The 'Today's Job' thread

[doobin]

So quick. Embarrassingly easy to make humps for water runoff.

 

[V8Druid]

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.

was gonna say similar or ice house, but could also be a water tank?

 

[Quattromike]

I think the ice houses were quite deep and sealed up to keep cool.
Are there any trolls known in the area?

 

[Stroppymonkey]

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

Usually concrete. At least all the ww2 stuff I have seen devon/Cornwall and islands is concrete. The German structures on Alderney were something else.

 

[Lancs Lad]

Usually concrete. At least all the ww2 stuff I have seen devon/Cornwall and islands is concrete. The German structures on Alderney were something else.

Agreed that's prewar imo. Looks more like a culvert to me apart from the interior looks solid. What the pipe in middle of back wall? Weird

 

[Smiffy]

Usually concrete. At least all the ww2 stuff I have seen devon/Cornwall and islands is concrete. The German structures on Alderney were something else.

Quite a few brick ones in this area. We have a lot more clay than we do aggregate. But even then it's usually a concrete roof and flat.

 

[V8Druid]

Quite a few brick ones in this area. We have a lot more clay than we do aggregate. But even then it's usually a concrete roof and flat.

quite a few brick 'pill boxes' round here too -- with flat concrete roof

 

[TiltyShaun]

Same s**t different day. Only a mile to move the machines which is nice. View attachment 85036

I would not be upset if the Tarmac Fairy dumped that pile in my yard!!

 

[Giles]

Up in the moors attempting to fix this bridge, getting access to it has been half the job, big 4” pump is awesome. Everything is fetch in on trailer as no access for anything big, few mile long track in from ranger base.

Bridge is on an old reservoir and the level is at reservoir level so had to dam it both sides culvert it with 300 twinwall and pump it to work under bridge. Then it’s waders and on knees as no room under there

 

[6feetdown]

 

[Stroppymonkey]

Up in the moors attempting to fix this bridge, getting access to it has been half the job, big 4” pump is awesome. Everything is fetch in on trailer as no access for anything big, few mile long track in from ranger base.

Bridge is on an old reservoir and the level is at reservoir level so had to dam it both sides culvert it with 300 twinwall and pump it to work under bridge. Then it’s waders and on knees as no room under there

How the feck do you price that?

 

[DaveDCB]

It’s a 120, anything less is a waste of time for anything more than a patio.

@doobin Honest review on the Bomag? Do they cope with the smaller engine output okay?

 

[Giles]

How the feck do you price that?

Experience and

Hopefully correctly lol but has taken a few days longer to dam it than I thought but hopefully repair goes quicker

Helps having all the kit in house and a head for problem solving

Approx £18k for this bridge with £4k of that being temp dam and bypass but had all twin wall and new bulk bags in yard from other river projects

 

[Giles]

So quick. Embarrassingly easy to make humps for water runoff.View attachment 85047View attachment 85048View attachment 85049

Did you go back get that missing bit on the left lol

You seen the drag graders the ozzies love on 4;1 buckets on Skidsteers

 

[doobin]

Did you go back get that missing bit on the left lol

You seen the drag graders the ozzies love on 4;1 buckets on Skidsteers

I was only filling holes on the existing surface.

I have a 4 in 1 but it’s a high back so no use for grading.

 

[Monkeybusiness]

Up in the moors attempting to fix this bridge, getting access to it has been half the job, big 4” pump is awesome. Everything is fetch in on trailer as no access for anything big, few mile long track in from ranger base.

Bridge is on an old reservoir and the level is at reservoir level so had to dam it both sides culvert it with 300 twinwall and pump it to work under bridge. Then it’s waders and on knees as no room under there

How will you repair that collapsed stonework? Looks a nightmare!
What has caused it to fail - massive flow, overloading, or a bit of both?

 

[doobin]

Got the grab onto the T450 and cut the blade bolts off- lets see how she does stripping bracken litter. In theory is the perfect thing.

Checked the oil levels and topped up the hydraulic. I'm always amazed at how tiny the tank is on this- I guess it's not like a digger where rams can be in all kinds of positions requiring a wide range of levels. And the cooling pack is chunky with a hydraulic fan. But still- only around ten litres plastic tank on a 65hp entirely hydraulic machine!

 

[Storrsy]

How will you repair that collapsed stonework? Looks a nightmare!
What has caused it to fail - massive flow, overloading, or a bit of both?

I'd guess looking at that the foundation stones have either sunk/undermined and as soon as that happend the locking effect of the keystone arrangement above failed. Not an easy repair for sure.

 

[Storrsy]

Got the grab onto the T450 and cut the blade bolts off- lets see how she does stripping bracken litter. In theory is the perfect thing.

Checked the oil levels and topped up the hydraulic. I'm always amazed at how tiny the tank is on this- I guess it's not like a digger where rams can be in all kinds of positions requiring a wide range of levels. And the cooling pack is chunky with a hydraulic fan. But still- only around ten litres plastic tank on a 65hp entirely hydraulic machine!View attachment 85078

Seems like your getting plenty of use out of the T450

 

[doobin]

Seems like your getting plenty of use out of the T450

I’ve got around 120 hours under my belt now.

This grab is lovely. Makes this so easy. A touch ‘front heavy’ which could be rectified with rear counterweights- although I’ve shied away from them so far as it’s always felt too ‘rear heavy’. This extra front weight makes it easier to do things like climb the bund, and it’s doing an absoloutely lovely job of forming that at the same time.

However, I have forced myself to dial the revs back to 3/4 as ten litres an hour consumption was making me wince.

It’s a much better way of doing this than two blokes with a dumper and 8 tonner. Bund is formed at the same time and the area is left much more level than you can get it with a 360 too.