The 'Today's Job' thread

[Furniss]

what are you guys doing that requires that level of machine control?

Foundations and septic tanks? Driveways?

Most our drawings unless highway etc don’t have levels other than what suits the site

How do these systems go on on steep
Hills doing new road say 300mm dig where ground is up and down and very steep down hill as well?

Over here soakaway trenches are allowed 1% maximum fall, and more often than not we are working to minimum fall (2%) on at least one of the connections of foul from the house to the tank/treatment plant etc in order to keep the system as shallow as poss to either meet requirements for maximum backfill round system or to have sufficient falls going onwards from tanks to drainage beds etc and still arrive at or above our maximum invert depth allowed on soakaways or drainage beds.
It's all checked with laser by the authorities before its signed off and backfill.
We usually dig say 3cm below grade (depending on the going) on each pipe run to allow a pipe an even bed and have a perfectly flat plane to lay pipes, if your working to 2% you can’t really afford to go up n down in the run.
Its pretty precise work and each cm matters.

 

[doobin]

More mowing …

 

[V8Druid]

More mowing …View attachment 50518

lot of it about .. neighbours fields all around us got hay mowed yesterday ... in the pissy wet ... hammered down all night and was still doing it when I left for Pontrilas .... out there turning it ATM .. gonna take some drying this year ... still totally green -and wet .. not a lot of sun but is still blowing well

 

[JerryRtilt]

Over here soakaway trenches are allowed 1% maximum fall, and more often than not we are working to minimum fall (2%) on at least one of the connections of foul from the house to the tank/treatment plant etc in order to keep the system as shallow as poss to either meet requirements for maximum backfill round system or to have sufficient falls going onwards from tanks to drainage beds etc and still arrive at or above our maximum invert depth allowed on soakaways or drainage beds.
It's all checked with laser by the authorities before its signed off and backfill.
We usually dig say 3cm below grade (depending on the going) on each pipe run to allow a pipe an even bed and have a perfectly flat plane to lay pipes, if your working to 2% you can’t really afford to go up n down in the run.
Its pretty precise work and each cm matters.

Can't believe falls are checked by authorities, in our area lucky if you get one inspection for drainage on a new build, then all they really seem interested in is shingle over the pipes, and if a treatment plant was being used you could probably get away with pointing down the garden and saying "its going over there" And the warranty providers inspectors a just obsessed with pictures of everything, not much good when its buried ? Can't help thinking its just creating a can of worms for the future.
Agreed iDig is the business when you're working to tight tolerances, i usually keep the fall on rainwater systems to a minimum to avoid having to go to deep with soakaways.

 

[Lancs Lad]

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This was scratty bit of wasteland couple of years back...just regular flailing it's looking ok again.
Never let anyone tell you a flail isn't good for a lawn

 

[V8Druid]

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This was scratty bit of wasteland couple of years back...just regular flailing it's looking ok again.
Never let anyone tell you a flail isn't good for a lawn

just raked up the results of the 'Dane-ing' from last Thursday .... doesn't look any better - just shorter sh1t grass

 

[Stroppymonkey]

This weeks job. Leaving the lads (and lasses) in charge of the regular plumbing while I tidy my future site at the family farm. Re mortgaging my self to lay 12” and 9” twinwall to fill in a 10 year old ditch so we can lay a track over the top. Quarrying shillet from the bottom field (we have heavy clay here) and brother in law has found a thin seam of black rock that looks like cheap coal. I’m going to take the blow torch later to test it. As father says- if you drive -5 miles you can see South Wales so it’s not that surprising.

 

[doobin]

Secondhand bits arrived from the states finally after they forgot to put the house name on the package the first time round! Got the half shafts and pinions in, then dropped all the oils and changed all the filters.

Parts were nowhere near as bad as I was worrying. In fact, the most expensive thing? The left hand track rod end, at £115 plus vat!

I reckon I’ve owned enough compact tractors now to design the perfect one. You think choosing a digger is hard? Way more differences in compact tractors!

Right little weapon on the flail collector. I’ve run some pipes to the loader spool to be able to use that to float the top link as the spools on the back end don’t have float. Works really nicely, might run a second pipe so that it handles just like the Kubota, which runs totally off the loader lever.

