Dirt Diggers spring/summer/fall picture thread

[Dirt Digger2]

well im going through the computer here ans found some pictures to get all of you guys in the mood for spring and summer...so i figured i would post what i have

i'll try and keep posting throughout the summer with trucking/farming/excavating pictures so stay tuned

this toy has since been sold but she sure was fun

[Dirt Digger2]

heres a few from the farm, moving equipment, and the ex with the yearlings

[YellowDogSVC]

that's some good looking country. what year is the ford? I had a '49 and '51 8n

[Dirt Digger2]

lets see what else we got here....

our boat/jeep/shore house

buddies 250

me pushing over a tree with the little loader (yes it pushed it over)

[Raven386]

nice boat....

[Dirt Digger2]

the ford was a '53 i believe...or whatever the last year they made the 8N according to the serial # that was on it

thanks Raven...shes a 21' Sea Pro...gets the job done when i need a little R&R...too bad i hardly ever see her on the weekends, i'm always working at home...my dad uses it a lot more then i do

[All_Toro_4ME]

awesome pics

[BIGBEN2004]

I can't wait for the smell of fresh cut hay. And a little dust would be nice, better than all this mud.

[Raven386]

well atleast your have a "Shore House" to keep it at! :hammerhead::dizzy:

[Dirt Digger2]

heres a real nice shot of the 4020

heres what my tractor i hope will look like after i paint it...this is my buddies uncles tractor (that he never uses :dizzy:)

our most valuable hay field we lease

and the corn field that another farmers does

[Raven386]

that last picture is really nice, its a really good shot of the field...

[Dirt Digger2]

guess i'll put some blue in here too...piece of junk (the tractor and whats in the loader)

[RockSet N' Grade]

DirtDigger....that is nice country. That's a good lifestyle for sure. Hope you guys do good this year on your hay......prices have gone up 30-40% here this year and the farmers are still gettin' hurt because fertilizer has doubled. Keep 'em coming, and yea, I miss the smell of fresh cut hay also or standing in the middle of a corn field and listening to the corn pop and crackle as it grows.......

[Dirt Digger2]

well the next big picture day is when we will be chisel plowing and disking all our fields...should be around mid April if the weather lets us...my 886 will be hooked to the chisel and the 4020 will have a 12' disk and 12' culti-packer behind it...hopefully we can knock it all out in one day if we start around 5am and run 13 or 14 hours but those will most likely be the next picture sets (unless i get down to the construction expo on Thursday)....we got our soil tests back and its looking like our big hay field needs to be fertilized bad :cry:....which sucks, but you gotta spend money to make money

[Dirt Digger2]

last ones for now...when i can only make it home from school to work on weekends we really have to work around the clock to get everything done...by the time summer break for me rolls around its time to plant and the tillage and sh*t spreading has to already be done

we worked until about mid-night this night finishing up the barn/stable/pile clean-up

thats me on the loader and my buddy on the 4020


and the last one is from this past fall...we use what we got, we were harvesting the corn maze that we planted for a restaurant owner in town, that is a real good job $$$...that we landed again for this year

[YellowDogSVC]

I guess you don't have much time for t.v. or sleep!

[Dirt Digger2]

not at home i don't...i have too much time on my hands when i am at school...but during the summer i am lucky if i eat dinner at home 2 days a week...usually on Sunday night i eat at home and then watch the Simpson's...haha, but I'll usually work 6:30am-4:30pm for the excavating company, then go to the farm and work 5pm-9pm...then roll into town and get some fast food for dinner...its tough sometimes until the paycheck comes in

[Fieldman12]

Dirtdigger2, I like the pics. What number is the New Holland tractor? I have a TN70 that I have had good luck out of.

[Dirt Digger2]

i'm not real sure...its a TN something i believe, its a guy down the roads tractor that does some field mowing with it. He has had more problems with that tractor then you could ever imagine. axle seals, 4x4 linkages, the wheel fell off once...just one thing after another...he takes good care of it to so its not neglect. I feel bad for him because he can't afford a whole lot and whenever you think hes making a few bucks he has to dish out $1500 for a repair.

i dont like NH tractors, seems they are always in the shop. A farm down the road demo-ed a bigger tractor and in the 2 week demo the service tech had to come out twice! to fix a problem. new holland hay equipment on the other hand can't be beat

[kreft]

Sticking with the times up there, huh.

[bobcat_ron]

Ah, the simple life sure looks fun......but expensive.

[deere615]

Nice pics, especially you pushing over the tree. Nice truck too.

[Fieldman12]

Hmm, they ar ebasically the same tractors as the Case IH tractors anymore. People seem to have good luck with them in these parts.

[Dirt Digger2]

Sticking with the times up there, huh.

yea man...that old corn picker is my buddies uncles...this thing is scary to get near, he won't let us run it and quite honestly i wouldn't want to. We were searching for a combine to buy for a few thousand bucks this winter but decided instead to turn 2 new fields we just picked up into hay instead of corn

bobcat_ron...it can get expensive, especially when everything always seems to break at the worst times ($800 for a part for our kicker baler last year during 1st cutting...the extra time for the part to come in let rain get on the hay and ruined it :hammerhead:) but those are the joys of not being married, i can spend my money on diesel and equipment rather then flowers and jewelry :drinkup:

[DBL]

always having fun...

[ksss]

always having fun...



I wish I had some hay ground here. It has been the perfect storm for guys that put up hay. Tight supplies from a hard Winter and not a great hay crop have pushed prices to $200 a ton if you can find it. Next year I am going to bale up my front yard.:weightlifter:

[DBL]

I wish I had some hay ground here. It has been the perfect storm for guys that put up hay. Tight supplies from a hard Winter and not a great hay crop have pushed prices to $200 a ton if you can find it. Next year I am going to bale up my front yard.:weightlifter:

they should have a good year this year too. a new tractor and a season under their belts

[Dirt Digger2]

might have an even better year Tom...i'm waiting to hear back from Highland Orchards on whether we can lease all their hay ground in return for 10% of our crop...or something like that...if we get all those fields we might be busier then we can handle in the weekends and evenings so we might have to bale some for just mulch hay so we don't have to worry about getting it off the ground before rain...hopefully i will be getting that call later today or tomorrow

[DBL]

so did you get it?

[LindblomRJ]

Nice pictures there Dirt digger.

Haying, that is fun. Haven't done any in 8 years now.

[cat2]

Love the 4020

[Dirt Digger2]

working the little truck dragging logs to block off openings in our fields that the power line guys opened up when they cut trees down

[Dirt Digger2]

the river right behind the field

[DBL]

are you guys having problems with people running through the fields? the brandywine got pretty high too

[deere615]

probably kids on atvs:hammerhead: lol, is that normal hieght for that river or have you had alot of rain?

[Dirt Digger2]

are you guys having problems with people running through the fields? the brandywine got pretty high too

every now and then Tom...luckily we have never really had anyone go in there and wreck it, we will see tracks in the summer when its dry from people going in and spinning tires but doing no real damage. But i did that last saturday when it hammered down rain, if someone would have gotten in there that night they could have done a lot of damage to those fields

[DBL]

probably kids on atvs:hammerhead: lol, is that normal hieght for that river or have you had alot of rain?

we got a good bit of rain that weekend

[Dirt Digger2]

we got a good bit of rain that weekend

tom, the guy from highland orchards and i have been playing phone tag the last 2 weeks, i was on vacation last week so i dont know yet if we have the fields, he is in the office tomorrow so i will know then

would you guys, or would you know anyone, interested in starting a hay or mulch hay contract for this summer? we are looking to sell our hay this year before we bale it, that way we don't have to store it

im going to call agway, ACE, and other stores of that type tomorrow as soon as i know if we have the extra land or not...i would love to sell them 1000 bales per cutting and get it out of our site and into our wallets

[Dirt Digger2]

our little gravity wagon and more log moving pictures

[Dirt Digger2]

spreading 1 giant pile of sh*t

[KrayzKajun]

great pix!!

