Routy56 - can you just....

[Vinpetrol]

stickers are ideal and well priced

Beware Rabid guard dogs

 

[GazCro]

stickers are ideal and well priced

Saves tea leaves needing to take the cap off to see whats in as well

 

[Routy56]

Mixed bag of doing stuff last week or so having recovered from Covid-19.
Still feeling tired come the end of the day

Removed the old spare heating oil tank. No leaks or rust so it now on Facebook Marketplace

New 25 litre diesel drums arrived. Labelled up ready for the big changeover on April fools Day

Pergola posts have all rotted and need replacing......

12" x T45 screwed in and pulled out with the Neuson like a rotten tooth
To be continued in my spare time.......

 

[Routy56]

Then my mate Harry said, "Can you just break up some old concrete on my driveway?"

So I rocked up for a day's work and he only wanted those 2 bays and footpath done

......and loaded into his mate's Sankey Trailer...

I was done by lunchtime

 

[Routy56]

So over the last year or so, I've spent hundred of pounds on my old Arrowhead S20 with Nigel @Dr pecker
Great bit of kit now that it work like new, so decided to give it a paint job....

Always wondered what was inside that yellow case...

All tarted up with JCB Yellow - hope it doesn't all flake off

Top hat and hoses replaced with the 'new' point ready for testing....

Perfect - another job jobbed

Now gotta decide whether to keep it or sell it.
Only using it 2 or 3 times a year on paying jobs, so it's not earning it's keep......

 

[Hg2702]

So over the last year or so, I've spent hundred of pounds on my old Arrowhead S20 with Nigel @Dr pecker
Great bit of kit now that it work like new, so decided to give it a paint job....View attachment 33712
Always wondered what was inside that yellow case...
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All tarted up with JCB Yellow - hope it doesn't all flake off

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Top hat and hoses replaced with the 'new' point ready for testing....

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Perfect - another job jobbed

Now gotta decide whether to keep it or sell it.
Only using it 2 or 3 times a year on paying jobs, so it's not earning it's keep......

Keep it worth every penny when you need it and if it’s not on finance it’s not costing you anything to sit there and look pretty. Invaluable for being able to use it for 5-10 minutes here or there

 

[Routy56]

Keep it worth every penny when you need it and if it’s not on finance it’s not costing you anything to sit there and look pretty. Invaluable for being able to use it for 5-10 minutes here or there

Think you may well be right. Only this morning I looked at a footings job.
And it looks like the old footings have got to be broken out

 

[6feetdown]

Keep it worth every penny when you need it and if it’s not on finance it’s not costing you anything to sit there and look pretty. Invaluable for being able to use it for 5-10 minutes here or there

You sell it you can bet your arse you'll need it

 

[V8Druid]

Mixed bag of doing stuff last week or so having recovered from Covid-19.
Still feeling tired come the end of the day

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Removed the old spare heating oil tank. No leaks or rust so it now on Facebook Marketplace

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New 25 litre diesel drums arrived. Labelled up ready for the big changeover on April fools Day
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Pergola posts have all rotted and need replacing......
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12" x T45 screwed in and pulled out with the Neuson like a rotten tooth
To be continued in my spare time.......

concrete pad under paviors and make a square 'goblet' base on a short-ish leg and bolt to base and up through paviors, suitably trimmed around the leg

or

or

job done

 

[Routy56]

concrete pad under paviors and make a square 'goblet' base on a short-ish leg and bolt to base and up through paviors, suitably trimmed around the leg
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job done

Thanks for the information Gra.....
.....BUt I've already bought some nice ones off of eBlag

Done two yesterday.....

......close up of my threaded rod effort

When those two have gone off AND it's stopped snowing I'll fit some new posts
AND repeat for the other two

 

[V8Druid]

Thanks for the information Gra.....
.....BUt I've already bought some nice ones off of eBlag
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Done two yesterday.....View attachment 33843
......close up of my threaded rod effort

When those two have gone off AND it's stopped snowing I'll fit some new posts
AND repeat for the other two

how're you going to stop it wobbling once they're all installed Dave .... nice design but too much 'flexibility'? Or are you going to weld them once positioned?
I'd have set the pad 3" lower, let it set, drill fixed and grouted to F/L after

 

[Routy56]

Some of you will remember that SWMBO allowed me to buy an ex Army Gen Set......

Well having got it running and before doing a nice restoration on it Sharon has suggested that I sell it on.....

