should have stayed in bed

[BrokenBiker]

so I had a job on Saturday to dig out and concrete a drive way. nothing major, 3 ton of concrete all together. started by strimming the grass away to make it easier to dig out, strimmer died, wont start at all, spent a bit of time fault finding then gave up and ripped it all out by hand.

that done, started digging, hit stones, then bricks, then tree roots, then more stones, then hardcore, all in 4 inches depth. took over 4 hours to dig out a 2x3.3m rectangle 4 inch deep using a pick axe a spade and an sds drill with a 40mm chisel. worst ground I have ever tried to dig by far.

then, whilst mixing the concrete my mixer packed up. took the control unit apart, burnt out relay. nipped home, got a relay got it going again, lost an hours time though. then once the concrete was done I was to cut and shorten some wrought iron fencing panels to make them fit around the drive. had to cut and weld, well until the mig blew up 3 welds in anyway. nipped home yet again, got the inverter, job sorted now.

have to go back in a few days when the concrete has had time to harden and install the fence panels as they want the screwed down rather than concreted in so they can remove them if needed.

haven't opened the mig up yet, not sure if im going to bother as its only a 100amp unit, may just use the inverter for everything until I can afford an r-tech 250.

I can honestly say I would have rather stayed in bed yesterday if id known how difficult literally everything was going to turn out

 

[CRB]

Bright side is you were not driving the Megane.

 

[Rig Pig]

It's amazing how much can go wrong in one day! Hope you have better luck tomorrow!!

 

[BrokenBiker]

Bright side is you were not driving the Megane.

oh yes I was. through the grace of god it got me to and from the job and everyhere else I had to go in stress free journeys.

It's amazing how much can go wrong in one day! Hope you have better luck tomorrow!!

ive got an easier day tomorrow, nothing booked in until 2 when I start work in the factory, where if anything goes wrong I press a few buttons on a keypad and let maintenance deal with it lol

 

[Robotstar5]

where if anything goes wrong I press a few buttons on a keypad and let maintenance deal with it lol

That's right, blame it on the maintenance, everybody else does

I'm on afternoon shift next week and I think they're running "uptime" Friday so it's going to be a long day 1145-2300

 

[BrokenBiker]

That's right, blame it on the maintenance, everybody else does

I'm on afternoon shift next week and I think they're running "uptime" Friday so it's going to be a long day 1145-2300

hey, I used to work in maintenance for them, its quite nice being this side knowing im not the one that has to deal with it lol. preferred working in maintenance most of the time though. im afternoons mon, tue and wed, then mornings thurs and fri...

 

[Fazerruss]

When I dug the footings for my garage 4 years ago with a mini JCB I went through my water main . went builders merchants got a new coupling piece and repaired that. Then hit next doors clay soil pipe. Back to merchants then repaired that . then I cut through my water main again 30 foot away!!! Oh for f&%£ sake!


Yesterday I cut 16 short bits of steel for some brackets the wrong angle. Put them back in saw but they were a bit short for vice. Some came loose and snapped 3 of my blades. Grrrrr

 

[BrokenBiker]

i took yesterday as a sign that I need a holiday. nothing fancy, just a week away in a caravan somewhere quiet in the middle of nowhere...we can all dream eh

 

[the snooper]

i took yesterday as a sign that I need a holiday. nothing fancy, just a week away in a caravan somewhere quiet in the middle of nowhere...we can all dream eh

it would probably roll off down a hill with you in it

 

[BrokenBiker]

it would probably roll off down a hill with you in it

that would not surprise me. a mate of mine, who is also a leccie took his first holiday in 12 years last summer. went camping in west wales. went to get some cans for the night, came back and a sewer had burst and flooded the field he was in. he was literally knee deep in sh*t. he reckons he isn't taking another holiday until he retires now, more stressful than working lol

 

[owas]

My entire back garden is like that,
Full of entire house bricks and huge rocks, with another layer of slabs underneath that,made digging out appropriate sized holes for fence posts yesterday a PITA.

 

[Rocketman]

Know how you feel brokenbiker this week I have had 2 companies telling me the cheque fairies must have been in the postal system and was woken up by the wife this morning saying the TV had packed in.

 

[BrokenBiker]

oh, and to top it off, started chasing some mortar out of the wall in front of the house, trying to put a drive in, and the hammer on my sds drill has stopped working. Wont chisel, wont hammer drill, just normal drilling function only...just keeps getting better

 

[AndyStobbs]

And they say we're making progress... It must've been easier with hand tools back in day. You know where you stand with hand tools.

 

[500e]

Used the Megane to day if so with no problemo you are on a winner

 

[hareng]

oh yes I was. through the grace of god it got me to and from the job and everyhere else I had to go in stress free journeys.

Bonus

 

[BrokenBiker]

Used the Megane to day if so with no problemo you are on a winner

megane got me to the factory just now. Had a slight issue with the auto wipers deciding not to wipe but that was fixed by putting on manually lol

 

[wookie]

megane got me to the factory just now. Had a slight issue with the auto wipers deciding not to wipe but that was fixed by putting on manually lol

Auto wipers ?!? WTF if you don't know when to turn the wipers on you shouldn't be driving

Who are the idiots that design stuff like that ?

Me I'll stick with vacuum wipers, they work slower the faster you drive, so you have to drive slower when it rains and the harder it rains the slower you have to drive. You can't get a better setup than that

 

[BrokenBiker]

Auto wipers ?!? WTF if you don't know when to turn the wipers on you shouldn't be driving

Who are the idiots that design stuff like that ?

Me I'll stick with vacuum wipers, they work slower the faster you drive, so you have to drive slower when it rains and the harder it rains the slower you have to drive. You can't get a better setup than that

they came as a package with my auto headlights too lol