[cat2]

If you think that manure pile is big you should see mine

[Dirt Digger2]

If you think that manure pile is big you should see mine

for 2 horses i would say thats pretty big...haha, i dont really like spreading, way to repetitive for me...like driving on-site dump truck, boring

[cat2]

2 horses well that explains alot I'll have to get a pic of my piles

[Dirt Digger2]

alright heres some more...went home this weekend and disced/hauled equipment...

[Dirt Digger2]

..and after i hauled that trackloader on sunday my boss asked if i would skip classes today (monday) and push some dirt...so it was a tough call between sitting in a class room or a machine, but i think i made the right choice

[Dirt Digger2]

heres some overall shots of the job my bosses wife took and emailed to me...i'm running the hoe...all the major dirt work was done, we were just spreading topsoil today

[Construct'O]

Looks to be a lot dryer on your job then here.What was you building there and why the topsoil?

Thanks for sharing the pictures!!!!:usflag:

[Dirt Digger2]

thats a riding ring for a guy that trains carriage horses...where the last pictures were taken it is on top of a 16 foot cut, then the opposite side is a 14.5 foot fill...6240 cubic yards of dirt had to be moved...we are spreading the topsoil because the guy just wants grass to be planted there...if he needs screenings or some type of harder surface later we will go in and do that, he just wanted to save some money

[BIGBEN2004]

thats a riding ring for a guy that trains carriage horses...where the last pictures were taken it is on top of a 16 foot cut, then the opposite side is a 14.5 foot fill...6240 cubic yards of dirt had to be moved...we are spreading the topsoil because the guy just wants grass to be planted there...if he needs screenings or some type of harder surface later we will go in and do that, he just wanted to save some money

Save money?...... I love when they say that on a job that big. Hell they just spent a fortune, why not spend some more.:laugh:
Looks like another job where the Track Loader was a handy helper on site.......

[Dirt Digger2]

the guy wanted to put those pavers that grass grows up through...those would have cost him an additional $100,000....i can see why he just went with regular grass.


oh yea...trackloader saves the day again

[Dirt Digger2]

heres the job where i delivered the trackloader on sunday...ripping up all the old blacktop...lets see a wheel loader do that:laugh:

[Dirt Digger2]

if any of you are into antique tractors

[air2bmc]

Awesome pictures keep up the good work

[BIGBEN2004]

Good old plow day. Those are fun to do and watch. I love watching teams of horses go at it on plow day.

[Fieldman12]

I love the old antique tractors. I have been wanting to get into one of these plowing contest. I would like to take my old MF 255 out and see what it would do with the 3-bottom against some of these other tractors. It turns 32 years old this year. It is the same age as me. :)

[Dirt Digger2]

ok i messed with you tube and couldn't get it so i now have a photobucket account....lets see if this video works

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming/th_4-12-08031.jpg (http://s288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming/?action=view&current=4-12-08031.flv)

[Dirt Digger2]

awesome it worked...also found this picture i thought was cool looking...this was firing up the truck and hoe to warm them up at 5am in January


i go back to work on May 12 and i am planning to paint the tractor that week if the weather allows me...so stay tuned for more pictures!

[Fieldman12]

I like the pics dirt digger. I got to ride some in the new Cat the other day before dark. What a beast!

[RockSet N' Grade]

DirtDigger.....I saw a trackhoe in a yard the other day.......it was painted as a giraffe. You gonna get creative with the paint? Wish I had the time to stop and take pictures - I still chuckle on that one.

[Dirt Digger2]

DirtDigger.....I saw a trackhoe in a yard the other day.......it was painted as a giraffe. You gonna get creative with the paint? Wish I had the time to stop and take pictures - I still chuckle on that one.

haha no, i am going to stay with the normal colors on it. I am pretty excited, i really hope it makes it look good

[Dirt Digger2]

heres that video for those of you that want to take a look...i moved the folder it was in and that changed something on here

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming%20Vidoes/th_4-12-08031.jpg (http://s288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming%20Vidoes/?action=view&current=4-12-08031.flv)

[machineaholic]

You know what really nice a ford 8N with a industrial deerborn loader, the heaviest duty one ive ever seen. with power steering. auctully im tryin 2 sell it because i got a case 95xt skidsteer.

[LindblomRJ]

heres that video for those of you that want to take a look...i moved the folder it was in and that changed something on here

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming%20Vidoes/th_4-12-08031.jpg (http://s288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming%20Vidoes/?action=view&current=4-12-08031.flv)

Love the sound of those old diesels. Almost musical.

[Dirt Digger2]

Love the sound of those old diesels. Almost musical.

yea they are both fairly loud, the 4020 has a straight stack with no muffler and the IH has a straight stack right off the turbo, no muffler....they both sound very nice, the Deere is a little more throaty and the IH sounds a little more like an old truck

[LindblomRJ]

yea they are both fairly loud, the 4020 has a straight stack with no muffler and the IH has a straight stack right off the turbo, no muffler....they both sound very nice, the Deere is a little more throaty and the IH sounds a little more like an old truck

Ran an old cat #12 grader with no muffler... That was a sweet sound too. Was better when you lugged it too.

[machineaholic]

What do you guys think a fair price for a Ford 8N with an industrial loader and power steering be? I just recently Did alot of rear end and clutch work 2 it. I'm asking $4800 do you guys think that is about right? I will include a link to the video of the tractor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6W1tZli5uY

[Dirt Digger2]

4800 seems fair...i sold mine (the exact one in the pictures, new tires and all for 2400)

at the same time though you could spend a little more and get a better tractor, i couldn't imagine having to do loader work on an 8N....it would make for a very miserable day

[LindblomRJ]

What do you guys think a fair price for a Ford 8N with an industrial loader and power steering be? I just recently Did alot of rear end and clutch work 2 it. I'm asking $4800 do you guys think that is about right? I will include a link to the video of the tractor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6W1tZli5uY
A year ago a local dealer had an 8N with quite a bit of engine work done to it I don't think it had a loader but the asking price was $3800.

If I was to own a 8N I would not want a loader on it. I think I would go with Ford 2000 or something along those lines.

[machineaholic]

4800 seems fair...i sold mine (the exact one in the pictures, new tires and all for 2400)

at the same time though you could spend a little more and get a better tractor, i couldn't imagine having to do loader work on an 8N....it would make for a very miserable day

Yea moving a load of dirt with an 8N is not really that fun, it takes the better part of the day and is hard on the tractor. I have actually had a few local guys com over and look at it and they were looking at using around their house and in the garden, so i guess that wouldn't be to bad doing that little bit of work with it. I just recently bought a case 95xt though and I'm sorry i didn't get a skid steer sooner. Its ridiculous how much more work a skid steer can do without all of the work on the machine. According to the manual for ford for every 10 hours of operation you should expect to do 1 hour of work to the machine. That is pretty major when it takes you 3 days 2 do a job and you have 3 hrs of down time during that time.

[Dirt Digger2]

the good thing about those 8N's is they are extremely easy to work on. I did a complete Valve job on mine in a few hours, rebuilt the governor, rebuilt the carb, and a few other small things....the worst part with those tractors is draining all the fuel to take the hood off...i couldn't imagine having to do that with that loader in the way

[machineaholic]

yea, you cant do that with the loader in the way. you have to take the loader off, which isnt that hard to do just time consuming. well if you don't have another machine to lift the loader off it is hard and you better have a big tree. The loader make all of the little things hard to get at but it can still be done.

