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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 10:15 pm
by cookiewales
lutonlagerlout wrote:600 by 600 slabs mr.cook :;):
lot less jointing than injun stone or setts
and i would be using a marshalltown jointing iron on concrete slabs rather than a trowel
but admittedly it would be more like a day for 1 experienced man
thing is if you have been on the knees for 5 hours the rest of the day is a bust
I did 68m2 of 450 by 450s last year on a very very long sunday, lets just say i wasnt doing a lot of dancing on the monday 
LLL
LLL still very good going i always dodge the pointing i taught Shaun well tell them there the best ??? ??? mind you he is good.i cant go on my knees :p
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:39 pm
by GB_Groundworks
hand digging weapons
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:25 am
by lutonlagerlout
the thing with pointing is,dont have anything too spicy or rich the night before,plain food, no beer etc.
nothing worse than indigestion when you are bent over
LLL
nice grafter btw giles
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:05 pm
by rab1
giles your the machine man, you only watch the lads using them dont kid on you ever leave the cab. 
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 8:36 pm
by GB_Groundworks
haha i wish, was on a job today and the guy was like can you just pull that tree stump out, only had the 1.6 ton little jcb took an hour of finding roots and chopping through them with matock and bar.
doing a water main connection in morning and last 3 metres is to narrow for our smallest machine so will be hand digging in clay on a saturday 
. can't be bothered hiring a .75 ton etc.
plus a days hand digging doesn;t mean i feel guilty about not going to gym even if im eating pies as i do it haha
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:06 pm
by msh paving
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:03 pm
by GB_Groundworks
i'd left the trailer at home with the buckets on it, so only had grading bucket as well. when i was there with our 8 ton he didn;t say anything about it haha.
plus haven't got a ripper tooth yet for little one haha, found some designs online for our fabricator or some cheap ones on ebay.
[url=http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RIPPER-TOOTH-FOR- ... ptZUK_BOI_
Industrial_Tools_Construction_Tools_ET?hash=item518fa42f04#ht_1159wt_941]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RIPPER-....9wt_941[/url]
Edited By GB_Groundworks on 1264198695
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 6:59 am
by GB_Groundworks
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 7:15 am
by msh paving
That ripper is a evans and reid ripper, that is there ebay trading buisness, its a little bit different to my old one that looks more curved and differnet at headstock MSH