Avant / multi one grapple

[LGP Eddie]

I just turned up late to the party and initially lent a hand to bundle material that was literally everywhere, so it could be carted off by the stream of ants running on plastic bog mats.

 

You need an awful lot of ants to keep up with my JCB setup as I didn’t need bog mats and can reach a fair swath without moving.

 

Real eye opener on the capabilities of these things, but what stuck out was how well they travel the ground, how much they could move in a shift, and the forks/RSL combo was the tool to have here as it could move more brash, plus the stacks of plastic mats easily.

 

One caught my eye with a worm drive rotator on the grab.

 

Eddie.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 29, 2021 by LGP Eddie

[monkeybusiness]

12 hours ago, doobin said:

What sort of job did you need all those on tracks for, and where on earth did you find them all??

Undoubtedly the unlimited check book of HS2 I’d wager GW! 

[LGP Eddie]

1 hour ago, monkeybusiness said:

Undoubtedly the unlimited check book of HS2 I’d wager GW! 

It was HS2, many have the idea it’s free cash on there, you want to try the reality of working on it.

The bits I’ve done have all been specialist tasks and omg the hoops you have to jump through are next level.

I know some fantastic Operators who simply won’t go back now.

 

Eddie.

[monkeybusiness]

15 minutes ago, LGP Eddie said:

It was HS2, many have the idea it’s free cash on there, you want to try the reality of working on it.

The bits I’ve done have all been specialist tasks and omg the hoops you have to jump through are next level.

I know some fantastic Operators who simply won’t go back now.

 

Eddie.

A mate was running a job very similar (possibly that actual job) - felling a couple of thousand trees in an ancient woodland and then moving the soil/leaf litter to a set-aside replanting area. I sent him your details at the time - said it had your name all over it.
The HS2 tree cutting gravy train seems to be slowing a bit from what I hear. Lots and lots of people with fingers in pies taking their cut - plenty of money has been made but the whole thing looks a top-heavy managerial led paperwork exercise. I’ve gone out of my way to avoid it (though we did quite a bit in the very early days). 
One of my regular customers are heavily into soil stabilisation - all brand new kit, every health and safety box ticked, no corners cut. They did a small project on HS2 early on and turned everything else offered down on it since as they weren’t allowed to actually get on and do the job. They reckon they’ve cleaned up picking up work their competitors can’t do as they’re overstretched on the big vanity project! 

[LGP Eddie]

Back when HS1 was built I did a lot for a local outfit who’s biggest jobs were an occasional few weeks Muckshift.

 

All of a sudden work exploded and quite literally some fantastic seemingly closed shop work came along that kept us absolutely flat out on big name sites.

 

Basically all the big boys had gone to HS1 and left them in the lurch.

 

Taught me, you can have the biggest projects on your doorstep, it can bring work both ways, either on it, or in the void left behind as they suck up guys like a sponge.

 

From my experience on HS2, if you could just about cut the leg off a coffee table, you’d get the start!

 

 

Eddie.

[Big Beech]

7 hours ago, LGP Eddie said:

I just turned up late to the party and initially lent a hand to bundle material that was literally everywhere, so it could be carted off by the stream of ants running on plastic bog mats.

 

You need an awful lot of ants to keep up with my JCB setup as I didn’t need bog mats and can reach a fair swath without moving.

 

Real eye opener on the capabilities of these things, but what stuck out was how well they travel the ground, how much they could move in a shift, and the forks/RSL combo was the tool to have here as it could move more brash, plus the stacks of plastic mats easily.

 

One caught my eye with a worm drive rotator on the grab.

 

Eddie.

 

 

 

 

 

Those avant rotators are hideously expensive!

[LGP Eddie]

2 minutes ago, Big Beech said:

Those avant rotators are hideously expensive!

Worm drive so always going to be expensive if it’s of good quality.

 

[dumper]

1 hour ago, Big Beech said:

Those avant rotators are hideously expensive!

You wouldn’t want a cheap one just think of the stress and loads