T Whiting Excavations

[T whiting]

Absolutely that's how I started learning with my dad

 

[Routy56]

Absolutely work of any kind will help develop the young workforce.

Maybe I'll start training him up while we are here on lockdown....
.....have got a few trenches to run in for MDPE and then land drainage.
See how he gets on with the Laser Staff, shovel and watching the bucket

 

[Routy56]

Absolutely that's how I started learning with my dad

Yep think that most of the skills for guys on here are from on the job training
Back in the day, I learnt to operate everything on farm work from 14yrs old.
Tractors, bray loaders, 180 JCB, lorries and big machines - loved it

 

[Quattromike]

It's surprising what skills you can teach him that can cross over to whichever path he chooses for his career. Like Pascal's law for hydraulics which is used in almost every we do

 

[V8Druid]

absolutely, no question.... learning some skills and gaining knowledge, which he can take with him where ever he goes and whatever he does is pure gold ... and he'll probably be surprised in future, just how he can apply some of it .... and even earn a few bob here and there too hopefully

 

[Grahams]

So what do you guys think, should I use him on a casual labour basis?

I would encourage him. Give him as sense of the real world and no matter what he does after uni it will help him to have another perspective on things rather than just what teachers and social media tell him.

 

[Jimoz]

Not to mention that you probably can't get anymore reliable than a grandson. Most cheap labour turns up on days you don't need them and skives when you do need them. Everyone's a winner rodders

 

[honey_badger]

Ryan our 16 yr old grandson has been living with us since the lockdown started UFN. He loves my boys toys and helps do something every day
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He’s a very handy dumper operator and can get by on the mini.
He starts 6th Form in September then will be going to University
Today over lunch, he asked me if he can work with me when on holidays etc
Got me thinking, I often need a Groundworker/banksman/dumper driver. All my work is small sole operator jobs
So what do you guys think, should I use him on a casual labour basis?

I been on a 'casual labour basis' at home for the last 18 years Won't do him any harm

 

[Routy56]

It's surprising what skills you can teach him that can cross over to whichever path he chooses for his career. Like Pascal's law for hydraulics which is used in almost every we do

Yep agree that all skillls are transferable. First one will be to get up early and get on with the job

 

[Routy56]

absolutely, no question.... learning some skills and gaining knowledge, which he can take with him where ever he goes and whatever he does is pure gold ... and he'll probably be surprised in future, just how he can apply some of it .... and even earn a few bob here and there too hopefully

Yep definitely got him interested. He was asking me stuff this evening like how many days do I usually work
Being semi-retired it can vary. So I told him I can be flexible but not usually weekends
I will need to teach him the value of money starting next week

 

[Routy56]

I would encourage him. Give him as sense of the real world and no matter what he does after uni it will help him to have another perspective on things rather than just what teachers and social media tell him.

Think he’ll find it interesting especially when I show him how a good work ethic pays off
At his age for many years I had two jobs

 

[V8Druid]

Yep definitely got him interested. He was asking me stuff this evening like how many days do I usually work
Being semi-retired it can vary. So I told him I can be flexible but not usually weekends
I will need to teach him the value of money starting next week

aye ... that's the greatest lesson a lot of youngsters need to learn ..... there are no free lunches ... but anyone with some skills can usually earn one

 

[V8Druid]

Think he’ll find it interesting especially when I show him how a good work ethic pays off
At his age for many years I had two jobs

another great lesson

 

[Routy56]

Not to mention that you probably can't get anymore reliable than a grandson. Most cheap labour turns up on days you don't need them and skives when you do need them. Everyone's a winner rodders

Yeah you’re right there
When I’ve needed a labourer so far family and friends have been the most reliable
Too many young people have a limited attention span and fiddle around with smart phones

 

[T whiting]

A bit of a tidy up behind a long reach that we had in dredging in the autumn but you couldn't make anything of it as it was soup. I also had a bit of time to fit one of the 12v jetwashes in the back of the duck

 

[doobin]

she sure looks in her natural habitat mate! Like it’s still on the drainage board, poor thing must be sick of it by now

 

[Grahams]

I also had a bit of time to fit one of the 12v jetwashes in the back of the duck

Tell all, I haven’t seen one of them before.

 

[T whiting]

she sure looks in her natural habitat mate! Like it’s still on the drainage board, poor thing must be sick of it by now

I think it's showing me how to do it

Tell all, I haven’t seen one of them before.

It's a little 12v pump and will give you a wash similar to a hosepipe from a bucket of water I've had it a while but haven't used it much as it was a faff to get it out I'm hoping it'll get more use there to wash muck off and concrete out of buckets.

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[T whiting]

Back to work this week on a strip for archeologists not on the duck but it's back to the duck on Monday.

 

[T whiting]

A little video of me trimming with the grading beam it works really well with the offset boom for running along kerbs