Nate's Picture Thread

[NateV]

Ok so I thought id make a thread to post my pictures for this year too. No work pics yet.

I know how you guys like pics so heres some I took today around the farm. It was a nice day so I went out to ride around a little bit and see what needs to be done.

Ok well first thing I want to do is clean up our little watering hole. It used to be where all the cattle and horses would get water. There’s a natural spring that keeps it wet all year so I want to clean it up, make it a little deeper and possibly bigger.


Its not that big. About 20x20…wanna lend me the Volvo Chris?? lol
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Where the water comes from
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Over flow
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Now in the summer it will get over that and make the “V” in the field very wet as the water seeps toward the road.

View from the road. It makes it wet all the way to where the field start to go up some.
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[NateV]

Next is our poor old barn. It has defiantly seen better days. Its pretty much beyond repairable if you ask me. Almost unsafe to even attempt to fix it. Not sure what to do with it yet. Get a excavator and knock it down or what. Id like to keep it for memories and plus it’s a reminder for people of what used to be.

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[NateV]

The drive way is washing out too. There used to be a ditch for the water on the hill side but its kinda grew in and needs dug out so im hoping that fixes things.

The right tire lane is all washed out. The ditch is where the bucket is.
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And up by the barn it always stays wet. I think the water just cant get out because of a high spot in the driveway.

High spot is where bucket is.
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The wall leading down the steps to my paps basement has been leaning for a few yrs but has gotten worse over winter. Its only the top 4 rows of block plus the cap that’s bad. Might try to just dig and push it back but if that doesn’t work I guess il try my hand at masonry lol. 4 rows cant be that hard right?

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[NateV]

Also here’s a common machine around here that you guys don’t seem to like. There’s a house going in across the street and there’s 2 939’s there

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And for you tractor guys.

Bad pic but il get more once we get it out this spring.

1950 John Deere model MT. My Great Uncle bought it new after he got home from war and we still have it. My pap found the paper work for it and it cost like $1,900 back then. It was redone some in the 80’s but id like to make it a show tractor.

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[RockSet N' Grade]

Nate........some nice shots. Don't be fooled, those 939's are a favorite of mine....4 n 1 bucket on those bad boys and they are a giant pac-man in disguise. Torn down alot of homes with those and have made many a tooth pick out of big trees.

[Stick Pro]

Got to love the track loaders. We own two of them i dont konw what we would do with out them. Are those diamond manufacturing aftermarket cabs on those 939s?

[NateV]

Im not sure about the cabs on them. I didnt go look up close. We have a 941 but id like to get a 939 someday.

[Dirtman2007]

ohhhhh that little pond needs a little love from the Dirtman himself:laugh:

[NateV]

Well come on up. It hit 50 degrees today but its going back to the 30's by monday. Id bring the boots if i were you, no sandles lol

[Stick Pro]

I still say cat screwed up when they cam out with the 939 and got rid of the 943. We have put the two tractors side by side and our 943 will run circles around that 939. I wish they still made the 43, i could only imangine what a 943D would be like.

[NateV]

Yeah i agree. Thats one reason i think we keep hanging on to our 41. The 39 is a nice size machine but sometimes its just a tad bit too small and something like a 41 or 43 would be perfect. Theres just too much of a gap between the 39 and 53. But honestly i wonder how many new trackloadrs they sell.

[Stick Pro]

in some aeras they are still real popular downe here. But the problem is here everyone wants the bigger models, and now that they have the compact track loaders they are doing away with the smaller track loaders. Eventhough we still need them, because half of the time the compact track loader will not even touch the things i have to do with the 43. Pluss it is getting harder and harder to find a good operator to hire that knows how to run one.

[NateV]

Oh i know not many people can still run them. Im only 19 and I can run one but not the geatest. I could load trucks all day with one though, when it comes to digging or grading with one thats where it gets a litte rough. I hardly have any hours on it though but im learning. We dont use it that often so when i get on it, it takes me a little bit to get my rythm down back.

[AWJ Services]

All of the big companies here say the 943 was the best Trackloader ever built.
There are tons of JD 455/555 machines here as well.
953 machines are on every corner.
The old 941 machines have earned there keep as well.

[bobcat_ron]

Torch the barn, that would be a great bit of fun and flames!

[Stick Pro]

We used to have a 941, that was a great machine but we traded it in on our 43. The deer 605c compares to the 943 it is the closest in specs, but i just dont know how good the deer is. I am more of a cat man.

