Tight squeeze in garage.

[Retired]

Hi,

Thanks for the assorted videos; I spent so long watching them last night I ran out of time.

How quaint with the horses and this is how logging used to be done but fortunately for the horses machinery took over; I noticed one of the horses stumble on a small log and thought how dangerous to the horse this was?

Here's a modern way of moving logs from a forest;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoZbgZIMTHs

Thanks Colin; I had left the LED floodlight in the workshop and as it was pouring with rain I lit up the black hole (garage) using the welder and with both strip lights switched on managed but then I'm used to the black hole.

Thanks Ed and Lawrence; the ping pong ball is a common idea Ed for using as a reversing stop but well worth repeating; a friend of mine used to use a tennis ball. Concrete blocks would surely work Lawrence as long as I didn't fall over them; a wooden chock with a peg to locate in a bored hole in the garage floor would also work and the block could be removed when not needed but as Colin says such things tend to be taken for granted until one day they are not replaced into position. Reversing to a stop isn't so much of a problem to me but the width limit is; next year we plan to buy a Skoda Fabia which is bigger than our current Aygo so I'll need to be extra careful.

I found the log skidding machine videos fascinating and thought these machines to be very well designed especially in how simply they lifted the logs. I particularly liked the tracked machine which is so versatile and yes Lawrence it would easily cope with my rear garden; now one of these would be a lovely toy to own but I doubt they will be cheap to buy for home use?

Nice one Big Al; you've seen our rear garden so just imagine me being half way up the incline hanging on to one of these Anzani beasts and accidently hitting neutral; it would firstly flatten me then be off like a rocket demolishing the bungalow on the way down the valley; such a machine would be fun to own though.

There is no doubt mechanical handling saves a great deal of work; I recently bought a new cement mixer to remove most of the mixing backache out of one job then sold the mixer which proved to be cheaper than hiring because I owned the mixer for quite a few weeks.

A smallholding would be my ideal property; Bron could have lots of animals to care for and pamper and I could have lots of big machines to play with; barns to work in and store materials; a fork truck and trailer to move items around; I even have a fork truck license (counterbalance) but I can dream; with such a set up I would seldom be in the house.

Regarding ideas for reversing a vehicle to a stop; what about one of you guys coming up with a radar stop which could be located in the garage? I believe many modern cars now are fitted with such a device but I've never seen or used one? This would make a nice project for someone. My electronics experience is very limited but I believe I could rig up a light beam across the garage; this beam could be aligned with either the bumper or tyres and when broken could sound an alarm? We used such light beams as conveyor stops at work.

Isn't it wonderful how simply painting a white line on a garage floor sparks off so much interest; this is such a great forum for giving and obtaining useful information on a vast array of subjects.

It poured with rain most of yesterday but so far today it is fine so time I cracked on with my VFD project in the garage before another day slips by. Thanks everyone for your replies.

Kind regards, Col.