echnidna
Well-known member
I Feel Great 
I bought this 3 years ago as a project
28 pontiac with 253 V8
I needed a shed to do the build in.
So I setup the Wombat Sawmill in the backyard so I could cut the timber from some logs I had carefully scrounged to to build a timber shed with (and make some videos of the sawmill working at the same time)
Just before I started making timber from the logs I had a heart attack, leading to a triple bypass.
But the procedure wasn't very successful and has taken me about 2-1/2 years to get to the stage of being able to do physical work again. I also attribute some of the slow recovery to a couple of cold summers.
Over the last couple of weeks I have been putting in full days totally rebuilding an old Tandem trailer which is needed to cart the rod to and from the engineers in Melbourne, Each trip will probably be a minimum 5 or 6 hour round trip. (driving time). The trailer was a major build and a good indicator of my improved health.
The trailer will be towed by the 86 Falcon on club plates - the Falcon was bought to be the tow-car for the rod under construction, as my Hilux Ute is a wee bit small for long trips towing a loaded tandem.
I reckon I'll build the rod on top of the trailer as it should be a convenient work height.
I might try find a cheap Maco Mule for moving the trailer around in the yard
I still have to build a shed but I am now able to physically work again and it really feels great to be to be getting things done again. I expect to finish the shed over summer and it should be plain sailing.
The only downside is that her-indoors has suddenly found a to-do list of things about the house too
I bought this 3 years ago as a project
28 pontiac with 253 V8
I needed a shed to do the build in.
So I setup the Wombat Sawmill in the backyard so I could cut the timber from some logs I had carefully scrounged to to build a timber shed with (and make some videos of the sawmill working at the same time)
Just before I started making timber from the logs I had a heart attack, leading to a triple bypass.
But the procedure wasn't very successful and has taken me about 2-1/2 years to get to the stage of being able to do physical work again. I also attribute some of the slow recovery to a couple of cold summers.
Over the last couple of weeks I have been putting in full days totally rebuilding an old Tandem trailer which is needed to cart the rod to and from the engineers in Melbourne, Each trip will probably be a minimum 5 or 6 hour round trip. (driving time). The trailer was a major build and a good indicator of my improved health.
The trailer will be towed by the 86 Falcon on club plates - the Falcon was bought to be the tow-car for the rod under construction, as my Hilux Ute is a wee bit small for long trips towing a loaded tandem.
I reckon I'll build the rod on top of the trailer as it should be a convenient work height.
I might try find a cheap Maco Mule for moving the trailer around in the yard
I still have to build a shed but I am now able to physically work again and it really feels great to be to be getting things done again. I expect to finish the shed over summer and it should be plain sailing.
The only downside is that her-indoors has suddenly found a to-do list of things about the house too