[NateV]

We had the old farm house burned by the local fire company. Id like to just burn the barn but theres houses about 200ft across the road and with all that very old hay in there i dont want that flying around and landing on there roof or something. If we had a big enough machine to take it down we could push it down then we could haul it up over the hill and burn it.

[NateV]

Ok well i havent been on any jobs lately since iv been working for the state but im done there next friday and will be back to work with my dad..Hopefully we get somemore work lined up.

He started this addition today...I think its 20x40. Had a single axle and a tandem hauling today..I'll be there tomorrow with ours aswell..

Still a little wet. Had to get some millings to make it easier.
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[stuvecorp]

MMM, PowerTan.:)

[bobcat_ron]

MMM, PowerTan.:)

mmmm, pilot controls on the backhoe.

[NateV]

mmmm, pilot controls on the backhoe.

Never again will we get pilots...going back to the 4 sticks next time...

[bobcat_ron]

Never again will we get pilots...going back to the 4 sticks next time...

No "feel" on the valves right?

[NateV]

No "feel" on the valves right?

Yep!! plus just moving them all the time when you go to turn around in the seat, and the stupid activation button you have to hit everytime you shut the machine off. Be back to the 4 sticks when Case comes out with the next series of letters..I guess it will be the Super "N"???

[NateV]

Well we were back at it today...

Little bit of water this morning...
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contractor didnt have a transit and by the time he got it we couldnt reach anymore so they'll have to do this part by hand.
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[bobcat_ron]

By the looks of the first pic, someone has been digging there before!

[NateV]

Thought we were done but turns out they want drain lines dug..

Well too tight to get by with the hoe and cant reach from there anyway..
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So back to the shop.
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They hand dug from the street to the house but then it gets deep.
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See the power line on the right. its about 8 inches lower there then where it is in the ditch..you can see it in the ditch where the caution tape is..it rises quick there. We did hit it and it sparked..didnt burn the insulation and power never jumped.
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[NateV]

Just a pic at the shop
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Little vid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZkRpzGls58&feature=channel_page

[bobcat_ron]

Teeth always get you in trouble, and people call me crazy for welding edges over our toothed buckets!

[stuvecorp]

Those buckets at your shop, what brand/type of quick tach is that?

[nnj18]

hey just thought you might like the know before you smash the barn, some people will pay you for that wood....

[NateV]

Those buckets at your shop, what brand/type of quick tach is that?

Its made by Kenco. They call it the wedgebolt coupler...Its pretty much just like it sounds..Its a wedge held in with a bolt..Its really easy how it works..I think Deere has it on there Mini excavtors now too. Or a style like that.

http://www.kenco.com/WBCOUPLER.html

[Dirt Digger2]

no laser?....shouldn't the excavating contractor have the laser? HAHA

time to bust out the old string line in that case, that doesn't look like fun hand digging

[NateV]

no laser?....shouldn't the excavating contractor have the laser? HAHA

time to bust out the old string line in that case, that doesn't look like fun hand digging

We have a laser and and builders level but he said he'd bring his...We couldnt find the old footer so we didnt even know what number to go off of. The part by hand is only about 20x10 and it only needs to come down about 3 inches. It looks worse in the pics.

[NateV]

Time to blow the dust off of this...Camera broke and when i got a new one i keep forgeting to take it with me. Havent really been that busy, I guess if you average it out over the last month or so we've been working 3 days a week, which is a hell of a lot better then not at all....

Well today was one of those days where you think it would of been better not to work at all. I was just trucking today for a concrete guy that was digging a driveway out when a few things went wrong with the truck.

First on the one load i went to open the barn door and a piece fell out off the truck and BAM!! right on the dang glad hand and busted it off..as well...Well no big deal i can still work...We fixed it tonight.
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Also the same time when that broke i noticed the strapes holding my fuel tank rusted through..No pics of the broken ones.
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Heres a few pics of the machines in the shop how we keep them so everything can stay inside.
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I didnt get anypics digging the driveway out.

[Junior M]

Nice, so what happened with Penn dot? Sorry if you've answered this question before, I dont remember.. :hammerhead:

[NateV]

Well Penndot's not hiring at the moment. Theres a hiring freeze for state employees, but i dont think im going to work there. I worked there for 6 month from Oct-April and it made me lazy lol. I actually saw my old crew today and i stoped and talked to them for a second. 2 guys working and about 8 standing around lol.