[Fieldman12]

An 8n is a good tractor for someone that has a mini farm that does not want to spend much money. They was never intended to be a serious tractor of any kind. I think probably with the loader it would be worth around $4,000.00. Only thing is for not much more money you can get a whole lot more loader tractor.

[Dirt Digger2]

well finally back at work....have been in a truck everyday but heres a few pictures

driving the narrow roads in the 10wheeler, loading fill with the loader, and the quarry

[Dirt Digger2]

then today we convoyed down the the poo plant to dump

theres a picture of the good stuff in here too..haha

and the trash transfer right next to the sewage plant

[bobcat_ron]

That's quite the big quarry there!

[Dirt Digger2]

and heres my tractors new paint!! and some other pictures around the farm

[Dirt Digger2]

That's quite the big quarry there!

yea it sucks because i dont know where any of the stockpiles are...so i either have to ask or drive around...it's a Hanson Quarry and that picture isn't even the half of it

[deere615]

Nice pics, that tractor looks nice all painted

[AWJ Services]

Take some black paint and dilute it down and wipe the tires with it.It will make them look new as well.
My neighbor paints alot of tractors in his Body Shop.

Awesome pics.

[Dirt Digger2]

heres more...

hauling the backhoe

and the one guy at work decided it would be funny to let the air out of one of my tires on a friday afternoon....so i took it off the truck, sprayed it with soap water looking for the leak until i called him thinking it might have been him (i almost took the tire off the rim to check for a nail)....well paybacks a b*tch...what made it funnier was he not only had to search for the floor jack i hid in the shop but it was raining when he took it down

[Dirt Digger2]

heres the muck hole i was in today cleaning out a guys pond

[bobcat_ron]

That is a nice set up, and I ain't much of a fan of TLB/Truck combo's, but I will admit I like it!

[BIGBEN2004]

Oh I see you got that rain today too. I was hoping to move some dirt but I woke up a 5:00 this morning and seen just like your pictures big rain drops so I made some phone calls and went out to the shop to start tinkering.

[Dirt Digger2]

Oh I see you got that rain today too. I was hoping to move some dirt but I woke up a 5:00 this morning and seen just like your pictures big rain drops so I made some phone calls and went out to the shop to start tinkering.

yea it rained off and on today and when i got to this job the sky opened...i had to take a backhoe to another job in the morning then got back to the shop and serviced this one...then at 1 they sent me to this job because it could be done rain or shine....the guy is going to spread the black gold with his own little loader tractor so all i had to do was dig out the silt that accumulates around the inlet of the pond....its a different experience not being able to see your bucket and just having to guess where you are digging...i dont know how clam shell dredges do it

getting back out was difficult to...the pond is at the bottom of a hill and the hoe really didn't want to get up the rain slick hill

[Dirt Digger2]

That is a nice set up, and I ain't much of a fan of TLB/Truck combo's, but I will admit I like it!

yea she is a good rig...i just have to get the radio speakers working:hammerhead:

that muffler tip is all dented too because the narrow road around here are not very forgiving when i have to pass another truck and theres tree limbs and bushes right on the side of the road...i hear the clanging and just hope it doesn't get ripped off

[Dirt Digger2]

heres a 6 point velvet buck in my back yard and my buddies old restored M

[Dirt Digger2]

and a small dozer job i did yesterday morning

[coopers]

Love the pics!!!

[GradeMan]

Love spending time in the farm...
Wish I could make a living doing that...

[BIGBEN2004]

What part of PA are you at? I live just south of the Mason Dixon line in Maryland. I like shoping up in PA it is allot quieter. I go to the Wally world in Waynesboro. It is so much more laid back in that town.

[Dirt Digger2]

What part of PA are you at? I live just south of the Mason Dixon line in Maryland. I like shoping up in PA it is allot quieter. I go to the Wally world in Waynesboro. It is so much more laid back in that town.

unionville/oxford area...just north of the line

[Dirt Digger2]

heres a job i was on friday....pulling oak logs off an area where a sand mound is going..which means i couldn't drive over the area

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming/5-23-08001.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming/5-23-08002.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming/5-23-08003.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming/5-23-08004.jpg

and my tractor today raking hay

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming/5-26-08001.jpg

[Dirt Digger2]

and here are two crumby videos...the first is trying to wrangle the logs with the hoe an move them to a spot where i could hook a chain to them and pull them out

the second is baling hay

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming%20Vidoes/th_5-23-08005.jpg (http://s288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming%20Vidoes/?action=view&current=5-23-08005.flv)

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming%20Vidoes/th_5-26-08002.jpg (http://s288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming%20Vidoes/?action=view&current=5-26-08002.flv)

[bobcat_ron]

You are indeed a brave man to operate all them sticks on that there back-hoe!

[AWJ Services]

There is something about doing a job with a Farm tractor that excites me.

Skid steers are for people who can't run a Tractor properly.:)

[Dirt Digger2]

There is something about doing a job with a Farm tractor that excites me.



until you get the fuel bill...haha, we had the rake hooked to the restored M and it was doing fine until it ran out of gas and there was only 1 gallon left in a can on the entire farm:confused:....so i hooked the 886 to the rake and finished...overkill maybe, but atleast i had the radio...we will be doing a little tillage this week and dropping about 20 acres of hay Wed. assuming the weather holds

[BIGBEN2004]

until you get the fuel bill...haha, we had the rake hooked to the restored M and it was doing fine until it ran out of gas and there was only 1 gallon left in a can on the entire farm:confused:....so i hooked the 886 to the rake and finished...overkill maybe, but atleast i had the radio...we will be doing a little tillage this week and dropping about 20 acres of hay Wed. assuming the weather holds

One time I was raking some Timothy with the old roll bar rake with the only tractor not being used at the time and it was a John Deere 4555 4x4. I thought I looked a little stupid out their also with a 155 Hp. pulling a small rake.

[coopers]

Um, that backhoe is getting dirty, especially around the top of the hoe.... :)

[Dirt Digger2]

still looks good for 3500 hours on her though

[RockSet N' Grade]

I envy you working hay........I love that. The smell, the feel.......One of the things I love even more is to stand out in the middle of a corn field, and if it is quiet, you can actually hear the corn grow!......and no, I don't do drugs!

[Dirt Digger2]

some old graders i found at a yard where i was hauling busted up concrete into

then digging up/breaking and replacing and old poo tank with a new traffic rated tank...these babies are big bucks...this 1000 gallon tank weighed in around 22,000lbs

[LindblomRJ]

I have spend some time running an old Cat number 12 I think they were a bit older than the ones in your pictures.

Started with a pony engine - gas engine to start the main diesel.

[Dirt Digger2]

heres a small job i did with the Tak. I don't like these jobs, too much concentration...there was a concrete pad on the left i wasn't allowed to touch and a cliff on the right....the pad had a 4 foot drop off the back side so i had to build it all up with 2A modified...needless to say my downhill track kept pushing out the bank which caused me to lean downhill more then i cared to

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/6-8-08001.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/6-8-08002.jpg

[Dirt Digger2]

then heres some pictures of late corn that we got in the ground today

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/6-8-08003.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/6-8-08004.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/6-8-08013.jpg

[Dirt Digger2]

then a few redheads lying around the farm...i dont know how they only farmed with these tractors back in the day

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/6-8-08008.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/6-8-08009.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/6-8-08010.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/6-8-08011.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/6-8-08012.jpg

[Dirt Digger2]

and a little vid. of some oil burning

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming%20Vidoes/th_6-8-08014.jpg (http://s288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming%20Vidoes/?action=view&current=6-8-08014.flv)

[bobcat_ron]

So that's where JCB got their idea for the single arm on their skid steers! http://deephousepage.com/smilies/eusa_dance.gif

[Dirt Digger2]

haven't been taking many pictures at work lately...i have been in a truck nearly everyday as of lately...which gets kind of boring....this week might be different, who knows..but the camera is always in the lunch bucket in case something comes up

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/6-15-08001edit.jpg
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[Dirt Digger2]

a unique load i had the pleasure of hauling last week...at least nobody tailgated me on the drive

and my finger when it gets crushed between a tractor and a breaker bar after the socket slipped off the nut i was trying to loosen

[Dirt Digger2]

here are a few of the drip system i have been on the last week...the green pipes are tempoary until we get it backfilled, and more risers go on the tank on the front and rear compartments, the middle compartment is the aeretor, the control panel is for the pump, 4 float switches, and the hydraulic unit in the green box

tomorrow i have to finish piping all the manifolds up and finish the wiring

today i got the D-line dug and piped

i'll be happy when this job is over

[bobcat_ron]

All that technology just so a person can take a nice big dump in the morning.

