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Tips on disabling large digger

When large plant started using a field behind my house, I solved it.

I got 10 friends around, and we dug a large hole about 10 feet long and 2 feet deep. We then covered the top with canes and turfed it, the next monster to come down the drive at speed with 2 wheels on the grass verge came to an abrupt halt as it sank down the hole and smashed the front axle from the sudden stop, the driver was a bit bruised, and there was no sign of anything that we did,it was just a giant mud bath. they got a low loader to take it away and that was the end of it
 
television said:
When large plant started using a field behind my house, I solved it.

I got 10 friends around, and we dug a large hole about 10 feet long and 2 feet deep. We then covered the top with canes and turfed it, the next monster to come down the drive at speed with 2 wheels on the grass verge came to an abrupt halt as it sank down the hole and smashed the front axle from the sudden stop, the driver was a bit bruised, and there was no sign of anything that we did,it was just a giant mud bath. they got a low loader to take it away and that was the end of it
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A little extreme perhaps, but undoubtedly effective:p
 
Ear plugs! My man swears by them when he's on nights.
 
Sugar in the diesel tank used to be a favourite... Had to deal with allsorts over the last 20 years... If it's a nuisance then under the Noise at Work Regulations 2005 the employer has a duty of care to protect the hearing of their workforce. If it's annoying you, think what it's like to work next to! So, I am assuming it's pretty loud. The contents of the Construction, Design and Management (CDM) Regulation 2007 will have a section (can't remember which bit now) that should not allow the work to be a nuisance to others. The site will have parameters set down within the contract documents relating to all sorts of environemntal constraints and they should not be causing a nuisance! Though, trust me when I say noise and dust can be two of the most difficult environmental aspects to deal with when working with 'resistant materials'. The contractor should have range of bespoke documents for that site such as method statements, risk assessments, environmental management plans, construction phase health and safety plan, etc that demonstrate that the work has been planned to comply with Approved codes of practice and legislation. The will have been approved by the client too, so it sounds like something has 'slipped through' to me
So, all in all, if it's affecting you, it's probably affecting others too. I would probably choose to have a word with the Project Manager and let him now that it's causing distress. If it's 'one of those things and we'll be finished tomorrow' then I'd probably let it slide but if it's going to be going on for a couple of days/weeks then he's probably in breach of guidelines/legislation and I'd be having a word with the local HSE Office or ultimate client.
 
When engines use a mechanical fuel pump then cotton wool balls work a treat.

engine going pump sucks a ball over the pipe and the engine stops, then the ball floats away, engine starts again and so it goes on.


this really works
 
television said:
When engines use a mechanical fuel pump then cotton wool balls work a treat.

engine going pump sucks a ball over the pipe and the engine stops, then the ball floats away, engine starts again and so it goes on.


this really works
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That's fiendishly good! Have made mental note to self not to annoy you any time soon, you seem to have an ****nal of vehicle-based guerilla warfare tactics up your sleeve!!
 
Carrotchomper said:
That's fiendishly good! Have made mental note to self not to annoy you any time soon, you seem to have an ****nal of vehicle-based guerilla warfare tactics up your sleeve!!
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I have done some terrible things in the past, but I am reformed now :) what I posted will work on any car for as soon as you try and restart the ball would float away.

I am only nice now :bannana::bannana::bannana:
 
knee the big Australian b*st*ard in the nuts. That should disable him.
 
Remove the tax disk, report it to the DVLA and they will tow it away and crush it. . . . . . . is that possible with a JCB ?
 
Blimey, three pages long and the MB Club morality squad hasn't yet stepped in and reminded people that sabotaging diggers isn't allowed!

A new record? ;)
 
Consider yourself fairly lucky. I moved into my nice new house way back in 2000. I was one of the first in. The builders have only just finished and left - OVER SEVEN years later. I expected mild disruption for at least a couple of years - but 7 ? ? ? ? ?
 
Ring Friends of the Earth types up tell them you've spotted rare plant,animal ect on site,Swampy and his mates will turn up en mass overnight problem solved.
 
If I had that noise going on outside my house all day I'd be after a refund or reduction of my council tax.
 
Update- Builders have returned with a new toy to the vacant lot BEHIND my flat now.

It's a big machine designed to put huge metal piles 10m into the ground. By the medium of pressure and vibration! Lovely...
 
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