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What's your hoe doing?
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Coytee
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Bls repair
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Had a female operator friend who ran loaders ,she took a crane course and became a crane operator.
Next time I saw her I asked her if she was still running loaders,she said no I’m running cranes . I said oh so your a hooker . She didn’t think that was funny at all.
Next time I saw her I asked her if she was still running loaders,she said no I’m running cranes . I said oh so your a hooker . She didn’t think that was funny at all.
Clawed Backster
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Was going to say that mine is in the hospital, but it would be more accurate to say that she is undergoing major surgery on the battlefield by an untrained medic who is consulting the experts (and anyone else who cares to chime in) via an internet forum. 
aighead
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I'm forced to be the safety guy and ask if you've got that loader bucket solidly propped/chocked up somehow? Also, that's sad, it looks like your buddy there is missing a front end!
Mother Deuce
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Pretty funny to meHad a female operator friend who ran loaders ,she took a crane course and became a crane operator.
Next time I saw her I asked her if she was still running loaders,she said no I’m running cranes . I said oh so your a hooker . She didn’t think that was funny at all.
Clawed Backster
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Yeah, it is propped up.
And yes, it is a sad looking hoe, right now.
Mother Deuce
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He has angle irons zipped to the cylinders.
GregsHD
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My 410 is in pieces awaiting winter before I'll have the time to get back at it, looking similar to that Ford hoe..
My 790D on the other hand has been earning it's keep doing odd jobs around the homestead, a couple guys pulled in this morning wondering if I'd rent it out for a light duty government job up the road they're bidding on, so she may be getting a paying job soon!
My 790D on the other hand has been earning it's keep doing odd jobs around the homestead, a couple guys pulled in this morning wondering if I'd rent it out for a light duty government job up the road they're bidding on, so she may be getting a paying job soon!
aighead
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I see it now! I saw what looked like zip ties on the cylinders but didn't see the angle iron on there. Thanks for being safe!
Tenwheeler
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What are you putting on top of the clay and how deep is it?My hoes don't have wheels like yours...
But they does a handy job of grading and spreading
The base was pretty hard clay with some soft areas mixed it.
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The 36 came in handy for trimming the fine points you just can't get with the cx60( aka jiggles)
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The CX60 is a bit big for starting in a corner, good thing it has a rear camera
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This is how far a couple loads of 1/4 went.
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Ronsii
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Not sure how deep the clay is I think some of it was fill from the previous owners because of the mixed patches of softer material in various areas... anyways I rolled it pretty good after cutting just to even things out then put 6+ inches of 1/4 minus on with some good moisture content and rolled the dickens out if it
from there the owners wanted ~2.5 inches of fine sand on it they're going to mix shredded nike into.... it's a horse thing Ronsii
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Here is the sand going in.
aighead
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Welp, a tree got the better of me and my hoe today, and I learned a valuable lesson about letting my kids sit on my lap. I've got a tree that is probably about 70 feet tall and probably 3 feet or so across at the trunk. It's been dead for years but is apparently still tough enough to lift my backhoe into the sky and when the bucket slipped we fell probably a foot or so to the ground. My son was on my lap with his feet on the window sill pushing him back but we both got tossed about a little. We're both OK and the hoe seems good but it was sketchy for a minute. I'll be busting out the chainsaw for this one...
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Ronsii
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Wow!!!, you got lucky there aighead.
Our hoe was burn'in up a storm earlier... unfortunately the stupid phone decided I didn't need those pics
So here is one I just took. We made a 3-4 foot deep pit about 60 feet long x 10-12 and filled it up... then kept fillin'
Our hoe was burn'in up a storm earlier... unfortunately the stupid phone decided I didn't need those pics
So here is one I just took. We made a 3-4 foot deep pit about 60 feet long x 10-12 and filled it up... then kept fillin'
Tenwheeler
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I am just curious. Have my own horse pad thing going on. Some of the base will not pack it is some what like the sand but a different color. Pad is just sand on clay. What is 1/4 minus?Not sure how deep the clay is I think some of it was fill from the previous owners because of the mixed patches of softer material in various areas... anyways I rolled it pretty good after cutting just to even things out then put 6+ inches of 1/4 minus on with some good moisture content and rolled the dickens out if it
Ronsii
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Quarter minus is like 5/8ths minus but smaller in fact it looks like coarse sand but with some big chunks in it... it packs pretty good with the right moisture content. Usually we'd use 5/8 or 1-1/4 as a base but so many of these 'horse people' know what's best they end up thinning the top footing(sand) down to an unmanageable 2-3 inches which of course the hooves dig right through... and then they complain about all the big rocks showing up in the sand gonna make their horses go lame!!! So... in comes the quarter minus (hard to tell it from sand) get it... what they don't understand is if you keep the sand wet enough you can use a good 6+ inches of it and not have problems at all... We actually have a decent sized arena here for the quarter horses and such all you got to do is run the water wagon on it before riding or turn on some sprinklers for a couple hours first if it's too dry.
The arena here is also a clay(more or less) base just put a good charge of sand on it and it works good for all sorts of stuff It had six riders on it last week the day I was working on the KW.
in fact it looks like coarse sand but with some big chunks in it... it packs pretty good with the right moisture content. Usually we'd use 5/8 or 1-1/4 as a base but so many of these 'horse people' know what's best they end up thinning the top footing(sand) down to an unmanageable 2-3 inches which of course the hooves dig right through... and then they complain about all the big rocks showing up in the sand gonna make their horses go lame!!! So... in comes the quarter minus (hard to tell it from sand) get it... what they don't understand is if you keep the sand wet enough you can use a good 6+ inches of it and not have problems at all... We actually have a decent sized arena here for the quarter horses and such all you got to do is run the water wagon on it before riding or turn on some sprinklers for a couple hours first if it's too dry.The arena here is also a clay(more or less) base just put a good charge of sand on it and it works good for all sorts of stuff
It had six riders on it last week the day I was working on the KW.Tenwheeler
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There are some of those type people in my family.
The out door pad has become a little disfunctional. I have some equipment for the farm but not really an operator for that type of work. Just curious about the material. Thanks for the reply!
The out door pad has become a little disfunctional. I have some equipment for the farm but not really an operator for that type of work. Just curious about the material. Thanks for the reply!
colson04
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I built a woodshed pole barn and did some trench work Friday and Saturday. Ran a 100 amp service to it (because i could) and then dug up my insulated hot water lines for my boiler so I could move them about 10 ft over. Would have been a PITA without the hoe digging through the clay.
I dug up the inside the barn portion by hand though
I dug up the inside the barn portion by hand though
aighead
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Wow, some close quarters there, well done! My buddy is wanting to borrow mine so he can do some similar work...