The i'd be lost without it thread.... - Your most important or favorite tool

local patios and driveway · Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:29 pm

pablo, very nice work. whats that tool called and where can i get one? looks ideal for screeding pathways etc

Pablo · Post: # 64775Post **Pablo** Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:46 pm

It's called a levelawn or Levelling Lute there's a few places online that sell them.

rab1 · Post: # 64777Post **rab1** Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:14 pm

nice work pablo.

Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:05 am

nice stuff pablo,i know your 6'6" but how do you get those ariel shots?
camera on a batten or summat?
its always the trivia that fascinates me
and that tool looks the nuts ,is it about 600 wide?
LLL

Post: # 64790Post **Dave_L** Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:31 am

That screeding is out of this world, lovely stuff

Also good to see ear protection being used, not enough people take care of their ears.....

Post: # 64791Post **Dave_L** Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:32 am

lutonlagerlout wrote:,i know your 6'6" but how do you get those ariel shots?
camera on a batten or summat?

I reckon he hops up onto next doors wall

Pablo · Post: # 64792Post **Pablo** Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:04 am

it's around the 750mm mark I put a shorter thicker handle on it so you can closer to the sand and see whats going on and apply more pressure. I like to take photos from high up it shows the patterns better so generally bounce onto walls sheds fences and van roofs. No h&s lectures please.

mickavalon · Post: # 64797Post **mickavalon** Sat Jun 11, 2011 12:07 pm

Thought for a moment it was one of those gizmo's for BBQ'ing Fish, but then again maybe you could.:p

Post: # 64821Post **seanandruby** Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:20 am

Pablo wrote:it's around the 750mm mark I put a shorter thicker handle on it so you can closer to the sand and see whats going on and apply more pressure. I like to take photos from high up it shows the patterns better so generally bounce onto walls sheds fences and van roofs. No h&s lectures please.

Now you come to mention it about H&S Pablo.....only joking. Good tool, good job. I love to see the look on your customers faces. Mommy there is a mad man jumping on the shed, walls etc: :laugh:

haggistini · Post: # 64822Post **haggistini** Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:39 am

Handy tool that a cracking job and speedy laying topman Pablo!

mickavalon · Post: # 64862Post **mickavalon** Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:41 am

Good for lawn laying as well Mate?

Pablo · Post: # 64863Post **Pablo** Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:39 am

Yes very good both for the soil and the sand bedding

Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:47 pm

Pablo wrote:It's called a levelawn or Levelling Lute there's a few places online that sell them.

weve got a couple a the rugby club the old boys brought them from the cricket ground they use them to fill in small voids with loam etc great tool, ive just built a 3m wide one for the back of the tractor

Tommy · Post: # 64893Post **Tommy** Mon Jun 13, 2011 8:43 pm

There brilliant for topdressing cricket pitches, and levelling before turfing.

I swear i've seen a Surfacing company that run a Volvo ECR88 with a engcon rotator with a lute attachement for levelling pavements prior to compaction.
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