Damn, I was not thinking quick enough

[Lionelgee]

Hello All,

On Monday I had 15 cubic Metres of topsoil bought in by a truck and dog to make up a garden mound in front of a 40 Foot shipping container at my place. Once planted up with some shrubs and a couple of other layers of plants, the mound will help screen the shipping container from view. I was not quick enough in the brain department to ask the truck driver to spread out the loads for the full length of the shipping container.

Subsequently, the truck driver left a nice and neat pile behind. Over the past couple of days it has been me, a shovel, a wheelbarrow and a rake + the Zephir, the dog keeping me company, while I distribute load into a garden bed.

I have been doing the work at least five barrow loads at time after I spend a couple of hours working on the New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS) course. Work on the computer for a couple of hours - go out and shift five barrow loads - repeat throughout the ensuing days.

If I was just thinking just a little bit quicker, I could have saved myself a lot of shovelling iand wheelbarrowing. Doh!

Kind regards
Lionel

[Lionelgee]

Hello All,

At close of business today - Friday. All the top of the pile has been spread out. Now there is only a pad which is the remaining base of the truck and dog pile of topsoil. I have about two more shovel-depths to dig down in the pad and it will be fully transformed into a new garden bed. After that it will need raking over to level everything out.

After the levelling I will go to the local council dump and buy a trailer load of their mulch and spread it over the top. With that done it will be time to put some plants in.

Kind regards
Lionel

[travelrover]

Maybe you should have hired a little dingo digger to take all the back breaking work out of it.

I recently had to move 10 cubic meters of mulch after I had a few trees removed. Fortunately for me there was no urgent need so I did it over a couple of months one barrow load at a time to various parts of the garden.

[Lionelgee]

Maybe you should have hired a little dingo digger to take all the back breaking work out of it.

I recently had to move 10 cubic meters of mulch after I had a few trees removed. Fortunately for me there was no urgent need so I did it over a couple of months one barrow load at a time to various parts of the garden.

Hello Travelrover,

I used shifting the topsoil as a reward after doing sessions of rather dull and taxing work on the computer. When the brain becomes too numb I go out and do something physical. At least five wheelbarrows of topsoil shifted. Do some more work on the computer ... repeat.

Next week - when or if the retailers contact me to let me know that the ordered stock has arrived, I will be making some insect screens for some awning style windows. Then after that I will have built up sufficient brownie points with SWMBO so the "reward" will be working on Snowy the Defender.110.

Kind regards
Lionel

[travelrover]

Hello Travelrover,

I used shifting the topsoil as a reward after doing sessions of rather dull and taxing work on the computer. When the brain becomes too numb I go out and do something physical. At least five wheelbarrows of topsoil shifted. Do some more work on the computer ... repeat.

Next week - when or if the retailers contact me to let me know that the ordered stock has arrived, I will be making some insect screens for some awning style windows. Then after that I will have built up sufficient brownie points with SWMBO so the "reward" will be working on Snowy the Defender.110.

Kind regards
Lionel

There is a silver lining ;-)

[Lionelgee]

There is a silver lining ;-)

Hello Travel Rover,

By the way - Snowy is parked in the vehicle "work" area.. The spot closest to the power points in the old shed. The blue International van is waiting for its allocated space as Number 2 in the queue.

Kind regards
Lionel

[travelrover]

Hello Travel Rover,

By the way - Snowy is parked in the vehicle "work" area.. The spot closest to the power points in the old shed. The blue International van is waiting for its allocated space as Number 2 in the queue.

Kind regards
Lionel

I was thinking about that international only the other day as I drove past the road where you got it from!

[Lionelgee]

I was thinking about that international only the other day as I drove past the road where you got it from!

Hello Travel Rover,

The blue van's need to be near a power point is due to the rust repairs it needs. A couple of new chassis to cabin mounts, a couple of brackets where the front mudguards join onto the A pillar. A lower and upper plenum rebuilt. Sections of windscreen channel and rebuilding sections of the footwells. Oh not to mention some replacement of sections of the A pillars too. Some patches in the floor panel - near the cab mounts.

A couple of sheets of metal from the steel sales place; some bending and folding; some bead rolling; a bit of cutting and butting; some welding and it will be like a new truck. Then I can start on getting all the surface cracks out of the fibreglass and patch the roof rack holes.

Without forgetting the mechanical side of things; fit in the International/Perkins cross member, drop in the Perkins 6354 diesel motor and the International gearbox in.

The van will be mint! I will be a much more skilled person when the blue van powers itself away from the power point area once all the work is done on it

Kind regards
Lionel

[Lionelgee]

Hello All,

Hmmm a 12 metre long shipping container. A new garden bed that requires levelling off. A bit much to do with a rake.

How could I bring a Land Rover into the story - since it is a Land Rover forum?


Add one pallet and ....

Kind regards
Lionel

[Lionelgee]

Hello All,

No the dog did not wish to pretend to be a Husky....

There you go. Some chain - some rope and one 1996 Discovery - with brakes that I fixed so it stops when I want it to.

Garden bed complete and ready for a layer of mulch next week sometime.

Kind regards
Lionel