[Dirt Digger2]

got everything piped and wired yesterday...did my pressure checks today...now all that needs to be done is backfilling

[Junior M]

nice pics but i got one question what is with all the controls for the backhoe part of the actual backhoe?

it looks pretty new so figured it would have the regular two sticks but if you look in the pics you can see all four sticks

[Dirt Digger2]

the backhoe is a 2002 or 2003 with 3500 hours on her...it has 3 stick controls technically it is 4 stick(bucket, dipper,boom, extenda-hoe) and two foot pedals to move the boom back and forth

i love these style controls over pilot or wobble sticks, for me they dig a lot faster and are much more responsive/accurate then the pilots (until you hit a well line like i did today)...take a look at the crummy video i have posted and you will get a rough idea

[Junior M]

the backhoe is a 2002 or 2003 with 3500 hours on her...it has 3 stick controls technically it is 4 stick(bucket, dipper,boom, extenda-hoe) and two foot pedals to move the boom back and forth

i love these style controls over pilot or wobble sticks, for me they dig a lot faster and are much more responsive/accurate then the pilots (until you hit a well line like i did today)...take a look at the crummy video i have posted and you will get a rough idea

wait what your saying that it has a foot pedal to move the boom left and right? instead of it being on your sticks?

you talk about responsiveness and i know a guy that is good i mean really good.... i dont even know how to explain how good this man is.... the only way i know how to explain how good he is is to say that John deere specially makes backhoes to his specifications. if something goes wrong or breaks on that backhoe that isnt suppose to john deere will send someone out here free of charge to figure out what went wrong with it..... but the only thing that they have changed on his backhoe so far, that i know of, is they put more hydraulic flow to the backhoe so it doesnt have as much power on the front bucket but the controls on the back are alot quicker to respond...

but i have seen this man dig an eight foot deep deepend on a pool and he will dig the whole thing and get off and check it with the lazer and be off half an inch.. you would have to see him run his equipment to see how good he is...

[NateV]

nice pics but i got one question what is with all the controls for the backhoe part of the actual backhoe?

it looks pretty new so figured it would have the regular two sticks but if you look in the pics you can see all four sticks

Yep those are the Case 4 sticks. There’s 2 foot pedals to move left and right. One for each direction. These controls takes some time to get used to especially with feathering the controls but once you get the hang of it you will never want to go back to wobble sticks. My dad ran 4 sticks for over 30 years and that’s all he ever got in his backhoes. But the M we just got he decided to get pilots and boy was that a mistake. There is no feel to them what so ever and my dad looked like a fish out of water when we first got it. He only got them because he thought it would be just like the excavator but its completely different. I first learned on 4 sticks when i started on our L and didn’t like them at first but now i miss them even though i didn’t really run them that much.

[Dirt Digger2]

they make you feel like you are actually doing something then just yanking levers...not everyone can just hop in one and know how to run it

jlm theres a lot of guys out there that can do that...my boss will go out and dig a pit that needs to be 18'x25' for example and 6 foot deep...he wont even take a tape measure and its done...i love working with the guy because i can learn so much just by watching, to tell you the truth i dont even mind laboring when he is the operator because he does so much with the machine that i dont have to with a shovel

[Dirt Digger2]

wait what your saying that it has a foot pedal to move the boom left and right? instead of it being on your sticks?



yes, foot pedals operate the swing and levers for everything else...the two little levers you see in my video are for the stabilizers and the "7th lever" is for the boom lock

[Junior M]

they make you feel like you are actually doing something then just yanking levers...not everyone can just hop in one and know how to run it

jlm theres a lot of guys out there that can do that...my boss will go out and dig a pit that needs to be 18'x25' for example and 6 foot deep...he wont even take a tape measure and its done...i love working with the guy because i can learn so much just by watching, to tell you the truth i dont even mind laboring when he is the operator because he does so much with the machine that i dont have to with a shovel
well he is the only one in my area that can do that.........

since i am only 14 i havent really ran alot of equipment but i have ran a mini excavator quite a bit and just from watching him dig a couple pools i have learned alot.....

and when i say he is good i mean he is digging pools you have to be with in a quarter of an inch or less....... and he can get that close with out getting off the machine but a time or two....... but like i said i havent been around this business along time but bout everyone I know has heard of him...........

[Junior M]

yes, foot pedals operate the swing and levers for everything else...the two little levers you see in my video are for the stabilizers and the "7th lever" is for the boom lock
man running that thing must have been pretty interesting the first couple times you ran it.........

but it must take alot of thought to run when you go from running a trackhoe to a backhoe.....

[J. Peterson Grading]

Guys

I like this kid. Not a know it all. Not talking crap.

JLM335.

I got your back.

J.

[Junior M]

Guys

I like this kid. Not a know it all. Not talking crap.

JLM335.

I got your back.

J.


thanks man!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:laugh:
:laugh:
:laugh::laugh:
:clapping:

[Dirt Digger2]

yea jlm i like you too...haha

i started running backhoe before anything else so i really didn't have anything to compare it too...then i ran our 15 ton trackhoe from there, maybe thats why i prefer 3 stick over pilot because that is what i learned on, for me according to my boss, i have "natural talent" so it really only took a few hours before i could grab the sticks without looking and remember what each one controlled, and i will spend the rest of my life perfecting it..haha

[Dirt Digger2]

finally got the drip system backfilled and graded off...now the landscapers can come in and rake and seed

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/6-28-08001.jpg
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then i started this job today, putting in a courtyard at the front of this house. Its about a 3 foot fill on the left and 1 foot cut on the right...relatively small job, i had a guy haul for me today but tomorrow i have to haul for myself and spread/roll the dirt...hopefully i will be out of there by monday...i am about half done now

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[Canon Landscaping]

Job we did last week installed storm water catch basins, sewer, water and parking lot.

[Lawn Enforcer]

These pics are awesome, keep 'em coming. You got a good life man, enjoy it!

[Canon Landscaping]

Job from 2 weeks ago

[minimax]

How many hours on the 322 and how is doing, I love mine.

minimax

[Dirt Digger2]

These pics are awesome, keep 'em coming. You got a good life man, enjoy it!

yea great life...shortest day this week was 10 hours...8 hours today on a Saturday and i have to be at the shop at 8am tomorrow (sunday)....i love the work but it really takes it out of you when you have to concentrate on getting proper grades...getting in a dozer and just pushing dirt on a big site is one thing, but zeroing in on proper grades and not hitting any utilities makes you want atleast one day a week to sleep in

[Canon Landscaping]

It has about 500 hrs great machine it is our 2nd one no problems just wish it had pilots.

