The 'Today's Job' thread

[6feetdown]

suds or soil?

Predictive text! Percolation

 

[V8Druid]

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My crane trailer let me down this morning. Was put to bed with a full charge about 3 weeks ago, just clicking on the pump solonoid and then throwing an F02 code when plugged in to forklift charger (low voltage). One of the batts has crust around the terminals so maybe on the blink. Both 12v batteries test okay on their own and charge okay. Will clean up terminals and try again Monday. I’m tempted to add another pair of 12v batts (I have the space) as a back up.

have you tried 'em with a discharger/load test ... can have a cell go down and still show voltage and charging ... just won't produce the goods when asked to do so ... have had a few do it - couple this year alone

 

[V8Druid]

After cleaning up the eroded drain beside this rural access road with the Haulotte and 1500mm tilting bucket, (missed taking the before photos), I've laid out the geotextile fabric prior to installing five 6m long by 2m wide by 170mm thick rock mattresses

The rock mattresses come flat and folded on a pallet and have to be stretched out and unfolded, 2 person job, and then the bottom part has to have the sides folded into position and tied to the ends and each baffle. That's tedious for a start. Then after placing the mattress base in position, I tip the rock in with whatever machine is on site, Haulotte or JCB 1CX and then have to manually place the rock evenly in the mattress. This is tedious too as especially in the steep section you have to stack the irregularly shaped rock, (local quarry supplied 75mm - 150mm), up each side without it falling down until you put the top on. This 30m of rock mattress required 14 tonnes of rock to fill.

Now for the next tedious part putting the top on which entails ties around the perimeter and across each of the 5 baffles, and on the steep bottom section, 3 ties from top to bottom between each baffle to ensure the rocks don't move. Very hard to get help on jobs like this so most of the work was done by myself with Christine assisting placing rocks and standing on the mattress when I straightened them out. The dog was no help although she is obsessed with rocks. She keeps bringing me rocks which I can throw anywhere into the bush and she will find the same rock and bring it back every time

It will look good when finished and the road is given 38 tonnes of roadbase. We've had some massively wet years recently and the road was in danger of washing out. It didn't help that the neighbours above had redirected the water flow making everything worse. I think this mattress will be in place until an archeological dig way in the future. The pictures tell the story, apart from the last one. Not enough sunscreen on the snout in my youth and a skin cancer had to be removed. Not a bad job my doc did however considering what he had to cut out. Blood everywhere during surgery though.

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looks a right pig of a job .. and a finger killer ... hope the nose job is the last time it needs attention looks like it'll be tender for a while

 

[William127]

No need for the the mini loader here, chipper is right under the tree and my big loader is a 2 minute walk away to deal with the logs in ibcs

 

[Stroppymonkey]

have you tried 'em with a discharger/load test ... can have a cell go down and still show voltage and charging ... just won't produce the goods when asked to do so ... have had a few do it - couple this year alone

I don’t have one of those, but garage over the yard will. I think it’s a dodgy connection as found one of the positive clamps split.

 

[JerryRtilt]

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Fair bit came out if you look at the Mrs in last picture for scale.
More destruction.... not bad in the day I reckon.
Bon week-end !

That's a bit excessive for a patio base ?

 

[Furniss]

That's a bit excessive for a patio base ?

It's a funny setup ....apparently going to be a shed accessible by the paddock with a roof terrasse out of the doors there.
Back of shed /retaining wall goes round first and front is off posts.
I don't get involved, 2.8m below doorstep and 1m away all way round was my brief, Monday a footing round bottom and we move on, leave the hard work to someone else

 

[Cal919]

Not a bad job today and for next week trying to even out the boot and t shirt tan

 

[JerryRtilt]

It's a funny setup ....apparently going to be a shed accessible by the paddock with a roof terrasse out of the doors there.
Back of shed /retaining wall goes round first and front is off posts.
I don't get involved, 2.8m below doorstep and 1m away all way round was my brief, Monday a footing round bottom and we move on, leave the hard work to someone else

Moving on sounds wise

 

[Furniss]

Not a bad job today and for next week trying to even out the boot and t shirt tan

Nice ! Even got matching nail varnish but why have you only done your thumb

 

[6feetdown]

No need for the the mini loader here, chipper is right under the tree and my big loader is a 2 minute walk away to deal with the logs in ibcs

Great photo

 

[V8Druid]

No need for the the mini loader here, chipper is right under the tree and my big loader is a 2 minute walk away to deal with the logs in ibcs

interesting tower in the background

 

[V8Druid]

Nice ! Even got matching nail varnish but why have you only done your thumb

was gonna ask if he's 8ft tall or his missus is only 4ft tall

 

[pettsy]

Made a start sorting the patio level at my own place. A few transit loads of broken up concrete pad out this morning. Will hopefully get some type1 back in this week then I’ll have a spot to load out the clay and rest of old patio.

 

[William127]

Well I will always always prefer my tracked dumper and micro digger, but sometimes (as rarely as possible!) a barrow and spade is the tool for the job..
2 men, not a long day, upper patio dug out and type 1 in, lower path almost all dug out, slabs lifted and cleaned, finish the digging out and type 1 tomorrow, paving Wednesday onwards.
Good to know I can still fill a barrow, it's been a while since I did one like this, but I'd rather use a machine or 2

 

[doobin]

Not too shabby for five hours work on my own and five hundred quid in my pocket. leaving me time for a cheeky 170 quid dig out and muck away on the drive home.

Perfect job for the loader, especially when I had to claw it all down to the end.

 

[AHPP]

Not too shabby for five hours work on my own and five hundred quid in my pocket. leaving me time for a cheeky 170 quid dig out and muck away on the drive home.

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What are they doing there, how flat did it need to be for that and how did you get it to that desired flatness (eye, spirit level, laser etc)?

 

[Furniss]

Almost enjoyable when weather's on your side.
Not as enjoyable as a ride to the coast late Sunday aft and a blat back at 10pm on empty French roads though !

 

[doobin]

What are they doing there, how flat did it need to be for that and how did you get it to that desired flatness (eye, spirit level, laser etc)?

Retaining wall. Eventually the wall and conservatory will come out when planning is granted.

For little jobs like that a Niv Comp is ideal- basically a digital water level. As there will be further works the only bit that really mattered was the depth of the footings, and even that didn’t really matter!

Once the extension is built a patio will be laid so it was dug out roughly to the level required for that. We will final grade and stone up once the demolition is done so the builders have a nice clean space to work.

 

[AHPP]

Retaining wall. Eventually the wall and conservatory will come out when planning is granted.

For little jobs like that a Niv Comp is ideal- basically a digital water level. As there will be further works the only bit that really mattered was the depth of the footings, and even that didn’t really matter!

Once the extension is built a patio will be laid so it was dug out roughly to the level required for that. We will final grade and stone up once the demolition is done so the builders have a nice clean space to work.

So say 4” would been acceptable over the 30’ long side?