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Thursday, May 19, 2011

2011-05-19 The Hills Hoist !!

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hills_Hoist

All the info you need is contained in the wikipedia link , we bought it because after 3 flimsy washing lines had come crashing to the ground on our gusty mountain, and NO we haven’t got 2 trees to string a line between unfortunately !

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Dave unpacking the hoist.

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Dave deciding to return the hoist to its native Australia

(no he’s digging the 750mm deep hole really!)

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how to hold it upright, use a pyramid !

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a good dept of concrete is needed to secure the base (note the old way in the background !)

 

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All level

 

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Concrete going in…….hope its upright Dave?

 

 

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24 hours later….all set.

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I feel like I'm at Glastonbury for some reason ?

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Top going on….point of no return, once on its locked !

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Just checking the stringing….

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and the up and down bits !

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does that look straight ? oh well too late now !

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looks straight this side..

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all I needed was something to hang the bikini on !

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All finished !

 

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Not quite, a few days later, and Dave has built a level area around the hoist and steps up to it…..perfect.

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Welcome to our world !

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