Grand Designs

[Laurel Green]

Not a treemendous start!

[lemmingjames]

Jonesy23 said:

lemmingjames said:

This dudes punching isnt he, thought it was father/daughter (just turned over so could be but synopsis says otherswise)

He's 53 & she's 46.

Really? She looks better than some 20 year old i know. Hes still punching though

[greygoose]

Laurel Green said:

Not a treemendous start!

They do look stumped at the moment.

[WinstonWolf]

greygoose said:

Laurel Green said:

Not a treemendous start!

They do look stumped at the moment.

Leaf it!

[Sway]

Agree with Gary - gotta be a minimum of £400k. Already into contingency before even starting!

Also, no mention of how they're going to lift materials into place - looked like some decent sized steels, plus things like joists at 40' up, all constrained by trunks, canopy, access...

[Laurel Green]

Why do they keep referring to it as a treehouse?

[Laurel Green]

Good bit of reversing.

[KTF]

How do they not run out of money whilst there is nothing going on? I missed what they did as a job.

[greygoose]

The little tracked crane is a nice man toy.

[marksx]

It took three structural engineers to think of a diagonal brace?

In balance, man designs own crane. Clever machine.

[anonymous-user]

Amazing what you can save using your friends.

Good luck to him - he'll do this for around £100k less than any outsider would manage.

Agree about that mini track - a great bit of kit!

[KTF]

greygoose said:

The little tracked crane is a nice man toy.

I think it's from this company. No mention of the one shown though.

http://www.moorendltd.com/

[anonymous-user]

KTF said:

I think it's from this company. No mention of the one shown though.

http://www.moorendltd.com/

Didn't the operator say it was his own design?

[greygoose]

KTF said:

greygoose said:

The little tracked crane is a nice man toy.

I think it's from this company. No mention of the one shown though.

http://www.moorendltd.com/

A farmer near us has a tracked tractor, trouble is when he turns corners it chews up Tarmac, probably weighs a fair bit more than the one on GD though.

[Laurel Green]

It looks like the nine months estimated build has gone out of the window (and they are not even in yet).

[greygoose]

Laurel Green said:

It looks like the nine months estimated build has gone out of the window (and they are not even in yet).

Wish they could leave a time lapse camera to show progress rather than just turning up every three months.

[KTF]

garyhun said:

KTF said:

I think it's from this company. No mention of the one shown though.

http://www.moorendltd.com/

Didn't the operator say it was his own design?

It had moorend branding all over it. Was just a guess though and they do make tracked vehicles...

May also be this as the contact mobile number is the same: http://www.norcar.co.uk/four-track/4589489471

Edited by KTF on Wednesday 21st September 21:40

[greygoose]

I do like the spray insulation, usually seen on American shows rather than over here. Just looks so much quicker than cutting boards to fit.

[kev1974]

These two have got some seriously generous/forgiving friends!

[greygoose]

kev1974 said:

These two have got some seriously generous/forgiving friends!

Having a plumber owing you a favour must be worth its weight in gold.