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lutonlagerlout
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Post: # 75098Post lutonlagerlout

new job started this week , little bit of hand digging in blue clay

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dug out in 8 hours by hand and 3 cube of crete poured at 3pm today,quite a productive week
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Thats some fast digging tony

Micro digger = 3 hours. - hard graft = easy labour, no bad back

Im all maths tonight :D

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Post: # 75108Post lutonlagerlout

that gaunt clay is so easy i started off with the spade but soon started using the shovel,2 lads on the barrows struggle to keep up
BCO came out and gave an ultimatum
either dig to 1.9m,or rip out 5m of hedging already 6m away that belongs to the neighbour
its such a shame that the BCOs cant just use common sense
everything is by the book
dan had a digger guy look at it and we would still have had to cut the 125mm of concrete out,plus there were assorted fence posts and a live oil line to watch for , plus the usual piss-poor access
I like getting diggers on jobs as its usually dig by 10 and pour at 1 but if its tight its tight
cheers LLL :)
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Post: # 75122Post Pablo

Tony if I ever worked for you we'd be having a boxing match by tea break I've gone soft in my dotage but I like your style doing that all the time would keep your back strong. Blue clay was probably a bit smelly was it.
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local patios and driveways wrote:Thats some fast digging tony

Micro digger = 3 hours. - hard graft = easy labour, no bad back

Im all maths tonight :D
Digging by hand = keeping fit = more money when you get naked for hens :laugh:
Booked out every weekend for next 5 weeks now.

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Post: # 75125Post lutonlagerlout

digging is fun for me
dunno why but i enjoy it
same with pointing,love that too
I always get a machine in where there is access but if there aint out comes bullseye my trusted friend :;):
going to the allotment tomorrow, for some digging fun :;):
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Post: # 75126Post local patios and driveway

Lmao, you are going digging on your day off tony? Haha love it. Bit of pointing on sunday maybe? :p

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Post: # 75127Post lutonlagerlout

i'll be pointing at the guinness pump on sunday :;):
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Church it is then, enjoy!

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Wonderful, I love seeing Tony's hand-digging jobs, lovely work, neat and tidy. Good on you.
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Post: # 75420Post lutonlagerlout

cracked on got the footings in drains done and oversite concreted
did a lift of brickwork today and hopefully my compadres will do the blockwork tomorrow as i am off for the weekend *louts in to europe*
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cheers LLL :)
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Youve done brickwork before! Looks great

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Cracking bit of progress for a week tony.
Think paving, think pink!

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Post: # 75462Post Kuts

Nice an tidy work there LLL.

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Post: # 75464Post mickg

nice work there Luton

them youngen's dont understand that in days gone bye everything was hand dug and wagon's unloaded by hand too . . but that was in the days when men were men and we just got on with it without any moaning :D
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