fixed my clunk/click.

Usual issues with bolts rusted to hell but what with the Irwin outs and a bit of gas, plus some hammering with a hole-punch I'm starting to get into a nice rhythm of knocking problems out without resorting to trips to the hardware store.
 
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