RobJ
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Ah yeah...rocks. I think our bedrock...and rocks...are a 1000'-2000' down/ 
Dozer guy question
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AKfish
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I thought the dozer did a "bang-up" job on the root piles, actually. Didn't see big root-wads full of dirt stickin' up in the air (you can't throw a little seed on those babies... and expect 'em to look nice and green!) I was wonderin' if he buried the stumps, etc. cause the piles didn't look nearly big enough for all the ground that was cleared.
Whooee!! I got a good laugh outta that raccoon! Definitely a candidate for weight-watchers!
I just bought another roll of tyepar (sp?) for my various gravel pads and road extension projects. Every place that's on the wet side of things up here requires the matting before laying down a layer of dirt or gravel or whatever you dump into the hole ends up as a "slurry"... 35 truck-loads of gravel on my place this season. Just finished leveling out the last of 5 loads of 3/4" minus on the driveway, corrals before things get real frozen.
Yup, on that observation about the economy - gonna postpone my 32'x32' pole-barn. Sit back and watch things for another year or so and hopefully folk's will begin to calm down a bit and get back to work!
How 'bout a pic of the new green fields?
AKfish
Whooee!! I got a good laugh outta that raccoon! Definitely a candidate for weight-watchers!
I just bought another roll of tyepar (sp?) for my various gravel pads and road extension projects. Every place that's on the wet side of things up here requires the matting before laying down a layer of dirt or gravel or whatever you dump into the hole ends up as a "slurry"... 35 truck-loads of gravel on my place this season. Just finished leveling out the last of 5 loads of 3/4" minus on the driveway, corrals before things get real frozen.
Yup, on that observation about the economy - gonna postpone my 32'x32' pole-barn. Sit back and watch things for another year or so and hopefully folk's will begin to calm down a bit and get back to work!
How 'bout a pic of the new green fields?
AKfish
No, he didn't bury anything. The land was logged flat as a popcorn fart before I bought it (cheap). That was about 1996. The old stumps from that round were pretty soft and just vanished under the tracks. Most of the trees now were in the 3-8" range. The trees left standing were ALL of the ones that are 12" or better. Not many in that area! On the bright side, it did make for a faster job.
Yeah, that coon is a real porker. I have a picture in my comp somewhere that shows 3-4 coons waddling past. Everybody loves a good acorn drop!!
It's funny, I did some road bed raising a month before the dozer guy. I would just dig a hole with the FEL on the side of the road and drop 8-10 cuft of dirt into the muck pits. Then repeat all day long. I would try and drop rocks in first then dry clay then the dark top soil then repeat. running over it again and again would raise the goo, but I kept adding more dry clay. After a while, I guess it got mixed up good and the dry stuff was able to suck up the water. Anyway, those areas are still pretty firm. Hopefully, his stuff will firm up too.
I'll be sure to post up some pictures in the green after I get them! Temps dropped from 75 yesterday to a high of 60 today. That's back to normal, but the extended pure guess calls for highs about normal and lows still above freezing. Should be good for the cerial rye to grow. (I hope!)
jb
Yeah, that coon is a real porker. I have a picture in my comp somewhere that shows 3-4 coons waddling past. Everybody loves a good acorn drop!!
It's funny, I did some road bed raising a month before the dozer guy. I would just dig a hole with the FEL on the side of the road and drop 8-10 cuft of dirt into the muck pits. Then repeat all day long. I would try and drop rocks in first then dry clay then the dark top soil then repeat. running over it again and again would raise the goo, but I kept adding more dry clay. After a while, I guess it got mixed up good and the dry stuff was able to suck up the water. Anyway, those areas are still pretty firm. Hopefully, his stuff will firm up too.
I'll be sure to post up some pictures in the green after I get them! Temps dropped from 75 yesterday to a high of 60 today. That's back to normal, but the extended pure guess calls for highs about normal and lows still above freezing. Should be good for the cerial rye to grow. (I hope!)
jb
Finally got back to the land. Naturally, it rained the night before and that day so the trails were still soft. Harder in some spots, but softer in others. Like swallow your truck leaving no sign soft.
The cerial rye and clover are popped out. Unfortunately, the critters are munching it like mad. About 2/3 to 3/4 of all the rye stems are showing signs of nibblage. I had hoped that the heavy acorn drop would draw them away, but the lack of green food is drawing them in before it can stand browse pressure.
Here are some pictures. Not good quality as it was raining... The top pictures is on the right, the middle is the middle and the bottom is left to form a panorama
The cerial rye and clover are popped out. Unfortunately, the critters are munching it like mad. About 2/3 to 3/4 of all the rye stems are showing signs of nibblage. I had hoped that the heavy acorn drop would draw them away, but the lack of green food is drawing them in before it can stand browse pressure.
Here are some pictures. Not good quality as it was raining... The top pictures is on the right, the middle is the middle and the bottom is left to form a panorama
