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  4. Land Slip - Easenhall Cutting, Brinklow, Oxford Canal

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    29 minutes ago, Stroudwater1 said:


    This weekend I gather I t looked like just one  hawthorn tree thats uncut (quite a large one). This is pretty much over the navigation though it’s still navigable with canoes/small boats to the original slippage. All the rest of the wood in the whole slippage bar roots have been removed.

     

    The only possible further slippage is over some of the gabions but not really into the canal. I had thought that occurred when the rest of the slip had taken place? 
     

    It doesn’t look like anything much has been done with any of the spoil. I pity the narrowboat hire firms. 

     

    You're absolutely right, I must have imagined what I saw earlier.

  6. Land Slip - Easenhall Cutting, Brinklow, Oxford Canal

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    26 minutes ago, tree monkey said:

    Or as I suggested it's a complete waste of time and resources, if it was an 'eco worryers" issue it would be stacked on site

    There's very little available space along that stretch to stack anything, least of all several tonnes of felled wood.

    Notwithstanding that many dossy boaters would then help themselves to a few logs, creating significant mess and further damage along the way whilst posing a risk to themselves and the surrounding area......best to take it all away.

  8. Brunton Gearbox

    in National/Russell Newbery

    Posted

    I've worked on and rebuilt a few of these boxes over the years Chris, once you get here (Brinklow) I can take a good look at it and make the necessary adjustments.

    If you're not confident on making the bottom road trip without first looking at the box I can probably get over to the Cyprus, tail end of next week if that's any help?

     

  9. Land Slip - Easenhall Cutting, Brinklow, Oxford Canal

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    Posted · Edited by James Owen

    2 hours ago, Hudds Lad said:

    There was a vid posted by Narrowboat Spudley on YouTube where he walked down to the slip, looks like quite the job :( 

     

     

    Found it...

     

     

     

    It's a fair bit worse now too...

     

    There's a further slip where the gabions are which has now blocked the towing path (lucky for the Spudley fellow he wasn't there) although the navigation at that point isn't affected.

     

    In itself not the greatest issue but it does highlight the instability of the cutting and the resulting hazards the contractors will likely face while working.

     

    I can see the bottom road getting a fair uplift in traffic for the foreseeable unless that's closed as well....

  11. Historic Boats for sale online

    in History & Heritage

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    If anyone is interested (and I don't mean the usual negative, doom mongers on here that pick fault with everything) there is an opportunity for the right person to acquire the Gort.

    It hasn't been advertised yet and I by no means claim to have any 'inside knowledge' but I believe the current owner has very recently decided to sell up.

     

  15. Historic Boats for sale online

    in History & Heritage

    Posted

    6 hours ago, magnetman said:

    Nice job on the swim. 

     

    It must be a very limited market. I'd want to see a black canvas over the front section of the cabin with some nice cotton rope work. 

    I think that was probably the intent, but with the canvas going forwards from the conventional cabin shape to the cratch (once built of course) but also providing a section that was watertight and connected to the main conversion??

    3 hours ago, Derek R. said:

    Nice swim work on HYDRUS, but that awful ersatz 'dog kennel' as a cabin extension defies belief.

    The whole boat look almost artificial. Might as well be a 'new build'.

    Maybe, yes...but a 'new build' fully riveted hull, which is correctly proportioned and topped with engine room and back cabin in an 'as built' style with an additional sympathetic conversion..you couldn't commission that level of 'new build' for the same price now?

    2 hours ago, magnetman said:

     

    While we we are criticising it I also think the guard irons are too thin. 

     

     

    They look like two inch guards to my eyes.

  19. Gearbox identification

    in History & Heritage

    Posted

    23 minutes ago, alan_fincher said:


    I'm not sure I think that is the answer being given.

     

    I think it is being descried as a Ruston box, internally very similar to a Lister Blackstone 3G, (but not actually a Lister box).

     

    Whether internal parts from one can be used for replacements in the other has not so far been stated.

     

    Even with very common Lister Blackstone boxes I'm not convinced spares are always commonly available.  Both my Blackstone boxes have at times relied on second hand part to effect a repair.

    That's because you ask the wrong people 😉

  20. Gearbox identification

    in History & Heritage

    Posted

    5 hours ago, Jeremy G said:

    Thanks for replies.  The gearbox has always been a bit noisy in reverse but has now noisy in forward. Looking from the stern the flywheel is at the front of the engine and runs anti clockwise the prop is right handed. Photo attached

    b8556ae7-b13d-4628-b2af-f81168805d6f.jpeg

    A noisy ahead gear will, as Tony says, be failing/worn reduction gears and I can probably hazard a guess as to the reason why.

    As mentioned, they are straight forward to repair and most parts are either obtainable or makeable. The only part I had to make on the last one I rebuilt was the main shaft itself but that box had really gone awry 😀

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