Last few weeks in pictures

[GB_Groundworks]

clouds



new toy



stoneraking the pitches



displaces stones to one side, or can run it straight and level the ground.





plant porn



erm....



put some ducting in





nice friday roadie at arctic monkeys gig in sheffield 10,000 in a tent. free local ale and meat back stage 12 hours of heaven

[GB_Groundworks]

had a while you are here could you stone up our veg patch paths job





fencing



7' 5"x3" post



400kg, 60 tons drop force





modified leveller



final level and roll before seeding



june up north 30mm rain in 30 mins



done for now

[lutonlagerlout]

great work giles
sorry about your dog,that must be hard
those clouds look surreal,did you modify that photo?
cheers LLL

[GB_Groundworks]

Nope that just straight off the phone, they were great

Yeah but those big dogs have short lives, had renal failure

[Carberry]

That picture of the clouds looks like an oil painting or something.
Sorry to hear about your dog. I've got a cocker spaniel who is my best sales rep and a grumpy old fart of a boxer who has arthritis.

Sammy as a pup, almost a perfect photo.


Molly the grumpy old fart:

[rab1]

You been busy Giles, sorry to here about your friend.

[henpecked]

wow what a week ,you dont mess about eh?

[msh paving]

Today's moling job 110mm mole ,BT 100mm duct under driveway 250m to trench week after nxt.





ranging rod got between digger bucket and mole lifting from trailer,hence the kink.....








nice saturday morning job,electric cable just under the surface,old water pipe below it,2 hours and home.....

MSH



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[digerjones]

tidy job. lucky you never hit the electric cable.

[msh paving]

Hit a 3 phase 10 years ago, burned end off mole to frazzle mole dead,village of power 12 hours.....not funny MSH

[lutonlagerlout]

nice work mark
LLL

[rab1]

on one site, a hospital in Edinburgh watched skanska rip out the live gas main with a 360, happy days. ???

[GB_Groundworks]

We hit a 12" cast iron rusted to nothing watermain, you've never seen a 2m deep trench fill so quick, literally in 2 seconds it was full

[andpartington]

how does the moling work ?
dig a hole at each end set the mole off. when it reaches the other side how do you put the duct in? just push it up the hole or is there more to it

cheers

andy

[msh paving]

The mole works with the head going forward about 10mm then it pulls the body along on next stroke,so on and so on till you get to other side moving approx 12-15m a hour give or take ground conditions,once it gets to the other side lift mole out that on weighs approx 75kg 6ft long 110mm dia. push duct in.On smaller dia.pipe i tow it in behind mole.I have 45,55,75,110mm dia moles,

the nxt pix show a 65mm dia.water main being towed in behind the 75mm mole, i was going through the sea bank at wells-next-the-sea norfolk,at foot path leval on the other side coming out half down bank on inland side






MSH



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