The 'Today's Job' thread

[Furniss]

Bike trip over and back doing a bit

First time we have put a kingspan compact filter in, hoping it might be a good system, looks quality, quite deep but nice high neck to cut (thats guaranteed watertight) as opposed to adding risers to others, see how it goes getting it in the ground tomorrow.

bloody hot today, melting the tar !

 

[DaveDCB]

Finally took her out to work! And in some respect I’m glad I waited for it to dry up - continued on from where I got up to on site drainage earlier in the year , I pulled off site as the ground was pouring in everywhere the deeper we got - no fool anymore so I know when to call it!

First impressions are it’s a powerful machine, very fast and smooth - almost too smooth really, but I’ll adapt to it I’m sure.
Aircon isn’t great, I know it’s been hot but my 13yr old JD is much better and 3 times bigger cab!
The buzzer for hitch/password etc is horribly loud - ear piercing! Will hunt the buzzer down and get some tape on it asap! And I feel the cameras are abit of a fad, screen is too small to really see what’s going on so much, deffo at a glance anyway!

Other than that Its a vast improvement in most aspects over my previous 57c!

 

[Furniss]

I never get the camera thing - forget its there tbh

 

[Smiffy]

Finally took her out to work! And in some respect I’m glad I waited for it to dry up - continued on from where I got up to on site drainage earlier in the year , I pulled off site as the ground was pouring in everywhere the deeper we got - no fool anymore so I know when to call it!

First impressions are it’s a powerful machine, very fast and smooth - almost too smooth really, but I’ll adapt to it I’m sure.
Aircon isn’t great, I know it’s been hot but my 13yr old JD is much better and 3 times bigger cab!
The buzzer for hitch/password etc is horribly loud - ear piercing! Will hunt the buzzer down and get some tape on it asap! And I feel the cameras are abit of a fad, screen is too small to really see what’s going on so much, deffo at a glance anyway!

Other than that Its a vast improvement in most aspects over my previous 57c!

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The ratio of glass to cab volume is what is important to air con. Tractors always beat diggers and telehandlers.

 

[V8Druid]

Bike trip over and back doing a bit

First time we have put a kingspan compact filter in, hoping it might be a good system, looks quality, quite deep but nice high neck to cut (thats guaranteed watertight) as opposed to adding risers to others, see how it goes getting it in the ground tomorrow.

bloody hot today, melting the tar !
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love your co-pilot ... less chance of him climbing out at the wrong time or hogging the seat

 

[V8Druid]

I never get the camera thing - forget its there tbh

I have one facing rearward on top of the tail weight and another looking down my off side, as without the boom fully raised you can't see the mirror ... hardly ever turn the rear one on - always on my off side view - come round if I want to see behind/go backwards

 

[DaveDCB]

The ratio of glass to cab volume is what is important to air con. Tractors always beat diggers and telehandlers.

Yeah exactly - it should be better on a digger! Altho on this there is alot of glass tbf! Will see what it’s like tomrrow when it’s abit cooler out.

 

[DaveDCB]

I never get the camera thing - forget its there tbh

I may add a couple of mirrors tbf, bet the mounting points are still there somewhere!

 

[V8Druid]

Yeah exactly - it should be better on a digger! Altho on this there is alot of glass tbf! Will see what it’s like tomrrow when it’s abit cooler out.

heading north are you ??

 

[DaveDCB]

heading north are you ??

31 here today, given 24 tomrrow.

 

[V8Druid]

31 here today, given 24 tomrrow.

'sposed to be 28 after lunch - got to 31 last time they said 28, a couple of days ago ... 20-21 would do me fine

 

[Stroppymonkey]

Titivating some old van racking to go into a new to us van tomorrow. Never tried spraying before (apart from the containers with a Schutz gun). This was some old water based dulux stuff. Mixed it 25% with water and spat it on at 9bar 🫣
Think I need to tame the air down a bit before my next go. Must have a pressure regulator knocking about somewhere

 

[DaveDCB]

Oh and I really miss not having a tilt rotator!! Adapting my driving style back to a fixed bucket is a horrible thing to do after nearly 10 years with one!

 

[6feetdown]

Oh and I really miss not having a tilt rotator!! Adapting my driving style back to a fixed bucket is a horrible thing to do after nearly 10 years with one!

Slumming it

 

[Furniss]

love your co-pilot ... less chance of him climbing out at the wrong time or hogging the seat
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That co pilot was my daughters fav mate for a long time, cat pissed on it and it got put in wash room and forgotten .. shes in Marseille now, I saw it in with a load of junk going to tip and couldn't see it chucked so it got a spot with me washed it first like

 

[doobin]

Fk me im knackered. 40 hour shift.

The missus isn’t feeling too great either, poor lass. Really been through the mill.

Still, at least I now have a genuine reason to buy a remote control scale mining excavator. He can help her dig the veg patch in a few years!

 

[V8Druid]

Fk me im knackered. 40 hour shift.

The missus isn’t feeling too great either, poor lass. Really been through the mill.

Still, at least I now have a genuine reason to buy a remote control scale mining excavator. He can help her dig the veg patch in a few years!

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congratulations Ruben ..... got Pam cooing over my left shoulder ... give Marianne our very best wishes and hopes for a speedy recovery .... better get some kip .... you'll not be getting much for a while

 

[Monkeybusiness]

Congratulations mate, welcome to the world mini-doob!!! Xx

 

[DaveDCB]

Congrats to you both!
Embrace the tiredness! Amazing how you get used to it.

 

[Furniss]

congratulations you both