Pick and bar 381 Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 Hard hard day! Them chaps that work in the Chilterns " hats off" to ya. Foot an hour with good tools. 3 digs for the day, flint has cut my dogs feet, heads,backs with out their foe having a go back. Give me our red sand any day! 2 Quote Link to post
MOLE265 792 Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 Never dug it. Sounds heavy going atb. Up here for me it's been mainly Clay, sand, hardcore from old railway lines has been about the hardest along with an old concrete floor. Quote Link to post
leethedog 3,071 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Plenty of chalk and flint here in Kent but as luck would have it not where I go lol me hats off to ya pal Quote Link to post
Pick and bar 381 Posted December 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Feel like I've been run over today, that is hard ground to work in, no wonder there is so much quarry to go at. 1 Quote Link to post
rob284 1,678 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 I just got some new permission, not ideal. http://rs1154.pbsrc.com/albums/p540/rob4boxing/Mobile%20Uploads/IMAG0552_zpswlhhoopc.jpg?w=480&h=480&fit=clip Quote Link to post
dillydog 8,417 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 At least you've got the right tools 1 Quote Link to post
Pick and bar 381 Posted December 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Back in the sand and stone tmw, big place first light. Wales Saturday, so more rock breaking. 600 odd miles this week. Wouldn't swap it for any thing. 4 Quote Link to post
the goat 642 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Nothing the right tools and men who are willing won't sort out. But yes it's a difference digging in that, the only good spoonfuls you seem to get are off the top... Quote Link to post
Rabbit Hunter 6,608 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Does it not spook the quarry more with all the banging going on above them? Quote Link to post
the goat 642 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 (edited) I would have thought so....I thought it would be alot of tight tubes, was the opposite actually. Edited December 10, 2015 by the goat Quote Link to post
rob284 1,678 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Its a funny one with rocks. Because 2 big'uns removed can be a quick 3 foot gain. Its when theyre packed together, you end up making the dig wider to find the edge of them. Quote Link to post
Pick and bar 381 Posted December 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 One of my ladies goes quiet when the big bars come in use. The thud and bang can be felt and seen. " god knows what it must be like" Quote Link to post
Pick and bar 381 Posted December 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Got a normally rough place sorted easily and quickly today, 1.2m with a layer of sandstone, quarry sat just under the stone. Had it sorted and home just after nine. Happy days. 1 Quote Link to post
pablo esc 1,598 Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Flip, how long it takes to dig. Suppose it that just 3 half foot. Quote Link to post
Haiddheliwr 1,911 Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 Sounds really hard going. Only stone to contend with down here in Wales. Bet its saving you a fortune in gym fees all this body building 1 Quote Link to post
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