Suburban myth?

[wisewood]

Not sure if this is a common landscaping joke, but many years ago When I worked for a gardening firm I was told of the escapades of this old timer labourer. Built like a brick out house and somewhat lacking in grey matter, they arrived at a job to lay a slabbed patio.

After a quick inspection of the back garden the boss says to him "the tools are on the van, go and get the maul"

Five minutes later he appears carrying the entire arsenal of tools, several spades, shovels, rakes, bucket of tools and maul!

Don't know if this was a wind up but I'd love it to be true.

[scottythepinetree]

Sounds like the kind of thing that could very well be true. I have worked with a few lads more than capable of doing something like that.

[Paul Jenks]

Interesting play on words. Sounds like codswallop to me. Why would you need a maul for a patio?

[skyhuck]

Interesting play on words. Sounds like codswallop to me. Why would you need a maul for a patio?

 

To bed the slabs.

[Paul Jenks]

Ah. You mean one of those big black rubber things. I thought they were for fencing.(Unless you mean a rubber mallet). Anyone using one of those big black rubber things to bed slabs could do with getting the levels of the sub-base better to begin with.

Still think it's codswallop.

[skyhuck]

Ah. You mean one of those big black rubber things. I thought they were for fencing.(Unless you mean a rubber mallet). Anyone using one of those big black rubber things to bed slabs could do with getting the levels of the sub-base better to begin with.

Still think it's codswallop.

 

The ones for fencing are alloy or wooden. The rubber ones are for flagging or curbing, up here we have stone flags that are 6" thick and can weigh over 100KG a small rubber mallet would be useless.

 

I would imagine that "Maul" and "Mallet" come from the same root wood, they do sound similar.

[Paul Jenks]

Point taken.

[tommer9]

I have to say I'm with Huck on this one. If you are knocking your fencing stakes in with a rubber maul then either you arent doing a very good job, or the ground is mega mega soft lol.

[Paul Jenks]

I've only ever seen one of the big black rubber things used once. (At least the ones I think we're referring to here.) The guy using it was amazing. Whacking in fence posts straight and true.

I've seen big black rubber things used on other websites. 100kgs was about right, but 6" doesn't even come close.)

The only maul I've used is a splitting maul, so I defer to yours and others greater knowledge and experience of the big black rubber thing.

[Mark James]

It's the same story as the apprentice blowing up a HGV tyre. He was told to do it in the cage when the the boss returned he was in the cage with the tyre outside.

 

 

 

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