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Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 7:37 pm
by Dave_L
It'd only be warm on the plate of the paver Giles, certainly not up on top! That's a most miserable place to be I'll tell ya.
Pasties wrapped in foil on the bed is the best thing though, you should see the look on customers faces when I jump down and grab a hot pasty etc!
Can't lay any coated materials in freezing conditions, tack coat will freeze/won't flash off. Plus the material will cool off very quickly in these temperatures, the roller driver would have to work at 150mph!
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:52 pm
by GB_Groundworks
saw on axe men the yarder driver (big crane that pulls the logs on a cable line, like a mobile cable car)
he put some salmon wrapped in foil in the engine bay on teh exhaust manifold, 20 minutes later he was eating it haha
seen the video of the tank lads in the 2nd world war in north africa cooking eggs on the top of their tanks haha
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 1:09 pm
by Pablo
Dave when the weather sorts itself out you must be expecting a bumper few weeks. The roads over here have been destroyed by the frost causing potholes everywhere. The one going by my house has completely delaminated for the guts of a 1000m. God knows how the local authorities are going to afford to sort it all out. Giles you must singlehandedly be responsible for keeping You tube afloat. :laugh:
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 4:16 pm
by Tommy
Last year, we were clearing woodland by the old sewerage works, miles down a track, and miles from the mess room.
Had 3 lads felling and logging, and a couple more of us dragging the stuff to a clearing, where we burnt it.
Put a sackful of taters in, so had a hot lunch as well.
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:37 pm
by DNgroundworks
Due to the lack of work im selling albeit reluctantly my beloved carp fishing gear, if anyone on here is interested in some top of the range second hand gear then give us a shout.
Regards Dan
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:43 pm
by ilovesettsonmondays
if anyone is looking for work around the london are ,i know fm conway are looking for masons .price work or daywork .they are one of the big three in london
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 9:26 pm
by GB_Groundworks
Pablo wrote:Dave when the weather sorts itself out you must be expecting a bumper few weeks. The roads over here have been destroyed by the frost causing potholes everywhere. The one going by my house has completely delaminated for the guts of a 1000m. God knows how the local authorities are going to afford to sort it all out. Giles you must singlehandedly be responsible for keeping You tube afloat. :laugh:
axe men is on channel 5 haha, but these last 2 weeks off its watch interesting stuff on plant on you tube or jeremy kyle. i'd rather pull my teeth out than watch him.
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 10:58 pm
by Dave_L
I love Ax(e)Men! A great watch.
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 11:31 am
by Wills gardens
price an £8g job and it was ''not what they were looking for'' just landed a small turf and paver job which gives me some wages for a week 
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:15 pm
by lutonlagerlout
working now albeit on a smaller scale
got 1 large and 1 small extension in the pipeline (as in definite) and am doing some hand dig groundwork ATM
from speaking to people its not great
LLL
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:18 pm
by irishpaving
anyone know of work going in milton keynes area
regards irish colm
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:30 pm
by digerjones
anyone thought about been a grave digger? anyone thought how much you would earn? £.... a grave? out lay, setting up buisness= a shovel or spade? recesion proof!
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:34 pm
by Tony McC
I seem to recall from when I was writing the NVQ stuff for modular paving that there is a NVQ for grave diggery and without the NVQ, you can't be a-digging.
Part of what I was writing was found to overlap with the cemetery and crematorium NVQ....the bit about backfilling!
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:05 pm
by digerjones
NVQ for grave digging, who would have thought! but i suppose when you think about it, its no different than digging a hole in the road. but anyway the rate in my vilage in south cheshire is £160 a grave and backfill. 6 foot down for new grave and less if there is 1 or 2 already down there. i didnt think that rate was bad.