[bobcat_ron]

You sure know how to pack you toys away!

[Dirtman2007]

Is the boom of the mini just resting against the wall?

[Scag48]

I've run the pilots in Deere's new backhoes, not a fan whatsoever. Feels like you're playing a video game, no feedback whatsoever. Give me Case controls on a backhoe any day.

[NateV]

Is the boom of the mini just resting against the wall?

Yep. I dont know how good it can be for the wall but thats how dad wants to do it.

I've run the pilots in Deere's new backhoes, not a fan whatsoever. Feels like you're playing a video game, no feedback whatsoever. Give me Case controls on a backhoe any day.

We should of got the 4 stick but ended up with pilots in this one. Next one will be back to 4 stick.

[NateV]

Todays little project was just digging around the outside walls of an old building that should be torn down. Cant tear it down because they want to zone it residential if you start over. its zoned commercial now.

Had to pull some dirt away from the front of the garage doors.
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Back wall
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What a mess.
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[bobcat_ron]

Zoning laws are just a bunch of BS and hoops to go through.
A mouse fart could knock those walls down.

[NateV]

Zoning laws are just a bunch of BS and hoops to go through.
A mouse fart could knock those walls down.

Yeah your right they are.

The wall are pretty much all shot. I wouldnt waste my money trying to fix this place but i cant complain cuz we got paid as soon as we loaded the machine on the trailer.

[ksss]

Yeah your right they are.

The wall are pretty much all shot. I wouldnt waste my money trying to fix this place but i cant complain cuz we got paid as soon as we loaded the machine on the trailer.

Any job that you get paid before you leave is a job you cant complain too much about.

[NateV]

Well today it was time to finally take care of the old barn. It started to fall in on it self and we had to get it down before some kids or somthing get in there and get hurt.

Heres what she look like this morning.
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Use a PC-60 with a long stick to take it down.
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[NateV]

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Were gonna take our mini over with the thumb and clean it up after the 4th.

Took 2 vidoes but there not the greatest.

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX0KKJn7m3E

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u88LokANJ4

[bobcat_ron]

That sure is a pretty looking PC60, just the way I like them.

[NateV]

That sure is a pretty looking PC60, just the way I like them.

It is a pretty good/tight machine. Its a 1992 or 93 but theres only 3200 hours or so on it. He's thinking about trading it off on a Yanmar SV100. I think if the PC60 had the swing boom on it my old man would buy it.

[Hollowellreid]

sure looks like there is plenty of tounge weight on that truck. Those are a cool size machine though, I feel one would be quite useful in lots of situations.

[nnj18]

that wood from the barn is worth money.....u should've fenced it off and made some calls people pay good $$$ for that....

[NateV]

that wood from the barn is worth money.....u should've fenced it off and made some calls people pay good $$$ for that....

My uncle took some today. I was thinking of putting a sign up "Barn Wood for sale" and hoping somebody comes at night and steals it lol it will be less for us to deal with. Were just gonna burn the rest of the wood.

[Dirtman2007]

My uncle took some today. I was thinking of putting a sign up "Barn Wood for sale" and hoping somebody comes at night and steals it lol it will be less for us to deal with. Were just gonna burn the rest of the wood.

Its funny how everyone say that wood is worth gold, then you could knock it down stack the wood up saying free wood and not one peice will get picked up lol.

Just set it on fire and do away with it all.

[tbi]

Citidiots would pay primo for that barn board.

[NateV]

Its funny how everyone say that wood is worth gold, then you could knock it down stack the wood up saying free wood and not one peice will get picked up lol.

Just set it on fire and do away with it all.

Yep its always worth something to somebody till the time comes and nobody wants it lol.

We've never had any problems with people being on the farm before so im sure nobody is gonna come and do us a favor and take some lol

So we'll just burn it.

[hvy 1ton]

I busted up an old barn probably 10 years ago, most of it was by hand. Sold most of it to the goofy people and saved some for my mom and put it in here kitchen. I saved all the bigger beams and posts that were still good, can never have enough big blocks of wood.

[NateV]

Well we go the barn all cleaned up...did'nt take any pics during the week though..gave the old hay to the one neighbor to put on there yard when they plany grass...and sold them the old wall stones aswell...

