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[Shovelhands]

Just a light hearted thread, for a bit of a laugh.

I was thinking today, as I was picking through a couple of loads of crush that I was laying, how much rubbish we pull out of these loads! As annoying as that is, I also find it amusing when I find something useful or unusual.
We always pick out steel and obviously any wood that we see, and other general rubbish. Steel always ends up in the scrap bin, and the wood ends up on the fire!

I remember one job, where dad was bringing home over two barrow loads of wood a day, all picked out of the crush, and was burning them on his fire every night! Doesn’t last long, but some serious heat out of it!

So....got me to thinking, just for fun, what have you picked out of a load of crush? What’s the best thing and the most unusual thing?

Today’s haul includes a barrow full of wood for the fire! Some useful pieces of steel plate. An AF spanner! 16amp trailing socket, how that made it through in tact I don’t know? And a fondue fork.....the fondue for is my candidate for most unusual, I don’t think I will find it useful

I often find useful pieces of metal, most notably, a block of steel, must be 15” square and 2” thick! Makes a great Anvil block!

 

[Brendan]

Just a light hearted thread, for a bit of a laugh.

I was thinking today, as I was picking through a couple of loads of crush that I was laying, how much rubbish we pull out of these loads! As annoying as that is, I also find it amusing when I find something useful or unusual.
We always pick out steel and obviously any wood that we see, and other general rubbish. Steel always ends up in the scrap bin, and the wood ends up on the fire!

I remember one job, where dad was bringing home over two barrow loads of wood a day, all picked out of the crush, and was burning them on his fire every night! Doesn’t last long, but some serious heat out of it!

So....got me to thinking, just for fun, what have you picked out of a load of crush? What’s the best thing and the most unusual thing?

Today’s haul includes a barrow full of wood for the fire! Some useful pieces of steel plate. An AF spanner! 16amp trailing socket, how that made it through in tact I don’t know? And a fondue fork.....the fondue for is my candidate for most unusual, I don’t think I will find it useful

I often find useful pieces of metal, most notably, a block of steel, must be 15” square and 2” thick! Makes a great Anvil block!

Tend to avoid crushed concrete near enough always has asbestos in it, plus all the other usual bits of plastic, metal etc

 

[Shovelhands]

Tend to avoid crushed concrete near enough always has asbestos in it, plus all the other usual bits of plastic, metal etc

Well there shouldn’t have asbestos in it, but know what your saying, it’s common to use crush round here. And some clients specifying recycled products.

 

[powercom]

The quality seem dependent on where it comes from , that i'm sure is stating the obvious --- I have had around 1000 ton over the past 3 years , at various times it all bar 3 loads came from a large demolition company and was all pretty good , yes some small wood , rebar some plastic especially DPC etc but overall good and it rolls in super hard when capped off with road planings makes a great surface
The other 3 loads came from a "recycled aggregate supplier" AKA "skip company" that was just trommeld and crushed crap with clay , paper , wood , plastic soil etc basically anything else they could get away with passing off as crush

 

[Scoff]

Had a barrow load of shoes once,not one matched! Did get a ton for free when I complained.

Always find lots of key rings

And toys? Found a crazy frog toy minus he feet once,our peg made him some new feet and he's still kicking about ten years later.

 

[Shovelhands]

I almost forgot, I had two pallet loads of blocks out of a couple of loads of hardcore, admittedly it had been through a crusher, but I got enough to pave a large bit at the back of my house! Result

 

[Brendan]

Well there shouldn’t have asbestos in it, but know what your saying, it’s common to use crush round here. And some clients specifying recycled products.

I know it shouldnt but unfortunately in the 1.5t we had was around 8 pieces.
Local place now does a recycled type one from a washplant which is cleaned 40mm and recycled sharp sand, it compacts really well although the sharp sand on its own holds too much moisture and is a pain to do anything with as the water just comes up through it

 

[diggerjones]

Got a pipe (smoking) made from soap stone

 

[Rob 210]

Best crushed crete was the old ww2 airfields,nothing but crete,and up to a metre thick on some of the perri tracks.Mostly all gone now just a few bits and pieces occasionally to do

 

[tinydigger]

Best crushed crete was the old ww2 airfields,nothing but crete,and up to a metre thick on some of the perri tracks.Mostly all gone now just a few bits and pieces occasionally to do

Can remember when they did some work on the airport (ex 2nd world war runways) i worked at had a local company on site to plane some of it the guys running the machine where going nuts as the concrete kept chewing the teeth up it was that hard

 

[V8Druid]

well it would have finished curing by then Andy .....

 

[Left hooker]

Mario happy meal figure that now lives in digger cab, a fixed Stanley knife with loads of new blades inside it a 10 inch long 4x4 inch chunk of metal that I mistook for a 4x4 post offcut and allmost pulled my shoulder out of joint picking it up as wasn't expecting it to give me a fight

 

[muckyman]

Been crushing this week

 

[Rob 210]

Can remember when they did some work on the airport (ex 2nd world war runways) i worked at had a local company on site to plane some of it the guys running the machine where going nuts as the concrete kept chewing the teeth up it was that hard

Had a spell with A.R.C that was pulling up an old airfield a Lavenham.
They had a 38R.B with a wrecking ball(dropped from full height of the stick) to break the runway and a cat drot picking up the crete (and hoggin)loading dumpers.
On to a stockpile where i was loading a Parker crusher.Happy days
As you can imagine around this part of the country the air fields where quite numerous,apparently 20mins cycle ride apart!
The reason being if one got bombed out crews where quickly transferred to the next field.

 

[Rob 210]

https://mediafiles.thedms.co.uk/.../USAAF%20Airfields%20Guide%20and%20Map.pdf
hope this link works and it will give you some idea
Nothing left of most of them now,just a few bits and pieces and a memorial

 

[Stock]

well it would have finished curing by then Andy .....

Sorry Druid concrete never stops curing gets harder and tougher every year that is as long as there is no mica or sulphides or cancer in it............................................

 

[tinydigger]

Had a spell with A.R.C that was pulling up an old airfield a Lavenham.
They had a 38R.B with a wrecking ball(dropped from full height of the stick) to break the runway and a cat drot picking up the crete (and hoggin)loading dumpers.
On to a stockpile where i was loading a Parker crusher.Happy days
As you can imagine around this part of the country the air fields where quite numerous,apparently 20mins cycle ride apart!
The reason being if one got bombed out crews where quickly transferred to the next field.

Wasn't that far from you in the scheme of thing was over at Norwich airport when they did the end zones of the runways in the early 2000's it was Steve Lumleys planers there where using on the job. Spent a lot of time out lavenham way for work and pleasure my best mates husbands family used to have a place in the woods at buxhall

 

[V8Druid]

Sorry Druid concrete never stops curing gets harder and tougher every year that is as long as there is no mica or sulphides or cancer in it............................................

that's what I understood too Stock .... but thought after 50-60 years it generally started to degrade too .... Hammersmith flyover being a classic example

 

[Quattromike]

As you can imagine around this part of the country the air fields where quite numerous,apparently 20mins cycle ride apart!
The reason being if one got bombed out crews where quickly transferred to the next field.

We had a similar amount up here along the north east coast, only RAF Lossiemouth and Kinloss left but there were numerous small airfields about.

 

[Shovelhands]

Today’s finds, so far....
Something that’s actually useful! Wouldn’t be a brand I’d buy, but would get me out of a muddle one day I’m sure.

And this.....is this yours @JD450A ???