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What's your hoe doing?
- Thread starter aighead
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Welder Dave
Senior Member
Those look like 2 ton turds from dinosaurs.
Willie B
Senior Member
Until the hydraulics settle. Thank you, no. I'll sleep in the rain before I sleep under a loader bucket.
casey518
Well-Known Member
Yessir. Im in upstate ny and its been a while since iv seen it rain as long and heavy as it did last night. Was going to dig today but i think It will all turn to mud so ill wait a bit.
Willie B
Senior Member
My dog wants to be the only dog. My son's big elderly Yellow Lab spends half her life here. Quigley is obsessed with carrying Bailey's bowl away. I'll believe her thinking is if we can't feed Bailey she won't come back.
Anyway, Bailey's bowl is our rain gauge. There were three inches in it this morning. Not a cylinder, actual rain was a bit less.
Anyway, Bailey's bowl is our rain gauge. There were three inches in it this morning. Not a cylinder, actual rain was a bit less.
We must have missed the "rain front".... some wetness but not like you folks. I worked the dirt today no troubles....
Now we will have our first string of 90's..... quite the jolt from last wkd to this. I'd prefer it cool myself.
Now we will have our first string of 90's..... quite the jolt from last wkd to this. I'd prefer it cool myself.
edgephoto
Senior Member
It was 95 here today and humid. I hate this weather. I like the colder stuff like we had last weekend, 45 degrees. I worked outside today, too much to do. Got dehydrated I think. I ended up weak and with a headache. I did eat a pile of watermelon and was drinking but I was sweating like mad.
casey518
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aighead
Senior Member
Swetz
Senior Member
Not me, I am back to the water coming out of the ground like it was doing in the early spring
Wow Swetz..... sorry to hear that....
I was dodging a few showers today ( bankers hours ) but I am moving some dirt.... well, more rocks than dirt.
When it does rain 1 day of drying and i'm able to work where I need to.
I do have some 'wetter' ground on the 'bottom' of the property... and once I had the driveway across it I don't have to deal with that wetness.
It is the headwaters of a swamp thats called Bear Swamp.... that is 1/4 mile down from me. My sitework is 50ft and more higher in elevation.
Hoping you dry up soon.... I'm sure your itchin to get at it.
I was dodging a few showers today ( bankers hours ) but I am moving some dirt.... well, more rocks than dirt.
When it does rain 1 day of drying and i'm able to work where I need to.
I do have some 'wetter' ground on the 'bottom' of the property... and once I had the driveway across it I don't have to deal with that wetness.
It is the headwaters of a swamp thats called Bear Swamp.... that is 1/4 mile down from me. My sitework is 50ft and more higher in elevation.
Hoping you dry up soon.... I'm sure your itchin to get at it.
Spud_Monkey
Senior Member
Getting ready to replace every single line. Not playing the games of blow a line wait two weeks to replace it then blow a line next month and repeat. Just replace them all and be done with it for awhile.
it looks awesome. it is a long time work, man. I m lucky, it takes me two hours to order and get it made. A guy runs a spare part shop and he has all kinda pipes, lines n fittings. $20 is the cost of an medium size line . is that a case.
Went to the local pull Friday night. Over the years I've seen several catch fire, blow a side panel off, lose a front tire or exhaust stack. This is the first time I saw one lose a rear wheel while pulling. The tractor hunched down to one side and came to a dead stop. The tire never missed a beat and kept on going at at probably 20 mph toward the rinky dink fence. Luckily it veered right, hit the sign and no one got turned into a pancake.
Someone's 310 to the rescue
Someone's 310 to the rescue
Willie B
Senior Member
Mine had less glamorous duty this weekend.
Deck was 28 years old, nasty deteriorated. It has always been a few inches lower than the threshold. Stairs off the side unnecessary. They were rotted, soggy & moldy. Mrs B. had a last minute idea: a rock garden.
No flowers yet. Does Ellie count?
Don't know exact weight of rocks. Three spanned 18' actually touching. Backhoe weighs 17400 with my ample frame in the seat. Backhoe bucket had boulder in it, & I kept swinging it left or right to keep rear wheels on the ground. Front tires labeled NOT MORE THAN 50 PSIG. I had 70 in them.
Note stabilizers. It was not feeling stable!
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Willie B
Senior Member
I've never seen fiberglass grating. This is galvanized steel. It has made me very popular. Last winter we shoveled it once. 40" snowfall, we shoveled away 22" of snow.
Tinkerer
Senior Member
That is quite a testament to the strength of a front axle !
aighead
Senior Member
Man, @Willie B that looks great! And it's nice to see those big ol' rocks getting used!
We had a big storm this past Friday night and it seemingly opened up the view to a few rocks in the creek I didn't know I had. Sadly, they'll both fit in the backhoe bucket, maybe at once, but some free rock is better than no free rock!
We had a big storm this past Friday night and it seemingly opened up the view to a few rocks in the creek I didn't know I had. Sadly, they'll both fit in the backhoe bucket, maybe at once, but some free rock is better than no free rock!
That's impressive lifting. Weight of the machine and the rock on the front tires and axle. Doesn't look like Ellie was too stressed. She found her nice cool spot.