[Dirt Digger2]

got some videos of loading a truck with our 955L and driving the truck on the nice "scenic roads" around here

not too bad for holding the camera with one hand and doing everything else with the other

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming%20Vidoes/th_6-29-08002.jpg (http://s288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming%20Vidoes/?action=view&current=6-29-08002.flv)

[Dirt Digger2]

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming%20Vidoes/th_6-29-08003.jpg (http://s288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming%20Vidoes/?action=view&current=6-29-08003.flv)

[bobcat_ron]

Does that loader have a decel pedal?

[Dirt Digger2]

Does that loader have a decel pedal?

nope...two steering pedals and the one in the middle is a brake...the paint is still on that one because it never gets used

[dozerman21]

I wear earplugs on every machine, mostly because I got started on our Case 855D. That machine is one loud SOB, especially when the ROPS start shakin'!:laugh: It sounds like that 955 might be the same way. By the way, the U-Shift has to go... I guess if you're used to it, it's like anything else. We've always opted for the straight shift.

[Dirt Digger2]

the 955 is a loud machine and so is our 943, anything more then loading trucks i stick foam in the ears

the 955 is a powershift machine, it is not hyrdostatic so that is why there is no V-patten shifter like you will have on your newer machines...its all the same the U pattern just takes an extra half second to shift over, its the same as our Case 550G dozer, just on a larger scale

we have this loader for sale is anyone is interested

[dozerman21]

the 955 is a loud machine and so is our 943, anything more then loading trucks i stick foam in the ears

the 955 is a powershift machine, it is not hyrdostatic so that is why there is no V-patten shifter like you will have on your newer machines...its all the same the U pattern just takes an extra half second to shift over, its the same as our Case 550G dozer, just on a larger scale

we have this loader for sale is anyone is interested


Yeah, I know. Our 855D is also a powershift and so are all of the 550's that I've ran... we just opted for the straight shift where you push the control up to go forward and pull back to reverse. After being used to those, whenever I ran a U-shift is just felt ackward. No big deal if you're used to it.

[Dirt Digger2]

powershift on the Case 550 dozers?

i just as well like to exercise my left wrist every now and again with the U-pattern because god knows my right wrist gets plenty of exercise now that i am home for the summer from college and theres no girls around...haha

[Dirt Digger2]

got this job wrapped up on thursday..on to a different job this week, the stone will be placed after the mason gets his wall finished across the front of the house...i believe we will be doing 6 inches of 3A modified and 2 inches of chips on top...the entire courtyard will be lined with 8" Belgian block, it should look nice when it is all completed

a little before/after for some comparison

the far right turned out to be a 1.5' cut so i had to take the whole bank down to meet it and the left was a 3' fill...20 loads of dirt i hauled in there

[Junior M]

looks good.....

did you cut it to grade with the track loader?

[Dirt Digger2]

everything there was done with that 943 trackloader...it looked a lot better before i put the chunky/sod filled topsoil back on, oh well

after Thursday i realized how nice a cab would have been...besides the fact of A/C and a radio the dust was horrible...i ended the day covered, when i stood in the shower you could see the dirt going down the drain

[bobcat_ron]

everything there was done with that 943 trackloader...it looked a lot better before i put the chunky/sod filled topsoil back on, oh well

after Thursday i realized how nice a cab would have been...besides the fact of A/C and a radio the dust was horrible...i ended the day covered, when i stood in the shower you could see the dirt going down the drain

Better dirt than money.

[Dirt Digger2]

well i cost the homeowner a few bucks too after i hit a house power line that was only 8" below grade then had to bring a backhoe in to dig them lower so i could make my proper cut

[Junior M]

yeah dust sucks......... especially here in SC cuz we have sand and it is really light and will fly everywhere.....

one day at my job workn for a landscaper we ran out of dirt grading and when i got home and took a shower and blew my nose i found it.........

[Dirt Digger2]

well i sold the tractor already here she is loaded up and ready to go
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/7-6-08003.jpg
and a few random pictures of today

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/7-9-08002.jpg
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[kreft]

Good pics! I like the volvo.

[Junior M]

well i sold the tractor already here she is loaded up and ready to go
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/7-6-08003.jpg
and a few random pictures of today

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what? nooooooooooooooo

why did you sell the tractor?

[Dirt Digger2]

didnt get used as much as i was hoping because the extra land we were planning to aquire fell through when another farmer came in and offered more money...he'll get whats coming to him, that ground was crap anyway but there was a lot of it

also i never really intended to keep it, just a fix and sell investment and i ended up making quite a nice profit on it so i can't complain

[Junior M]

ooo is that your truck and trailer?

[Dirt Digger2]

its the truck and trailer i drive...not mine but the companies

[Junior M]

its the truck and trailer i drive...not mine but the companies
oooooooooooo

[Dirt Digger2]

did this pain in the butt job today putting in a foundation drain around this guys addition...the water was following the crawlspace walls and going into his basement so hopefully this will solve the problem

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tomorrow i am digging out a patio or something but am heading back to school for a weekend full of beer and girls so i wont be able to get those pictures up until sunday night:drinkup:

[bobcat_ron]

I hate those PITA jobs too, you always end up on the shovel one way or the other!

[J. Peterson Grading]

Thats the reason I hire laborers. lol

J.

[Dirt Digger2]

there really wasnt as much shoveling as it may look...the backhoe was tight but it did the job...the 15foot reach really helped, really the only problem we had was the hydraulic lines that run up over the knuckle rubbed against the window and left a little grease but the only tough shovel work was finding the pipe we were tying the perforated pipe into before we hit it

[RockSet N' Grade]

You guys ever use fabric covered perf pipe or use mirifi140N to wrap and blanket your gravel?

[getthenet]

Great pics. It's nice to do something you enjoy isn't it?

[Dirt Digger2]

You guys ever use fabric covered perf pipe or use mirifi140N to wrap and blanket your gravel?

we wrap our rain pits with geo-textile as per plans and we put rosin paper on top of the stone before we put the dirt back in...this is how we install septic trenches, i dont like using geo-textile as much as engineers like to assign it because i feel it clogs too easily, it is impossible to keep it clean when you are rolling it out and cutting it, so it is almost doomed from the start

no we don't use that sleeved pipe...waste of money

[Dirt Digger2]

heres the patio area we dug out...took about 5 hours

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/7-13-08001.jpg
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[coopers]

Great pics...!!

[Dirt Digger2]

heres a gravity system we are working on...the sewer pipe came out a lot deeper under the footer then we thought so after we set the tank and started to dig the sewer line we realized the tank was too high and the tank truck already left, so we had to bring in the trackhoe and lift the 1500 gallon tank out of the hole and dig it deeper...this machine did not was to lift that weight (around 9000lbs) but it got er done

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/7-17-08002.jpg
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[DUSTYCEDAR]

I Thought Country Boys Had Country Girls Hanging Around?
Where R The Chicks?????

[Dirt Digger2]

I Thought Country Boys Had Country Girls Hanging Around?
Where R The Chicks?????

i wish i had a few around me right now...i am too busy to go out

i am however hitting a few watering holes tomorrow night...tomorrows pay day so i figure "i just got paid, with any luck i might get laid"

but then again if you are from S.E. PA too then you know West Chester isn't the place to find country girls

[Construct'O]

Looks like the lift bar was showing a a little of the strain of lifting also.

Does the tree roots count as backfill:)

So does did that system call for a clean out at the distribution box?:usflag:

[Dirt Digger2]

the lifting bar is as old as the company, the bend has been there for a long time and it has lifted much heavier objects then this

the roots will be pulled out and mixed around the lot, the trenches are too shallow to throw them in there

its not a cleanout but an "inspection port" besides the fact the inspector wants one it makes it a lot easier to come in and locate the D-box if we ever need to get in there again...rather then probe the entire yard it is a lot easier to locate a 4" cap

[bobcat_ron]

That is one beefy Samsung excavator, I am shocked that it fought that weight of the tank.

