Hoop Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 Yarp, it happened.. back on the stinky baits but it didn't all go according to plan!! Standard. Found a stick worth a punt via a Facebook group, Century Tip Tornado Supermatch Graphex.. sold as nearly new having been used twice! Day after arranging courier to pick up in Scotland, I had it in hand.. couple of days later, I had it on the beach! Session finished with my buddy having landed a couple of dogs, it was a shit nothing tide and was more a session for a social catch up than anything else.. For me, I took the rod out of the bag for the first time on the beach.. Rookie mistake? The 'next to new' Century had an issue, the male section of the spigot joint had blown up and wouldn't seat sufficiently enough into the Butt section. Rather foolishly, and despite only managing to seat it upto an inch or so, I decided to give it a go whilst taking it easy.. pfffft. Second cast out pings the tip section and impacts the beach hard enough to generate sparks as it blew up the bottom guide. Good news today - sent to Century yesterday and was delivered at 1026 today, by 1400 they'd repaired the spigot, no fee, guide replacement and return will run to about 36£. Interesting note from them was that the spigot had blown up due to internal contamination.. sand and other detritus present within the butt section. The seller claims the rod was no different when purchased and always had limited connection.. not knowing any different he fished with the rod thinking it was normal. Thankfully he's covered part of the cost of sending to Century and guide replacement at factory so it could've been worse. Can't wait to get it back and give it a dam good thrashing! Andy135, Malc and thejollysinker 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 Wow sounds like you got lucky steve. Now you do have an almost new rod for not a lot of dosh. Fair play to the seller for chipping in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 Good report. I liked the bit about dogfish the best 🐶👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 Actually, this reminds me - when are you, me and @Saintly Fish going dangling then? There was talk of a session a while back. Are we waiting for a decent tide? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoop Posted May 5, 2023 Author Share Posted May 5, 2023 2 hours ago, Saintly Fish said: Wow sounds like you got lucky steve. Now you do have an almost new rod for not a lot of dosh. Fair play to the seller for chipping in. Lucky? I'd say so.. Although Century are no Orvis in after sales service, Century do tend to look after customers for the most part. Considering the rod isn't registered to me and was purchased secondhand, credit where its due for them to just get on with it... perhaps it worked in my favour as they did state that within the registration docs provided they warn against spigot contamination?! They caused a chuckle when they said it happens within the marine environment .. where else would it be deployed!? Sightly overkill on the local chalk stream.. As for cheap? So far the bloody thing has cost me 448£! -50£ transferred back in.. over 600£ new!! Stupid money. 1 hour ago, Andy135 said: Actually, this reminds me - when are you, me and @Saintly Fish going dangling then? There was talk of a session a while back. Are we waiting for a decent tide? Don't know, it kinda died?! Thought it was my reference to the glory holes in the adjacent public conveniences. Superb tides this weekend, will see hounds along local beaches.. as the Bass will be mooching up the creeks.. 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 18 minutes ago, Hoop said: Lucky? I'd say so.. Although Century are no Orvis in after sales service, Century do tend to look after customers for the most part. Considering the rod isn't registered to me and was purchased secondhand, credit where its due for them to just get on with it... perhaps it worked in my favour as they did state that within the registration docs provided they warn against spigot contamination?! They caused a chuckle when they said it happens within the marine environment .. where else would it be deployed!? Sightly overkill on the local chalk stream.. As for cheap? So far the bloody thing has cost me 448£! -50£ transferred back in.. over 600£ new!! Stupid money. Don't know, it kinda died?! Thought it was my reference to the glory holes in the adjacent public conveniences. Superb tides this weekend, will see hounds along local beaches.. as the Bass will be mooching up the creeks.. 🤔 I'm busy all week digging 🥺 Malc, Hoop and daio web 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 2 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: I'm busy all week digging 🥺 I thought you had someone lined up to do all that? Or did he bail out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoop Posted May 5, 2023 Author Share Posted May 5, 2023 6 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: I'm busy all week digging 🥺 Lovely job, a chippy masquerading as a plumber? Should earn you some brownie points!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 6 minutes ago, Andy135 said: I thought you had someone lined up to do all that? Or did he bail out? I'm labouring to save a few hours of hold up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 2 minutes ago, Hoop said: Lovely job, a chippy masquerading as a plumber? Should earn you some brownie points!! No, I'm still a heating engineer! Hoop 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 18 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: I'm labouring to save a few hours of hold up. You mean you're too tight to pay someone else to dig holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 10 minutes ago, Andy135 said: You mean you're too tight to pay someone else to dig holes. 2 men at £200 per day!! Yes I am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 2 hours ago, Saintly Fish said: I'm busy all week digging 🥺 How are the timbers joined together? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 Just now, JonC said: How are the timbers joined together? Cross beams have baton running along, then the deck runners are notched out to the size of the baton, laid on top then nailed and glued in place. All mounted on concrete posts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 1 minute ago, Saintly Fish said: Cross beams have baton running along, then the deck runners are notched out to the size of the baton, laid on top then nailed and glued in place. All mounted on concrete posts Do you have a picture of the detail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 And are you using synthetic decking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 9 minutes ago, JonC said: And are you using synthetic decking? No. It's way too expensive. JonC and GPSguru 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 1 minute ago, Saintly Fish said: No. It's way too expensive. Yeah but it won’t be rotten in 5 years GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 16 minutes ago, JonC said: Yeah but it won’t be rotten in 5 years Neither will this. I'm replacing decking that we laid 15 years ago. So that's not a bad return. For the cost of the deck boards I can do this twice for the same cost of composite boards. We are using concrete this time to stop the supports rotting and wicking up to the boards. If we do get some rot this time I can just replace individual boards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 1 minute ago, Saintly Fish said: Neither will this. I'm replacing decking that we laid 15 years ago. So that's not a bad return. For the cost of the deck boards I can do this twice for the same cost of composite boards. We are using concrete this time to stop the supports rotting and wicking up to the boards. If we do get some rot this time I can just replace individual boards. Why the elaborate join? Could you have used hangers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 With twist nails obviously not screws Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 11 minutes ago, JonC said: Why the elaborate join? Could you have used hangers? Two old builders that like to do things the traditional way. And yes, decent nails not screws. 90mm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 3 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: Two old builders that like to do things the traditional way. And yes, decent nails not screws. 90mm What’s the load rating per square meter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 12 minutes ago, JonC said: What’s the load rating per square meter? 🖕🏻it'll take your weight so that's all that matters. GPSguru and Andy135 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 But what about if you get a few fat people. Doing the conger . Or ganjan style. Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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