Escape from boredom

Boring tv on a Saturday evening, no problem, going out to finish up my drainage project done manually with a shovel. Using the wheelbarrow to dump shingle over the drainage pipe, before covering it with non woven and then soil at the top. If I where to do it totally by the book I should have used more shingle, but since the ground is steep downhill just 1 meter from the wall there won’t be to much water there anyhow. The most important part was to cover the concrete wall with foundation plastic which is done.

I got to borrow the KTS timber trailer which was very handy when moving many loads of timber. My Valmet 865 is very handy together with the trailer since the seat can be turned 180 degrees. Only one problem and that was to mount the hydraulic controller. It cannot be mounted on the windowsill (?) due to the trailer contact which is just below. It was possible to mount it on the arms lifting the hitch, but then I had to be really careful not touching the hydraulic button since the controller then also would go up and down. So I got Gøran at Gørans Sveis og Rep to make me a bracket. Using this the hydraulic controller is mounted much higher, which makes it easier to operate as well. If the trailer had been mine we could have created the bracket so we would not need the cargo strap, but now I use it just to be all sure that the controller want fall off.

Last three loads (for now)

After several weeks of doing nothing I continued digging. Actually it was a good thing that I had waited such a long time. The snow that had covered my ditch and then later melted had actually made the clay soft so now it was way easier to shovel it. Problem was that since it was easier to shovel the wall of the ditch was pretty unstabel. So this happened twice, imagine how much I did curse.

But, last Thursday I got to cover the wall with plastic and threw a load of shingle to cover the pipe. So at least now if I get yet another landslide the damage will not be that frustrating. Hoping to finish up everything later today.

About 35 years ago me and my friends enjoyed playing around with water from snow melting during the spring, shoveling sand and such. Two days ago I did the same as back then, only difference is that the tooling has changed. Had to clean the walkway after all the timber has been picked up. In addition I had to lead away the water which made the road to the old barn all soaky and wet, creating small ditches.

Using the spinning bikes at work here the other day, all alone so I used the instructor bike so I could control the music as well. There I noticed the royal view from the bike – I could see the royal castle from there.

To my right I could also spot the employees working across the central station doing some stretching outside on the roof.

Last weekend it was time to prepare the motorcycle for a new season. Charged the battery and mounted it, engine started at first try, all as it should be.

First ride on Tuesday to work. All fine until I was about to park the bike when I noticed that the battery indicator was flashing. Stopped it and tried to start it again, but no, not enough power on the battery. What to do now? Bought a charger at Claes Ohlson and charged it during the day. I also realized that I had forgotten to connect the ground wire, could that be the cause? After work when heading home I mounted the battery and hoped for the best. Pressed the start button and …. click … dead, no electricity. What could I have done wrong, could it be that the blue wire was not the ground wire (“Husqvarna TE610 not charging”). But in my frustration I came to touch the positive wire and suddenly the display light up. So, disconnected it and connected it again, mounted the seat and tried to start – YES! Drove home, same thing happened after a while, no power on the battery, but at least I could drive home (just hoping I had enough petrol).

At home I recharged the battery, but before doing that I found some sandpaper and used it on both the poles and the wires. The day after when mounting the battery I also used a good amount of WD-40, fired up the engine and from that day no problem.