Pictures of my work

[Dirtman2007]

Here's a few more mud pictures

Just put the volvo in the lower section


daewoo in the uppser section. Some Spoiled rich kids threw some bricks through my windows


on the mats digging a drain ditch

Here is my new toy! Komatsu track off road dump truck

 

[Dirtman2007]

Please enjoy these few pictures. While filming the inside of the track truck and showing what everything did I managed to drop my camera as I can't mulitask and drive the truck too.

Were not going to finish while were up here anyways so I will have a new camera when i return!

Here's what we got. I'm on the daewoo and the bossmans on the volvo pushing the mud under the bridge.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWlOWQk1enA

few pictures before the camera crapped out

Here I am laying the mats down

 

[Dirtman2007]

 

[solar140]

Nice pictures Chris, what a bummer about dropping the camera :cussing :Banghead Looks like a good job and that tracked dumper is a nice piece of kit. I used a track dumper on a job a few years back
Now you see why I have guards to go over my windows, stops the stupid kids smashing them

 

[Dirtman2007]

Now you see why I have guards to go over my windows, stops the stupid kids smashing them

:thumbdown

Ha ha

I tell you if had seen it happen well.... we'll leave that alone:guns

I just understand things like that, there was plenty of old glass bottles they could have smashed from a trash pile on the powerlines, but NO... They had to throw a god dang brick through my two side windows and send a million little glass jiblets all over the cab. It really suck slicing your finger on one of those glass slivers.

Track truck was fun to drive for about an hour!

 

[solar140]

Yeah I'm with you there, let me catch anyone trying to smash something up :cussing
It's the same over here, you can't leave anything without some dumbass kids wanting to come along and smash it up :beatsme
Don't be without a camera for too long

 

[[-Agent-]]

rig up a camera in the cab with a live feed.

 

[Dirtman2007]

Yeah I'm with you there, let me catch anyone trying to smash something up :cussing
It's the same over here, you can't leave anything without some dumbass kids wanting to come along and smash it up :beatsme
Don't be without a camera for too long

I can't complain too much it's only the second time it has happened in 11 years. I'm just glad they did not bust them all out. Those two window glasses cost enough

I've already got a new camera! More pics on monday

 

[Eddiebackblade]

Nice Pics.

Just found this thread and have really enjoyed your pics Dirtman.
I have worked on many pool and restoration jobs here in the UK, and can really appreciate the work you do and the challenges faced.

You have certainly got most angles covered there, with some decent timber mats under you and a tracked dumper to assist.

I spent 4 months on a Yanmar C80 tracked dumper during a large pool construction, and the machine saved the job.
Nothing else would run on the ground loaded, and it would easily outperform a D5 lpg for traction even loaded!!

You run a nice range of machines and all appear well equipped for the job, this must certainly help maintain your workload and reputation.

We don,t get to play with thumbs on machines in the UK, but they certainly seem a useful addition.
I always opt for a tilting bucket where possible, as the time saved and finish achieved is considerably better than continually repositioning the machine.

I drove a Cat 320B for 2 years, and had it sent away on a self drive rental one morning. It,s temporary replacement was a new 210B Volvo.
The difference was noticeable in terms of actual Dumptruck loading performance, but the Volvo more than made up for that in fuel economy and ease of control.
If i was to buy for myself, the economy of the Volvo would be a big factor.
Never used a Daewoo, only rescued one (sorry Solar140!) but hear only good about them.
I,m starting a pool clearance in a weeks time with a Cat 312c and tracked dumper, and will try to post a few return pics.

Thanks again

 

[Dirtman2007]

Thanks, We... or maybe I should say I try to keep things looking good. I just don't like sitting in or runing a machine that looks like an monkey was in it.

Like you said we always try to have the right or get the right equipment for the job, nothings worse than trying to use something that in not fit for the task at hand.

Keep tuned... it's going to be a busy summer!
Mud, mud and more mud. YEE -YAW:Cowboy

 

[Dirtman2007]

Time to bring all the equipment back home!

 

[Dirtman2007]

 

[coopers]

Nice tractor pulling those excavators!!

 

[Dirtman2007]

My new mud holes to play in for the next week or so. I have 3 silt ponds that need to be dredged and reconstructed into a wetlands area where water plants will be planted.

Well it rained last night and I'm out on the track of the volvo trying to open up the valve and drain the pond down.





Pond is drained and I dug a trench and built a berm along the edge hole hold back the slop.

 

[coopers]

I love your pics...it looks like you get A LOT of pond related work. Very cool.

Keep 'em coming!

 

[[-Agent-]]

A LOT of pond related work.

I think that is what his company does.

 

[Dirtman2007]

I think that is what his company does.

We do just about everything, demo, clearing, burning, basements... and yes pond work seems to be more often!

Here's a few pictures from today


My new task is dredging out 3 silt ponds and reconstructing them into an engineered designed wetland areas. Way too many diagrams/ elevation lines to look at all day, so I just copied the main one and that’s good enough for me!

here's the print



All the 500 yrds of mud is removed and piled into the side of the hill.



Time to start building all those little steps. everything had to be within a 1/10th of an inch.

 

[JD4020]

Time to start building all those little steps. everything had to be within a 1/10th of an inch.

Thats the only thing keeping me from entering that kind of work, too much schooling I assume to learn grades.

 

[humboldt deere]

Thats the only thing keeping me from entering that kind of work, too much schooling I assume to learn grades.

Pay attention in high school and you'll understand fractions. Applying that knowledge to meet strict grade requirements comes mostly from experience in the seat.

 

[RonG]

The steps are just contour lines representing the grade at any given point.The actual surface of the ground will be smooth.The closer the lines are together the steeper the grade will be.The farther apart they are the shallower the grade will be.Each line appears to be one foot change in elevation which is a common number on a topo map.Ron G