The 'Today's Job' thread

[doobin]

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Average or a bit short I’d say.

Your words not mine….

 

[Furniss]

Usually a good sign if it looks,like you haven't done much

 

[JD450A]

Long buckets are one thing. But for grading long areas the trackframe length is the big thing..... Longer = easier....

Long toe buckets are fine until your in hard ground and then they bend.....

 

[Lee]

Never really do much interesting work..or at least stuff you lot might find interesting but we’ve been in prison the past three days! Digging out old concrete in a prison workshop. Main contractor doing the work very easy to deal with and straightforward but f**k me it’s s horrible place to be and s complete nightmare to be getting in and out, 15mins each time. No phones or food allowed in, only clear sealed bottles of water.
Appreciate the work people do in those sorts of facilities, I’m having a bad day if my phone battery dies or mrs miggins decides on porcelain when we’re 20m into sandstone. Imagine the crap that lot have to put up with 40hrs a week.

 

[V8Druid]

Never really do much interesting work..or at least stuff you lot might find interesting but we’ve been in prison the past three days! Digging out old concrete in a prison workshop. Main contractor doing the work very easy to deal with and straightforward but f**k me it’s s horrible place to be and s complete nightmare to be getting in and out, 15mins each time. No phones or food allowed in, only clear sealed bottles of water.
Appreciate the work people do in those sorts of facilities, I’m having a bad day if my phone battery dies or mrs miggins decides on porcelain when we’re 20m into sandstone. Imagine the crap that lot have to put up with 40hrs a week.

have spent time in Caeeerdiff nick with a TMS 180 Grove, many years ago, which popped a luffing cylinder cap, just as I was wrapping up on final day .. took some sorting .. would've been a lot easier on the other side of the walls ... had a guard/PO with me all day watching the machine's lower cab, tool/chain box, etc.

 

[6feetdown]

Shuttered a section of wall on caredif many moons ago. Watching them walk around for an hour each day didn't look much fun

 

[Monkeybusiness]

I looked at some work in Long Larton high security prison - horrible place. The job never happened but would have been a nightmare. The security check just to get inside to have a look was bonkers, they told us that if we got the job we would have to empty everything out of the vans and only load items essential for the job, and this would be gone through every time we entered/exited.
There were wires strung up overhead everywhere outside with what looked like lobster pot floats hanging off them at random. They are there to stop helicopters landing to break prisoners out apparently!

 

[diggerjones]

I looked at some work in Long Larton high security prison - horrible place. The job never happened but would have been a nightmare. The security check just to get inside to have a look was bonkers, they told us that if we got the job we would have to empty everything out of the vans and only load items essential for the job, and this would be gone through every time we entered/exited.
There were wires strung up overhead everywhere outside with what looked like lobster pot floats hanging off them at random. They are there to stop helicopters landing to break prisoners out apparently!

I would think drones are problematic also

 

[Lancs Lad]

I would think drones are problematic also

Deffo. Years ag the One in town prison officers used to moan their cars got damaged all the time from folk throwing balls etc over the walls with drugs in...and some fell short into the carpark
Guessing now they just fly drone over.

 

[Monkeybusiness]

I would think drones are problematic also

The gaps in the wire were big, wouldn’t stop a drone. I think they had other ways of keeping drones away.

 

[V8Druid]

The gaps in the wire were big, wouldn’t stop a drone. I think they had other ways of keeping drones away.

bang!!

 

[DaveDCB]

Am guessing everyone has been getting heatstroke at plantworx today then??

 

[Smiffy]

Am guessing everyone has been getting heatstroke at plantworx today then??

Unfortunately I have to make do with heatstroke in Costa del Crawley

 

[Bri963]

Am guessing everyone has been getting heatstroke at plantworx today then??

Survived, with the help of a £5 ice cream.

 

[Giles]

Not my job but 77 year old dad with a few broken ribs has been rebuilding the engine in the tb180fr what a lemon she has been for us.

Was over heating, apparently passing exhaust into water jacket.

Head skimmed, new gasket kit and 4 new injectors at £650!

Left him putting it back together

 

[diggerjones]

Not my job but 77 year old dad with a few broken ribs has been rebuilding the engine in the tb180fr what a lemon she has been for us.

Was over heating, apparently passing exhaust into water jacket.

Head skimmed, new gasket kit and 4 new injectors at £650!

Left him putting it back together

He must enjoy messing with it

 

[Giles]

He must enjoy messing with it

He won’t get rid of it because of all the blood sweat and tears it’s caused lol got too much time invested in it

 

[hiluxman]

He won’t get rid of it because of all the blood sweat and tears it’s caused lol got too much time invested in it

Old and stubborn. My yard contains some old and stubbornness, but he's not paying rent so its OK.

 

[DaveDCB]

He won’t get rid of it because of all the blood sweat and tears it’s caused lol got too much time invested in it

It’s been in bits a fair few times now hasn’t it!

 

[Furniss]

Bit brutal the heat today ! Local conc plant is doing a 500m3 Bridge pour tomorrow so it meant pushing on and getting this dry mixed round tonight otherwise no dry mix till Friday, late finish and tea and a beer on way home