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Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:02 pm
by digerjones
cheers tony, its a cavity i think, also inside its a plastered room.
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 11:11 pm
by lutonlagerlout
i was going to take a pic when it was all out and supported but we had to crack on
I pay about a tenner a box for the 150mm ones and they are such a good fixing after fischer fixings
6.5mm hole then drive the 7.5mm screw in
this was cavity work as well they had 2 bits of 6 by2 nailed together on the inside as a lintel
in a different scenario i would have needled it and/or propped up the inside as well
great earner this sort of thing ,if you can think laterally
LLL 
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:48 pm
by GB_Groundworks
finished kncking old drive apart pulled last bi tof concrete out and f'ing foul sewer came with it 
gotta go back and concrete new drive and dry stone walls and fix this properly its got a temp solution on it at mo that working fine but wants doing properly
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:55 pm
by DNgroundworks
How dya like driving the 3cx, is it a newer one with servo controls or an older one?
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:00 pm
by GB_Groundworks
2006 but its old school, takes me 10 mins to get used to it then a lot of swearing when i mess up, i like it but its not like driving a excavator but on the right job they are great plus its a 7 ton digger that does 25mph and if you know what you are doing the front bucket is an excellent weapon for grading dosing etc
an old boy friend of ours has run them for 20 years i spent a week with him on a job both in 3cx learning and copying, great tool when used right.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:35 pm
by DNgroundworks
I hired one once and had to send it back!!
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:44 pm
by dig dug dan
me too. the levers did not react properly, and did different things each time you used them!
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:28 pm
by Pablo
Giles you can install push fit connectors to the 3 cx that changes them from standard to 360 in 30 seconds. I worked for a fella in Brisbane who had several of them and some 360's which were done up to act the same as the 3cx's I had tickets for both at the time but couldn't get my head around the 360 at all and it had to be changed everytime I was in it.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:33 pm
by dig dug dan
Giles you can install push fit connectors to the 3 cx that changes them from standard to 360 in 30 seconds. I worked for a fella in Brisbane who had several of them and some 360's which were done up to act the same as the 3cx's I had tickets for both at the time but couldn't get my head around the 360 at all and it had to be changed everytime I was in it
just to get my head round this, you can easily convert a backhoe controls to work the same as a 360??
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:42 pm
by mickg
that's what I thought too dan
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:01 pm
by Pablo
dig dug dan wrote:Giles you can install push fit connectors to the 3 cx that changes them from standard to 360 in 30 seconds. I worked for a fella in Brisbane who had several of them and some 360's which were done up to act the same as the 3cx's I had tickets for both at the time but couldn't get my head around the 360 at all and it had to be changed everytime I was in it
just to get my head round this, you can easily convert a backhoe controls to work the same as a 360??
Yes feck knows who does it and I can't understand why it's not all standardised anyway it would be so much safer.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:10 pm
by dig dug dan
and I can't understand why it's not all standardised anyway it would be so much safer.
couldn't agree more. It was so confusing the first time i drove a backhoe!
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:43 pm
by msh paving
all new JCB & CAT can be changed to JCB or standard track machine lever patter , buy using a 19mm spanner on a bolt under the valve block, cat's have been like that for 5 years or more, MSH
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:49 pm
by dig dug dan
all new JCB & CAT can be changed to JCB or standard track machine lever patter , buy using a 19mm spanner on a bolt under the valve block, cat's have been like that for 5 years or more
does that mean i can hire one and change it easily myself??
