Demolition, clearing and grading

Landclearer · Jul 27, 2015

Thanks FD.

As for the pool, I think they must not be talking to the right pool builders. The company we work for does shotcrete or gunite all, the time. We dug one about 10 feet deep right on the beach that I would say was about 5 feet below the water table. That one was on Sullivan's Island which is the southern part of Isle of Palms. I will PM you the company to try and call. They are the biggest in the area by far. I would say they do at least 200 pools a year.

Landclearer · Aug 2, 2015

Started on a nice little clearing job this week. Lots of big wood on it. The ground is fair, some good some not so good. As long as we do not get tons of rain it will be OK. I think there is just about every type of tree that can be on that site. I am looking forward to getting the rest of the big trees down but need to clean up some areas to fall them.

Landclearer · Aug 2, 2015

Here are a couple pics from Sat. I was clearing a residential lot. Had a huge pine on it, took up most of the lot when I knocked it over. Went to lunch and when I got back the bottom fell out. Sat in the truck for a while til it let up some.

Colorado Digger · Aug 2, 2015

Great fotos, the equipment sure looks in good shape considering all the clearing and demo. Up here at 7500', we really have to keep our screens and radiators clean to keep the iron running. Other wise everything just heats up.

CD

Landclearer · Aug 2, 2015

Colorado Digger said:
Great fotos, the equipment sure looks in good shape considering all the clearing and demo. Up here at 7500', we really have to keep our screens and radiators clean to keep the iron running. Other wise everything just heats up.

CD

Thanks CD. We try to take good care of the stuff. A little easier on some jobs than others for sure. We have to keep the radiators blown out when we do demo and work around the grinder. The sawdust covers the screens on the excavator cooling packs in no time if you are in the wrong spot on a windy day.

Fastdirt · Aug 2, 2015

Some good shots of some glory work. I call it glory work because of many reasons. Clearing is gratifying, A/C, scenery, some hauling, etc. etc. Good stuff.

Found out why the one pool builder was talking them out of shotcrete. Just took a look at their website and that's all they do so they we're just trying to get the job.

Landclearer · Aug 3, 2015

Thanks FD. Yeah I like clearing pretty much better than anything else. You feel like you did something at the end of the day.

Makes sense that a pool company that does not do shotcrete would not try to sell one. To be honest, there are not many fiberglass polls around here.

90plow · Aug 4, 2015

Looking good love that Pete!

Landclearer · Aug 9, 2015

I got rained out on my clearing job so I did not get any progress pics this week. I did take a few yesterday. I finished a little rip rap job and moved out the KX-080 and grabbed a pic on the lowboy.

This is a pipe job my brother is on. The place is so wet from the rain and groundwater, the cut is 3 foot and you can see how much water there is. We have to tie into an existing box and install 6 catch basins and a manhole plus around 700 feet of pipe.

JNB · Aug 9, 2015

Great photos as always. Gotta love that pic of the 080 on the lowboy!

Landclearer · Aug 9, 2015

Thanks JNB. I think that is the first time it has ever been on the lowboy.

CM1995 · Aug 9, 2015

LC please explain that dewatering system. I understand the concept but how does it install and work?

Landclearer · Aug 9, 2015

CM, it is pretty simple really. Those points are 12 and 14 feet long. We use our little water wagon and it's pump to jet points in. Once you get the point down in the ground, let the water run for a little bit, shut it off then dump either very corse sand, 789s or pea gravel down the hole. It acts as a filter to keep the dirt out of the WellPoint. You hook all your points to the header pipe then hook that to a vacuum pump and about 12 hours later you have dry ground. Once you are done, you pull the points with an excavator and a chain.

CM1995 · Aug 9, 2015

Thanks for the explanation LC, it's something I've never been around before. In some places around here we'd need a rock drill to go 12' deep.

Are the well points PVC or do you use some other type of pipe?

My father built a house down on the Gulf and he told me they sank the 8x8 pilings with a water jet. Stood the piling up with a Lull, stuck the water jet in the sand and the piling worked it's way down. Never seen it done but it's something I'd like to see.

Landclearer · Aug 9, 2015

CM, the points are steel pipe with about a 18 inch long area of fine mesh with a point on the end.

Yes you can sink piles with water. We do piles and t&g sheathing as well on some of the little bulkheads we build. A lot of dock builders will use a water jet for dock piles. Anything load bearing needs to driven with a driver though.

I can imagine there would very little need for a WellPoint in you soil

Fastdirt · Aug 10, 2015

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Landclearer · Aug 10, 2015

Fastdirt said:
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Waitin for our overweight permit

Landclearer · Aug 16, 2015

Here are a few pics of the clearing job this week. Went back to work there on Weds. There are some huge trees on the site and not a lot of room tot take them down with all the tree protection everywhere.

Landclearer · Aug 16, 2015

Now a couple pics of the new toy. This is the first load on it and we went light. We are going to add temporary wood sideboards to it for this job but permanent steel ones in the future. It well exceeded what we expected it to do. Once we get the sideboards on it, it should be able to carry about 12 yards.

JNB · Aug 16, 2015

Too big for my needs, but I always thought they'd be handy for working onsite. Back in the day there was a guy that had one set up as an off road tow rig. He hung out at the local mudbog and made some pretty good change towing out stuck 4x4's. Funny to see him pull out two trucks AND the truck they were trying to extract when they got stuck...all in one tug!

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