The 'Today's Job' thread

[Monkeybusiness]

They do a plastic wood or stainless substructure but cost was ridiculous

original job was softwood decking for mill residents association but the guy who’s flat it is wanted the Millboard so he paid the extra but wouldn’t go all the way for substructure

If wasn’t a criticism of your job by the way, just the sales crap peddled by the manufacturer!

 

[Furniss]

Well it was yellow and goes round and round and tilts from side to side.

Had loads of advice from blokes with expérience fitting and using them - and no doubt tested the patience of a few would likely have gone with Aiden and rototilt if I was in u.k.

But Engcon France were doing a free top hitch deal and it's getting fit and backed up by local dealership.

Spec is
SS9
Top hitch
Ec206
Detachable gripper
S40
Engcon grader and magsi digging and cable buckets. (Looked good quality and locally made)

10-12 week lead time hopefully be up and running for august.

 

[JerryRtilt]

Well it was yellow and goes round and round and tilts from side to side.

Had loads of advice from blokes with expérience fitting and using them - and no doubt tested the patience of a few would likely have gone with Aiden and rototilt if I was in u.k.

But Engcon France were doing a free top hitch deal and it's getting fit and backed up by local dealership.

Spec is
SS9
Top hitch
Ec206
Detachable gripper
S40
Engcon grader and magsi digging and cable buckets. (Looked good quality and locally made)

10-12 week lead time hopefully be up and running for august.

Backup from local dealer must be about the most important factor

 

[Jimbo69]

Bit of topsoiling today.

 

[William127]

You’ll never look back mate

Today's moves
Brilliant being able to just pop out from a paving job on a terraced street and get the dumper from a customers without having to park the trailer miles away. Then pick up the digger from somewhere else on my way home

 

[DaveDCB]

Well it was yellow and goes round and round and tilts from side to side.

Had loads of advice from blokes with expérience fitting and using them - and no doubt tested the patience of a few would likely have gone with Aiden and rototilt if I was in u.k.

But Engcon France were doing a free top hitch deal and it's getting fit and backed up by local dealership.

Spec is
SS9
Top hitch
Ec206
Detachable gripper
S40
Engcon grader and magsi digging and cable buckets. (Looked good quality and locally made)

10-12 week lead time hopefully be up and running for august.

Can’t fault my Engcon, only ever had to grease it.. would definitely buy another one without hesitation.

 

[Gunners]

Had my engineering hat on yesterday, getting to grips with robotic total stations

 

[diggerjones]

Had my engineering hat on yesterday, getting to grips with robotic total stations

When's the video

 

[doobin]

Had my engineering hat on yesterday, getting to grips with robotic total stations

That looks bloody brilliant. Did you hire one for a job? How do they work?

 

[Rob65]

Had my engineering hat on yesterday, getting to grips with robotic total stations

Us luddites need video evidence otherwise we can deny it exists or ever happened.

Seriously, what are the basic capabilities of these things? I’ve heard about them but never actually seen one.

 

[Gunners]

I have done a video on it before, last year on a job. The landscape contractor I'm working for at the minute owns it. Cost around £30k I believe with the tablet, total station and software. A major investment no doubt but it does make life a lot easier on these large landscaping jobs we work on. But you do need good quality drawings to start with, we have suffered a bit with this and designers are having to "clean up" their drawings a bit to make it easier for us to select points, but this job has been much improved in that regard so we are getting there.
Got a bit of flack yesterday when I put a little video up on Instagram of it. People saying its not necessary etc - but you would set out a £50k house foundation with it - so why not a £200k garden project.
I have filmed a bit more on it whilst I was using it yesterday so hopefully that will help you understand how it works and just some of the functionality of it. No doubt it can do a lot more than I was using it for yesterday! Ill post the video here once I've edited it and put it up on YouTube, but here is the one from last year when we first got it.

