A gang working on our campus have had -750 on site for a good few months and use it for everything.
I saw them using it to unload a wagon. Didn't much like having a pallet of cement at full reach, even with a counterweight of three burly labourers hanging off the back.
They also got it stuck trying to place a pack of blocks the other side of a footing, and ended up in the footing. The driver was promptly promoted to pushing a wheelbarrow. but a nifty piece of driving using the telescopic section, and the gaffer soon had it out
lutonlagerlout wrote:are my eyes deceiving me giles or has that bloke in the picture been running over the laying course?
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looks like your correct Tony,but it germany if this is where the pic is taken,blockpaving is laid on gravel/grit 6mm, so the loader wont make to much indent and can be floated out if to bad
MSH
no idea, just off the avant site, looks more Mediterranean than Germany looking at the wall and the sea behind and the tan on the guys, and the reads, the water system the colour of the earth, the work clothes, the germans are more workman like in their attire, avant is a swedish firm not german
my guess would be Spain or Croatia maybe
Giles
Groundworks and Equestrian specialists, prestige new builds and sports pitches. High Peak, Cheshire, South Yorkshire area.
looks like your correct Tony,but it germany if this is where the pic is taken,blockpaving is laid on gravel/grit 6mm, so the loader wont make to much indent and can be floated out if to bad
MSH
Off topic, but has anyone else heard of this method of using 6mm gravel as a bedding layer on non permeable block paving. I have heard of a few contractors using this method in uk , apparently with no problems.
a few years ago one of the large aggregate co's was trying to sell 6mm grit for paving,if i remmber was about 10 years ago, i looked into it but to expensive to bother with.the gaffer migh be able to tell more on the subject
the best thing is its usable in all weather,i had a german guy helping me 8 years or so ago ,told me they dont use sand in germany its all grit,i learnt alot from him,but sadly he went back home as england was not for him MSH
Nigel Walker wrote:method of using 6mm gravel as a bedding layer on non permeable block paving
Yes. It's relatively common on the continent and there is some lively debate amongst the British 'experts' as to whether the current recommendation for laying course material (GF85/4-0 ... which very roughly means a 4mm down coarse sand) should be broadened to allow for the use of grits and the whin 'dust' that is popular in NE England.
As it stands, it's outside the spec for 7533/3 mainly because of the argument about trickle-down of jointing sand, but many contractors do use it, and as permeable systems become more commonplace, I suspect its use with conventional pavements will grow.
I've done a few block jobs with the grit now and couldn't recommend it highly enough. It's quicker to shovel rake and screed and it can be worked on even in the heaviest rain with no extra problems. It's very easily free screeded too but yes the sand does disappear in small spots. I use a 6mm grit that's normally intended for wet dashing houses and once it's done there's much less rebound in the block than you would get with sand.
It's also very, very free draining, so as long as the sub-base is right, or there's adequate sub-surface drainage in place, you never get problems with liquefaction or pumping as sometimes occurs with sand when used on wet locations.
