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Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 7:30 am
by Dave_L
Yep, big is not always beautiful!

Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 11:28 am
by GB_Groundworks
i know i guy who ran a brand new 7 ton rubblemaster crusher and at £500 a day he couldnt make it work, too much in wear parts etc and too many ppl thinking at £500 you were ripping them off

Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 11:46 am
by lutonlagerlout
our digger man had a big one you could load with a machine
think it cost around £25k second hand
but he flogged it in the end for the reasons above
nobody wanted to pay £450 a day, a lot of maintenance, and a magnet for pikeys
on the right job the little ones are a great bit of kit
LLL

Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 8:34 pm
by Dave_L
I pay circa £400/day for an RM60 with operator; I can produce 450t of material a day at 70mm down quite easily. The operator seems to keep the machine busy, infact he has two!

Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 2:30 am
by lutonlagerlout
cracked on this week against plummeting temperatures and sea mist
the detail we use for flush thresholds and situations where the paving is too high
last friday
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wednesday
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the 900 mm DPC is bedded all around then 2 course of blocks laid and insulation inserted
the dpc is then wrapped back around and rebedded
linking from the DPM to 450 above
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close of play yesterday
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joisting tomorrow
LLL

Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 8:10 am
by mike builder/landscaper
Why don't you use cavity closures on the openings tony?

Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 12:14 pm
by lutonlagerlout
we do mike dermobate,just leave it till the blockwork has gone off a bit
IYKWIM
LLL

Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 7:14 pm
by DNgroundworks
Has that all changed LLL, im sure we used to close cavities off and run insulated or just normal dpc up the join, is it left open now and just plasterboarded over?

Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 7:59 pm
by lutonlagerlout
it gets left open and an insulated cavity closer is fixed in
IMHO they are pretty crap ,the plasterers have trouble getting gear to stick to them
it was much better in the old days returning the blockwork
went in yesterday and did the first floor joisting
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LLL

Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 8:37 pm
by mickg
looking good Tony and moving at a fast pace too

Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 9:58 pm
by lemoncurd1702
Here goes, start of a new drive. Considered using a crusher after seeing posts here but can't come to terms with the logistics of it.
Will definitely try sometime when there is more available space.
Drive is to be d.tegula pennant grey.
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Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 10:13 pm
by cookiewales
A pecker on your machine would make light work of that concrete :D

Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 10:17 pm
by GB_Groundworks
thats what i was thinking, making hard work of it

Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 10:29 pm
by lemoncurd1702
cookiewales wrote:A pecker on your machine would make light work of that concrete :D
Yeah maybe, the concrete is not that thick though.
The machine and trailer come as a one man outfit, so while he goes to tip the load we carry on busting up and i get to play on the machine.
I don't think he's got a pecker anyway (whoa don't let him see this post :p )!

Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 7:12 am
by lutonlagerlout
looking good lemoncurd :)
never saw a tractor near a building site in the dirty south,must be a northern thing
down here it would be grabs or a skip
cheers LLL