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    Dutchman in the UK.

    Dank je! :bounce:
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    Dutchman in the UK.

    Thank you for the welcome everybody! My location is now updated and I am in Worcestershire, just to the South of Bimingham, UK. JB052, the cycling is something I miss in the UK. We have loads of paths through fields locally but every hundred yards there is a stile. Don’t really want to venture...
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    A Dutchman’s garage.

    As the weather was quite nice today,I decided to give the excavator a 2000 hrs service. I prefer todo any work on the excavator outside as there tends to be a lot of dirt coming off it. Here is she ready for her service. On the dozer blade I had noticed that it was impossible to grease the...
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    A Dutchman’s garage.

    I drive a 1998 Nissan Patrol 2.8TD which after 22 years takes a little bit of TLC. Some of the rust in the wheel arch. And some repairs that I started on the LH wing panel.
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    A Dutchman’s garage.

    Sorry Miss the Pontiacs, didn’t check your location before replying.
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    A Dutchman’s garage.

    Riddle bucket is the name they have given it in England. It is probably called something different in the USA. Originally I am from The Netherlands but live in the UK. It is the classic story, was offered a job in the UK and then met my girlfriend. 20 years later, I am still here.
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    A Dutchman’s garage.

    Last year the little guy had a leaking boom cylinder. The gland nut was rather tight, so an extension to the C wrench was required. Cylinder is apart, ready to be stripped. All seals replaced, ready for installation. Since July 2019, the excavator has run without issues. Whilst working...
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    A Dutchman’s garage.

    The excavator the bucket goes on is a JCB 8016 mini excavator. Nothing big in our household, yet.
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    A Dutchman’s garage.

    As an engineer I like to keep myself busy when not at work. This thread will be about my completed projects in the last couple of years but also about future projects including the build of a barn. Starting of with the conversion of a mini excavator bucket into a riddle bucket. The old bucket...
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    Test for photo’s

    Always good to have somebody like you on the forum! I try to avoid cloud service, so I will use option 2. :thumbup:
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    Test for photo’s

    That works! Thank you PelicanPines, greatly appreciated.
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    Dutchman in the UK.

    Thank you, The Cobbler. Where in the UK do your family live?
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    Test for photo’s

    Thanks PelicanPines, I will try that.
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    Test for photo’s

    Obviously it shows as a thumbnail. How can I get this photo in the te t and not as a thumbnail? Many thanks.
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    Test for photo’s

    Testing if photo is displayed as thumbnail or as normal size.
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