First Job of the Season

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HO scale job, that is! Hope this is the right place...

Working on the reclamation of our old sandpit...cleared the brush and roughly graded the topsoil with our dozer in the first pic. After that we started sorting the brush/rocks from the remaining topsoil with that and our excavator w/grapple.

 

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Compare the pile with the dozer on the left. In the second and third shots, the dozer is pushing slots towards us and the excavator is pulling it back for final grading.

 

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After grading, the 9420 finally arrived with the discs and we got to final grading and preparing it for the seed. In the third pic, that's our 6220 w/1590 planter laying down the seed. In the last pic, that's the field with all the seed laid down.

 

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That's only a few machines in the fleet...this year, we're also opening up a new sandpit, screening plant and concrete plant, building a reservoir, and possibly some other projects, so keep an eye out!

 

[Ray Welsh]

That's only a few machines in the fleet...this year, we're also opening up a new sandpit, screening plant and concrete plant, building a reservoir, and possibly some other projects, so keep an eye out!

That looks like a fine job and proves my point. "Now only if we could train some ants". They would work day and night for food only, would be automatically replaced when injured on the job, reduce legal costs and insurance, would work in any weather, would not need safety barriers or ROPS cabs. Finally, ants can carry many times their own bodyweight with no overload permits required.........C ya........Ray

 

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new machines

Yeah Ray, those overload problems are getting tough here in Connecticut...cheap labor could probably help too. But I'll get it done with a rake, wheelbarrow, and homemade milk-carton screener. And the 9420 lol.

New machines in yesterday: 1) Deere skidder (going to do more of own land clearing) and Kaelble SL26 loader (we'll see how it goes against our two 988B's in loading trucks) compared to the old 560. 2) new 7600 on the left, older one on the right. 3) Same for the Topkick cement mixers. Sorry if the pics are a bit fuzzy, but the light wasn't the best.

More later...

 

[nedly05]

LMAO, you have a great sense of humor:lmao

 

[EZ TRBO]

AWESOME, I am sure many of us still love to play in the sandbox, but dont' cause people might thing we are weird.

Trbo

 

[[-Agent-]]

AWESOME, I am sure many of us still love to play in the sandbox, but dont' cause people might thing we are weird.

Trbo

We all love to play in the sandbox, the box just got a little bigger.

 

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Yep, but the old man's not making enough $$$ to afford even an old used D2 or a mini!!! :deadhorse Even though we have a nice sandpit and 30+ acres to play around. And I'm the only one in the family who's really into this...I'm on break this week so hopefully I'll get out over the hill to the Target site and get some pics of the real machines. opcorn
And EZ TRBO, the neighbors usually try and mind their own business...and I don't have a setup in the basement yet. BTW it's too nice out to play inside!!! That sandpit will be grass in a month anyway.

 

[bear]

:lmao :falldownlaugh :lmao :falldownlaugh :lmao :falldownlaugh :lmao :falldownlaugh :lmao :falldownlaugh

 

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:lmao :falldownlaugh :lmao :falldownlaugh :lmao :falldownlaugh :lmao :falldownlaugh :lmao :falldownlaugh

Construction guys have the best sense of humor, hands down.

(Darn, I can't put up a smiley...)

 

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Well, I said I'd show more of the fleet, so here's some more. We finally got to our first large-scale contract of the year, excavating a ditch some 75 feet deep, 50 feet wide and a mile long (BIG excavation project) for water filtration system piping.
First pic shows an overview of the project earlier in the day. Second shows the depot with the Pete refueling a D7/rake blade, D8H (it had a rollover last year which crushed the canopy so we'll get a new one later this year), and TD-25C w/3-shank ripper, and the D3 nd D5M unloading. . Third is an overview of the material pullback at the south end. Fourth is our only D11N with a Bucyrus 50-B dragline (yes, or so I think its a 50-B) in the background. Fifth is the D11N, Deere 1050H, Volvo L150C, and Deere "1000LC"'s bucket.

 

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-Bucyrus 50-B drag on the pile, P&H crane truck in the background.
-We had a large puddle to drain so we got the pump and the water truck out. We got our specialized low-profile D8 wide-track stuck in a deep spot when it was pushing water to the other end.
-The Internationals and the 16G are probably done here.
-When the puddle's drained, the Euclids (R-50 and R-62's) and the Link-Belt will go in the pit and dig the ramp out, continuing towards the north end. The crane will lift the equipment out once the project's done.
-We sent the 1050H in to push the D8 out.

 

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-Pushing it out.
-We'll drive the D8 out of the pit to a lowboy so we can bring it back to the garage and have it checked out. The 690LC stands by to assist.
-The Link-Belt digging out the ramp and loading the R-50. An R-62 is pulling up to be loaded.
-The other R-62 dumping its load so the D-11 and the 1000LC can pull it out of the pit.
-Actual loading of the R-50 and the R-62 is preparing to back in.

 

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-Dumping another load into the R-50.
-The R-50 driving away and the R-62 backing up while the L-B bites into the wall.

That's all for now...still awaiting for permits for our new sandpit! May be ordering a new dragline...maybe a 480W? :beatsme

 

[hoeman600]

i know its toys but how far can we go with this its awsome!!!!
something differient:spongebob:duh:scool

 

[bobcat ron]

It's so lame, I just can't help but to keep reading!!!!!!

 

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It's so lame, I just can't help but to keep reading!!!!!!

Ha ha ha thanks bobcat ron...but there's no new building projects around here to take pics of so I gotta do it myself...as Trbo would say, "Doing what I can with what I got!"

Now I should probably get a shot of all my nicest, brand name models and put them in a shot like Hoeman has with his! If only my equipment was as nice as that! (Or if I had that many!) :drinkup Cheers, men...:usa

And whenever Ray Welsh comes around, the ants say hi!

 

[hoeman600]

Who knows with the price of diesel this may be all we see on the forums:beatsme:drinkup