The 'Today's Job' thread

[6feetdown]

What was the score then can it be jetted?

It was a home buyers survey

 

[Storrsy]

Went to the oldest house in leicestershire today. Built in 1200 something and "modernised " in 1620 something . Had been lived in continuously till 1960s! Got chatting to a guy there and was asking if the building was as it was back then and he was saying it was. I couldn't believe how tidy it was and how advanced things were even back then. I did mean to clarify with the windows did we have Opening windows back then?! Ill be honest the house looked comfortable although maybe not so much in depths of winter?! Then went to a monastery where I worked on conversion of outbuildings into trappist brewery 8 years ago. Had never tried the beer. Don't drink often nowadays but thought I'd give it a go. Lovely grounds in the monastery.

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Makes me laugh with building regs. We think we're so advanced these days with all the modern materials and techniques still available yet will the builds of today still be standing in 800 years time.
My parents live in an old granite farmhouse. The thing is literally sat on the bare ground, with quoin stone arrangements which would be laughed at today but it's 400yrs old and still standing fine.

 

[Monkeybusiness]

Makes me laugh with building regs. We think we're so advanced these days with all the modern materials and techniques still available yet will the builds of today still be standing in 800 years time.
My parents live in an old granite farmhouse. The thing is literally sat on the bare ground, with quoin stone arrangements which would be laughed at today but it's 400yrs old and still standing fine.

My dad’s house was 400 years old, sat on a sandstone plinth with no footings. The floor downstairs was quarry tiles laid directly on the soil below.
I went there today, and amazingly it is all still standing!

 

[V8Druid]

My dad’s house was 400 years old, sat on a sandstone plinth with no footings. The floor downstairs was quarry tiles laid directly on the soil below.
I went there today, and amazingly it is all still standing!

our barn is circa 1627 .... with some gert rocks at its base .. still there ... 400 years old next year

 

[Smiffy]

The old houses move through and that's alright because their whole construction allows for movement. Modern brick houses are completely rigid and crack because of this.
I personally think that between environmental concerns and everything else a traditional timber frame or even a Nordic style tongue and groove sat on a raft must be hard to beat. Bit of subsidence doesn't matter, nice and environmentally friendly timber. In a lot of areas, less concrete below dpc.
Considering our green drive I'm amazed at the proliferation of bricks still.
Plus planting some trees for timber might give some future jobs

 

[hiluxman]

The old houses move through and that's alright because their whole construction allows for movement. Modern brick houses are completely rigid and crack because of this.
I personally think that between environmental concerns and everything else a traditional timber frame or even a Nordic style tongue and groove sat on a raft must be hard to beat. Bit of subsidence doesn't matter, nice and environmentally friendly timber. In a lot of areas, less concrete below dpc.
Considering our green drive I'm amazed at the proliferation of bricks still.
Plus planting some trees for timber might give some future jobs

Greed drive I think you mean.

Anything that's sensible doesn't come into it...all about the money you can't have.

 

[Gunners]

@Gunners is our local star he can probably give the best feedback on YouTube’s success

I'm not sure I can talk about success on YouTube. I've had some good opportunities come up from it sure - Bauma last year curtsey of iDig was a highlight. But most of the time I just try and put something up that I would want to watch and hope others do too. I've not had a video do anywhere near 100k views yet and I've been posting stuff since 2019. You have to really do it for the love. According to my analytics, in the last 29 days I've earned £117 from YouTube and had 65k views. Now, its not views that make money - its watch time. But you can assume the people getting 200k views on a video and posting once/ twice a week are doing well - but that's far from everybody.
Digging is a super niche topic, so I am already restricting my viewers before you even start. And even in the niche, many wont enjoy my videos, which is fair enough, I'm nowhere near as exciting as Cammarrata as I don't want to set fire to my machines for views and all the trees on my sites seem to be under TPO's so going around pushing them over like Letsdig18 wont work for me. I could do the "will it start" genre with my wacker plate maybe?

If you fancy giving it a go then go for it! Its super easy to do, things don't have to be all that polished in our game to be watchable. But you have to have an edge to whatever you are putting up. Think what your point of view would be, or your angle on the job in hand, that's what makes it interesting I think.
Or build Lego sets - massive audience, don't need to talk, just buy the latest set and time lapse you putting it together. Then review it after

 

[Storrsy]

I'm not sure I can talk about success on YouTube. I've had some good opportunities come up from it sure - Bauma last year curtsey of iDig was a highlight. But most of the time I just try and put something up that I would want to watch and hope others do too. I've not had a video do anywhere near 100k views yet and I've been posting stuff since 2019. You have to really do it for the love. According to my analytics, in the last 29 days I've earned £117 from YouTube and had 65k views. Now, its not views that make money - its watch time. But you can assume the people getting 200k views on a video and posting once/ twice a week are doing well - but that's far from everybody.
Digging is a super niche topic, so I am already restricting my viewers before you even start. And even in the niche, many wont enjoy my videos, which is fair enough, I'm nowhere near as exciting as Cammarrata as I don't want to set fire to my machines for views and all the trees on my sites seem to be under TPO's so going around pushing them over like Letsdig18 wont work for me. I could do the "will it start" genre with my wacker plate maybe?

