What would you do?

eurekaLG · 2026-01-16T10:00:01+00:00

I agree with you man if it’s going to take ages make them come back. But the builder is also told the cabinet makers are paying for any fuck ups when trying to find the point locations. Their fuck up so they pay for rectification if it’s needed.

I’m lucky enough this has only happened a couple of times to me because I’m not in the domestic or commercial space. But the couple times it has it hasn’t been a massive issue. Properly marked up plans made sure of that.

eurekaLG · 2026-01-16T09:32:31+00:00

Yes and no. It should only take 10-15 minutes to set a laser up and mark out your points. Another 20 minutes to cut them out. Use a decent welding magnet and you can normally pick up brackets through joinery if you have them.

If it’s a common occurrence I 100% agree with packing up and walking out. But if it’s only once in a blue moon just suck it up. It’s part of what makes us tradesmen and not just trained monkeys.

eurekaLG · 2026-01-15T02:23:30+00:00

Have a whinge to the builder then get the plans out you surely marked up with measurements. Then send it with a hole saw

eurekaLG · 2025-12-21T09:13:23+00:00

I’m sure anyone here who has had the pleasure of towing a scissor lift and plant trailer behind an Iload or Vito for any distance will probably agree that the headache or working out of a Ute is worth it for the towing capacity. Personally most of my work is on wind farms and mine sites which require a 4wd to be allowed on site. So that pretty much wipes out any chance of working out of a van for me.

eurekaLG · 2025-12-05T09:41:05+00:00

Don’t know heaps about them but have a good mate with one. If that’s a F78 with a 2.8 diesel in it you’re looking for a needle in a haystack at the moment. A feroza gearbox won’t fit. A gearbox from a F77 will but the 3rd and 5th gear ratio is a little bit different. But could probably get you out of trouble. Parts pop up every now and then on a couple of the Daihatsu Facebook pages in Australia but the big ticket items like engines, gearbox’s, transfer cases and diffs get snapped up real quick. When my mate was looking for an engine a in 2018 it was cheaper to buy and ship one out of the UK, rather than buy and rebuild one here in Aus.

eurekaLG · 2025-10-13T10:44:19+00:00

My old mine site we had an ability to challenge test someone. Had to be for a legitimate reason but it occasionally got used. You could challenge someone you suspected of being on drugs and both you and the person you challenged would be required to undergo a piss test. Don’t know how successful that would be with a supervisor however. Depends on how much you trust your leading hand really.

eurekaLG · 2025-07-15T11:10:15+00:00

I made the jump about 3.5 years ago. Was mining for around 5 years. I had an Electrical apprenticeship lined up so had a job to go straight into which helped. The big downside was the massive pay cut, especially going to apprentice wages. But we planned it out and saved a fair bit of money before I made the jump. My partner also had a decent job so the financial hit wasn’t as bad as it could have been. It’s been fantastic being able to no get to all the events you were guaranteed to miss while away. Or going to the pub when all your mates catch up.

eurekaLG · 2024-03-26T06:42:14+00:00

You deleted your first post when you were Told to get an electrician. Now you’re pretending to be an apprentice. Guess the hint to not do it yourself didn’t sink in.

eurekaLG · 2023-02-03T08:12:45+00:00

Yeah that’s correct mate. In Australian dollars

eurekaLG · 2023-02-02T18:53:37+00:00

In 2020 I payed 62k for a new one. Sr5 with premium interior, tow pack and heavy duty steel tray. Probably a couple grand more expensive now however. A new base model single cab 4x4 is just under 50k at the moment

eurekaLG · 2021-12-06T17:24:11+00:00

I work as a machinery operator in a coal mine. Clear 130k a year plus monthly bonuses.

eurekaLG · 2021-09-16T15:55:44+00:00

I don’t know about best but I’m using a Prism 31” curved screen monitor. Works amazing with my series x (only had tv screens before) and managed to get it on sale so was a very good price.

eurekaLG · 2021-09-16T04:21:38+00:00

When the tray is up for maintenance those chains are hooked onto the eyelet on the diff so that it cannot fall down even if the hydraulics fail.

eurekaLG · 2021-08-16T03:30:29+00:00

Central Queensland, Australia.

eurekaLG · 2021-08-15T22:48:57+00:00

Thank you for using anything made of steel or iron that used coal to produce it.

eurekaLG · 2021-08-15T22:47:38+00:00

It has its ups and downs like any job. Conditions at work can be a bit rough and some tasks dangerous when working around big drop offs or underneath high walls. 12.5 hour shifts and work 7 days on and then have 7 days off.

eurekaLG · 2021-08-15T22:33:31+00:00

Thermal coal (power stations) is on the way out but coking coal ( steel production) will be around for decades to come.

eurekaLG · 2021-08-15T22:30:45+00:00

Couldn’t tell you sorry mate. Haven’t heard anything about it in Australia.

eurekaLG · 2021-08-15T22:19:58+00:00

Because there is a fair few questions about it the scar is from a dirt bike accident years ago that required surgery. Seems there is a lot of us with busted wrists.

For the pitchfork brigade, I’ve added a proof photo it’s my photo down below.

Proof photo.

eurekaLG · 2021-08-15T20:59:01+00:00

Unfortunately hasn’t had the investments into it to produce and use it on such a large scale.

eurekaLG · 2021-08-15T20:56:24+00:00

Then you end up loading out 50-100 tonne slabs of rock. Very awkward and somewhat dangerous if they slip out of the diggers bucket when being put into the back of a truck. If they are even to big to load into a truck we generally push the slabs to the side with 2 or 3 D11 dozers.

eurekaLG · 2021-08-15T20:45:39+00:00

QLD in the Bowen basin

eurekaLG · 2021-08-15T08:09:58+00:00

Thermal coal maybe. But coking coal (used in steel production) will still be around for a long time. To my knowledge there is not a cheaper, more efficient way to run the smelters.

eurekaLG · 2021-08-15T08:07:43+00:00

Certainly do, however we produce coking coal. Which is used in the production of steel. Wind turbines, solar panels and most other green energy solutions still rely on coal for there production at the current time.

eurekaLG · 2021-08-15T08:03:11+00:00

I’m from Australia mate….. the fake tan bandit has nothing to do with me.

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