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Then i did a little Dirtman action lol..I just wanted to get some of the muck out of it.
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Were gonna get some dirt from these guys next week..they have to grade the road out and start the foundation..They just put in a water line..1200' copper all one piece.
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[Junior M]

holy crap, I'd hate to think what that water line cost.. :dizzy:

[NateV]

holy crap, I'd hate to think what that water line cost.. :dizzy:

Me too!! thats a big role of copper lol...those regular 100 ft roles are a pain sometimes lol

[Dirtman2007]

A little Dirtman action eh haha. It felt good didn't it:laugh:

[bobcat_ron]

Holy crap, you are still using copper water lines? No PEX or HDP?

[NateV]

A little Dirtman action eh haha. It felt good didn't it:laugh:

haha yeah the whole 15 minutes it took me, it felt great lol...why dont you bring the volvo up and we'll make a big pond..lol.


Holy crap, you are still using copper water lines? No PEX or HDP?

Yeah most of the time from the street to the house is done in copper.

[zak406]

nate is that barn out on the road that connects to 22 by the bp at the bottom of the hill

[NateV]

nate is that barn out on the road that connects to 22 by the bp at the bottom of the hill

No this is out in wash. county...

[NateV]

Well today we took a ride to look at a topsoil screener we saw in the truck trader. It has a 4 cyld. diesel motor and rebuilt clutches and new paint, and for only $8,000 it was worth a ride to check out.

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Turns out its too big for us. This actually should be used in like a sand and gravel operation, which is actually where we were at to look at it.

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And they had this one for sale too. It had what looked to be like small excavator buckets inside it to act like the conveyor, didnt get a pic of that though.
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[coopers]

It's too big? Looks too small. Never seen one like that...is it a shaker?

[NateV]

Yeah its too big for what were looking for. We dont need one with all those conveyors. All we really need is something like a screener box or what ever there called. something where we can just dump it in the top and it comes out the other side and just falls into a pile where we can scoop it up.

[NateV]

We finally got dirt today to fill in our barn foundation and another low spot we had.

939 that loaded me
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Big foundation these guys were digging out. I didnt get a pic of the whole thing but it had to be 100x50 id guess.
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Had there tandem and our single axle going all day. They were only digging across the street so it was just under a 5 minute round trip.
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Our 941
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Even had a little 8pt come down to eat some apples.
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[bobcat_ron]

I hope you made good use of the old crapper there.
That old 939, is it a 3 speed or hydro?

[NateV]

I hope you made good use of the old crapper there.
That old 939, is it a 3 speed or hydro?

Thats actually not a crapper. My pap calls it a "corn crib" i guess they used to put corn in there back in the day. theres still a few in there actually. We wanted to tear it down to with the barn but my pap wants it left there for memorys i guess.

The 939 is a hydro. Man the guy running it sure was a wild one. He was flying all day!

[Bleed Green]

The end result of your grading looks good. Looks like they ran into some big hunks of concrete or something when they were digging out that foundation, you prolly didnt want those though. LOL

[NateV]

The end result of your grading looks good. Looks like they ran into some big hunks of concrete or something when they were digging out that foundation, you prolly didnt want those though. LOL

The end result of my DADS grading looks good lol. Im not good on that machine at all. i can pretty much just load trucks with it.

Those are just big rocks. We used some toward the begining when we actually had a hole to fill in but after the bulk got filled in there too hard to lose.

[Bleed Green]

Well who ever did the good job, I guess give them the credit haha. What are you going to do there anything, or where you just trying to level it off a little?

[NateV]

Well the one hole by the road was an old barn we just tore down about a month ago. Look back a page or 2 and you should see some pics of it. We just had to get the hole filled in. and the ohter low spot used to be and old garage that got tore down about 8 years ago and we filled that in some when we tore it down but never got anymore dirt till now. Basiclly we just leveled it off so we can mow it easier with the brush hog.

[NateV]

Ok heres todays little project. This house sits about a foot lower then the ones on either side of it. So we are just regrading it to get the water to flow. While we're there they are having there patio re-done and are there going to pour a solid footer this time so they can put a sun room on it later on, and the owner is gonna rebuild both of his walls. I was on this job most of the day by myself since dad had some other things to get done in the morning and he didnt come out to help till about 2:30 or so. Oh and boy was it hot out today. It hit 90 for the first time in about a year. Cabs with no AC suck.

