My scale work pics

[AtlasRob]

noise

Did you make motor noises while digging in the dirt? Nice pictures you took and it looked very realistic!

Aw come on theres no cables there not electric, course theres noise, we're kids aint we, how you going to learn if the blades too full, if you dont hear the motor start to lugg down, you got to learn to ease off the controls a bit, else the tracks a start to spin.

ROP, happy memories, dried runner beans were the best rock I ever had, just never got round to having a crusher.

Great pics, keep digging :bouncegri

 

[JD4020]

Heres another of the HO excavator woking on a bridge site on my HO Duluth Missabe and Iron Range model railroad.

 

[JD4020]

Heres the excavator on a site where were building an addition on the fire station, another bay for another truck.

And although we had a below average winter, we still made good money pushing the white stuff (what I most look forward to doing in two years when I get my comm. ins., but I might work for someone this winter).

 

[JD4020]

catasstrophe!

Today was a horrible day! Called it quits on our two jobs early today due to heavy rains. We have the excavator and cat skiddster at a site where we are ironically digging a pond. We are about 2 feet down, so the rain was able to collect fast. Our other site, is a few more miles away and recieved the brunt of the storm system, dumping 3" of rain in a few hours. This site is at the lowest point in the county, on a golf course, where we are doing final grading. Being such a lowspot, the 3" of rain ended up as much more than that. The baby Deere might need some help, my new employee got lazy and when we quit, left it in what will eventually be guess what, another pond.

 

[JD4020]

I didnt get real close to take the pics, because I didnt want to swim. Here are the rest, Ill be up bright and early doing some recovering work. Hope the 4X4's are ready! At the smaller sight where its not as bad, I might be able to dig a drainage ditch and resume work.

 

[JD4020]

I just noticed the drop af water hitting in that very last pic, to the left of the cab.

 

[JD4020]

Well about 4-5 hours after the rain quit, I called some of the guys to go and take a look with me, we had 6 trucks, and even though (dont ask me how) all the water drained away from the Baby Deere we werent going to attempt ANYTHING. As you can see in the pic, shes buried over the tracks on one side. Their calling for more rain over night. The other 3 pieces at the same sight, (big dozer, bobcat, and grader) were on more solid ground and should be able to come out on their own power. Well have to give the Baby Deere some help with another Deere though.

 

[Lashlander]

Nice Dios. Keep us posted on your flooding. Looks like you have some cleanup to do.

 

[JD4020]

Well today has been a much nicer day, a brief shower in the morning, and after that nothing but HEAVY wind. We took a backhoe to the Baby Deere and dug her out, then we pulled it out with the backhoe, (godd thing its 4x4) We pushed it up onto a trailer to be towed back to the shop. There are pics from the Baby Deere, stuck and at the shop, along with pics of the Babcat that was flooded.

 

[JD4020]

More pics.

 

[JD4020]

The Bobcat. And some of a foundation we are digging.

 

[JD4020]

More foundation.

 

[stretch]

whoooa...that's a nice Pete! Good luck with the baby Deere, we've had a few of those problems too.

 

[JD4020]

Thanks, Ill get a shot of the other petes next week. I have a side dump, belly dumps, and one more straight dump. My main mechanic said the Bobcat just needs to dry out and it will be fine. All the systems in the Baby Deere were drained, flushed, and refilled, wont try to start it till next week till it too has time to dry out.

 

[dayexco]

please tell me you're 7-10 yrs old

 

[bear]

Heck Dayexco I'm 28 and you should see the jobs me and my nephews do. We had a nice footer job last week!

 

[JD4020]

please tell me you're 7-10 yrs old

Ok, Im 7-10.

But if you want me to be truthful, Il be 17 in August, school got out on tuesday, and Im bored, so this is how I can kill some time!

 

[Bellboy]

JD4020: Is you JD 310SE and other kit in 1:87, or is it 1:64? If 1:87, where can i get one???? I am desperate for some JD 1:87.

 

[Cat is ALL]

hahaha I cannot see myself ever doing that I prefer the real thing but let him have his fun haha

 

[JD4020]

JD4020: Is you JD 310SE and other kit in 1:87, or is it 1:64? If 1:87, where can i get one???? I am desperate for some JD 1:87.

The one in the pic is 1:50th. However, ertl dos make one in 1:87. go to 3000toys.com and look for 1:87 deere stuff. And for the backhoe, try zycon models, I cant remember th site name, google zycon models.