Furniss
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Got a start on a little pond
Got a start on a little pond
Storrsy
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Nice. How is it going to be fed and will it be lined/clay. I have a decent size one to do in September probably about 80 meters by 50 meters.
diggerjones
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On a price do you guarantee it will not leak
Storrsy
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No. Mine aren't lined. They tend to be grant funded for eco/water retention purposes so generally they are in situations where the water table is high/spring beds. Might seasonal fluctuations but generally retain well through summer. @Furniss one looks rather drier though!
Furniss
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This red line is a little ditch that runs steady away all year,above upstream is a little lavoir for the farm, which is over a source.
So stripped vegetation then topsoil off the area and then we are into clay in the bottom and im building/lining the sides with clay as we go, will do this camera side next and keep a heap of clay to block the ditch and build the bottom bank at the end.
Ive not daft enough to have guaranteed it will be water tight, wasnt sure what we would get clay wise but seems quite promising, he says worst case if it doesnt work he will line it.
It started off been discribed as a "mare" which is more a wet area that is pretty dry in summer...but seems to be turning into a pond where they hope to have it full all year.
Nearly all work is priced .. but not done a pond for a few years and didnt know what we would get so doing it on day rate, although he knows to expect 2/3 days depending on how fancy he wants it with planting shelves etc.
None of its essential obviously but tilty makes it easy on the machine not repositioning get the angles etc and idig is v handy to keep checking side height.
Its less than 200m2, after which you need permission apparently.
Furniss
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No the field is wet and rushes, on the clay, but some you wouldn't want to track on and its already puddling up.
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Giles
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Adapted the concrete cruncher to work sideways for taking out the concrete columns on upcoming job. Also the mighty sambron we bought this 2 years old in 1999 ish with transmission fault for £10k lol cost £1500 to be trucked to Newcastle and fixed. But she’s been a cracking yard machine and sometimes on jobs, weighs about 5 tons 2.2 ton lift and 6m reach. 3 cyclinder Deere engine.
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V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
and on the subject of 'wingnut' ..... are we about to see another Princess despatchedwhat the government is trying to do to the farming industry and farmers is scandalous ATM ... hardly surprising some're feeling suicidal TBH
I have a lot of sympathy for them .. but NOT for their cavalier, cowboy behaviour in some areas of what they do/get away with.
Could tell you a few stories going on around here ATM that'd make your hair curl ...
and IMHDO wing nut is leading the charge from out of plain sight, in the wings ....
Him and his WEF mates
... she's always been a lot more popular than him
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Stroppymonkey
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Can't beat a machine like that. Got to be near still worth what you paid I should think?
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DaveDCB
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Can you not get over the top of the columns? Best tool for the job anyway 
Furniss
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Job n knock
Away tommorow for a few days
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Lancs Lad
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Sky looks similar here today....which is rare
Giles
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No in situ and 4.2m high with trusses, rafters sat in them. replacing them with steels,Can you not get over the top of the columns? Best tool for the job anyway
Not sure to crunch them down or crunch them at bottom then push them over using rebar as some resistance but sheds far from empty so have to be accurate
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DaveDCB
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I’d be looking to get them on the deck and deal with them there.. disconnect them from the roof by hand and give abit of clearance , nibble a little from the base and send them over
Storrsy
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Hopefully it will have filled by then. Looks good
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DaveDCB
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…..and after I’ve knocked all the acro props out I’d consider another option 
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DaveDCB
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Today’s job… decorating inside the house….. on the hottest day of the year…. Wife has lost it!!!
Furniss
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No promises but quite optimisticHopefully it will have filled by then. Looks good
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
was 31C here, at just gone four yesterday afternoon, when I started mowing ..... 'el meltio'
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