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No! Bad excavator!

Also cameraphone having a bit of an unfocused moment.

Inside this old doghouse I found a squeaky dog toy and someones favourite woolen jacket.

This one is downright horrible to disassemble, as someone nailed sheet metal to it as the wood started to decay.

Underneath, a couple chunks of asphalt and a lost garden hoe.

After the maintenance, I dug.

A steel pipe end peeked out. Regular readers will not be surprised that this led to half the Nordstream pipeline coming out.

Then I dug out the side of the big barn, because it's bottom log is rotting from being below soil level due to 90 years of soil accumulation. Good practice for digging near buildings. Only hit the roof once 😬

Lots more junk came up, steel, chunks of cancer roofing, wire, wood, roots, rubber, plastic pipe, disintegrating plastic sheet, rocks and lots of bricks.

Then I made a ditch for the water from the roof to run off (there's no gutter) and leveled the area. Needs some more infill at the end, but already much better.

Slow progress on the excavator thumb: Made a cardboard template to work out the angle and rough shape.

Next I gotta order three 25mm pins and find some suitable chunks of steel.

A thing from the scrap pile has already volunteered, it's 10mm plate in roughly the right size for the sides. No idea what that thing used to be.

Excavator upgrade (look closely).

Also a general check-up, greasing and getting to know the thing. Found three missed grease nipples (you have to swing things just so to access them). One doesn't accept grease.

The machine is "new" with warranty, but got a significant discount because it spent a winter sitting outside in the sellers parking lot.

Hence some cosmetic damage, especially under the still wrapped seat, which I promptly fixed.

A strong arm with claws arrived. Small enough to drive into the living room, strong enough to dig holes or lift logs. With extra trenching and sand bucket.

Had some practice digging and then reinstalled the roof, which to my delight fits through the barn door.

Filled the grease gun and gave it some lube as it's been sitting outside all winter.

Only came with an engine manual, none for the machine itself, which is probably against some EU law.