The 'Today's Job' thread

[Giles]

Only recently discovered longhandled shovels...game changer never going back...
Apart from the mini ones like doob says handy as.

Us to my 6’5” foreman couldn’t believe how good a long handle was on his back

 

[Giles]

Roughneck...I've got a whole fleet now

Me too spade, shovel, Graft, drainage cranked one, hoe, tamper lol

 

[Giles]

As seen in “Ice Cold in Alex”.

That scene when they drink the cold carlsberg the condensation on the glass etc brilliant cinema, before the big reveal

 

[V8Druid]

Pissy little garden dig out this morning. One of those where the builder wants you to try to bury all the crap. I hate them. Get a grab you cheap cnt. No photos cause it was boring and I just wanted to get out by midday.

Finished off this pm with collecting the grass pile from the flail collecting last week (three iveco tipper loads), mowing the lawn again with the rotary to smarten it up, and as we had the loader there we broke every rule in the book and stood in the bucket to trim a hedge!View attachment 47893View attachment 47894View attachment 47895

what did you do with all that grass ..... Pam thought the pile was amusing

 

[Bri963]

That scene when they drink the cold carlsberg the condensation on the glass etc brilliant cinema, before the big reveal

At one time, Carlsberg used that clip in their adverts.

 

[V8Druid]

Sometimes things work out nicely- had this old trailer up for sale for ages, finally got shot of it today. Got more than I paid for it, and it came with steel in it that I've used for various projects that would have cost me a few hundred quid to buy...
Made a space and some cash just in time for the 20 ibcs (for log crates) I've got coming on Thursday Must cut the nettles first....
Got unloaded by this nice old jcb that was being kept busy on a couple of new builds on a farm

old 2WD black cab

 

[Lancs Lad]

Old McCormick punching well...

Then tidying up a kx027 that's been out on "hire"...

 

[Left hooker]

Today's job and yesterdays breaking up this pile of soil that's been here for 6-7 years that needs screening
Came in damp and full of tobs of grass rounded up and never touched
Still some yellow grass in the middle of pile after all those years

 

[DaveDCB]

Do you go over the top of the pile with roundup first ?
I’ve about 1500 of soil on site, very mixed up but there is some good bits of topsoil mixed in.. might have to rent @Giles screening bucket to sort through it oneday

 

[Left hooker]

Do you go over the top of the pile with roundup first ?
I’ve about 1500 of soil on site, very mixed up but there is some good bits of topsoil mixed in.. might have to rent @Giles screening bucket to sort through it oneday

We do for piles that go straight out as is or the screened soil but this one needs screening so not worried about the growth on it as that will screen out

 

[Left hooker]

Better view of pile

 

[Giles]

Do you go over the top of the pile with roundup first ?
I’ve about 1500 of soil on site, very mixed up but there is some good bits of topsoil mixed in.. might have to rent @Giles screening bucket to sort through it oneday

Looked at a job at a golf club yesterday so might be getting it’s second outing, and got 2000 tons of soil sat in a pile at rugby club in Bramhall as well that dads after me screening. Problem is then it’ll start going walksabout when it’s all lovely and fluffy and screened

 

[Lancs Lad]

Better view of pile View attachment 47933

speak of the devil: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/brad...nG?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Top Bloke.. can dm his no if you interested.

 

[Giles]

speak of the devil: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/brad...nG?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Top Bloke.. can dm his no if you interested.

Guess the price game?

 

[Left hooker]

speak of the devil: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/brad...nG?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Top Bloke.. can dm his no if you interested.

Have my own weighs 1.4 ton on its own
We put quite a large amount through it 2 year ago still have a fair pile left

2 years ago was about 1500t and this is what's left

And this lot to do at some point

 

[Lancs Lad]

Guess the price game?

Think around 12k?

 

[DaveDCB]

Looked at a job at a golf club yesterday so might be getting it’s second outing, and got 2000 tons of soil sat in a pile at rugby club in Bramhall as well that dads after me screening. Problem is then it’ll start going walksabout when it’s all lovely and fluffy and screened

Haha yeah no one is interested when it’s covered in 6ft high thistles!

 

[Furniss]

That's it for now - roughed out ready for sleeper walls etc.

 

[6feetdown]

I'll try and get better pictures tomorrow. Crazy drainage again!
View attachment 47888

Shambolic at best storm water into sceptic soakaway. Kitchen and utility not in the sceptic, tank outlet leaking, hole in above ground cross, solid pipe ½ full with water and silt, no room electric cable on opposite side with brick / block size stones in grd.
Vertical pipe we think sits straight on top of the stone 3.5m down.
Plus they created a U bend

 

[DaveDCB]

@6feetdown is this all the same job? What a mess!!!