The easy way to lay slabs - Slab lifter

dig dug dan · Post: # 62682Post **dig dug dan** Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:01 pm

thought you might like to see the recent shed base i installed on an allotment.
two scaffold poles set level, screeded sand, wacked, screeded again, then slabbed with 3 x2 councils. Effortless

Thats not me in the picture by the way!

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ilovesettsonmondays · Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:21 pm

any cement??/

Pablo · Post: # 62684Post **Pablo** Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:25 pm

I'd cut my arm off for one of those avants cracking bit of kit

haggistini · Post: # 62686Post **haggistini** Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:36 pm

Happy days dan! If you can make this trade any easier on the back it's worth the kit!!! I was using the old slab sucker today, until the turf turned up 5 days early without the soil.........!!!! Had to make a few trips for the soil and handball it all in off the pick up, and managed to get about 30M2 laid by 9 o'clock tonight

Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:19 pm

why is peter andre laying slabs,has jordan kicked him out again?
we had an avant750 on our job today pics to follow
moved 8 packs of bricks and 10 packs of blocks right where we needed them
well handy
those suckers look handy dan
LLL

Post: # 62696Post **seanandruby** Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:33 pm

don't want to piss on your parade but.....why aren't you using a proper lifting frame designed for the forks? Tut, tut

henpecked · Post: # 62698Post **henpecked** Fri Apr 29, 2011 12:14 am

seanandruby wrote:why aren't you using a proper lifting frame designed for the forks? Tut, tut

I used to put them on the forks without getting out of the cab, used to piss the other drivers off as they were getting all wet

When i got to the lift, I'd just ask the bloke who wanted the lift to snap me pegs in , cushdy .

Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:12 am

seanandruby wrote:don't want to piss on your parade but.....why aren't you using a proper lifting frame designed for the forks? Tut, tut

bloke with the same machine was moving tonne bags of sand and packs of blocks no problem sean
I'm sure the 150kg load there is no big deal
of course we would all like to have every last bit of plant available but most of us dont work for firms with 20,000 lads on
LLL :;):

Post: # 62714Post **seanandruby** Fri Apr 29, 2011 9:00 am

2 men' or 20,000 men the potential for an accident is still present. Did i tell you about the lad on t5 who had his face ripped off because.... zzzzzzzzz. O sorry was i boring you ???

I don't remember mentioning weight.

Fri Apr 29, 2011 9:42 am

We've got something like this that tightens onto the forks and is strapped rd the headstock is that what you mean Sean?

dig dug dan · Post: # 62747Post **dig dug dan** Fri Apr 29, 2011 4:34 pm

why aren't you using a proper lifting frame designed for the forks? Tut, tut

Why does it need it sean? the forks are always kept at a slight upward angle, and the strap supporting the lifter is under tension round the forks.I tried to pull it off by hand and it wouldn't budge.
These health and safety things are all well and good, but when they start to impeded work, they have to go. besides, its my company and my plant and my job!
The slab is only carried low to the ground, and the pressure gauge is always in my sight so if it drops in the red, i lower it.
The guy on the ground keeps well clear.

Someone mentioned cement. Its an allotment site, so nothing has to be permanent in case someone else comes along and takes over the plot and doesn't want the shed.
the council pavements are only laid on compacted sand!!

I'd cut my arm off for one of those avants cracking bit of kit

I was looking for a decent second hand one for two years before i found this one. Only had 550 hours on. 5 years old, and came with the pallet forks, a bucket and a four in one bucket.
I use it nearly every day, even if its just loading the mixer onto the wagon! superb!

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Fri Apr 29, 2011 5:00 pm

seanandruby wrote:2 men' or 20,000 men the potential for an accident is still present. Did i tell you about the lad on t5 who had his face ripped off because.... zzzzzzzzz. O sorry was i boring you ??? I don't remember mentioning weight.

what i mean is and you probably know it is that the types of job myself and dan are on there is never likely to be more than 1 gang of say 2-4 men
on big sites you might have 10 different trades all working above and below each other,
I take safety very seriously at work and to date the only accident of note was an apprentice bricklayer cutting the end of his thumb off with a trowel ,after being told to use a hammer and bolster
the fact that dan is using a lifter shows some forward thinking IMHO
I still lay them the hard way with 2 blokes and sore fingers :;):
cheers LLL

ilovesettsonmondays · Fri Apr 29, 2011 5:16 pm

the sunken council pavements are laid on sand .the ones that last along while have sand and cement screed and each slab tapped down individualy with a beadle/beetel or maul

ilovesettsonmondays · Fri Apr 29, 2011 5:21 pm

the sucker is a great help though . saves the old back .esp if you feck the bed up . ideal on a chain on a minidigger .great for kerbing with .esp on a road job if you have the bonus of having a rubber duck .makes the labourers jolb alot easier

dig dug dan · Post: # 62756Post **dig dug dan** Fri Apr 29, 2011 5:32 pm

the sunken council pavements are laid on sand .the ones that last along while have sand and cement screed and each slab tapped down individualy with a beadle/beetel or maul

the way i see it, once the shed is on it, where can the slabs go?? no cars or lorries can drive over them, or fat drunken football supporters on a friday night!