.........so it's up for sale on eBlag
I even uploaded a crappy video to YouTube
Maybe some of you lot want to grab a new project.....
......perhaps I'll put something in our own classified section.
At least it wasn't pulled out of a hedge

 

[Routy56]

how're you going to stop it wobbling once they're all installed Dave .... nice design but too much 'flexibility'? Or are you going to weld them once positioned?
I'd have set the pad 3" lower, let it set, drill fixed and grouted to F/L after

It will be fine - it's only a pergola
BUT each upright is braced with triangular 4x2 near the tops.

Ignore my mates at our summer BBQ - here you can see my carpentry skills in bracing the posts

The whole thing would stand up n it's own. In fact storm Franklin did it's best with 2 completely rotted out posts, but it did lift up an inch or so

 

[Routy56]

Ryan is with us for the 2 weeks that he is on holiday from 6th Form. Have loads of two man jobs lined up for us
Really pleased that I did not sell my Arrowhead S20 - used it extensively on that footings job.....

In the foreground is the test hole to 'good ground' for the Building Inspector.
The new foundations have to go right round the end of the building where we have cleared.
Can you now see the old footings

So popped home and collected the pecker....

Worth it's weight in gold when you need one

So big vote of thanks to @Hg2702 and @6feetdown for telling me to hang on to it.
Now gotta find more jobs where I use it and make loads of dosh

 

[Hg2702]

I always find tools like that are worth money in time and hassle saved plus it’s all big boys toys abs we all want to collect as much as possible

 

[Danny]

I always find tools like that are worth money in time and hassle saved plus it’s all big boys toys abs we all want to collect as much as possible

100% I've got them for 1.2,1.9,8 & 13t some only get used once a year but so handy to have in the arsenal

 

[Hg2702]

100% I've got them for 1.2,1.9,8 & 13t some only get used once a year but so handy to have in the arsenal

I couldn’t think of the word earlier but you can’t put a price on convenience !

 

[Routy56]

So this last week saw us complete a foundations dig just a mile up the Roa in Wrabness Village.
On the site of the former pub, this extension was going where the old lean-to gents toilets stood.
Obviously bodged up over the years with a range of crappy foundations which were a pain in the arse to deal with

First full - test hole to good ground for the Building Inspector
Ryan straight in the hole trimming up the formation ground - he's studying Geology at 6th Form

Ryan is my best dumper driver ever - after 2 years of working together on and off, we often don't need to talk.
he puts the dumper spot on and is so careful. Seatbelt on before turning the key AND never in the seat for loading.

The Arrowhead S20 made short work of the oversized and crappy old concrete foundations.
Scratched up my new paintwork

It became what we all call a 'technical dig' on the corner. Restricted access due to fence and post.
This meant that on each bucketful, I had to slew using the offset.
On my Neuson, offset is activated by left button and then foot pedal.
Had to be a bit careful, but we got it all down with no drama

Well pleased with these 600mm foundations into 'good ground' at about 1100mm below finished ground.
Top Con Laser works so well on these sites.
Building Control wants at least 500mm depth of concrete.

Customer - Colin King is a retired brick layer. They bought the old pub about 9 years ago and slowly doing it up.
Colin was very pleased with the progress and the the whole job.
Another good lesson for Ryan in Customer Care

 

[Bri963]

So this last week saw us complete a foundations dig just a mile up the Roa in Wrabness Village.
On the site of the former pub, this extension was going where the old lean-to gents toilets stood.
Obviously bodged up over the years with a range of crappy foundations which were a pain in the arse to deal with

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First full - test hole to good ground for the Building Inspector
Ryan straight in the hole trimming up the formation ground - he's studying Geology at 6th Form
View attachment 34169
Ryan is my best dumper driver ever - after 2 years of working together on and off, we often don't need to talk.
he puts the dumper spot on and is so careful. Seatbelt on before turning the key AND never in the seat for loading.

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The Arrowhead S20 made short work of the oversized and crappy old concrete foundations.
Scratched up my new paintwork

View attachment 34171
It became what we all call a 'technical dig' on the corner. Restricted access due to fence and post.
This meant that on each bucketful, I had to slew using the offset.
On my Neuson, offset is activated by left button and then foot pedal.
Had to be a bit careful, but we got it all down with no drama

View attachment 34172
Well pleased with these 600mm foundations into 'good ground' at about 1100mm below finished ground.
Top Con Laser works so well on these sites.
Building Control wants at least 500mm depth of concrete.

View attachment 34173

Customer - Colin King is a retired brick layer. They bought the old pub about 9 years ago and slowly doing it up.
Colin was very pleased with the progress and the the whole job.
Another good lesson for Ryan in Customer Care

Tidy work. Do you get a grab wagon in to clear away?

 

[V8Druid]

Tidy work. Do you get a grab wagon in to clear away?

enter the son in law