The 'Today's Job' thread

[Giles]

Rocked up where we are working this morning to this, he’d been there since 7pm previous night.

We’ve been turning wagons here for 4 weeks due to snake pass shut and them not being able to read the signs 5 mile back clearly stating no through rd for 7.5 ton. We’ve had huge trucks with 40 tons of steel etc and low loaders but this guy first to get it this wrong.

He said he thought he’d have tipped over if turned in the turning circle.

Far left start to full swing works but tyre scrub is brutal

Opened up the welfare cabin and let him use the loo and made him a brew waiting on recovery truck

Took the fence and the gate out with his rear end

 

[Stroppymonkey]

Rocked up where we are working this morning to this, he’d been there since 7pm previous night.

We’ve been turning wagons here for 4 weeks due to snake pass shut and them not being able to read the signs 5 mile back clearly stating no through rd for 7.5 ton. We’ve had huge trucks with 40 tons of steel etc and low loaders but this guy first to get it this wrong.

He said he thought he’d have tipped over if turned in the turning circle.

Far left start to full swing works but tyre scrub is brutal

Opened up the welfare cabin and let him use the loo and made him a brew waiting on recovery truck

Took the fence and the gate out with his rear end

Poor sod. We all get it wrong sometimes, and manoeuvring big stuff in dark strange places with no support …. Can be no fun at all sometimes

 

[Monkeybusiness]

He’s loaded (looking at the sheet) otherwise I can’t see him not dragging the trailer back out. Bad times!

 

[Lancs Lad]

Rocked up where we are working this morning to this, he’d been there since 7pm previous night.

We’ve been turning wagons here for 4 weeks due to snake pass shut and them not being able to read the signs 5 mile back clearly stating no through rd for 7.5 ton. We’ve had huge trucks with 40 tons of steel etc and low loaders but this guy first to get it this wrong.

He said he thought he’d have tipped over if turned in the turning circle.

Far left start to full swing works but tyre scrub is brutal

Opened up the welfare cabin and let him use the loo and made him a brew waiting on recovery truck

Took the fence and the gate out with his rear end

Knowing that road and in the dark and fog...crap spot in an artic but like you say it's signed ffs

 

[hiluxman]

Knowing that road and in the dark and fog...crap spot in an artic but like you say it's signed ffs

Yeah but the tm wombles putting signs out is shite. I've detoured because of road closed signs only to find when you get to other end you need to go back again.

I once had one in peaks and sat nag said a 53 mile divert for hgv, I rang the lad he said yeah ignore It come as normal. Yes that's an extreme but you can see why people ignore them right til it's actually closed infront of them.

 

[Lancs Lad]

Yeah but the tm wombles putting signs out is shite. I've detoured because of road closed signs only to find when you get to other end you need to go back again.

I once had one in peaks and sat nag said a 53 mile divert for hgv, I rang the lad he said yeah ignore It come as normal. Yes that's an extreme but you can see why people ignore them right til it's actually closed infront of them.

Fp. But in my pickup I've been known to ignore signs.. but a fully loading walking floor takes some b@lls

 

[hiluxman]

Fp. But in my pickup I've been known to ignore signs.. but a fully loading walking floor takes some b@lls

It does but when you've had multiple loads of miss information your gonna take the risk with more confidence.

I've said here before there's just too many signs saying this that and the other that you just get blind to them, let alone the signs that are never removed after the event.

All I'm saying is I can see the frustration from both sides.

 

[doobin]

It does but when you've had multiple loads of miss information your gonna take the risk with more confidence.

I've said here before there's just too many signs saying this that and the other that you just get blind to them, let alone the signs that are never removed after the event.

All I'm saying is I can see the frustration from both sides.

100% this.

‘Road ahead closed’

Can mean fifty yards on or a side road ten miles away.

It’s f****ng ridiculous. There should at least be some extra information on the signs.

 

[Lancs Lad]

100% this.

‘Road ahead closed’

Can mean fifty yards on or a side road ten miles away.

It’s f****ng ridiculous. There should at least be some extra information on the signs.

What though. Our bridge was shut for months this summer. Blocked with concrete armcos.
4 sets of road closed over a mile and yet daily we had folk turning round...I nearly put some A4 signs on the road closed...
1 "trust us it's shut"
2 honestly it is
3 ok ignore us
4 told you so .

But agree a brief "bridge shut impassable etc" might have helped at the start .

 

[doobin]

What though. Our bridge was shut for months this summer. Blocked with concrete armcos.
4 sets of road closed over a mile and yet daily we had folk turning round...I nearly put some A4 signs on the road closed...
1 "trust us it's shut"
2 honestly it is
3 ok ignore us
4 told you so .

“Road closed at XXXX” would be a start.

 

[pettsy]

Got same issue with closure on a valley section of road (via gellia to anyone who knows it) here. No mention of where it’s closed and what access is available to villages along it. On a side note, looks like they’re putting average speed cameras up on the full length, so much for council being skint, £2.2million!