[ksss]

Same style of D boxes we use.

[Dirt Digger2]

i hate piping d-boxes...especially with 4 or more trenches, one pipe always seems like it doesn't want to get along with the others and causes everything to go out of whack, then you have to satisfy it and have the others just deal with it

kind of like some CAT obsessed people on here haha

[Dirt Digger2]

That is one beefy Samsung excavator, I am shocked that it fought that weight of the tank.

3/4 throttle and "strong mode" that thing lifted it a foot off the ground before she started tipping forward

[bobcat_ron]

That's weak, our 150 Kobelco lifted a Deere tractor that was 10,000 lbs at 5 feet before it got tippy.

[AWJ Services]

I was looking at the tanks height in relation too grade and it reminded of some of the stories my Buddy has told me of deep tanks they have witnessed in there pumping business.
Too date 8+ foot deep with no riser is there record.

Had another grading job where a septic installer had put in a new system on a house remodel and the dumby put the tank above ground level on one side and then took dirt and mounded it up too cover the tank.There was a slight slope and now the yard has a big bump in it.
If the guy would have just dropped it in elevation or moved it's position over 10 foot it would have been in a almost flat spot.

[Dirt Digger2]

yea i screwed up once putting in a pump tank and there is a bump now...luckily it is way in the woods and you can't see it from the house...

8 feet and no rise i am suprised they found the tank in general...that fill dirt must have been trucked in after the homeowner had been living there, the tanks in the picture got risers to grade, i wasn't there today because i had a dozer job to go do and will get pictures of that up tomorrow...but right now i am going out to hit the watering holes

[Dirt Digger2]

heres the job i did yesterday, its tough to see what i actually did but what went on was the guy had 25 tri-axles trucked in and they just pushed it off in his backyard...i went in there and he wanted two level sections with a bank separating them that he is going to plant flowers on then a bank on the downhill side that he will also plant...basically two flat terraces in his backyard for his kids

i didn't get any "final" shots because i was looking to get out of there when i was covered in dust but the last 3 shots give a general idea, i just hadn't done the final touches on them


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[Junior M]

nice work dirt......... how hard is it to run a dozer? I have never ran one or been around any for that matter and i have always wanted to run one.

[Dirt Digger2]

its not hard to run one, anyone can hop on and move it

the trick is getting the feel for the blade and training your eyes to be looking at both sides at once, you also need to learn how to cut without washboarding which can be tricky

the biggest thing with a small finish dozer is learning its limits, how much it will push, how it turns under load, how steep of a bank you can take it on sideways, etc...the middle bank in the picture was nothing, maybe a 2:1 slope but the lower bank which you can't see very well was almost around a 1:1 (or a 45 degree angle) nothing like bracing yourself on the downhill ROPS post with your feet

[Junior M]

its not hard to run one, anyone can hop on and move it

the trick is getting the feel for the blade and training your eyes to be looking at both sides at once, you also need to learn how to cut without washboarding which can be tricky

the biggest thing with a small finish dozer is learning its limits, how much it will push, how it turns under load, how steep of a bank you can take it on sideways, etc...the middle bank in the picture was nothing, maybe a 2:1 slope but the lower bank which you can't see very well was almost around a 1:1 (or a 45 degree angle) nothing like bracing yourself on the downhill ROPS post with your feet
o, so you basically just run it by feel and what little view you have?

[BIGBEN2004]

The thing about a loader and a dozer is a loader you spend all day trying to keep the bucket in the ground where a dozer you spend all day trying to keep the blade out of the dirt. It is a technique of quickly readjusting the blade consistently to keep it from making speed bumps or divots in the ground.

[Dirtman2007]

Nice grading work!

Yeah I know what your talking about when your working on slopes sideways, I took that new komatsu we just bought and a good 1:1 slope and damn near fell out of the seat. I don't wear seat belts in any of the equipment, but I was seriously thinking about putting it on! It's amazing the slopes that those LGP's can go on.

[Dirt Digger2]

jlm you can see the tips of the blade on either side and you can feel what you just did in the seat when you run it over, thats basically it. You can't see what the blade just did because you can't see down between the blade and the tracks...running dozer is a feeling thing, since its a tracked machine if you feel a "teeter-totter" feeling then you have a high spot, if you feel your butt going up and down then you have a washboard, etc...

BIGBEN is right, unless you are cutting a lot of dirt you never really want your blade to gouge into the ground...running dozer takes a lot of skill that i am still learning, i can do a good job when i go out there, but it just takes me longer then guys doing it for their whole life

[RockSet N' Grade]

One of my teachers once told me, some of the best horsemen around are equipment operators because they learn to "feel" their seat and hands. That is one of the reason's I took up equipment to better my skills as a horseman....Horses, like equipment, are: feel, timing and balance....

[Junior M]

One of my teachers once told me, some of the best horsemen around are equipment operators because they learn to "feel" their seat and hands. That is one of the reason's I took up equipment to better my skills as a horseman....Horses, like equipment, are: feel, timing and balance....
maybe i will be a pretty good operator cuz i ride horses and love it... hmmm

[bobcatexc]

DirtDigger from the looks of the pictures I don't believe that the bottom slope is a 1:1 morelike 3:1 if I'm looking at the right one. A dozer will not run on a 1:1 sideways

[Dirt Digger2]

DirtDigger from the looks of the pictures I don't believe that the bottom slope is a 1:1 morelike 3:1 if I'm looking at the right one. A dozer will not run on a 1:1 sideways

no the bottom slope wasn't 1:1 in those pictures...the homeowner wanted the lengths of the banks to be symmetrical but he didn't care about the slopes so i cut the lower side down to a much lower slope (going to the trees at the bottom)...maybe 5:1 but that left me to have to cut the bank down to a 1:1, it was pretty steep and i didn't take the dozer on that sideways, i had to do that up and down

[Junior M]

no the bottom slope wasn't 1:1 in those pictures...the homeowner wanted the lengths of the banks to be symmetrical but he didn't care about the slopes so i cut the lower side down to a much lower slope (going to the trees at the bottom)...maybe 5:1 but that left me to have to cut the bank down to a 1:1, it was pretty steep and i didn't take the dozer on that sideways, i had to do that up and down
ok i learned this 1:1 this year and i remember most parts of it but i cant remember how it is set up... like length over hieght or whatever... no thats not it i cant remember how you write it out like do you mark the x-axis first or the y-axis first. and my math teacher used to say something like width over length or something was the rule to writing it out.

[BIGBEN2004]

ok i learned this 1:1 this year and i remember most parts of it but i cant remember how it is set up... like length over hieght or whatever... no thats not it i cant remember how you write it out like do you mark the x-axis first or the y-axis first. and my math teacher used to say something like width over length or something was the rule to writing it out.

The first number represents the amount of length running horizontal completely level and the second number represents the vertical length number.


2' sideways
--------
| 1' down
|

Draw a line on a angle to complete the triangle and the drawing I drew would be a 2':1' slope.

[Construct'O]

Starting at the bottom of the fill or slope add a foot of dirt then you come 3 feet in.If you add 2 feet of fill then you need to come in 6 feet.

On big fills in the old days the forman would be busy setting grade stakes as the fill came up then when you got on it with the dozer to finish you could use his grade stakes to slope the fill to the top.

If he was slow to set stake you might have to much dirt or not enough depending on how close you crowded the slope as you was comingup.

If you was working with mud as the scrapers hauled in the fill the mud would be pumped out making the fill slope bigger, then you would have to trim it off and work it up the slope toward the top of the fill.

Also if you didn't crowd the stake the slope would be shy dirt then you would have to push dirt over the side to make the slope out to the slope stake.

Usually ran the slope up and down along the stakes and when up to grade you could run them sideway and take out the stakes as you would the slope sideway down to the bottom.

