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GB_Groundworks
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Post: # 105035Post GB_Groundworks

if its clean goes to the demo lads for capping

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few big loads of clean concrete come out what to do with it...

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demo lads are still here on the other bit of the site with their big toys, crate of beer i got 25 tons of 6f2 back :)

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35 ton komatsu loading trailer which is 2.45m wide! 6 ton in each bucket full!

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25 ton in under 10 mins

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water in the excavation has to be stored then tested before disposal

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bit tight on space with an 8 tonner inside the factory

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16mm bar base for the bit

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Post: # 105040Post lutonlagerlout

super stuff Giles
a 3 tonne takeuchi digs 2.9m if my memory is correct
why all the stuff about contamination? is it an old factory?
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Post: # 105044Post digerjones

Giles said he was back in he brake lining factory.
Just ordered some sheet piles for a job 2 pound each per week for 3m one. Looks like a good
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Post: # 105045Post lutonlagerlout

ahh so looking for asbestos
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Post: # 105050Post GB_Groundworks

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That's our 3 ton kubota but when your pits 3.7m long it's not as easy as that, I dug one same as this last time with 3 ton it's was a pain. Got the machine may as well use it :) lot easier with 8 ton

Not asbestos it's the nastier chemicals like phynol acetate fermaldehyde etc asbestos is fairly inert when wet or buried. It's only when dry and it atomises that it's deadly




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Post: # 105051Post GB_Groundworks

digerjones wrote:Giles said he was back in he brake lining factory.
Just ordered some sheet piles for a job 2 pound each per week for 3m one. Looks like a good
I bought 40 x 3m 3mm trench sheets for £600
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Post: # 105135Post Forestboy1978

Built these today. Getting quite into building gates. I think eventually I can do 1 in an hour ish if I was totally geared to it which is roughly £50 for an hours work so I'm gonna keep building them myself instead of paying someone else. Not quite that profit selling them on ebay but no harm in whacking an ad on each time I have to build one for a customer. Figure if I get 10-20 adds running for various gates and sizes I'll eventually start taking orders.

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Post: # 105141Post London Stone Paving

Nice one Giles. Looks like your busy. Are you just 100% commercial work now? Looks like all the kit is coming in handy :)

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Post: # 105296Post sy76uk

Finished a small garden project today.
Loved this job, everything just seemed to go right and went down very quickly even though it was a hand dig.
5 days start to finish :)
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Post: # 105301Post lutonlagerlout

nice job sy
50 of those a year would see you right eh?
cheers LLL :)
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Post: # 105303Post sy76uk

Cheers Tony.
50 of those would see me right.
I think the reason the last couple of jobs have gone so well is because my lads seem to be clicking very well all of a sudden.
We've even had time this week to sort the yard out. Gave them the day off today with pay for working hard while I'm out putting quotes in and cleaning the van up :)

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Post: # 105464Post RAPressureWashing

This made a nice change, a Limestone patio that only needed cleaning & re-sealing, no damage what so ever.
Black Limestone & Indian Sandstone paving with slate chips as an in-lay, fiddly to clean but worth it.

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Post: # 105470Post lutonlagerlout

made a heck of a difference roger
and as you say very well laid and a nice design
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Post: # 105485Post London Stone Paving

Fantastic as always Rodge. It wouldn't be over the top to say that you have given the customer a new garden

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Post: # 105486Post sy76uk

Fantastic job Roger. How long doesn't it take for black limestone to go grey like that?

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