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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:17 am
by Carberry
lutonlagerlout wrote:try chopping out tree stumps with a mattock stewart
2 -3 hours of that and you will feel it
LLL 
I regularly break mattocks, pinch bars and sledge hammers. Got guarantees on them all though so just keep going back and getting them replaced.
I did find a 48lb hammer but it was from a bodybuilding site in Australia, ordered it for my brother in law. Not found anything similar in UK.
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 6:48 pm
by mickg
>>>>I did find a 48lb hammer
is that not a 2 man lift ? 
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 7:56 pm
by Pablo
I hear what you're saying Tony I'd hate to be the fella who has to take some of the jobs I've done up there's not a slab of concrete in the last 6 years that hasn't had mesh in it. I get very pissy when I realise the driveway I've got to remove has been reinforced or the pipes have been backfilled with leanmix I can see my schedule going south very quickly.
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:45 pm
by lutonlagerlout
stewart ,when i was young and up for it i used to break a sledgehammer handle every day wacking hard core in oversites or under drives
my old boss frenchy used to laugh and say "you arent reading the concrete"
he would get his feathers out and the lot would be bust in an hour
there is a skill in using any tool forks ,picks, mattocks and hammers
placement is more important than maximum effort
I have worked with some real big lads "bedfordshire arm wrestling champion was one"
and a lot of the muscle marys are shagged by tea time
who is the real king of the jungle?
the hyena or the lion :;):
anyway back onto the slab
pain the the flipping rear
but its gone now
[IMG]http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/h44 ... bf7243.jpg[/IMG
we were so knackered we had to stop for a lifesaver after work
a gallon of it
LLL
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:47 pm
by lutonlagerlout
last pic fail
LLL
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:59 pm
by Carberry
lutonlagerlout wrote:stewart ,when i was young and up for it i used to break a sledgehammer handle every day wacking hard core in oversites or under drives
my old boss frenchy used to laugh and say "you arent reading the concrete"
he would get his feathers out and the lot would be bust in an hour
there is a skill in using any tool forks ,picks, mattocks and hammers
placement is more important than maximum effort
Reminds me of that show Britain's hardest, one of their trials was to break through a concrete road barrier hanging off the ground by 4 chains, 1 tied through each corner.
The idiots would try and smash through the middle of it, something designed to take the impact of a speeding 1T + vehicle.
The smarter ones would bash the corners off to weaken it then let the barrier do all the work.
Most days I will do it the smart way, some days I will do it the meat head way if I have the time and want the work out.
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:06 am
by haggistini
I'm gonna grow a beard now well done uncle Peter "legend"
Facile tigres!
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:52 am
by local patios and driveway
Uncle albert looks like a right ladies man if the ladies like it or not!
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 5:15 pm
by lutonlagerlout
all the young lads were after the 2 girls
uncle peter just gave them dogs abuse and they lapped it up
strange old world
LLL
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 5:40 pm
by lutonlagerlout
back at it this week
felt and battened yesterday
tiled and muck work today
sheesh a hot couple of days
guttering then scaffold down tomorrow
LLL
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:07 pm
by Pablo
bollox of a wee return on that hip but very tidy and nicely cut into the lead. Did you do it or use a subbie.
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:13 pm
by lutonlagerlout
I did it and have the sunstroke to prove it
that little return was a total bollox of a job
the ridge tiles never want to sit nice due to the big rolls on the centurion tiles
plus every tile has to be fixed with a plastic clip and 50 mm ally nail
beleive me i have no aspirations to roof work
got 1 more bit of lad the saddle over the ridge abutment then the guttering
had a fail day last week on guttering,I wont say anymore but a 50 quid repair job took all day 
LLL
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 7:12 pm
by haggistini
Very neat LLL
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:50 pm
by lutonlagerlout
ty chaps
I will never moan about slabs being 5 mm out again
some of those ridge were 10 mm wider one end :O
I know its been hot be we did 16 hrs in full sun the last 2 days
my daughters little friend came round and i am darker than her and she is half indian
LLL
