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Change of plan

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And off to pastures new
'this'll please Ian.

Regular readers will know that we're moving down South, that I'd come to the conclusion that (a) there really wasn't any easy way to have a workshop, (b) did I really want another one and (c) given that I thought our very close neighbour was a Health Spa planing and thicknessing might just be a tad noisy. Oh, I was also pretty sure that the only possible place (manky garage) had an earth floor and there was no sensible power there either.

So I started listing all my stuff to sell....and then SWMBO started talking about what she'd like to do at the new place and I thought 'Now how in Hell am I going to make that?'.

That's when I found out that (a) the 5m square garage had a concrete floor and that (b) I could get a drum of SWA cable and run it out to the garage and fudge a connection there (c) add a Drive Over protector and then find a way to get the SWA into the house consumer unit et voila.

Uh yeah...the Health Spa closed ages ago.
 
Good stuff Rog! When you're all settled I'll have a motor over to Zumerzet and inflict myself on you if that's OK? - Rob
 
Peter Green had a Splinter Group. I went to see them. Got the DVD still. :)
 
I'm planning my workshop even though I've yet to complete!🤣

I've already purloined the kitchen units with the oven gap where the mitre saw goes!

If I build a kitchen to replace it..I need a workbench!

Better get started - I've found some reclaimed wood I'm hoping it's old growth timber....
 
So that’s three of us setting up a workshop in a new home! I was thinking about your situation Roger and it made me think that maybe it’s at such a time as this that our skills and what we can accomplish is appreciated and our other halves are actively pushing for us to have somewhere to work.
Of course it could also be sheer fright at the thought of us under their feet all the time lol.
A man needs a shed!
 
Cabinetman said:
.............Of course it could also be sheer fright at the thought of us under their feet all the time lol.
A man needs a shed!
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Absolutely, or a very large house.

When my father in law retired, mother in law stuck up a notice "half as much money - twice as much husband".
He suddenly decided that after 40 years married she wasn't vacuuming properly, that went down very well. :D
 
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Absolutely, or a very large house.

When my father in law retired, mother in law stuck up a notice "half as much money - twice as much husband".
He suddenly decided that after 40 years married she wasn't vacuuming properly, that went down very well. :D
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Very fine line, between bravery and foolishness......

Bod1
 
Lons said:
Absolutely, or a very large house.

When my father in law retired, mother in law stuck up a notice "half as much money - twice as much husband".
He suddenly decided that after 40 years married she wasn't vacuuming properly, that went down very well. :D
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After my father fully retired a few years back something similar happened but it was regarding the domestic controllers cooking (she is an excellent cook / chef) - she quite literally gave him cold turkey sandwiches for a week - he got the point - lol still makes me chuckle thinking about it.
 
When my father retired in about 1990, my mum, who had never gone out to work complained "I married your father for life, but not for lunch!".
 
Ah...Houston we have a problem. As some of you will know the removal men had to leave the Hammer behind when we moved down. They finally collected it using a 7.5 ton lorry with tail lift and it is currently in their warehouse and scheduled for delivery to the rental Wednesday. But I went down to revisit our intended new home. The access road is only 2.4m in parts and you won't get a 7.5 tom lorry down there. A sack truck will just bog down. So the Hammer has got to go.

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Not been following your move every inch of the way Roger but knew you were intending moving, lets hope you like the new place and find some interesting woodwork to do and share with us all.
 
Can’t believe any removal people worth their salt wouldn’t be able to cope with restricted access (as long as their made aware obviously).

Give them a ring and have a chat.
 
How will the furniture lorry get in? They are usually quite large.
 
Pallet truck and a couple of sheets of 12mm OSB.

Place a sheet down, move the pallet truck with the machine on onto the sheet, place another sheet in front of it, move the pallet truck onto the second sheet, get the first sheet and move it around, move the pallet truck again...

Laborious and time-consuming, but it gets the job done.
 
The way I'd look at it, if selling something you don't wish to sell...
then is there an equal alternative? (knowing nothing about PT's)
Should something be omitted on such, or needing to be seriously fettled...
That could make the job of getting the machine from A to B, even, be it as tedious as the sureworthy approach Trevanion mentoned,
seem all the more reasonable and favourable than the alternative.

I'd be looking for wheels from a wheely bin, lawnmower or similar, and a decent pallet for a quick job.
All the best
Tom
 
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Not an easy one Roger, how long is the lane?
Only thing I can think of is to put it on a piece of ply that has 3or 4 skids screwed to the bottom Santas Sleigh style and tow it up behind you car - slowly!
 
Lots of telehandlers at under 2.2m wide with capacity for that lift at low level. Many are circa 1.5m wide. Should be no problem and every local farm will have one.

You have a knack for finding awkward houses Roger!
 
Anyone with a towbar and half decent trailer with a drop tailgate can transport a 600kg machine. The local farmer would manage that easily using one of the farm general duty trailers which they all have perhaps even with a quad to tow it. Or a local builder or trailers are cheap to hire if you can persuade someone with a towbar fitted.You would need a small forklift or pallet truck to get it on and off but pallet trucks are easily hired.

I've done exactly that in the past with pallets of bricks and roofing tiles heavier than your Hammer though needed 2 men to pull them on. If you weren't so far away I could have done it Roger as my little 8x4 trailer fits the bill perfectly.
 
How about using a platform trolley.

Get one with big air tyres? Should take the weight.
 
600kg is within payload for my Range Rover (sadly in the Cotswolds having work done to it or I would pop down with it) also many vans / pickups / etc and as mentioned above pretty much any decent trailer… there must be someone local with that capability
 
Excellent suggestions chaps, but as Rog mentioned earlier, he's got nowt left in the tank except fumes! If the Hammer has to go, so be it...c'est la guerre - Rob
 
It all depends on whether a buyer can be found or it would have to be transported again surely so maybe worth investgating options just in case.
 
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