Hoeman00
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- Joined
- Jun 29, 2002
- Messages
- 872
- Location
- N Central Ohio
- Tractor
- NH TC35D/SUPER H&M/F-20/JD B&D/FORDSON/JD250 SSL
Harv I was digging out an old drainage ditch for the f-i-l.
4' deep topsoil and about 6" of water on top of all of it (equal about 4.5' of mashed potato consistency MUD).
It was SO bad I had to turn the hoe around w/ the hoe pull myself past the next area then turn back around w/ the hoe and dig the next 20'.
500' took 15 hours because they were AFRAID of putting the D6C in there to pull me along.
I had a couple of riders until the first turn around then everybody stated clear of the bucking Deere.
I have to put in 2000 gal septic tanks.
They are cast in top 1/2 and bottom 1/2 ,about 15,000# each.
One job this summer is on a really steep slope, had 3/4" rain earlier in the day.
I told the precast people to send a super boom so they could stay by the house where it is flat.
They send a super short boom and the driver says NO problem I can get down that slope.
He got a run and headed down the hill back wards, everything was fine til he turned to go across the slope.
One of the fisrt times I saw a truck get STUCK going downhill.
All I had was the SSL so I tried to get him to set off 1/2 the tank and put the other one on sideways over the tandems since the front end was buried.
The driver ended up calling another super boom (longer reach), they thought the second truck w/ winch cound pull the other one back more but he could only shake the first truck.
After some pacing off the area, the first truck unloaded and set the tank back as far uphill as he could reach .
The second truck set up by the house on flat ground and grabbed each 1/2 and set them in.
I had to ask WHY didn't the other truck bring them in the first place.
Another hour of me pushing w/ SSL and the other truck's winch and he was out.
Don't u love it when a 1/2 hour job turns into an all-nighter.
Harv have u ever had a septic tank float?
4' deep topsoil and about 6" of water on top of all of it (equal about 4.5' of mashed potato consistency MUD).
It was SO bad I had to turn the hoe around w/ the hoe pull myself past the next area then turn back around w/ the hoe and dig the next 20'.
500' took 15 hours because they were AFRAID of putting the D6C in there to pull me along.
I had a couple of riders until the first turn around then everybody stated clear of the bucking Deere.
I have to put in 2000 gal septic tanks.
They are cast in top 1/2 and bottom 1/2 ,about 15,000# each.
One job this summer is on a really steep slope, had 3/4" rain earlier in the day.
I told the precast people to send a super boom so they could stay by the house where it is flat.
They send a super short boom and the driver says NO problem I can get down that slope.
He got a run and headed down the hill back wards, everything was fine til he turned to go across the slope.
One of the fisrt times I saw a truck get STUCK going downhill.
All I had was the SSL so I tried to get him to set off 1/2 the tank and put the other one on sideways over the tandems since the front end was buried.
The driver ended up calling another super boom (longer reach), they thought the second truck w/ winch cound pull the other one back more but he could only shake the first truck.
After some pacing off the area, the first truck unloaded and set the tank back as far uphill as he could reach .
The second truck set up by the house on flat ground and grabbed each 1/2 and set them in.
I had to ask WHY didn't the other truck bring them in the first place.
Another hour of me pushing w/ SSL and the other truck's winch and he was out.
Don't u love it when a 1/2 hour job turns into an all-nighter.
Harv have u ever had a septic tank float?