Good morning!!!!

Combustix · Feb 4, 2012

30 F and real foggy will be a nice trip to wrangell

joemd11 · Feb 4, 2012

Good morning all! 32* here and overcast with a high of 40. No rain

. I got a lot of limbs cleaned up yesterday and burned them on a big bonfire. Hope to do a repeat today. My woods are slowly looking much better. Have a good weekend!

wrflt · Feb 4, 2012

Good morning. 50* and clear so far.

Don't know if y'all are familiar with the show "Swamp People". A bunch of Cajuns hunting aligators. Well, today the wife and I are traveling 15 miles south to the Perry Agricenter for the annual "Great Outdoors Show". We'll meet and get autographs from RJ and J Paul from the Swamp People show.

Ok, I know, so what? Well, I'm excited. I know your jealous....:laughing:

RoyJackson · Feb 4, 2012

2012-02-04, 0830

32 degrees now and a high of 41 expected. Bit overcast here.

Went out yesterday to see if I could do some more clean up work where they rutted the lawn when drilling the well. It was fairly dry and the area I backfilled is settling in nicely. It's almost level with the adjacent lawn now.
Still a bit too soft to go in and haul out that rock dust spoils from the well drilling, though. Since I'm not sure where I'm going to dump the spoils (which has the consistency of mud)...I guess I'll leave it there to use for bedding of the piping when we tie in the new well to the old well (which is working fine now, BTW).
I did drive up and down the driveway a few times to knock off as much mud as I could before putting the tractor in the garage. This is probably the muddiest I ever got one of my machines.

jmurray01 · Feb 4, 2012

Morning guys.

Terrible day here - 0*C/32*F with a lot of wind and rain. Hate it.

Bought myself a new (to me) Vacuum Cleaner for my collection today though so it isn't all bad.

sunnyside360 · Feb 4, 2012

RoyJackson said:
..........I did drive up and down the driveway a few times to knock off as much mud as I could before putting the tractor in the garage. This is probably the muddiest I ever got one of my machines.

Know what you mean. I dislike putting my equipment in the new barn with mud making a mess on the concrete floor. This is the wettest and muddiest I've ever seen it around here in central PA (State College). Farmers are all complaining. On the brighter side, it's been relatively warm this winter with very little snow to contend with.

RoyJackson · Feb 4, 2012

sunnyside360 said:
Know what you mean. I dislike putting my equipment in the new barn with mud making a mess on the concrete floor. This is the wettest and muddiest I've ever seen it around here in central PA (State College). Farmers are all complaining. On the brighter side, it's been relatively warm this winter with very little snow to contend with.

Yeah, we might regret that lack of snow later this year.
Although it's been really wet, rain tends to evaporate and snow (as it melts) goes into the ground. Lack of snow can be rough on wells.

bironacad · Feb 4, 2012

Good Morning all

0 C or 32 F

Today
Mainly sunny. High plus 5 C.

JDgreen227 · Feb 4, 2012

RoyJackson said:
2012-02-04, 0830

32 degrees now and a high of 41 expected. Bit overcast here.

Went out yesterday to see if I could do some more clean up work where they rutted the lawn when drilling the well. It was fairly dry and the area I backfilled is settling in nicely. It's almost level with the adjacent lawn now.
Still a bit too soft to go in and haul out that rock dust spoils from the well drilling, though. Since I'm not sure where I'm going to dump the spoils (which has the consistency of mud)...I guess I'll leave it there to use for bedding of the piping when we tie in the new well to the old well (which is working fine now, BTW).
I did drive up and down the driveway a few times to knock off as much mud as I could before putting the tractor in the garage. This is probably the muddiest I ever got one of my machines.

Apologize for the low quality of my pics, they are digipics of prints showing some of the mess the well drilling created for us. At least the ground sloped down enough to pool the slurry somewhat. I tried to push the stuff up using my 318 but it was too wet. Finally ended up using a shovel and wheelbarrow to cart the stuff back.

RoyJackson · Feb 4, 2012

JDgreen227 said:
Apologize for the low quality of my pics, they are digipics of prints showing some of the mess the well drilling created for us. At least the ground sloped down enough to pool the slurry somewhat. I tried to push the stuff up using my 318 but it was too wet. Finally ended up using a shovel and wheelbarrow to cart the stuff back.

Here's a pic of my pile...at least it's a pile!

You can see the area I backfilled just to the left of the pile and well. That was deeply rutted (you know how heavy those drilling rigs are). As I'd written, it's settling nicely now...might have to roll it though. It'll definitely need reseeding...but I'll wait until Spring for that (after the well is connected)
I did get the (verbal) estimate for running the plumbing and the pump...$4900 and change. All told, this will cost around $9000 (cheaper then I expected, actually).
Once I get the written estimate, I can determine how much I want to do (most likely digging the trench and back filling).