Daniel cain 46,133 Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 Can be..If its baked dry...helps when you got the right tools and a few good lads on the spades,a good test for the dogs imo-its noisey old stuff and rattles the quarry to try and push past the dog.atb dc Quote Link to post
leethedog 3,071 Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 You should come to kent plenty of that white shit about ours is full of flint too was there much flint in that chalk Dan 1 Quote Link to post
Daniel cain 46,133 Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 Some places there's lots of it Lee.atb dc Quote Link to post
dillydog 8,468 Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 Dirty white that DC, I've seen it as white as the driven snow. I hate the stuff, i never did get used to digging in the crap Quote Link to post
Rabbit Hunter 6,613 Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 What type of ground does it compare to DD? I bet it's surreal to be digging in it when it's so white. Quote Link to post
king 11,984 Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 Dirty white that DC, I've seen it as white as the driven snow. I hate the stuff, i never did get used to digging in the crapI was working in Kent on the channel tunnel railway they were boreing a tunnel through a big hill.the whole site was white chalk like snow.In bright sunlight you had to wear sun glasses as the glare would make you look like a jab holding your eyes half closed.and a hell of a headache. I found out how greasy it was when the frost had melted. When i slid 60ft down the ramp in a 40 ton dumptruck. Straight into my mate skip who was parked at the foot of the ramp. The truck was well smashed. They sacked me then lol. 6 Quote Link to post
king 11,984 Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 And just to add the cut was 60ft deep.and the 360 was taking out another cut of 25ft so that was 85/90ft of pure white chalk. And coming from the slag tips of south Wales to the land of white it was like being on the moon lol. 1 Quote Link to post
dillydog 8,468 Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 What type of ground does it compare to DD? I bet it's surreal to be digging in it when it's so white. It doesn't compare to anything we'll see in our day to day lives RH. Go and have a day in it, it's a nightmare to get your head around, I'm sure someone will let you see it in the flesh 1 Quote Link to post
chilli 381 Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 I'd rather stick to the shit I know rather than dig the white stuff 1 Quote Link to post
Rabbit Hunter 6,613 Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 The dog in the 1st pic is a nice thing Sweeper. And the last pic has got to be JP! 1 Quote Link to post
leethedog 3,071 Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 Luckily the only permission I have that is chalk if for ferreting took 4 hours to dig to a ferret this season not funny when you have to take a heavy bar ferreting Quote Link to post
rob284 1,682 Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 Luckily the only permission I have that is chalk if for ferreting took 4 hours to dig to a ferret this season not funny when you have to take a heavy bar ferretingdo the tubes run through the chalk or do they run underneath it in a seam of softer ground? Quote Link to post
leethedog 3,071 Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 Straight through the chalk mate . I don't know about the bellman gear but chalk and flint does funny things to a debben mk2 signal Quote Link to post
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