If you had a good stake forman it was fairly easy.Just need to work the slope as they was coming up and packing them in to have a finished fill as it was coming up.

AS with Dirtdiggers slope it was a variable slope because of the change fron the one end to the other.Actually he had to blend it in to match with the slope already there.:usflag:

[Dirt Digger2]

AS with Dirtdiggers slope it was a variable slope because of the change fron the one end to the other.Actually he had to blend it in to match with the slope already there.:usflag:

and it was a pain in the @$$ because the lower terrace from above looks like a tear-drop cut in half so over where it ties into the existing slope near the house there really is no room for the dozer to fit in there so i was having to cut the flat spot by facing up and down the bank rather then going across it, i also needed to keep positive flow away from the septic tanks which are right between the house and the fill, it was a tricky little job that a D5 would have been nice for all of the initial pushing but i am glad i had the tiny 550 for touching things up

[Junior M]

The first number represents the amount of length running horizontal completely level and the second number represents the vertical length number.


2' sideways
--------
| 1' down
|

Draw a line on a angle to complete the triangle and the drawing I drew would be a 2':1' slope.
ok i remember now i couldnt remember how the numbers were set up..... so thanks

[Dirt Digger2]

first picture is that on going courtyard project, the mason got most of his rocks in there to start the wall across the front

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/7-22-08001.jpg

then back at that job with the deep septic tanks is an even deeper roof drain line...it was about 10 feet in the gound here because we had to catch the water at the far lower corner of the house and get fall all the way across the back yard and into this huge bed, i only stopped out there this afternoon to finish leveling the stone but will be there all day tomorrow

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/7-22-08002.jpg
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[KrayzKajun]

Looks like fun!

[Junior M]

first picture is that on going courtyard project, the mason got most of his rocks in there to start the wall across the front

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/7-22-08001.jpg

then back at that job with the deep septic tanks is an even deeper roof drain line...it was about 10 feet in the gound here because we had to catch the water at the far lower corner of the house and get fall all the way across the back yard and into this huge bed, i only stopped out there this afternoon to finish leveling the stone but will be there all day tomorrow

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/7-22-08002.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/7-22-08003.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/7-22-08004.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/7-22-08005.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/7-22-08006.jpg
wait i am confused!! why are you leveling the stone? i am totally confused...

well that and i have no clue how septic and waste water works in the north.

[Dirt Digger2]

well first this is a rain water pit, i don't understand why you wouldn't level the stone as there will be two lateral pipes in there that need to be a foot below the top of the stone....and you need to delete out the [IMG] text when you quote me so the pictures don't keep re-appearing haha

and it don't matter where you live...sh*t always flows downhill

[bobcat_ron]

I wish I was sitting in that cab of that Volvo, I love their pilots controls and hydraulic quick changes on the buckets..................brings back good memories of the 290 we had.

[Junior M]

well first this is a rain water pit, i don't understand why you wouldn't level the stone as there will be two lateral pipes in there that need to be a foot below the top of the stone....and you need to delete out the [IMG] text when you quote me so the pictures don't keep re-appearing haha

and it don't matter where you live...sh*t always flows downhill
i didnt know but whatever and a rain water pit? what like a giant french drain basically?

[DUSTYCEDAR]

WELL its tue did u get some????? and yes i am from south east pa lol west chester is full of tail most is just nasty

[Dirt Digger2]

WELL its tue did u get some????? and yes i am from south east pa lol west chester is full of tail most is just nasty

there was a few prospects until my drunk buddy made an @$$ of himself...haha, had a good time though, you need to every now and again

[Dirt Digger2]

heres a job i did this morning...we cleaned out the insides of this barn last summer and tore down a bad wall in the process and buried the stone...well that courtyard job needs more stone so we went back in and took about 12 tons out and the stone masons trucked it over to the house...not too bad a day, i sat in the hoe while 3 of them hand loaded all the stone into my bucket, the only bad part was this place was STEEP and tight

oh, and this is how i like to start my 6am mornings...with a little fire before i hit the road

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/7-26-08001.jpg
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http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/7-26-08006.jpg

[bobcat_ron]

That must have been one nice old barn, I have never seen those before.

[Junior M]

i would really like to run those controls a couple times.......

[Dirt Digger2]

That must have been one nice old barn, I have never seen those before.

that barn dates back to the 1850's and the outside walls are still as straight as ever...its really neat to see some of the old barns around these parts...a lot of people do what this guy did and takes the rotten wood and beams out and leave the stone walls still standing...its amazing how old they are and the fact they are still up

JLM i threw that last picture in for you haha

[KCfireman]

Here's something that Bobcat Ron would hate to see!:laugh::laugh::laugh:

[bobcat_ron]

I've done that before, you ain't a real operator unless you can get yourself out of that situation.

[KCfireman]

I've done that before, you ain't a real operator unless you can get yourself out of that situation.Well its a good thing i only mow lawns!:laugh: I guess you use the boom to pull yourself maybe?

[bobcat_ron]

Well its a good thing i only mow lawns!:laugh: I guess you use the boom to pull yourself maybe?

Not here, grab some swamp pads and distract big brother with a case of Bud! :laugh:

[KCfireman]

Not here, grab some swamp pads and distract big brother with a case of Bud! :laugh:
ive got one more for ya. Have you ever got in this situation??

[bobcat_ron]

Yes, but at a stand still, and I was 14.

[Dirt Digger2]

i got bogged up a little today because there was a creek right in front of the stone barn i had to cross to get up the hill...all this rain we had this past week wasn't that helpful, i would have taken a picture but the 3 stone masons and the homeowner were standing there trying to figure out how i would get out...i did

[Dirt Digger2]

had to go to the CAT dealer this morning to pick up our truck after it went in again because they failed to properly put the head gasket back on the first time and got a few pictures

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/7-28-08001.jpg
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http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/7-28-08004.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/7-28-08005.jpg

[Dirt Digger2]

heres some more

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/7-28-08006.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/7-28-08007.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/7-28-08008.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/7-28-08009.jpg

[Dirt Digger2]

for all you New Holland fans here is their HQ...didnt have the camera ready in time to take a picture of their sign and all the tractors they have parked out front...but this is the baler lot

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/7-28-08010.jpg

and a rain pit i dug with the backhoe when i got back...25'x32'x7' deep...i was running out of room to put all the dirt

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/7-28-08011.jpg

[bobcat_ron]

Those Cat K series are very, very nice, and those loaders are even better, although I'd like to see just a regular pilot control set up on them, I know Burnout says once you get used to that system, you'll never go back.

Good 963 POV:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=80XGsMS9kwE

[Dirt Digger2]

no, i would never want to see a single loader control replace the two stick in there now...it is an option as far as i know, but those two little levers run circles around the single loader control...so much nicer to run

[Dirt Digger2]

some more for you Pete fans

[Junior M]

nice trucks!! especially the pete with the dump trailer!!!

[dozerman21]

What engine is in the older Pete, and what are your opinions of it?

[Dirt Digger2]

its got a Cummins in it and knock on wood no major issues with it...we had to have the drive line re-done last year (universals, yolks, etc...) and the traction bars (or torsion bars..i forget their name) were a real pain to repleace because the steel bolts fused to the aluminum brackets, but the engine runs strong

the truck in a 1979

[Junior M]

its got a Cummins in it and knock on wood no major issues with it...we had to have the drive line re-done last year (universals, yolks, etc...) and the traction bars (or torsion bars..i forget their name) were a real pain to repleace because the steel bolts fused to the aluminum brackets, but the engine runs strong

the truck in a 1979
wow... its funny how pete is the only one to keep a bodystyle goin that long... at my job we have a 2004 that looks just like that well except for the headlights.