If you fancy giving it a go then go for it! Its super easy to do, things don't have to be all that polished in our game to be watchable. But you have to have an edge to whatever you are putting up. Think what your point of view would be, or your angle on the job in hand, that's what makes it interesting I think.
Or build Lego sets - massive audience, don't need to talk, just buy the latest set and time lapse you putting it together. Then review it after

I used to watch a bit of Camarata but was always rough on the gear for no good reason, pulling out bed rock with a tilting bucket- cringe watching but maybe that's what people like to watch . Went back to watch one of his today and found the video pretty grating tbh. I'd sooner watch one of your review videos- ok it may not draw the numbers in but real world in depth reviews of plant by someone who isn't a salesman are really far and few between I find. I also prefer English people on vidoes than the American dramatisation!

 

[Jimoz]

our barn is circa 1627 .... with some gert rocks (and assorted crisp packets & pop bottles) at its base .. still there ... 400 years old next year

Fixed it for you

 

[doobin]

Same s**t different day. Only a mile to move the machines which is nice.

 

[doobin]

This is why I like the reduced tailswing of the E27. It’s just as stable as a big arse machine. But it fits.

Luckily in this case I only needed a vaguely level T450 shaped slot. Usual story with a runoff from a holloway- it was nowhere near deep enough. This should sort it.

Any ideas what the interesting brick arch structure is?

 

[Silversabre]

This is why I like the reduced tailswing of the E27. It’s just as stable as a big arse machine. But it fits.

Luckily in this case I only needed a vaguely level T450 shaped slot. Usual story with a runoff from a holloway- it was nowhere near deep enough. This should sort it.

Any ideas what the interesting brick arch structure is?View attachment 85039View attachment 85041

WW2 structure associated with Home Guard or sabotage in event of invasion, as your are coastal?

 

[Storrsy]

WW2 structure associated with Home Guard or sabotage in event of invasion, as your are coastal?

Or an underground larder before the advent of fridges. My others half's dad had a country house in Sweden that had something for this purpose looked similar.

 

[Lancs Lad]

This is why I like the reduced tailswing of the E27. It’s just as stable as a big arse machine. But it fits.

Luckily in this case I only needed a vaguely level T450 shaped slot. Usual story with a runoff from a holloway- it was nowhere near deep enough. This should sort it.

Any ideas what the interesting brick arch structure is?View attachment 85037View attachment 85038View attachment 85039View attachment 85040View attachment 85041

Inside looks like a lime kiln. Loads up here

 

[Brendan]

Not the prettiest of jobs was called in to try and level out this mess, micro and tracked dumpers on one side as nothing else would fit under the platform and craning something decent was also off the cards, other side was the 3t. Not the best of finishes but only had a day on each side and it's been formed/contoured by the ground staff to their own design to suit their plant and fish so had to try and get what I could underneath the platform and roughly level the rest. The near side according to idig is not too far off level but I still don't really trust it and don't see the appeal, it's just not accurate enough. It's probably user error or setup but still not great

 

[Grahams]

Not the prettiest of jobs was called in to try and level out this mess, micro and tracked dumpers on one side as nothing else would fit under the platform and craning something decent was also off the cards, other side was the 3t. Not the best of finishes but only had a day on each side and it's been formed/contoured by the ground staff to their own design to suit their plant and fish so had to try and get what I could underneath the platform and roughly level the rest. The near side according to idig is not too far off level but I still don't really trust it and don't see the appeal, it's just not accurate enough. It's probably user error or setup but still not great

If your idig is not showing the same as reality you need to get it recalibrated. When it is set up correctly I found it impressively accurate and never heard any complaints from anyone else about lake of accuracy.

 

[Brendan]

If your idig is not showing the same as reality you need to get it recalibrated. When it is set up correctly I found it impressively accurate and never heard any complaints from anyone else about lake of accuracy.

I just find the digging or pulling depth doesnt match the static depth of placing the bucket. Machine has less than 700 hours so cant see there being that much pin movement or flex in slew ring to show it being out so much.
Im going to do another full reinstall and hopefully that will sort it, latest firmware seems to have helped a but but not a fan

 

[Furniss]

If your idig is not showing the same as reality you need to get it recalibrated. When it is set up correctly I found it impressively accurate and never heard any complaints from anyone else about lake of accuracy.

yep I dont use mine as much as I should but its very accurate - always agrees with the leica unless ive had a moment.

 

[Furniss]

I just find the digging or pulling depth doesnt match the static depth of placing the bucket. Machine has less than 700 hours so cant see there being that much pin movement or flex in slew ring to show it being out so much.
Im going to do another full reinstall and hopefully that will sort it, latest firmware seems to have helped a but but not a fan

Mine doesnt get used as much as it should but its not because of a lack of accuracy, its very accurate according to the leica.
must be setup

 

[doobin]

Inside looks like a lime kiln. Loads up here

Nowhere near the chalk though.