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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:33 pm
by Dave_L
Been busy last two days.....

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750t of stone laid in two passes, not even 70% complete yet, at least another day & a half to finish stoning up, then it's 400t of the black shit.

All I can say thank god the weather is favourable at the moment, up on Dartmoor the wind & rain can be evil.

And then we start all over again on another site just down the road. Fairly monotonous work, not the quickest as it is dumper work, one in one out.

Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 11:12 pm
by GB_Groundworks
nice work if you can get it haha, although its a straight as a dog hind leg hahaha ;)

what is it new private driveway?

you done all the prep for it, excavation etc? any edgers or kerbs going in?

is that a case 13 toner i spot in the back ground loading the stone? you had the new 7 toner and extended 2.2m bucket on the go haha

looking good though dave,

Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 10:06 am
by Dave_L
No kerbs Giles, otherwise it would look too regimental - it's only a rural cycleway, laid along old railway lines.

No, we didn't do any of the groundworks, just subbed in to lay the stone and tar.

The wiggly bits you see are where the dumpers crossed over, one put itself onto the verge while the other passed by - the only way to get a decent supply in.

Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 10:36 am
by dig dug dan
Been ticking over doing the odd fence job here and there. just completed a nice landscape. Pond,pergola, rasied beds and patio are. Started 4th jan, did two days and got stopped for the snow.!
Luckily its a distant relative, so they were not fussy when i turned up to finish. Had £1500 of building materials sat there in the snow, waiting to be paid for.
Did a four day job last week, which was booked in last year, and my mate has boked me for a few jobs.
I guess i am ok for work till middle of march at the moment, which i no is a godsend. Most people are complaining.
one "ex" colleague of mine reckons he can't even afford to put diesel in his pick up, yet he finds the money for the pub and fags each day. Funny that

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:54 pm
by Dave_L
Thats 1050 tons laid in 3 days, getting a bit monotonous now. Bet the wagon drivers are enjoying the straight tips!

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:05 pm
by lutonlagerlout
its not a sustrans job is it dave?
they seem to be colonising old railway tracks round here and turning them into psychopaths
I'm not much of a cyclist these days (need a doner kebab card to risk the roads round here)
but some of the cycle routes they have opened up are car free and I have to say it a worthwhile thing
LLL

Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 6:56 pm
by Dave_L
I don't know Tony, but I expect it a Sustrans Project.

Got 200t of black down today in between the hail/sleet showers. Hopefully finish on Thursday. Couple of weeks of our own work then onto site#2 and start all over again.

Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 8:53 pm
by Dave_L
Still going on these cycleways - put 2500t of MOT and 500t of tar through the machine on this job - inbetween 4 other machine hire jobs.

Wouldn't mind so much if the weather was nice and sunny but this cold weather/snow/rain is pissing me right off. Not physically moving about much makes for a very cold Dave.........

Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 8:55 pm
by Dave_L
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Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 7:42 am
by seanandruby
Don't complain m8, there are lads out there would kill for that job. More cycle routes is what i say. be out today cycling for the first time in ages, owing to my back wheel being nicked. Halfords wanted over £30 to put me a new one on, just labour.

Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 8:35 pm
by Dave_L
True Sean, true. Bit of cold never hurt anyone. In fact I'd rather be out in the open [cold] air than in a stuffy germ-ridden office anyday.

Not so good when the paver starts spitting out £300 lumps of metal though.........

Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 3:18 pm
by GB_Groundworks
build a little insulated cab on it with a small coffee machine haha all the lads be dead jealous, i watch deadliest catch and one of the boats as a 80 degree sauna on deck for warming the lads up haha.

just pricing a large extension groundworks envelope is over inch thick with spec's and drawings.

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:58 pm
by GB_Groundworks
got a load on the building front, for full builds so some groundworks but no real pure groundwork jobs

70k extension garden room and a proper library with ladders and new large fire place, like a gentlemans club style

a octagonal lake house with cantilevered decking over lake in oak and glass very nice and some interesting groundworks and piling for me :)

then a massive refit for a footballer

i had some bases to do for a rugby club floodlights but neighbourrs forcing judicial review of planning :(