I hired a mini-digger for the week!

[Spedley]

Can’t believe how much work it can do.  Pulled back all the top soil and dug out about a foot of clay/sand mix and piled it by the gate for a grab lorry.  All that in 1 day by me, a complete novice.  Absolutely awesome and to think, some people get paid to do that and call it work!

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[The Duke]

Shame you was ment to hire a Mondeo.  That should  teach the Mrs to not let you go out on your own again.

[Bob Williams]

All that just to grow some spuds and a few beans…?

Incidentally, try using one of those day after day, week in, week out, for a working lifetime. All ex-digger drivers have bad backs. My sadly deceased nephew was a miner for many years. When the pit closed, he took redundancy but wanted to carry on working, so went on a British-Coal sponsored course, worked a year using a digger on big sites. Increased his redundancy investments, bought a pub with the total. Vowed never to get on a digger again!

The pub actually turned out to be a very good buy: Tesco wanted the site and bought it, gave him a 250% profit. The very great pity was that cancer prevented him enjoying it, but his widow has a beautiful house and a great lifestyle. His daughter and 3 stepsons declare that they would rather have dad back.

 

When the Thought Police arrive at your door, think -
I'm out.

[The Duke]

I don’t know anyone that like running digger, especially the small ‘bobcat’ type.

 

[Bob Williams]

Spedley has another career if he wants it!

When the Thought Police arrive at your door, think -
I'm out.

[Spedley]

After 2 days I suffer from sea legs and sleep slightly dizzy.  Even scrolling windows makes me feel like I’m falling backwards.
I wouldn’t like it as a full time job but then I don’t much care for my current job either.
Almost done now, moved top soil to the other side of the garden and dug out all the clay under it. Now waiting for a grab lorry in the morning to take it away.  Just spreading and leveling to do, then hole for trampoline and move sand which I found in the corner for driveway foundations.  Bonus!

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[keith with the teef]

If I was welsh then I would say: thats tidy. 🙂

[wasbit]

I like the forward planning – a steady supply of sandwiches & doughnuts from the tuck wagon. 🙂

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[Bob Williams]

Good job taking out the clay Spedley: in my last abode (Louth town) a developer built houses by putting in another street off the main road, between our street and another. The area he built upon, was higher than the existing two streets, developer took off the top layer of soil, down to clay, just concreted and slabbed the tiny new “gardens”. Gardens of our street and the other one affected, became permanently wet ground, due to runoff from the new street, which had no soil depth to soak it up. They also blocked a Land Drain which had been there quietly doing its job since Edwardian days. After we left, the developer was taken to court and ordered to build Land Drains in both of the older streets. Cost must have been astronomical, more than 80 houses involved. The developer was taken over by Keir very soon after that.

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I'm out.

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