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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 7:55 pm
by lutonlagerlout
got a large drive to price
332.5m2
the guy wants 200mm setts around the border
but a lot of spoil to remove
to dig out this amount i reckon
74 M3 which is going to bulk up to maybe 125 m3
so 12 8 wheelers
sound right?
cheers LLL
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 8:17 pm
by Mikey_C
for that size can you get some decent sized plant to scrape up and load a 20ton, which you get more in and if possible have on turn around. what is already in situ?
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 8:22 pm
by lutonlagerlout
a lot of bleeding trees and quite poor access
its a big house in a big wood ,all the tree have TPOs on them
we have to dig round the trees at least 1500 away and 225 deep
I was thinking about using a 3 tonne machine and 1 tonne dumper because of the access
still reckon at least 12 8 wheeler grabs
LLL
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 8:37 pm
by cookiewales
try this http://www.grabtrucks.com/calculate/ it worked for me :p you can get a 6 ton same width as 3 ton better
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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 9:28 pm
by lutonlagerlout
cheers cookie they reckon 9 so i will price for 12 i think just in case
dont want to catch a cold
next question 200 mm setts?
best place to buy them?
cheers
LLL
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 11:25 pm
by GB_Groundworks
Arthur burns and sons at over Alderly up our way always/sometimes(if they know you) have good setts 
Cookie uses them I think all over the country
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 9:57 am
by Tony McC
I think that should be they *sometimes* have good setts. I've seen some right shite out of their yard and I've had to send stuff back at times.
I still think Julian at StoneScape in Wiggin has the best selection of setts in NW England, closely followed by Dave @ AI Bricks in Salford.
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:55 am
by DNgroundworks
What about steptoes :p
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 5:41 pm
by lutonlagerlout
I emailed steptoes but nothing yet
had to put a price in so allowed £1.50 per set
had a phone call today and got a nice large refurb job so the punter will have to wait
just got home and got another email accepting a quote i did 3 months ago,so looking busy all year now
LLL
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:17 pm
by GB_Groundworks
Good to hear tony, I've got 3 jobs to price at the moment in evenings as well as running two jobs and trying to be on the tools as well. 1 tender has 18 x a1 drawings and a 30 page speficiation for a new biomass facility the other one has 3d models and 8 xA1 and 10 pages of specification the third is a large stone extension which has sweet fa detail and is just elevation drawings. I need to clone myself.
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 6:02 am
by cookiewales
lutonlagerlout wrote:I emailed steptoes but nothing yet
had to put a price in so allowed £1.50 per set
had a phone call today and got a nice large refurb job so the punter will have to wait
just got home and got another email accepting a quote i did 3 months ago,so looking busy all year now
LLL
Abucus has some good randoms £80 ton it on 25 liner meters ish depends on depth of set ie weight 
as tony mc says try Julian burns has some first class ones but there £120 ton
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 10:03 am
by Tony McC
DNgroundworks wrote:What about steptoes :p
Have you seen their prices?
It's a long time since I could justify any of the prices being charged by Steptoes! They quoted me 100 quid/m² for reclaimed yorkstone flags which I can get for 70 almost anywhere else. And that was a so-called 'trade price' to someone they know is a regular buyer.
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 10:04 am
by Tony McC
lutonlagerlout wrote:so looking busy all year now
...and our old friend Max was on the phone last night. He will be requiring our services agaion later in the year, apparently, so all looking good.
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 3:28 pm
by DNgroundworks
I need 110m of reclaimed york stone, where can i get that from Tony?
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 4:35 pm
by lutonlagerlout
Tony McC wrote:lutonlagerlout wrote:so looking busy all year now
...and our old friend Max was on the phone last night. He will be requiring our services agaion later in the year, apparently, so all looking good.
good to hear
all the pricing I have done so far is starting to come good
the boom is back
LLL