I looked at the tag from the dealer inside the cab of the skid today. It was bought 8-2-02. might of been 03. i forget now, but it just turned 250 hours today.
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Ended up digging a hole to burry this because i couldnt pick it up. When i dug the hole i ended up finding about 2 or 3 other big pieces aswell.
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This is the last pic i took today because i had a doctor appt. to get to. My dad was going to clean it up and track it in because we are suposed to get some rain here shortly.
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[Dirtman2007]

Nice work. yes its getting hot out, no wind makes for a long day too!

[NateV]

Nice work. yes its getting hot out, no wind makes for a long day too!

Thanks. yeah you guys can keep that heat down south lol. It was hot but it was still barable. Dad put a little fan like the ones that are in big trucks mounted on the dash. in the mini so atleast it moves some air around.

[SpecOne]

90 degs...;)

I would love to see a few days at 90 degs. Was 100 today here and tomorrow forcasted to be 102 degs. We broke the record about a week or so ago for the most days of 100 plus deg days in a year. Working on over 40 and still climbing.

Send some of that down here!!:laugh:

[Junior M]

Theres a/c in the skid, right? ;) Hard to open them up real well like an excavator cab..

and yall need some more hours on the Case, send it down here.. :D :rolleyes: :laugh:

[NateV]

90 degs...;)

I would love to see a few days at 90 degs. Was 100 today here and tomorrow forcasted to be 102 degs. We broke the record about a week or so ago for the most days of 100 plus deg days in a year. Working on over 40 and still climbing.

Send some of that down here!!:laugh:

You guys can have all the 90 degree weather your want. I'll take anything from about 20-80 degrees lol


Theres a/c in the skid, right? ;) Hard to open them up real well like an excavator cab..

and yall need some more hours on the Case, send it down here.. :D :rolleyes: :laugh:

Nope, no a/c. We took the back window out when we first bought it but it was too loud in there.

Our skid hardly ever goes out to the job. Most of the time we just use it at the shop to load up stone or something. A friend that owns a small insustral park bought my dads old 1840 which i think is around a 94 or 95 and it only gets used really to move some piles of snow around in the winter. I was in it last winter and i think there was only like 700 or so hours on it.

[Bleed Green]

I wish that they could keep that heat only down south, but it got here today too. 100 heat index or close to it most of the day. It was big time humid. That was new at least for this summer cause it has not been too hot this summer, but at some point I guess summer is supposed to be.

[NateV]

Did a few more little things at the same house. Been fighting pop up thunderstorms the last few days. I didnt take many pics.

Getting ready to dig the footer for the patio
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Started the other wall.
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Getting stone out of the truck and taking it to prep the patio.
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This video is no where near the ones like Chris makes but i just wanted to make a quick one loading a few buckets of stone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMEa5pZt3JE

Today i dug out one wall of the foundation thats leaking. The home owneres are going to tar it over the weekend.
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I carried the concrete up yesterday but didnt have my camera.
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Rough grade.
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[Dirtman2007]

Looking good man. Nice clean equipment too. Hard to keep mine clean when your in the mud all day:laugh:

[NateV]

Looking good man. Nice clean equipment too. Hard to keep mine clean when your in the mud all day:laugh:

Thanks. I wish it was hard to keep ours clean, which would mean we're working everyday but thats not happening right now. oh well can't complain.

[ff1221]

Nate, I love that dumptruck, what a nice clean little unit, bet it works great for the type of work you do, nice all around setup, you do good work.

[Bleed Green]

looks good...as always keep the pics and videos coming.

[NateV]

Thanks guys.

The truck is great for what we do. Fits in most back yards with no problem and can carry 8 ton leagally but will handle about 9. Wish the cab was a little bigger though. My head is only about 3 inches from the roof, it gets cramped if your just driving all day.

[Gravel Rat]

The Louisville Fords had better cabs the F Series medium are not that comfortable to drive all day.

[NateV]

Well I finished up our part of the job today. I got a new camera over the weekend and the pictures might be a little big so if it takes a while to load..sorry, i need to turn the mega pixles down.

Got a load of stone delivered to fill the wall in.
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Cleaning up the dirt from the wall.
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Had to go get 2 loads of topsoil and the county cuts USA in the field all the time.
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My parts done. they are getting a side walked poured this week from the patio to the drive way and the rest of the topsoil and stone they are going to move by hand!
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Temp. my truck said sitting in the shade! It droped to 93 by the time i got home though.
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Tried out the video part on the camera too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCQLOmF9ufk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65UydA0WURE

[Bleed Green]

who is doing the retaining wall? Are they going to try to tackle that themselves along with the moving the dirt and the rock?