 

[Smiffy]

I have done a video on it before, last year on a job. The landscape contractor I'm working for at the minute owns it. Cost around £30k I believe with the tablet, total station and software. A major investment no doubt but it does make life a lot easier on these large landscaping jobs we work on. But you do need good quality drawings to start with, we have suffered a bit with this and designers are having to "clean up" their drawings a bit to make it easier for us to select points, but this job has been much improved in that regard so we are getting there.
Got a bit of flack yesterday when I put a little video up on Instagram of it. People saying its not necessary etc - but you would set out a £50k house foundation with it - so why not a £200k garden project.
I have filmed a bit more on it whilst I was using it yesterday so hopefully that will help you understand how it works and just some of the functionality of it. No doubt it can do a lot more than I was using it for yesterday! Ill post the video here once I've edited it and put it up on YouTube, but here is the one from last year when we first got it.

I had a price for a geomax of £20000 for a whole new setup or £14000 for second hand. Then another 4-5k for a gps receiver.
No subscriptions to pay with geomax other than cad software which is only £400 pa for 2d and can be had for less with off brand software.

Geomax is the same total station as Leica but running different software. The Leica equivalent is near double the price plus annual subscription for lots of the features.

 

[Storrsy]

Had my engineering hat on yesterday, getting to grips with robotic total stations

My head hurts even looking at that🫠

 

[DaveDCB]

Something I’d like to get into, but with what I do it really isn’t justified, I’m probably only 5% Groundworks/landscaping these days, everything else is house building. Just hire in an engineer for afew hours to set everything out and be done with it.

 

[Smiffy]

Something I’d like to get into, but with what I do it really isn’t justified, I’m probably only 5% Groundworks/landscaping these days, everything else is house building. Just hire in an engineer for afew hours to set everything out and be done with it.

Don't know how much your paying for an engineer but prices round here would buy a s/h unit for the cost of 1 engineers visit a week.

Or for slightly less accuracy The bloke who taught the total station course I went on said he had been having good success with some of the Chinese gps receivers at £2500 including tablet. Not accurate enough for brick work but good enough to set out foundations and drainage runs.
Also means the drain runs can be surveyed and recorded for the client as you work

 

[Rob65]

I have done a video on it before, last year on a job. The landscape contractor I'm working for at the minute owns it. Cost around £30k I believe with the tablet, total station and software. A major investment no doubt but it does make life a lot easier on these large landscaping jobs we work on. But you do need good quality drawings to start with, we have suffered a bit with this and designers are having to "clean up" their drawings a bit to make it easier for us to select points, but this job has been much improved in that regard so we are getting there.
Got a bit of flack yesterday when I put a little video up on Instagram of it. People saying its not necessary etc - but you would set out a £50k house foundation with it - so why not a £200k garden project.
I have filmed a bit more on it whilst I was using it yesterday so hopefully that will help you understand how it works and just some of the functionality of it. No doubt it can do a lot more than I was using it for yesterday! Ill post the video here once I've edited it and put it up on YouTube, but here is the one from last year when we first got it.

Ollie,
Thanks for putting the link to that video up. I look forwards to seeing the next thrilling episode of this series……..

 

[Furniss]

Day in the woods pulling out lots of old stumps and having a bit of a level up - trench in for services and roughed some stone on that was already there for a shipping container to go on later.
On my own so idig came in v handy and really enjoying the little

wacker as I'm getting a more time on it.....i reckon its going to be a great little setup when the engcon arrives

 

[6feetdown]

Nothing like well marked correct depth services as well as offcut of waterpipe.
Not sure why you'd put marker tape right on top of pipes! Gas ones carrying electric or data cables. 3 phase right under the big duct!
A lot of it is dead, water pipe freezing in the winter literally on the surface

 

[William127]

Wiggling through a wood to drill some post holes, really would not have wanted to do these by hand

 

[Steve]

Wiggling through a wood to drill some post holes, really would not have wanted to do these by hand

Bet that was fun around roots.