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fred
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The upright one they use here looks a much better design than the ones we use.
JD450A
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Bet that fucks your back royally.
Roller job anyway that.... Bomag 80, stick it on the same lorry as the machine or the aggregate. Do a far superior job.
Roller job anyway that.... Bomag 80, stick it on the same lorry as the machine or the aggregate. Do a far superior job.
doobin
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I noticed a suspicious amount of shovelling and raking going on there! Didn't think you needed to with a tilty 
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fred
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I noticed a suspicious amount of shovelling and raking going on there! Didn't think you needed to with a tilty
need to justify the 2 groundies some how
Engcon UK
The Noble Art of Digging
...or a tilty-mounted plate compactor. Then again, as Fred says, that would be another reason to stand the groundies down.
JD450A
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I'm not a fan of plates for large areas like that. Never seen one put the required weight down. Same with pedestrian rollers.
Cannot beat a bomag 80 for small jobs.... I need to buy one of the old heavy compaction models as cbl seem to now be replacing them.
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
cheaper by the pair
JD450A
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I will enquire if you want one
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
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Komatsu
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Hey up, Steptoe and son are on the prowl againup for all sorts ...... if the price is right
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V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
"Haaaaaaroooold !!!!!! "Hey up, Steptoe and son are on the prowl again
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=steptoes+and+sonI can remember when the scrappy used to come up the street we lived in on a horse and cart with a bugle yelling RAG, BOOOOOOOOONE - RAG, BOOOOOONE
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Komatsu
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I was only very little when they used to come round....always remember how nice and friendly they were, would ask if you had anything to get rid of......how times have changedI can remember when the scrappy used to come up the street we lived in on a horse and cart with a bugle yelling RAG, BOOOOOOOOONE - RAG, BOOOOOONE
Mogman
What man as done, man can do, what never has,maybe
Yea now they just take itI was only very little when they used to come round....always remember how nice and friendly they were, would ask if you had anything to get rid of......how times have changed
JD450A
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Yea now they just take it
There are still good ones about. Got a lad from Birmingham that buys any Ally we have.... comes down for holiday once a year and always drops in. Polite, no issues and know him for years.
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Ditto Boyo ... nigh on 60 years ago ..... dunno WTF it's goneI was only very little when they used to come round....always remember how nice and friendly they were, would ask if you had anything to get rid of......how times have changed
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
yep ... my scrappy's a nice guy ... we were never far out on our respective notional values ... these days he calls by for a cuppa and gets given what little i produce ... glad to be rid usually
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fred
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I was only very little when they used to come round....always remember how nice and friendly they were, would ask if you had anything to get rid of......how times have changed
nowadays you know they been as the alloys and cat are gone from the motor
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Komatsu
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Haha...so true.....on a rail job up north, got done 3/4 in the morning, lads jumped in tranny pickup to go home...into gear and it just reved up?? tried again, same thingnowadays you know they been as the alloys and cat are gone from the motor
....lookedunderneath, they’d only gone and taken the prop shaft of it!!
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
was a time when certain tranny props were unobtainable ..... and highly sought after ... long time ago now thoughHaha...so true.....on a rail job up north, got done 3/4 in the morning, lads jumped in tranny pickup to go home...into gear and it just reved up?? tried again, same thing
underneath, they’d only gone and taken the prop shaft of it!!
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
10 maybe 12 years ago ... when cats were making absolutely stupid money in the scrap, was a guy in this area with a tranny done up to look like an AA van ... he'd rock up in a car park, trolley jack out, car up, chain pipe cutter underneath, either end of the cat and off ....... he'd do maybe 10-15 vehicles and off to another car park ..... in a different town ...... plod never caught him and must've made a mint ... they were fetching huge money back then when scrap was sillynowadays you know they been as the alloys and cat are gone from the motor
was a guy a while later in the brummy area, with a similar set up, lifting bikes ..... rock up looking all 'official' pick up a nice shiny new bike, as if it'd broken down and gone ..... had several dozen and never caught .. all top-line bikes
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