[Gravel Rat]

I'am surprised you were allowed to dump the stone in the street that is one heck of a load of marbles for somebody to slip on and then try sue for it :laugh:

[NateV]

who is doing the retaining wall? Are they going to try to tackle that themselves along with the moving the dirt and the rock?

The home owners are going to do the wall. I don't know why they're in a hurry to get the sidewalk poured. Once thats in theres no way to get a machine up there again unless they run it over. I would of put the wall up first then we could of graded most of the yard back in order.

[Bleed Green]

If you are pouring the concrete this way you have job security because if there are trucks and stuff going in there over that new sidewalk, I would say that concrete is not going to make it through the whole wall building process.

[NateV]

We don't do the concrete ourselves. A concrete guy that we dig driveways out for does it.

They were going to re-use the old block but now decided to get new stones. So im guessing the only way to get them up there is a few at a time in a wheel barrow. Have fun with that lol.

[NateV]

Well havent had much lately that was worth posting.

We've had this Kobelco 330 sitting at our shop for just about a year now. It belongs to a utility contractor that put a sewer line in last summer and ended about december and its been at our shop ever since. Well they finally decided to take it back to there shop today..

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[Gravel Rat]

You don't see that too often a rail bed there is some skill loading one of those because you have to have the machine centered properly. Then you need to block it so it sits on the rails then chain it down.

Do you guys have problems with low clearance bridges etc usually that is the only reason to use a rail bed.

[NateV]

I didnt get to see them loading it. I just got there when they were just about ready to tie it down.

Yeah we do have a lot of bridges in the area. The trucker just got this trailer this spring. My dad was talking to him and he was saying he got this trailer because the other one he was using before was just a lowboy i guess. I dont know the real trailer terms for them but it was something about he used extenders or something on the sides and it put to much weight on the tires or something. I forget exactly what he was saying.

[Gravel Rat]

A rail bed trailer is good for the over height stuff where you don't want to strip the machine to get it under 13'6". I watched a few machines get loaded on a rail bed I just stood back and watched. It is definatly different and takes more skill. The whole load sits on 4 or 6 blocks of wood.

[NateV]

This one is on 4 blocks..I know that much. I didnt go out in the rain and watch that close to what they were doing lol.

[Gravel Rat]

Why get wet if you don't have too :laugh:

[NateV]

Ok time to blow a little dust of this thread. Went and helped my dad on this job after lunch today for a few hours. I wasnt there this morning so i dont have many pics but i will tomorrow. Digging for an addition out back of the house.

There was an old patio and footer out back.
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh205/NateVpa/Picture272.jpg

Its really wet. Need to make a road to get the truck back there.
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Some millings for the road.
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Big mess. Camera died after this pic. Have more tomorrow.
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[93turbo]

Looks like you guys should invest in some mats

[bobcatexc]

Yeah some mats or get your skidsteer over there, we'd pack that material to the driveway with our bobcat. Have to be alot of material back there to take the time and expensive of putting down millings.

[Gravel Rat]

Could have put a cable to the back of the dump truck and pulled it up the hill.

I do agree with what bobcatexc said about using a skid steer.

[NateV]

Yeah some mats or get your skidsteer over there, we'd pack that material to the driveway with our bobcat. Have to be alot of material back there to take the time and expensive of putting down millings.

We though about putting the tracks on the skidloader but i think it would have been a bigger mess using it. The side yard would of been pretty rutted up. I hauled about 20 loades today plus the 5 last night so there was a good bit back there. Plus we got the millings for free anyway.

Pulling it up with a cable everytime would have been a pain in the neck. Iv got more pics il work on loading.

[NateV]

Back at it today. Got our first snow flakes today. Just enough to make everything a little slick in the dirt.

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh205/NateVpa/Picture290.jpg
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Only had room to put about 5 loads then i would push it off with the 580.

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[Gravel Rat]

That is a tough job you definatly have to preplan that one and can't miss anything. That is one where you have to make sure you are at the right depth and work yourself back.

I don't think you would want a truck any heavier than your single axle backing along side of the house you possible could push in the foundation.

[T_S_S]

Nice pics and equipment. Looks like you do great work. Really lke your clean 580!