 

[Smiffy]

In this day and age I don't understand why there isn't a more reliable way of putting it on Google maps and just doing away with all the signs. Utterly beyond me why we still bother putting diversions out. Noone reads them. The local kids change all the arrows round. And I have spent more than enough time in road works to notice that 90% drive up to the road closure then sit there for a minute as the are clearly on Google maps anyway.
Although my favourite when asked "well how am I supposed to get to xxxxcx" is always you could try the clearly labelled diversion.

 

[Lancs Lad]

In this day and age I don't understand why there isn't a more reliable way of putting it on Google maps and just doing away with all the signs. Utterly beyond me why we still bother putting diversions out. Noone reads them. The local kids change all the arrows round. And I have spent more than enough time in road works to notice that 90% drive up to the road closure then sit there for a minute as the are clearly on Google maps anyway.
Although my favourite when asked "well how am I supposed to get to xxxxcx" is always you could try the clearly labelled diversion.

Bang on. I spent ages updating gmaps and Waze every so often to keep it marked as closed. Why the heck it's not simpler I dunno.

 

[William127]

Back to a regular job this morning, pushing up the compost heap.
When I first worked here it was 4ft high and out to the bonfire- the last photo is actually my a**talk profile picture, my mate digging some of it up to use on site, 10 or 11 years ago
4 years ago I pushed it right up and leveled the rest, now we keep on top of it

 

[doobin]

- the last photo is actually my a**talk profile picture

Never knew you were into that. Just had a shufty at that website. I see you are a top contributor on the ‘plugs and lube’ thread

 

[Lancs Lad]

Never knew you were into that. Just had a shufty at that website. I see you are a top contributor on the ‘plugs and lube’ thread

Nearly spat my lunch out

 

[Stroppymonkey]

We have been putting this job off waiting for the track carrier to get some love. Got it sorted this week.
Awkward access job to replace oil storage tank at rear of semi detached property. Round Fire Rated tank over the back fence was best option. Originally there was supposed to be a mixed used trail here linking up to old railway line, but some planning booboo 20 years ago meant it doesn't go anywhere. Has a bollard and pedestrian crossing controls and lights at the end which prevent vehicle access. Used the spider crane last time, but as that has been sold on we have to revert to Hiab trailer. Cleared the path off to find a nice road with the mighty E10, then back the next day for a fun hour. Had to push the trailer in off the road with nose hitch on Dmax while lights were red. Got that back out the way then used tracked carrier to thread it through bollard and into position. Probably broke some rules somewhere, but got it done and gone quickly.

 

[CPS]

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We have been putting this job off waiting for the track carrier to get some love. Got it sorted this week.
Awkward access job to replace oil storage tank at rear of semi detached property. Round Fire Rated tank over the back fence was best option. Originally there was supposed to be a mixed used trail here linking up to old railway line, but some planning booboo 20 years ago meant it doesn't go anywhere. Has a bollard and pedestrian crossing controls and lights at the end which prevent vehicle access. Used the spider crane last time, but as that has been sold on we have to revert to Hiab trailer. Cleared the path off to find a nice road with the mighty E10, then back the next day for a fun hour. Had to push the trailer in off the road with nose hitch on Dmax while lights were red. Got that back out the way then used tracked carrier to thread it through bollard and into position. Probably broke some rules somewhere, but got it done and gone quickly.

What a set up

 

[V8Druid]

100% this.

‘Road ahead closed’

Can mean fifty yards on or a side road ten miles away.

It’s f****ng ridiculous. There should at least be some extra information on the signs.

exactly .... and often there is one diversion sign and you're on your own .. lots round here regularly - God knows why, other than the lanes are impassable if anyone is working in one !!

Had to go meet Josh on his way home Wed.s at Tintern .. cross country from here to Monmouth .. road closed sign through Newcastle .. ignored it and went straight through - no sign of any work whatsoever .. get through Monmouth and head down the Wye valley road ... sign in Wyesham -Road Closed - nothing else - can see a good mile beyond it - clear empty road ????
get 4 miles on into Whitebrook - two trannies across the road and two guys stopping traffic ... get out and ask why and where --
" resurfacing at Bigsweir " --
" which side of Bigsweir bridge??"
" This side "
" so the bridge is open?? "
" yep - how well do you know the area ? "
" enough to get to the bridge from St Briavels - is the bottom of that lane open?? "
" er - think so !! "

so 14 miles later of navigating lanes I've not been round for maybe 20 years, the guy on the Bobcat, with the patch planer is having to move out of my way to get out the lane and over the bridge, back onto the Wye valley road.
a simple " Road Closed at Whitebrook for resurfacing at Bigsweir " at the first sign out of Monmouth and I'd've saved meself a good ten miles, on an alternate route

to cap it all, there were no diversion signs where the two trannies were and two guys who had **** all knowledge of the area or how to get around them

the Wye valley road is a BUSY road

 

[Stroppymonkey]

Had a couple hours between work and the pub. Made a little washer for the skyjack axle repair. Hoping to put it together tomorrow and then I can have it mobile and find a dry spot for it . Will need to see how welder behaves on generator