37 tons of gravel
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Bobcat got here at 9am greeted by light rain of course! The rain would stop off and on throughout the day.No pictures yet Doug. ? I’m a waitin. Hehe. Big job for sure.Hopefully the weather cooperated.
Noel
I waited about a half hour so I wouldn't be in his way. Took him 1 hr. 15 min. to do his part. I started around the shop while he was doing the front half.
Decided to take the MF8E out and back drag all the edges.
Edges all drug back.
Took the 1450 back out for more finishing. No pictures there as the rain was getting more persistant. Wind picked up and started hearing thunder with harder rain so at 2:30 it was good enough.
15 minutes after the tractors were back in the shop the rain cut loose.
3 tenths of an inch so far. Storms are brief but still raining off and on. Didn't put any vehicles back on the gravel. Figured it all getting soaked wouldn't hurt.
When I'm working the blade hard on the MF8E, the power steering pump that is the hydro pump will puke some oil out of the cap vent. Just notices a while ago that my boots don't match any more.
Both tractors did the jobs fine but will post a couple issues with the MF1450 in it's build thread.
DAC
I did watch your video back when you posted it, Larry! You had quite an adventure! Turned out great!
DAC
Thanks Doug. Looks great. The rain will settle it for sure. Don’t have to be done all in one day. Take your time.
South Dakota seems to love a lot of axles on their trucks, wish I had pictures of the Morris company's double semi dumps from out there, looks like a centipede going down the road.
I think we passed that truck on the way home. lol. actually we passed quite a few of them on the way home.
Multiple axles helps on the roads and bridges.
Yeah, South Dakota has some complex axle weight rules for trucks. Just about every road has different axle weight limits. Sure don't seem like it helps the roads and bridges though. When the road and bridge damage subject comes up politically, the public is always blamed for not paying enough taxes to maintain them.
Our final rain total from yesterday ended up at 0.4" Traill95.
DAC
Our final rain total from yesterday ended up at 0.4" Traill95.
DAC
My wife is sick so I had to do some inside chores today. Her 'weekend" starts on Sunday then that happens. Later afternoon I did get outside and arrange vehicles back onto the gravel. Beautiful day out there too!
Left the camper on the '72 for now. Brought the trailer up in front of the shop to start throwing junk metal on it to haul to the scrap yard soon.
The MF1450 is relieving itself on some cardboard after working so hard yesterday.
Then I went to put the snow skid back on the MF8E and discovered a minor injury!
The welded on skid nut on the right end of the blade got broken off during the gravel work. Think I will just cut the other one off and use bolts to put it back on. Won't ever use those disk skids again anyway.
DAC
Left the camper on the '72 for now. Brought the trailer up in front of the shop to start throwing junk metal on it to haul to the scrap yard soon.
The MF1450 is relieving itself on some cardboard after working so hard yesterday.
Then I went to put the snow skid back on the MF8E and discovered a minor injury!
The welded on skid nut on the right end of the blade got broken off during the gravel work. Think I will just cut the other one off and use bolts to put it back on. Won't ever use those disk skids again anyway.
DAC
Had enough time to repair the gravel damage to the skid mount on the MF8E tonight after work. Cut the right hand welded nut off and rounded up some longer 1/2" bolts. Put some anti-seize on them and tightened it up. Ready for snow removal if needed now.
DAC
DAC