Snow - Not good

[lutonlagerlout]

i think giles was spot on in those conditions
but i do hate nobs that have them on at night for no reason
LLL

[lutonlagerlout]

got 6 hrs work indoors today,looked out window and yet more snow has arrived
its snowing now ffs
LLL

[cookiewales]

got 6 hrs work indoors today,looked out window and yet more snow has arrived
its snowing now ffs
LLL

am back to pounding the laptop has anyone a link to a basic drawing site.i need to do a drawing 2m x 2m inclueding sets and paving for students to do ??? ??? :;):

[lutonlagerlout]

I have heard the lads here on about "google sketch up" cookie
but I am clueless at that sort of thing
took me 1.5 hrs to drive 5 miles this morning,i wasstuck behing a grit lorry most of the time :;):
starting to get used to it now,its like this now

whilst looking for this clip i also found this one
45 years ago,wasnt cher a babe @18?? :;):
cheers LLL

[GB_Groundworks]

i use sketup up cookie it really good if you figure out how to work it, i mean how to work with shapes every thing is drawn from squares/rectangles and circle. but its easy once you start playing with it plus there is a massive digital warehouse that you can search and get images from like say park benches or an excavator etc.

i got back to sheffield tonight ok, tok longer than normal and they've now completely closed the road from my snow pictures with the car high drifts haha.

got all 3 pitches cleared today, had to rescue some femcing lads working near the rugby club had tried to drive a toyota dyna across a snowy field haha. pulled them out with 3cx, bidding on some fencing work next to were they are working hopefully beat them for the work its 720m of fencing so a big job.

putting a footing in tomorrow, got a weather station at the rugby club to monitor pitches etc been + last 24 hours albeit only 1.2-1.8 degress c

[Dave_L]

We haven't turned a wheel in 4 weeks, not put anything into the pot in that time.

We are lucky enough to have a large amount of indoor work at our yard, but obviously this can only go on for a certain time.

Erecting a huge racking system that Mr Sainsbury would be proud of. Photos to follow.

If we did any work, it woul be substandard - and we'd no doubt be back sorting it out when it fails in a few months time, so hard as it sounds, we are better off standing still.

[GB_Groundworks]

thats on the to do list dave in our barn and outside, dexion pallet racking for all buckets etc. plus we must have about 50+ pallets on yorkstone, bricks, decorative stone, slates, tiles, all the stuff you accuire and have left over at moment its stacked all over the place. need to stick a concrete footing and erect the racking outside for it all to stack neatly on. i love a good bit of organising

[dig dug dan]

need to stick a concrete footing and erect the racking outside for it all to stack neatly on. i love a good bit of organising

thats ont thing i have thought about doing. At the moment, i have thre pallets on top of each other, and when you want the bottom one, its a pain. plus you cant stack some pallets like that anyway.

Not sure how easy it is to do, or costly!!

[Tommy]

Seems like some Plant/ Agric engineers can work quickly.

Our main gritter, split the metal plating, and sheared two bolts. took us two hours to unload the three ton of grit in it, and winch it on to the recovery trailer.

Was back gritting within 5 hours with a new front end



Less than a week later, and the discharge chute and spinner go kaput.

So we rolled out the old rust bucket. Might look rough, but god does it clear snow well

[rab1]

lets be honest old plant was meant to last, you paid a lot of cash and it lasted, its the same with tools, personally think very little is built to last now. i`ve still go my hand tools which were mostly made in Sheffield, 20yrs old. built to last.

[GB_Groundworks]

need to stick a concrete footing and erect the racking outside for it all to stack neatly on. i love a good bit of organising

thats ont thing i have thought about doing. At the moment, i have thre pallets on top of each other, and when you want the bottom one, its a pain. plus you cant stack some pallets like that anyway.

Not sure how easy it is to do, or costly!!

exactly the same for us stack on top of each other, balanced and leveled up with bricks etc got a pile of about 15 buckets. from 1 ton to 16 haha. in the barn got racking for breakers etc but soon get polluted with crap. we buy ours second hand, in jobs lots bundled together or acquired a load from a warehouse we worked at was scrap it or keep it so we kept loads and scrapped the rest.

[lutonlagerlout]

woke up this morning to the 7th and hopefully last instalment of "snow"
the Uks favourite long running soap this winter
should be ok though,its going to lash down the rest of the week

LLL

[Pablo]

Having the day off it's only 2 inches but it's frozen solid so can't lay. I'm hjeading round later on my own to clear it so that we have a melted area for tomorow. Wednesday is giving more of the stuff though. This soap is more annoying than Eastenders.

[Tommy]

We've got 2-3 inches, more on the open higher ground, and more forecast for Wednesday/ Thursday, with only 7 ton of proper grit salt.

After that its granulated salt, and after that, sand and salt pellets (which will end up going through car windows)

[Injured]

No snow for me but the ground was frozen solid all day. Not good. Getting beyond a joke now