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CPF

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Arable Farmer
I was meaning more in terms of materials than labour/plant hire. Gabions full of stone can't be cheap.......although you have a valid point too - filling them is a pretty slow and hard process I'm sure.

Looks jolly good though.
When it’s finished I will let you now .
I have not gave a price on the job just been told to do it. it’s going cost thousands.
 

Pan mixer

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Near Colchester
Spiking.

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Pan mixer

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Near Colchester
Nice and straight that....

I was wondering on doing a bit here but not really the right timing...
I have tried all kinds of timing and come to the conclusion that when the land is dry enough to travel but wet enough to let the spikes in the timing is right, I usually only do bits where there has been compaction or flooding in the past and the land hasn't cracked at all here this year due to moisture.
 

Agriimark

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Arable Farmer
Location
Worcestershire
Started this job middle of last week to straighten this ditch for client who wants to gain 7 m of his garden back we are putting gabriel’s both sides and Clay lining it been putting stones in all day bloody knackered tonight.View attachment 996388View attachment 996389View attachment 996390View attachment 996392
What is a gabriel wall? Be cheaper to pipe it with 450" concrete than gabion both sides surely? A ditch piped correctly will be a better job. How is that going to be ditched in a few years. . Or is there enough room to get in with a bucket without smashing the ram off the back wall
 

Steevo

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Location
Gloucestershire
What is a gabriel wall? Be cheaper to pipe it with 450" concrete than gabion both sides surely? A ditch piped correctly will be a better job. How is that going to be ditched in a few years. . Or is there enough room to get in with a bucket without smashing the ram off the back wall

I assume spell check swapped gabion to gabriel.

The customer probably wants to look at a nice rippling stream in his garden.

House owners don’t give ditching/maintenance a thought. It’s natural so does it itself…. 😂
 

Agriimark

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Arable Farmer
Location
Worcestershire
I assume spell check swapped gabion to gabriel.

The customer probably wants to look at a nice rippling stream in his garden.

House owners don’t give ditching/maintenance a thought. It’s natural so does it itself…. 😂
Be a pain when roots grow through the sides 😂 concrete pipe or twin wall would be the way, sandbags at each end for the headwalls with a lean mix and plenty of stone to stop soil washing through would be the best way imo
 

Agriimark

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Arable Farmer
Location
Worcestershire
Reminds me - how’s the self employed job going @AgriiMark ? Hope all’s good with you. 🙂
Same sh!t just get to pick and choose what and where now mate 😂 just been nice to have a summer out of it and spend it with the wife and kids instead of looking at a bonnet all day. back on diggers from next week for the winter, got plans for a change in the new year 👍🏻
 

CPF

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Arable Farmer
What is a gabriel wall? Be cheaper to pipe it with 450" concrete than gabion both sides surely? A ditch piped correctly will be a better job. How is that going to be ditched in a few years. . Or is there enough room to get in with a bucket without smashing the ram off the back wall
Thank you for spotting the spelling mistake I have corrected it.
The trouble with this ditch is when it’s really raining it turns into a river, just out of picture shot is a bridge into the field under the bridge is a 1 m diameter pipe which cannot cope with the flow of water and water comes over the top of the bridge so piping was out of the question as when the project is finished there will be plenty of room for the water to flow ,it will not flow into the garden it will flow into the field if it floods The maintenance in between the gabions has been designed by myself to be cleaned out with a Steel wrist bucket.
.client is a owner of a very large construction company Which I have done a lot of work for and is a good friend of mine .We have scratched our heads quite a few times thinking how to do it and the gabions was the best way forward as if it doesn’t quite work we can lift them out and make the channel wider if necessary and they are going to act as a retaining wall for the lawn There is a lot bigger picture to this project as we are going to knock down the existing house and build a new one .
 

Agriimark

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Arable Farmer
Location
Worcestershire
Thank you for spotting the spelling mistake I have corrected it.
The trouble with this ditch is when it’s really raining it turns into a river, just out of picture shot is a bridge into the field under the bridge is a 1 m diameter pipe which cannot cope with the flow of water and water comes over the top of the bridge so piping was out of the question as when the project is finished there will be plenty of room for the water to flow ,it will not flow into the garden it will flow into the field if it floods The maintenance in between the gabions has been designed by myself to be cleaned out with a Steel wrist bucket.
.client is a owner of a very large construction company Which I have done a lot of work for and is a good friend of mine .We have scratched our heads quite a few times thinking how to do it and the gabions was the best way forward as if it doesn’t quite work we can lift them out and make the channel wider if necessary and they are going to act as a retaining wall for the lawn There is a lot bigger picture to this project as we are going to knock down the existing house and build a new one .
Thanks for explaining. Hopefully it works the first time around for you both as i can imagine its not much fun paddling around in slop building them 👍🏻
 

The Stig

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Location
East Cambs
Thank you for spotting the spelling mistake I have corrected it.
The trouble with this ditch is when it’s really raining it turns into a river, just out of picture shot is a bridge into the field under the bridge is a 1 m diameter pipe which cannot cope with the flow of water and water comes over the top of the bridge so piping was out of the question as when the project is finished there will be plenty of room for the water to flow ,it will not flow into the garden it will flow into the field if it floods The maintenance in between the gabions has been designed by myself to be cleaned out with a Steel wrist bucket.
.client is a owner of a very large construction company Which I have done a lot of work for and is a good friend of mine .We have scratched our heads quite a few times thinking how to do it and the gabions was the best way forward as if it doesn’t quite work we can lift them out and make the channel wider if necessary and they are going to act as a retaining wall for the lawn There is a lot bigger picture to this project as we are going to knock down the existing house and build a new one .
Where’s the best place to buy Gabions from, or do you just buy galv weld mesh and make them yourself?
 

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