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Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 3:41 pm
by GB_Groundworks
the lazy git in me would have had the 20 tonner riddle bucket on and heavy handedly rehandled them a few times haha.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 3:51 pm
by cookiewales
GB_Groundworks wrote:the lazy git in me would have had the 20 tonner riddle bucket on and heavy handedly rehandled them a few times haha.
ha he have yet to see a riddler sort them into sizes yet but come the day :p :;): :;):
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 3:53 pm
by Noony
a four is a four mr cook, it aint a 4 and arf init!!
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 4:04 pm
by GB_Groundworks
you've not seen me drive one then haha, no it was more in reference to knocking the pitch off
when we cobbled our drive a good 18 years ago, i'd guess its about 600m2 we had wagons running in from all the high ways lads on an offer of free tipping if it was from a cobbled road they were stripping, some took piss and might be 5 cobbles in a 20 ton load. took us over 3 years of collecting here and there and sorting through a good couple of thousand tons of crap to get enough to do it. they are the big sandstone duck stones i think you call them,
knowing what i know now the lads who did it for my dad it id wrong. the joints are like 20-50mm and they were pointed with a slurry made with a white sharp sand that brick acid wouldn't touch the staining. had to have the whole drive sand blasted afterwards.
but me and my two mates from the next farm spent alot of time sorting through the pile, machine guy digging through in an old hymac us on 20p a cobble we pulled out. we were only about 10 or 12 haha.
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Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 4:21 pm
by cookiewales
there sandstone setts just not laid up to our standard but hey have seen alot worse and they dont look to bad they just needed to tighten the line and follow it that was good pocket money and got ya fit and tired :p
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 4:54 pm
by lutonlagerlout
you dont see anything like that darn sarf
there's no cobbled streets here to rip up so all we get is expanses of CBP
Any time i have seen cobbles/setts in a reclaim yard they are looking for a quid each <ouch>
LLL
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 5:23 pm
by GB_Groundworks
cookiewales wrote:there sandstone setts just not laid up to our standard but hey have seen alot worse and they dont look to bad they just needed to tighten the line and follow it that was good pocket money and got ya fit and tired :p
it was 18 odd years ago we had blacktop before, like i say if i knew what i did now haha, an old irish guy did all the dry stone walls in his 70's he was. they've never shifted or moved, been rubbed by a few trucks and tractors etc and most are retaining walls with no concrete backing or rebar realy nice job.
the 'cobblers' were 3 youngish lads on day rate as my dad had prepped it all etc. they hold up well though 40 ton trucks, 20 ton tracked diggers go across them etc.
my dads planning on knocking the family home down and rebuilding it so i guess they might come up then and be relaid. haha
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 5:44 pm
by rab1
it a nice house buy the way, must have some great views?.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 5:47 pm
by cookiewales
you can bring in the welsh boyos then yes shaun and noonie were on knutsford job taught them myself many moons ago we come together for the big jobs one big happy crew :p :;): :;):
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 8:41 pm
by GB_Groundworks
rab1 wrote:it a nice house buy the way, must have some great views?.