As usual, robbing Peter to pay Paul with the hydro top links and front weights! One day I’ll get the front linkage set up on the Kubota and a pack of weights for that.

 

[Lancs Lad]

Secondhand bits arrived from the states finally after they forgot to put the house name on the package the first time round! Got the half shafts and pinions in, then dropped all the oils and changed all the filters.

Parts were nowhere near as bad as I was worrying. In fact, the most expensive thing? The left hand track rod end, at £115 plus vat! So now I’ve got myself this tractor fully working fully serviced with a loader and pallet forks for £4300 all told plus a morning in the workshop.

Only thing I can find wrong is a slight leak on one tyre and maybe a tiny blow on the exhaust. 2550 hours, last service date on the hydraulic return filter was 1500 hours. Hopefully the engine oil was changed more recently than that 🫣 but she pulls well and the hydro transmission is strong.

I reckon I’ve owned enough compact tractors now to design the perfect one. You think choosing a digger is hard? Way more differences in compact tractors!

Right little weapon on the flail collector. I’ve run some pipes to the loader spool to be able to use that to float the top link as the spools on the back end don’t have float. Works really nicely, might run a second pipe so that it handles just like the Kubota, which runs totally off the loader lever.

As usual, robbing Peter to pay Paul with the hydro top links and front weights! One day I’ll get the front linkage set up on the Kubota and a pack of weights for that.
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That was a steal Doob... Guess you notice the extra grunt on the flail?

 

[doobin]

That was a steal Doob... Guess you notice the extra grunt on the flail?

I'm used to the flail on the alpine too but yes, a bit more over the Kubota. It's not all about power with a cut and collect though, and in the light herby grass we do plus tight contours on a nature reserve the Kubota is often the better machine, with it's bi speed turn and independant brakes. This has independant brakes but has to be on cruise control to use them unfortunately as they are the same side as the go pedal. You also have to use the clutch to engage the PTO, same as the alpine. Not a massive deal but interrupts the work flow sometimes.

I'm going to run it for a while and see if the loader proves useful. It's a decent loader with a fully independant third service (buttons to open and close), I think I will be able to make it pick up Multione attachments with a bit of effort.

I just wish I could take the best bits from every tractor I have or have owned (except the Solis, there's nothing good about those!) and add a cab!

 

[Giles]

Had the day off to go see some flying birds with the mrs rare we get a day so little one in nursery and medium one skating we shot upto goole to Humber estuary.

Saw some other sights on the way

 

[hiluxman]

Back playing with a 432 today.

 

[Stroppymonkey]

 

[Stroppymonkey]

After 5 days of being on the same job in the same place I’m starting to get itchy. I’m used to being in several places every day. Struck lucky with the weather though , this is heavy clay and the wettest corner of a wet farm so having it dusty is pure bliss. Spent 6 hours picking apart big lumps of masonry today. Sunburnt again.

 

[Keif]

Plowed conduit through "some" roots, it still amazes me what this machine will go though. Took a little work to get this cleaned up, ended up with a truck bed full.

 

[doobin]

Had the new Holland on this job yesterday, got rained off. Back with the Kubota today for comparison purposes.

No contest. The Kubota walks all over it. Bi speed turn, independent pto and a smaller footprint overall. 26hp is plenty.

 

[Giles]

Had the new Holland on this job yesterday, got rained off. Back with the Kubota today for comparison purposes.

No contest. The Kubota walks all over it. Bi speed turn, independent pto and a smaller footprint overall. 26hp is plenty. View attachment 50671

Is that a house or hotel etc

 

[Monkeybusiness]

Had the new Holland on this job yesterday, got rained off. Back with the Kubota today for comparison purposes.

No contest. The Kubota walks all over it. Bi speed turn, independent pto and a smaller footprint overall. 26hp is plenty. View attachment 50671

That’s @doobin’s tractor shed….

 

[doobin]

Is that a house or hotel etc

House. Doing the lady of the house a demo of the Kubota later, she’s talking about getting one for the gardener!

 

[V8Druid]

Is that a house or hotel etc

's my weekender