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what are these ??


what are these ??

A wee blast from the past here and a coakynut on offer to the first one under 30 to come up with the answer(withoot getting help fae the auld lads!)Found them hidden away up at the back of the garage under a pile of junk,must date from around the mid to late 70s somewhere.




    young ronnie
    Jul 14 2009 10:10 PM
    Sounds very familiar Puddlejumper,right doon tae the bruised/skinned nuckles...anybody that ever sailed wi' a belt driven winch got that T shirt sooner or later...character building it was called back then...fu****g torture mair like :D

    restlesswave
    Jul 14 2009 10:29 PM
    and we`ve already been through all the different methods of giving the belt grip!-and if i mind right ronnie we even got a telling off about it!

    young ronnie
    Jul 14 2009 10:33 PM
    Aye Frank,we did all the belt spray/syrup/treacle/ashes out the fire/tricks to get the belt to grip(did I miss any out? lol)

    restlesswave
    Jul 14 2009 11:17 PM
    sugar and jam!-tell that to the lads brought up with hydraulics :D
    jumpa joe was the man 4 putin stuff on the belt he pulled both fkn gallows down and up 2 the fkn winch b4 it stopped paul.d might remember the name ov the boat wot he had
    BANG!aah fek there goes the winch belt again. :D :gunsout:Right young lad get down the fore peak with the pullers and get the belt joined up.....as quick as you can :Brings back memories.
    old kelvin oil made the belt grip..Pull anything .....

    young ronnie
    Aug 25 2009 09:18 AM
    As long as ye had a hammer and a cold chisel handy tae get the oil oot Jamsie. Rotella T 30 after a fortnight in a K Kelvin's crankcase would have put Lyle's black treacle tae shame ;D
    REMEMBER THESE WITH SEVERE LOATHING ALL THE EQUIPMENT IN THE WORKSHOP RAN OF ONE MOTOR BELT DRIVE TO LAY SHAFT  LATHE, DRILL, BUFF. BELTS IN ALL DIRECTIONS AT LEAST IT PUT ME IN TOUCH WHEN I WENT TO WINCH JOB ON BOATS WHERE YOU HAD TO HAVE IT SLACK ENOUGH NOT TO DRIVE WHEN THE PULLEY WAS OF WONDERFUL TIMES ;D

    quiet waters
    Aug 27 2009 10:28 PM
    i'll read all the other comments after i post this, alligator teeth, why alligator and not crocodile i know not? bane of my life, theres a couple of things missing from the pic, pliars, a hammer and a good stanley knife, at times maybe a hacksaw, mmmm? oh a screwdriver for those times when you've used two shorter lengths of bar cos you've run out of the longer lengths and you've got a man screaming at you out a wheelhoose winda to get a fuckin move on and get a bit oot of that fuckin belt so he can heave the feckin gear because he's been up since yadda yadda and you lazy bastards have been lying in your bunks and you should have thought about taking a bit out of the fucking belt instead of lying in your pish for the last four oors, and the reason the belt is slipping is naw the fact that its about five years olld and you bought it off a guy who has a place near dobbies loan, naw, its because somebody has been hoorin at the weekend!!!!
    what are the items in the pic for? i've no fuckin idea!!!!!!