The 'Today's Job' thread

[Cal919]

Striping tennis court today, the boys cut and rolled most of it yesterday shifting to skip this morn. Need to finish tomorrow as second skip didnt turn up until 4 30, had first one full by 10.

 

[Furniss]

Have you had it a year yet? How many hours have you put on it thus far?

Time flies
Bought truck feb 22
Wacker arrived @JerryRtilt yard in Feb 23 and tilty was fit August time, used 3t for a bit alongside till I got more efficient with the tilty.
It had 2800 hrs and now about 4100hrs, but during summer it's a lot of pipe laying and messing, not just machine work.
Much prefer being able to look after the one machine properly instead of 3 and besides 1.7t is canopy which is shite in winter
Makes the tilty look cheap if you figure in it pretty much renders obsolete the 3t for us.
Wouldn't buy new but will look for another tidy low houred et65 again - 3t could chop in I suppose.
Hard to get across how efficient it is, on this little parking job just done there was a little block wall they wanted taking down (about 1.5 high by 6m long) but footing and first block left as a curb, so run stonesaw along mortar line above first block and weakened it vertically into 3 lumps, tapped it with bucket,dropped bucket off and lifted it up with gripper in 3 lumps onto terram under future hardstanding, tapped it into lumps and then placed it around rest of terram as we laid it with gripper before stoning up, done in no time with next to no effort

 

[bobthebuilder]

I watched her video last night on the back of this thread and thought what's all the fuss. It you want to see a bit of skirt there's much better sites..... (apparently).

i work like a slave all day ,do not need to watch work when one gets home

 

[Furniss]

Thats a good thing, makes it easy to justify chopping it in for new more frequently. Also means you can use up all the hours on your warranty on a new machine.

Never bought new ...had a quote and just can't justify it compared to low houred tidy used and new more exp here than u.k
Iirc was quoted 80K€ bare stick here verses 30k£ 2800hrs with hyd hitch and 3 nearly new buckets.
Would buy used again but maybe 1000 ish hours and see if tab boom is stable and doesn't spoil the experience, if it handles it well then it would be ridiculously good as it's envelope is v decent in 2 piece.

 

[Furniss]

Anyway saw this geezer tonight and asked him for a 6t dumper.... the way he looked up at me sat there on his knee didn't fill me with optimism but wont find out till the big day I guess

 

[Furniss]

Striping tennis court today, the boys cut and rolled most of it yesterday shifting to skip this morn. Need to finish tomorrow as second skip didnt turn up until 4 30, had first one full by 10.

Youd think you could of put that on ebay ? ...it's more popular than grass isn't it ?

 

[Cal919]

Youd think you could of put that on ebay ? ...it's more popular than grass isn't it ?

This stuffs pretty old, im sure someone somewhere would have it but not worth the agg of getting it up carefully. Then storing and trying to flog.

 

[Smiffy]

This stuffs pretty old, im sure someone somewhere would have it but not worth the agg of getting it up carefully. Then storing and trying to flog.

Farms pay for for (not much but more economical than a skip) to put down on cattle paths

 

[Left hooker]

Chasing up hill to see if they have the rams to fit my zx180 hitch as the welded on check valves are rotten through and leaking
Had to cut the pins on the big one and fubar the cylinder and rod end to get them off got the off cuts out of the jaw /rod end but cylinder end was grown in so took it up to a machine shop that does steam engine repairs/ fab work to drill out the last 2 stuck in 6 inch bits of pin left from cutting it

 

[V8Druid]

iron worm has certainly gotten to that check valve Stu

 

[DaveDCB]

Darent think the cost of that… 🫣

 

[Left hooker]

iron worm has certainly gotten to that check valve Stu

14 years old out in all weather's with salt air down here does that unfortunately
Hill think they have a complete main ram but the numbers are rubbed off of mine due to the metal spiral wrap on the pipes for the small ram so waiting on them to confirm the length of one they have is same extended
They have the small ram and they will knock up a couple new pins for me also

 

[Left hooker]

Darent think the cost of that… 🫣

270 so far to get the machine shop to drill out the pins remains
What ever my fitter bills for helping me extract the rams as nothing is light on this at 250kg
Plus my time messing around sourcing parts and running around still got to buy and post down rams and pins then refit praying it's cheaper than a new hitch

 

[V8Druid]

14 years old out in all weather's with salt air down here does that unfortunately
Hill think they have a complete main ram but the numbers are rubbed off of mine due to the metal spiral wrap on the pipes for the small ram so waiting on them to confirm the length of one they have is same extended
They have the small ram and they will knock up a couple new pins for me also View attachment 66728

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that hitch is one of those two ram twin lock hitches is it?
Much like the 9t one I mod.ed to go under my VA-r?
didn't register with me yesterday - little sod to get apart if anything is seized

 

[V8Druid]

270 so far to get the machine shop to drill out the pins remains
What ever my fitter bills for helping me extract the rams as nothing is light on this at 250kg
Plus my time messing around sourcing parts and running around still got to buy and post down rams and pins then refit praying it's cheaper than a new hitch

hell they'm as bad as Mog ... charge "like a wounded Rhino" as he so often says .. (just kidding Mog - he's always seen me alright )

......... so took it up to a machine shop that does steam engine repairs/ fab work to drill out the last 2 stuck in 6 inch bits of pin left from cutting it

think I know that bloke .. partner/t'other arf to one of Vicki's old school friends - Sam Henwood, I think his name is - up Newquay way?

 

[Left hooker]

hell they'm as bad as Mog ... charge "like a wounded Rhino" as he so often says .. (just kidding Mog - he's always seen me alright )


think I know that bloke .. partner/t'other arf to one of Vicki's old school friends - Sam Henwood, I think his name is - up Newquay way?

Yep that's him dropped off one day picked up the next so can't argue with that turn around

 

[Left hooker]

that hitch is one of those two ram twin lock hitches is it?
Much like the 9t one I mod.ed to go under my VA-r?
didn't register with me yesterday - little sod to get apart if anything is seized

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Yes just a 80mm pin one instead that was labeled for a zx210 its the 2nd hitch on this machine as first one would only do 210 buckets Hitachi changed it when new as wouldn't pick up the old buckets from our ex165/fh150 like we asked for

 

[pettsy]

First trip out with the tipper, a nice 2t load there for a parking area

 

[6feetdown]

Early load away yesterday

 

[Vinpetrol]

First trip out with the tipper, a nice 2t load there for a parking area

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The ifor tipper is a game changer for me . I’m on my third one now . Used with 3.5 t towing capacity van your getting a 2.5t load every time and if your good at reversing you can get them right down the side off a house . Just finished a driveway yesterday that took 5 tonnes gravel . There are no Lorrie’s locally less than 8 wheelers so ideal with 2 runs in the trailer.