RDrancher's Photo Thread

[RDrancher]

Today was the second Sunday I've worked in the last fifteen years. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. Made it home for the Super Bowl though!

Here's a couple more pics of the clearing job today.


All done and headed home.

 

[jinman]

Here's a photo of the linkage Jim. I had to run out a couple inches of welding wire out of the tip just to reach it through all the stuff in the way. The backside was easier to weld. I'll grind the weld down and plate it. In the pic its got bailing wire in place of the cotter pin I lost in the tall grass. The strange thing is that it shifter nice and smooth into gear, but when I went to shift into neutral it felt mushy. I gave it another try and it broke all of the way off.
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Well, I'm surprised to see the break right at the transmission lever. I thought maybe it was the pivot under the left side operator cowling; the one with three levers on it. It's funny to see your bailing wire 'fix' on your tractor. As kids, we used to just find a small nail and put that in place of the cotter key or rollpin. Nails work good and they are easy to bend.

 

[RDrancher]

Well, I'm surprised to see the break right at the transmission lever. I thought maybe it was the pivot under the left side operator cowling; the one with three levers on it. It's funny to see your bailing wire 'fix' on your tractor. As kids, we used to just find a small nail and put that in place of the cotter key or rollpin. Nails work good and they are easy to bend.

Jim, when I was just a young pup, I traded a truck in with bent nails in place of cotters on the A-arms. I would have used one this time, but all I had on the truck were 16D duplex.

 

[RDrancher]

I upgraded (?) to a smartphone today. I've never felt so un-smart in my life.

 

[two_bit_score]

I upgraded (?) to a smartphone today. I've never felt so un-smart in my life.

Don't worry. You'll get to where you feel dumb when you don't have it in your pocket.
That's the way it went with me anyway.

 

[two_bit_score]

I upgraded (?) to a smartphone today. I've never felt so un-smart in my life.

Don't worry. You'll get to where you feel dumb when you don't have it in your pocket.
That's the way it went with me anyway.

 

[RDrancher]

I missed a few pics this week trying to learn my new phone.

Here's a couple from today. I gave the homeowner some geotextile, so after I removed the grass for the extension and boat parking area, he laid it down and I spread base over it from the existing driveway. Then I spread 4-5" of 3/4"-minus crush over the entire driveway. I have a vibratory roller on Monday, so I'll roll this one and a couple more.

 

[jinman]

That new phone takes swell photos.:thumbsup: Of course, it helps to take photos of a swell job too. Very nice! If we get the predicted rain this weekend, the top layer may get washed of fines and set the base up really good. Rolling on Monday should pack it nicely.

 

[RDrancher]

Jim - The new phone is frustrating, that's for sure!

We just got back from Blue Ridge. It was raining pretty good North of Farmersville. I'm hoping we get a decent amount before Monday so I don't have to use much of the customer's water. :thumbsup:

 

[RDrancher]

Thought you folks might enjoy this. I got a good chuckle out of it. :laughing:
Man Stuck in Mud - Safeshare.TV

 

[murphy1244]

Thought you folks might enjoy this. I got a good chuckle out of it. :laughing:
Man Stuck in Mud - Safeshare.TV

Where was this at? Thanks for posting that.

 

[RDrancher]

Where was this at? Thanks for posting that.

I don't know. I found it posted on the heavy equipment forum.

 

[murphy1244]

Talk about control, Wish I could run my BH like that.

 

[RDrancher]

one wrong move coulda been a bucket-tooth enema.

 

[murphy1244]

one wrong move coulda been a bucket-tooth enema.

Ouch!

 

[RDrancher]

I took advantage of the rain earlier this week to get an indoor job done. The building was rented to a porta-pot company for a few years. This holding pit was the washout / sanitation area that pumped to the city sewer system. Not my idea, but the owner had some laborers chip out the containment curb and throw it into the pit.


I filled the pit with 13 yards of flowable fill and vibrated the heck out of it to make sure all of the voids from the curb debris and undercut were removed.


After letting the water bleed out of the fill overnight, we drilled and epoxy-doweled #5 rebar to stitch up the new pour.


I love old iron, so I had to stop and check this out on the way home.

 

[npalen]

Thought you folks might enjoy this. I got a good chuckle out of it. :laughing:
Man Stuck in Mud - Safeshare.TV

One has to wonder how he got in there in the first place.

 

[jinman]

I took advantage of the rain earlier this week to get an indoor job done. The building was rented to a porta-pot company for a few years. This holding pit was the washout / sanitation area that pumped to the city sewer system. Not my idea, but the owner had some laborers chip out the containment curb and throw it into the pit.

So, this week was just like your being on a Carnival Cruise Ship. :laughing:

 

[RDrancher]

So, this week was just like your being on a Carnival Cruise Ship. :laughing:

Ha! Luckily the manager of the building had used Tide to scrub the place repeatedly since it's for lease. I didn't know what the place was used for until after I filled the hole.

 

[RDrancher]

A culvert and grading for a new home.