The 'Today's Job' thread

[doobin]

7 years I’ve had an E27 and I only just realised you could open the whole half of the side window from the back…

 

[Giles]

when I worked in IT specifically unix servers, we had a saying when a work mate asked a technical question...

RTFM

read the F11cking manual lol

of course being men we never do haha

 

[doobin]

I have a feeling I’ll be spending most of today changing chains…

And probably making some more!

 

[Monkeybusiness]

Buy @Furniss TMK. You can grub a lot of that crap out at ground level and it’ll regen again no problem.
Nowhere near as tidy as a chainsaw but you’d do a lot of that job in one pass.

 

[doobin]

Buy @Furniss TMK. You can grub a lot of that crap out at ground level and it’ll regen again no problem.
Nowhere near as tidy as a chainsaw but you’d do a lot of that job in one pass.

It has to be tidy- this is coppice work for relaying a hedge in future. Client wants it traditional. Chamfered edges etc.

They are spending probably £3m on the house rebuild so this is small beer

Plus- I’m burying an 18” bar and often needing the 28”. Surely a tree shear won’t do that kind of stuff?

 

[Monkeybusiness]

It has to be tidy- this is coppice work for relaying a hedge in future. Client wants it traditional. Chamfered edges etc.

They are spending probably £3m on the house rebuild so this is small beer

Plus- I’m burying an 18” bar and often needing the 28”. Surely a tree shear won’t do that kind of stuff?

No, it won’t touch that diameter. If you are initially ragging stuff out with the grab without cutting it it’ll do a better job though, and leave you with less contaminated finishing cuts to make.

 

[doobin]

The

No, it won’t touch that diameter. If you are initially ragging stuff out with the grab without cutting it it’ll do a better job though, and leave you with less contaminated finishing cuts to make.

the contamination is in the stump, where things like flints have been pushed up as they grow. How would a tree shear help?

 

[Monkeybusiness]

The

the contamination is in the stump, where things like flints have been pushed up as they grow. How would a tree shear help?

Anything it can shear you won’t have to return to with a saw.

 

[Lancs Lad]

I have a feeling I’ll be spending most of today changing chains…

And probably making some more!View attachment 85357View attachment 85358View attachment 85359

Now I see why you have a grinder
Stihl about to launch on the job grinder actually looks pretty good. Be interesting to see it in the flesh.

 

[doobin]

Now I see why you have a grinder
Stihl about to launch on the job grinder actually looks pretty good. Be interesting to see it in the flesh.

I used the grinder today on a few chains I’d rocked pretty bad. Made light work of it tbf.

 

[Furniss]

hmmm,on occasion over the years ive had people say" 5 days is quite a lot for an installation " - find outlets the tank / treatment ... dig, , wait for sign off, tidy ,kit away etc etc
house next door but one was having a similar system put in to the one we were doing, we arrived a couple of days before the other outfit started but finished on the same day..... 13t on steels - did most of it with the ditcher, had to have a little look from roadside when they were having lunch.......what can you say picture paints a thousand words and all that, shouldn't be signed off imho.

nice pipe bedding, prop it up with a stone,repair smashed pipe with tape

problem being, if its signed off people assume all installations are same.

and is its a fairly reputable outfit wtf ......clowns

 

[Furniss]

i mean its the sort of competition you want in one sense but not in another but obviously they either dont know its crap or dont care, left that at roadside for everyone to see

 

[bobthebuilder]

7 years I’ve had an E27 and I only just realised you could open the whole half of the side window from the back…
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It happens

 

[doobin]

Finished off the last bit of hedge. So satisfying. Took the total blades used to a nice round box of 25 not terrible at around 35 quid plus vat.

Now I’m up in the mewp topping out a manky old willow. Buzzard is circling waiting for me to fk up

 

[Furniss]

off for a bit of a 3 day tour round brittany with some mates - 1hr in and im waiting outside bike garage in nearest town to open - opens at 2 ....

 

[V8Druid]

Finished off the last bit of hedge. So satisfying. Took the total blades used to a nice round box of 25 not terrible at around 35 quid plus vat.

Now I’m up in the mewp topping out a manky old willow. Buzzard is circling waiting for me to fk up View attachment 85373View attachment 85374View attachment 85375View attachment 85376

looking at the tail I'd say that's a red kite

 

[Stroppymonkey]

looking at the tail I'd say that's a red kite

Yup. Starting to see them round here now as well.

 

[doobin]

Got a call for an urgent cherry picker job- only the friction against the slate holding it. Handily I already had the cherry picker halfway there, unfortunately I had to go back for the smaller trailer as access is incredibly tight.

 

[Lancs Lad]

Got a call for an urgent cherry picker job- only the friction against the slate holding it. Handily I already had the cherry picker halfway there, unfortunately I had to go back for the smaller trailer as access is incredibly tight. View attachment 85383View attachment 85384

That'll be £4500 dear...oh and I'll give you a run up to the cash machine

 

[doobin]

That'll be £4500 dear...oh and I'll give you a run up to the cash machine

£150 plus vat and I’ll always get the call from the managing agent. Only took an hour.