New Stop Knob Fitted!
Stephen replaced the old defunct Engine Stop knob on the dumper truck with a shiny new one! It was a relatively simple job and took about 30 minutes. It is…
Dumper Truck Wouldn’t Stop!
Our old dumper truck wouldn’t stop when the stop button was pulled – a real ironic case of a Stop button causing a Stoppage! The cable from the spring loaded…
Starter Button Fixed!
The truck now starts! We have Noise and Action again! The wire had corroded and come off the connector to the starter button circuit. We conclude that there is enough…
Dumper Truck Won’t Start!
Oh Dear! Our dumper truck “starter” button doesn’t work anymore! It seems that something has disturbed the wiring inside when the last maintenance was done on the truck last week.…
Battery and Solar Charger Inspected and Fixed
The battery was successfully charged up using the mains charger overnight. But when we tested the solar charger, we discovered that there was only 4volts coming out! Oops! But after…
Suspect Problem with Battery
We suspect that there is a problem with the dumper truck’s battery or the charging circuit from the solar panel. We got only 3 starts out of the battery today…
Removing foundations and paths
Shauns been beavering away between the rain!
Dumper Truck is down in the Dumps #2
Yippeee! We managed to jump start the dumper truck! We tipped the load and drove it back to the house to connect the battery charger! Phew! That is a great…
Dumper is down in the Dumps!
OH GEE WIZ! Our truck is broken! The starter motor is making a horrible crunching noise! Oh Blimey! We phoned our cousin for his expert opinion and listening via our…
Mini Digger & Dumper truck Maintenance
Stephen spend the morning doing the regular maintenance, pumping grease into the joints and bearings including doing the dumper truck as well. But Stephen decided to tackle the longer running…