[Dirt Digger2]

"hard work really makes the man, but everyone should wet a line every now and then"
-Eric Church

got a little break this weekend and went fishing

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/8-3-08003.jpg
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http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/8-3-08011.jpg

flounder were hitting all day, caught a few little sand sharks, then these friggin skates

[bobcat_ron]

Catching something is still better than catching nothing!

[dozerman21]

Where is the fishin' hole?

[Dirt Digger2]

Indian River Inlet in southern delaware...

we are starting a site work job tomorrow which should be fun...i have to pump poo in the morning but if i get done in time i have to go haul dirt out in the Pete so hopefully i will be able to snap some pictures...we have a loader and trackhoe on site right now so i most likely will be on this job start to finish unless we start more septics or roof pits this week that require me to run backhoe

[DUSTYCEDAR]

Looks Like Fun

[Dirt Digger2]

after i got my pump outs taken care of they sent me to the dump site for all of the dirt being trucked out of the 15' driveway cut we are making...we got lucky and a woman is taking the dirt that lives a half mile from the job...she lives across from a sports center that has stadium lights and hates them so she said we could dump at her place if we built her a berm...this is only half the total dirt to be hauled...its a start but we will be trucking all day tomorrow...this is 35 tri-axle loads

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/8-3-08013.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/8-3-08014.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/8-3-08016.jpg

[Dirt Digger2]

got my berm built today and the driveway in an ongoing project...

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/8-5-08005.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/8-5-08006.jpg

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/8-5-08001.jpg
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http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/8-5-08004.jpg

[bobcat_ron]

That's some neat looking soil layers there, it's soil on top then an up and down layer of shale.

[Dirt Digger2]

yea it was interesting...working at the berm i owuld get some loads of really good fill...then loads of grey shale and other loads of brown shale....the shale was soft and relatively easy to dig which was good because i would have hated to get big rocks when i was building that berm...all in all i think the berm is holding 50 some tri-axles and i hauled 16 tandem axle loads in there...and since the job is only a 1/2 mile away from the dump site on one road you can imagine the weight we were putting on the trucks:dizzy:

[J. Peterson Grading]

I like that "Soapy Shale" Breaks up real well and will even compact.
Looks good as always DoubleD

J.

[Dirt Digger2]

i have to take our dozer to the job either tomorrow or thursday so i will probably stop at the berm real quick and blade it off nice...i finished at 4:30 today and my head was pounding from running the truck and 943 all day so its a bit rough still with track marks and a few small windrows left but overall it turned out very nice

for those wondering...the left bank is will be sloped at 14% and the right wall will have a retaining wall built...the deepest cut was around 11 feet

[dozerman21]

Dirt- Do you guys do finish work too, or do you pretty much leave after you put the dozer on it?

[Junior M]

Dirt- Do you guys do finish work too, or do you pretty much leave after you put the dozer on it?
are you goin to build the retaining wall to?

[Dirt Digger2]

Jlm haha no we don't get involved with that stuff...we are a dirt contractor only

[Dirt Digger2]

Dirt- Do you guys do finish work too, or do you pretty much leave after you put the dozer on it?

dozerman we sub out the raking and seeding...we will do it on small jobs if not a whole lot is going on...busy work basically, but 90% of the time someone else comes in to do the raking and seeding, which is fine because i hate raking, seeding, and mulching...theres more money in running equipment i guess my boss figures then running a rake

[Junior M]

Jlm haha no we don't get involved with that stuff...we are a dirt contractor only
oooooo haha ok now lets see some more pics or even video!

[DBL]

so whats going on over there in front of ustc

[Dirt Digger2]

so whats going on over there in front of ustc
i built that berm for the woman who owns the land...shes tired of the stadium lights going into her windows so she is planting pine trees on top...its a big ol' berm Tom...like 7 or 8 feet high

if you are out that way swing down Gahligerville Road and about 1/2 mile down on the right is the job i am working

[Dirt Digger2]

look mom...no thumb!!
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/8-9-08001.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/8-9-08002.jpg

the guy delivering the blocks broke a universal climbing the hill so they had to come out and tow him
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/8-9-08003.jpg


this is two of three temporary basins that have to go in
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/8-9-08006.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/8-9-08007.jpg

heres what they looked like after i touched them up with the dozer
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/8-9-08008.jpg

getting sent to another job tomorrow...a big 35'x90' rain pit we are installing...lots of digging

[Dirt Digger2]

at the quarry getting a load of rip-rap
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/8-9-08004.jpg

how many different brands can you find in this picture??
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/8-9-08005.jpg

[BIGBEN2004]

how many different brands can you find in this picture??


Funny the volvo, liebeir and case look to be working but the cat is sitting like it is broke?:rolleyes:

[DBL]

ah i see sanners towing that busted a1 truck again

[Dirt Digger2]

how many different brands can you find in this picture??


Funny the volvo, liebeir and case look to be working but the cat is sitting like it is broke?:rolleyes:

actually all were idling in this picture...haha we were up at the truck looking at plans...i was in the case, boss was in the volvo and another guy in the loader...the CAT isn't ours it is the homeowners who is doing that big retaining wall (he owns a big pool company) its a brand new 297 with 25 hours on it

ah i see sanners towing that busted a1 truck again

yea...he said he broke a "jaw"...i guess when you translate his broken english into truck talk he broke a universal...based on talking with the driver of the delivery truck i bet that truck has had a very hard life with him behind the wheel...

[Dirt Digger2]

heres my new job i started this afternoon

75'x46' rain pit...the back of the house gets a 35'x20' pit

dug this one in 3 hours and started to run out of places to pile dirt...the oak tree was creating a problem, have 16 tri-axles of #3's coming tomorrow for this pit and 12 coming Thursday for the other

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/8-11-08001.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/8-11-08002.jpg


i have a small video i will post later tonight...it is uploading now and i need to leave the house

[mrusk]

Do these towns in your area have regulations requireing these large pits? I mean your out in the middle of no where. Whats the big deal about water run off?

[Dirt Digger2]

for those of you that dont get to experience spinning around in circles this might satisfy you...for those of you that get to do it then this is just another day of slinging dirt

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming%20Vidoes/th_8-11-08003.jpg (http://s288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/dirtdigger2/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming/Heavy%20Equipment%20and%20Farming%20Vidoes/?action=view&current=8-11-08003.flv)

[Dirt Digger2]

Do these towns in your area have regulations requireing these large pits? I mean your out in the middle of no where. Whats the big deal about water run off?

actually i live in west chester which is far from the middle of nowhere and this pit is located near king of prussia...yes there are regulations that vary between townships, usually we only install one pit per house but for some reason this one gets two...they usually are not this large but it really depends on soil characteristics, erosion is a big problem around here as well as re-establishing the water table

[roccon31]

haha! leigh richards!

hey dirt digger, consider yourself one LUCKY man to be digging in that soil. come about 30 miles north east of you to where i am, and anything over 1 ft down is solid red shale. it would take us half the day to dig that hole, even with that size machine! feels like this all day in the machine!:hammerhead:

[Dirt Digger2]

haha! leigh richards!

hey dirt digger, consider yourself one LUCKY man to be digging in that soil. come about 30 miles north east of you to where i am, and anything over 1 ft down is solid red shale. it would take us half the day to dig that hole, even with that size machine! feels like this all day in the machine!:hammerhead:

oh believe me i know...you can almost see it but in the one corner of the bed i ran into two seams of what looked to be granite and thought "oh here we go, this is going to be a long rough day" but after i got past them it was really smooth sailing

[Dirt Digger2]

trackhoe

the baby pit i dug behind the house

lifting :weightlifter: haha

[Junior M]

what did you dig the first rainpit with?

[Dirt Digger2]

the trackhoe in the picture