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JCB 3CX 4×4. Next project?
by John
I am still waiting to pour bronze to make a 1:10 scale Ottoman bombard. I have all the equipment and materials ready to go. But, held up by 1. needing some dry, wind free days, 2. ability to have a friend on hand to assist with the pour. I need 2 successive days for making each mould and doing the pour. Waiting, waiting. Meanwhile, SWMBO has had me breaking up a concrete drive, manually loading the broken up concrete, and transporting it to the recycler. It took 3 x 2 ton loads, so far, and still more to go.
Then in lockdown, we decided to fix a leaking balcony at home, and replace some rotting, ceiling boards under the leaks. At 71, I dislike working on ladders, above my head. Almost finished, thank goodness. And no more broken bones.
The lockdown restrictions eased a bit last weekend, permitting me to visit my workshop. I have been waiting for some suitable weather to burn some rubbish, and it was not too windy a couple of days ago, so this was the first task…
I have been considering my next modelling project. Nothing really is grabbing my attention. But I had to use the JCB backhoe to load the concrete onto the tipping trailer and I was aware that the JCB is looking really tired. Not surprising, considering that it is 36 years old, and has 7200 hours on the clock. I bought it third hand, more than a decade ago, and used it for general farm jobs, including manure handling, transplanting mature olive trees, as a yard crane, moving machinery, digging trenches. As a general farm machine it was incredibly useful. When the farm was sold, it was just about the only big machine which I retained, because even on 5 acres it is still used occasionally.
So, until some new model engineering project takes control of my life, I will spend some time and TLC on the JCB.
Good read again John.
The only thing I spotted was that you missed a small caveat in your last statement, “unless SWMBO directs otherwise” should have been in there somewhere. 😉
Great buy John. Can I hire it in the future? Need to push some earth around. No hurry whatsoever. 😁
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Yes Stan. No hire fee, but I would operate it, and you would need a 7 tonne truck to transport it. John.
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Good read again John.
The only thing I spotted was that you missed a small caveat in your last statement, “unless SWMBO directs otherwise” should have been in there somewhere. 😉
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Oops. Mea culpa.
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