[NateV]

That is a tough job you definatly have to preplan that one and can't miss anything. That is one where you have to make sure you are at the right depth and work yourself back.

I don't think you would want a truck any heavier than your single axle backing along side of the house you possible could push in the foundation.

Plus we where pretty much at the max that the mini can dig..could only move about 3ft at a time due to no reach with this machine. be nice if it had extendahoe!

i was more worried about going across the drive way loaded more then the house, but the homeowner didnt care. hes the contractor too. I want to say i was running around 30,000lbs..truck didnt really feel like it does when its got more weight on it. The guy is going to put a garage on the side of the house next year where we made our little road.


Nice pics and equipment. Looks like you do great work. Really lke your clean 580!

Thanks.. The 580 only has 250 hours on it and we got it in october 2007. The kobelco gets used more.

[Dirtman2007]

Looks good. Its always fun digging when the machine is about maxed out to its limits. But you use what you've got to get it done!

[nedly05]

Thanks.. The 580 only has 250 hours on it and we got it in october 2007. The kobelco gets used more.

Hmmmmmmmmm.....sounds familiar, our 07 410G has 350 hrs on it, most of which are loading and pushing snow banks back. The kobelco looks like it loads the truck farely well though. Nice work, and pics!

[NateV]

Hmmmmmmmmm.....sounds familiar, our 07 410G has 350 hrs on it, most of which are loading and pushing snow banks back. The kobelco looks like it loads the truck farely well though. Nice work, and pics!

Thats pretty much what all of our hours are from too. It would be nice to use it a bit more but atleast its there when we need it.

[Dirt Digger2]

you oughta send that 580 my way and i will send you back one of ours with 4300 hours on it...that's a good deal if you ask me...i'll ever come out there to sh*tsburgh and pick it up haha

[NateV]

LOL..yeah thats a great deal on your end haha..our L didnt even have 4300 hours when it got traded. I think it was around 2500 hours or so. You wouldnt want ours anyway, got pilots

[Dirt Digger2]

yea your right...pilots are no good with me...but the paint sure does look pretty...you guys have the standard front bucket on her or the oversized?

[Cat 320D LRR]

nice work really like ur case backhoe

[NateV]

I belive its the standard front bucket. I dont think my dad would have got the oversizes one.

and thanks Cat

[NateV]

Well little update.

We got hit with the snow storm on Feb. 5th and 6th with a little over 2 feet in some places and then another round on the 10th which luckly was only about 5 inches. We lost power for almost a week. Its been snowing almost everyday since. Nothing much just a little dusting or so. Its snowing now, saying 3-5 by tomorrow night.

This is one shopping center we haul out of. I wasnt there everynight but for a few nights they had 2 triaxles, and 4 tandems. Then over this past weekend we had 2 tandems and our single axle hauling. One more night or so and the bulk of it should be all gone. Sorry my pics arnt that great. i was playing with the camera modes trying to find the best one for night.

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh205/NateVpa/Picture007-1.jpg
kinda hard to see but its a big pile!! about 100 yards long
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They were using a Cat 983 trackloader to push the piles up but i dont know what happened the the pic of it. Heres an inside pic though.
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh205/NateVpa/Picture018-1.jpg

[NateV]

Then during the day we went to Sams club to move the snow from the front of the lot to the back. I hauled about 55 loads from what i remembered to write down in 8 hours.

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The dump
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Little volvo cleaning up
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We didnt block it in. He can still get out. We have snow all the way over to the truck with out a trailer now.
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Almost as tall as the hoe.
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[Bleed Green]

You are using a track loader on a parking lot....What do the lot owners think about that? LOL

[NateV]

No, the loader is at our one friends farm where we are dumping the snow from the one shopping center. I guess i should of mentioned that lol.

[DUSTYCEDAR]

we have snow everywhere

[nedly05]

Nice pics Nate, the ford looks great! Do you paint it yearly or just wash it a lot?

[NateV]

Just wash it alot and it gets parked in the garage so that makes a huge difference too. The body has only been blasted and painted twice. Once in 2001 when my dad quit plowing with it. He used to have a spreader and plow and plow for the state but he had enough of that. So it got painted then and 2 years ago the front of the bed had some holes rusting through so we took it back to the body company and they took it off the truck and put a whole new cab protector and front of the bed on and fixed a few other places and painted it..The cab has never been touched though. Oh and they painted it with this paint thats never suposed to dull. Its like $500 bucks a gallon.