The 'Today's Job' thread

[Smiffy]

I got Harper Ho

 

[groundworker]

We are the same, but the fkn things keep multiplying

Sany is about 12k....

Maybe we can share one

 

[Steve]

I got Harper Ho

Speak to the pharmacist they probably have cream for that.

 

[6feetdown]

How the hell are they letting so much into the country, what chance has uk manufacturing got or any other tbf.
Then when you look at Ollies situation you think do our manufacturers deserve any help

 

[JD450A]

Maybe we can share one

Its a shame your not on the doorstep or I'd genuinely let you grab as and when. Currently helping out two mates in that regard, gotta try to get people flying

 

[Smiffy]

How the hell are they letting so much into the country, what chance has uk manufacturing got or any other tbf.
Then when you look at Ollies situation you think do our manufacturers deserve any help

The whole idea of British mass production manufacturing is entirely stupid tbh.
All these people claiming we need jobs and we need to bolster manufacturing have clearly not thought it through. There is no point in us trying to compete with the likes of china unless we would be happy to work for a a fiver a week.
There are two types of manufacturing we want in the UK.
The first is new and innovative. The Chinese are great at copying. Not so good at Innovation, and when your the first to build something you can charge a premium for it.
The second is very high quality low volume.
Which actually we do do quite a bit of in the UK.
We not only have the likes of rolls Royce and bae on the cutting edge of manufacturing. We also produce lots of small specialist items.
Things I am aware of so definitely not an exhaustive list includes. Components for NASA, components for Boeing, general electric, McConnell Douglas. We make a lot of moulds and the like for other manufacturing industries because the technology to make the manufacturing equipment is far more advanced than technology to operate the manufacturing equipment. This can be allsorts right down the the extrusion moulds for aluminium extrusions.
These are factories producing millions of pounds worth of one of equipment with minimal staffing on very good wages.
This is the kind of manufacturing we need and do infact have.
Churning out skid steer loaders will not afford people the lifestyle they are accustomed to in the UK.
There are of course certain things we need to take into account. Like we need a steel industry to supply materials even if it is for low volume works.

 

[Furniss]

Finished the tank replacement job earlier in the week - replaced 1 x5000l really deep and not functioning optimally with 2 x 3000l further upstream and shallower.

then went to local garden centre to replace 60ml or thereabouts of twinwall they tried to fill in a ditch with, i put some in a few years back and slotted it before surrounding it in washed gravel and topping it of with 0/30mm -they saved some money this time by putting it in and chucking some 0/80mm on top - after the weekends heavy rain all the stone was miraculously under it didnt take pics, he was there and it looked like taking the piss tbf.
Off buggering about for a few days with some uk mates on the bikes for a few days next job, give the mrs a break

om ready, they are on ferry and sounds like first job will be welding up some dodgy KTM quality component

 

[6feetdown]

Jetting firm Sent a 26t wagon my bad for not mentioning 90' bend!
As it was a Friday afternoon i went with rods as been before, my pressure washer is broke!
Client knows drains are backfalliing always been a hose there. Not today apart from a short one.
Spent an hour breaking this s**t up