The 'Today's Job' thread

[Storrsy]

looks likes someone was thinking outside the box View attachment 80110

What's that a mobile sawmill!?

 

[Furniss]

What's that a mobile sawmill!?

yeah and power it when you get there

 

[6feetdown]

yeah and power it when you get there

I saw it

 

[Jimoz]

Finished a bollocksy fencing repair job- not my thing but put a silly price on and got it. Evidently nobody else fancied it- every post has been set in concrete so lots of crush whacked in well used to fill the massive holes left when we pulled the rootballs out. Finicky little things like new chicken wire and baseboards round the veg patch. M18 Brad stapler absolutely brilliant here. Rock auger saved the day drilling out the last gateposts.All spread out around an acre, some posts to knock in also, both digger and Multione on site. It was all oak replacements so that trailer of small oak butts from the other day was just the ticket- love it when things line up. Only one photo as it’s just not interesting and I was too busy most days to take any!

£5750, four and a half days on site (soaking wet on the ground, bloke also wanted it done in a specific two week period). Subby labour and bought in materials under £2k, maybe £800 worth of oak posts if I hadn’t cut them myself. A job that used all my skills and tools but for reasonable profit.

As we finished in the morning and I already had the E19 with grab with us I took the opportunity to have Jordan help me on a little site clearance job. Not bad for an afternoons work with two of us and nor was the money. Very handy having him bring the truck alongside as the road was very narrow and it would have been a major ballache doing it all myself.

Bit tight getting in but I don’t mind scratching an older digger. Probably underpriced it at £1050 but I couldn’t really see just how large it was when I first looked, the brambles were epic. Painful compared to the e27 but needs must. Started at 1, all rubbish away by 5. Popped back the next morning to level it off with the bucket and take a small load of scrap away/collect the digger.

How many loads did you have away from that job looks a right jungle! Did it go straight to one of your bonfires? I think the bloke had a touch at just over a bag of sand but sounds like it paid for you.

 

[Bri963]

I could never own a TB290 myself. Machine itself is ok but every one I have hired has been totally gutless In the tracking department

i unexpectedly did a shift on a TB290 today, moving a heap of wet clay/topsoil/snot/you name it, then blading mud off an area of tarmac. It was about as lively as a 580 Hymac, couldn’t believe a modern machine could be so weak on the tracks.

 

[JD450A]

i unexpectedly did a shift on a TB290 today, moving a heap of wet clay/topsoil/snot/you name it, then blading mud off an area of tarmac. It was about as lively as a 580 Hymac, couldn’t believe a modern machine could be so weak on the tracks.

There's a reason I still have the 175's

 

[DaveDCB]

i unexpectedly did a shift on a TB290 today, moving a heap of wet clay/topsoil/snot/you name it, then blading mud off an area of tarmac. It was about as lively as a 580 Hymac, couldn’t believe a modern machine could be so weak on the tracks.

Not the first time I’ve heard that…

 

[Monkeybusiness]

I have never driven a TB290 and was told the early ones were crap, but they apparently updated them and the later versions are much better. Not sure if that is true or not as have no personal experience. @Bri963 - how old was the one you operated out of interest?

 

[Storrsy]

I have never driven a TB290 and was told the early ones were crap, but they apparently updated them and the later versions are much better. Not sure if that is true or not as have no personal experience. @Bri963 - how old was the one you operated out of interest?

I'd like to try a -2 version- might have one on hire this week will see what turns up on the lorry. Had loads of the earlier ones on hire and honestly alot of the time your pulling yourself around with the bucket they're so weak- shame because they dig well.

 

[Bri963]

I have never driven a TB290 and was told the early ones were crap, but they apparently updated them and the later versions are much better. Not sure if that is true or not as have no personal experience. @Bri963 - how old was the one you operated out of interest?

Don’t know how old. In All other respects it was good, balance was good, quite fast, I liked it for grading and it was easy to clean up to the blade. If you were digging for services on hard surfaces it would be okay. it was just crap on tracking about.

 

[Bri963]

I'd like to try a -2 version- might have one on hire this week will see what turns up on the lorry. Had loads of the earlier ones on hire and honestly alot of the time your pulling yourself around with the bucket they're so weak- shame because they dig well.

X 2, it was a good digging machine.

 

[DaveDCB]

Had one on site last week, with the worlds longest jib on it, lifting new transformer up a pole.. didn’t bother to go look any closer at it!

 

[JD450A]

Had one on site last week, with the worlds longest jib on it, lifting new transformer up a pole.. didn’t bother to go look any closer at it!
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That is the greatest insurance liability ever

 

[DaveDCB]

That is the greatest insurance liability ever

Yeah , at least the lines were dead. But still two blokes up the pole while they lifted it on!

 

[Lancs Lad]

Had one on site last week, with the worlds longest jib on it, lifting new transformer up a pole.. didn’t bother to go look any closer at it!
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Interesting. They've just done a new transformer install up the lane for new farmstead and I noticed a tak arrive but never saw them lift it and wondered how they would .Prob Same crowd

 

[Lancs Lad]

Sunday afternoon ramble up the valley.
Tried spitting briefly but a nice still afternoon overall.

 

[doobin]

Rearranged the shed and made room for more machines. Used to have cement at the back but it made no sense as was a pain to get to.

Now I can have the alpine with dual wheels and implement in the other shed (and spare room for something else).

I’m pretty sure I’ve left a good long narrow space sufficient for the cherry picker but won’t know till it comes back. Kit at the back of the shed is rarely used so I don’t mind it being tucked away like it is. First time the tracked dumper has spend a night inside in six years!

Very satisfying.

 

[Furniss]

not very constructive here - trailing more mud home, be on a hill if i could live long enough

 

[JD450A]

Very satisfying

Know that feeling.

Got the access platform, 015, 108, two track barrows and ride on mower inside today.... Need to tidy up some more as I want to get the Hinowa forklift, another 108 and the 219 in the same shed.

 

[Stroppymonkey]

That is the greatest insurance liability ever

Think I’d want a fibreglass Jib 🫣