And some more...
A few weeks later (less than a week after we finished down there) there was a 1000' fireball right down the road when the San Bruno gas line exploded. (no, I was nowhere near it!)
It was fun trying to keep the dirt off the freeway. Nobody had thought to bring any plywood, and when he would spin the auger to empty it, it would throw a few pieces over the K-rail. For some of it I would set my bucket on the top of the rail to try to deflect as much as possible. Caltrans seemed not to like gravel flying into 60+ mph traffic.
It was great watching them hook the strap to the cage by shackling each end to a couple of the main vertical sticks. You know the way, where it is only the tie-wire and a little friction that is actually holding the weight? (~4k)
If I was off the hoe helping I would at least wrap it so it looped both the vertical and the spiral. I don't know if that is proper rigging (any input?) but it was better than the other way!
Another giant hole we bored... 36"x9'
I got more pictures here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/benablackburn/HEF#
Some I have posted, more I am going to post as I find the right spots, and I have a metric tonne more to upload still.
I got Ritche Bros auction yard, SF Bay bridge shots including on the dock under the wimpy crane, paving, grinding, night work, equipment tie down how-to's and how-not-to's, lowboy and tilt bed loads and overloads, and cats (the furry kind..
)
Ben~
