The 'Today's Job' thread

[doobin]

So say 4” would been acceptable over the 30’ long side?

Nowhere near 30’ long!

Are you talking falls for paving? Unless it’s monster patio you don’t worry about that on the dig- you do it on the sub base to an extent and get it right using the screed rails.

 

[Canal Navvy]

No need for the the mini loader here, chipper is right under the tree and my big loader is a 2 minute walk away to deal with the logs in ibcs

Got those turrets nice and level, your groundy must have a good eye

 

[V8Druid]

Not too shabby for five hours work on my own and five hundred quid in my pocket. leaving me time for a cheeky 170 quid dig out and muck away on the drive home.

Perfect job for the loader, especially when I had to claw it all down to the end. View attachment 48117View attachment 48118View attachment 48119View attachment 48120View attachment 48121View attachment 48122

Nice Doob ... assume they're putting a retainer right around it all ? Neighbour's fences are all gonna be in their gardy if it pees down anytime soon though
hell of a pile for the grab trucks

 

[V8Druid]

What are they doing there, how flat did it need to be for that and how did you get it to that desired flatness (eye, spirit level, laser etc)?

practise

 

[AHPP]

Nowhere near 30’ long!

Are you talking falls for paving? Unless it’s monster patio you don’t worry about that on the dig- you do it on the sub base to an extent and get it right using the screed rails.

Well it's three fence bays that now you mention it are probably 8'.
I don't know exactly what I mean besides some measure of flatness. Like a perfect xy plane that sits on the highest point would have no more than 4" drop to the lowest point. I follow the logic of spending time making the earth flat or spending money stoning it back up to flat. Just curious where people usually strike the balance.

 

[Vinpetrol]

Well it's three fence bays that now you mention it are probably 8'.
I don't know exactly what I mean besides some measure of flatness. Like a perfect xy plane that sits on the highest point would have no more than 4" drop to the lowest point. I follow the logic of spending time making the earth flat or spending money stoning it back up to flat. Just curious where people usually strike the balance.

Every job is different . A lot depends on the quality of material I am digging out . If it’s good stuff so I only need bare minimum type1 cover I will regulate the bearing ground to accomodate the finished level fall . Then your thin layer of type 1 is regular all the way across. If I’m digging soft ground out so I need to infill in layers to get back up to the type 1 layer then I get less fussy as I know I can get it regulated in the layers while in filling .

 

[Furniss]

I always reduce using same grades as eventual falls, saves on material and muck away , and can make it easier to eye in when your stoning up.

 

[Giles]

Some gravel grids after some one put 20 mm clean limestone onto existing limestone track and was moving all over and making deep
Holes cars bottom out getting stuck etc

Takeuchi overheating problem getting some attention, radiator off for testing.

 

[Monkeybusiness]

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Almost enjoyable when weather's on your side.
Not as enjoyable as a ride to the coast late Sunday aft and a blat back at 10pm on empty French roads though !

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Worst French beach ever - where’s the boobies?!

 

[doobin]

I always reduce using same grades as eventual falls, saves on material and muck away , and can make it easier to eye in when your stoning up.

Surely not on a ten foot wide patio where the eventual fall will be 20mm

Agree on larger areas though. It’s very satisfying looking back when using the machine mount receiver with a dual fall laser and seeing the cross fall in what you’ve dug.

In case folk wonder, I’m not a total cowboy, I do have lasers But the niv comp is simply brilliant for pissy little jobs, especially when you want to zero inside on an existing floor level. No line of site required and no need to site the laser tripod anywhere. Come to thing if it- where would I have put it on that job? About the only option would have been a bracket on the fence

 

[DaveDCB]

I see afew folk using the zip levels nowadays, not the cheapest to go buy brand new especially if you already have a decent laser. But I do see the plus side to them!

 

[V8Druid]

amazing accuracy if the blurb is right ... as said not cheap but very quick and TBH for the level of accuracy, not dear either really ... and fast BTL,s

 

[doobin]

I see afew folk using the zip levels nowadays, not the cheapest to go buy brand new especially if you already have a decent laser. But I do see the plus side to them!

Apparently the zip level is s**t. The niv comp is supposed to be much more reliable. Pretty sure @Laser Levels Online stopped stocking zip due to unreliability?

For £400 ish quid it’s a bargain considering the time savings. Even for silly little jobs like getting the drop perfectly equidistant on a row of 6’ fence panels on a slope. Makes it so simple.

 

[doobin]

No levelling device of any type required today. Just boredom.

 

[Laser Levels Online]

Apparently the zip level is s**t. The niv comp is supposed to be much more reliable. Pretty sure @Laser Levels Online stopped stocking zip due to unreliability?

For £400 ish quid it’s a bargain considering the time savings. Even for silly little jobs like getting the drop perfectly equidistant on a row of 6’ fence panels on a slope. Makes it so simple.

Hi,

We have actually never sold the Zip Level.

The Zip Level is made in the US whereas Nivcomp is made in Germany.

I think in the early days the Zip Level was significantly more expensive and therefore we never imported it, favouring the Nivcomp instead. I believe they are now fairly equal on price and features but cannot be sure.

We have great links with the manufacturer and have dealt with them for years.

In terms of reliability, they are incredibly stable. I can honestly count on one hand the number we have had to send back to be serviced.
Although interestingly there is a user on this forum that actually had one fail, I think back in 2020 and this is the last one I can remember having an actual product issue we had to send back. This customer was just very unlucky that it developed a fault.

Another customer had one from around 2013/14 where the hose had split but I believe that was through storage / poor usage. As I say almost no trouble.

If anyone is interested, the product can be seen here: https://www.laser-level.co.uk/nivcomp-ni0001-h25-hs.html

Mark Roberts
Laser Levels Online

 

[V8Druid]

Hi,

We have actually never sold the Zip Level.

The Zip Level is made in the US whereas Nivcomp is made in Germany.

I think in the early days the Zip Level was significantly more expensive and therefore we never imported it, favouring the Nivcomp instead. I believe they are now fairly equal on price and features but cannot be sure.

We have great links with the manufacturer and have dealt with them for years.

In terms of reliability, they are incredibly stable. I can honestly count on one hand the number we have had to send back to be serviced.
Although interestingly there is a user on this forum that actually had one fail, I think back in 2020 and this is the last one I can remember having an actual product issue we had to send back. This customer was just very unlucky that it developed a fault.

Another customer had one from around 2013/14 where the hose had split but I believe that was through storage / poor usage. As I say almost no trouble.

If anyone is interested, the product can be seen here: https://www.laser-level.co.uk/nivcomp-ni0001-h25-hs.html

Mark Roberts
Laser Levels Online

excellent write up and explanation Mark ... looks a great tool ... 21st Century water level - only better (not as cheap, but probably a lot easier to use)

 

[Mogman]

Worst French beach ever - where’s the boobies?!

He wrote this

 

[Furniss]

Bloody handy to have in the arsenal a little tree shear....clearing the area for our next job, little treatment plant and not much room so doing what we can to get it away from the house.

 

[TiltyShaun]

Got there in the end

 

[doobin]

Anyone got a Grassmen sticker for sale?