TomG
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- Joined
- Apr 6, 2000
- Messages
- 610
- Location
- Ontario
- Tractor
- Ford 1710: Loader, Hoe, Snowblower, Box scrapper & 3ph Forks
Eight loads of fill were dumped into a hole where a house was at our camp. Exactly when things are going to happen around here aren't always defined. The pile of fill just showed up. The hole is about 5' deep, and the fill occupies half of the hold, is around 15'x30' on top and goes about 5' above ground level. The pile is real steep,
So, I'm looking at the pile and thinking 'Wonder how am I going to spread this out in the hole?' I'll bet that if I go into the hole to pull some of it down, it'll fall on me. I could pull some down to make a ramp up to the top of it. However, I bet the tractor would have no traction, and probably would bury itself, in the loose fill. Even if I manage to push it around on top, I bet there's a good chance the edge would collapse and I'd slide into the hole. Even if none of that happened, the tractor just isn't going to compact the fill very much.
I was still pondering on how to do this yesterday morning, and figured I'd most likely end up buried below or burrowed on top. The phone rang. It was the guy who did the demolition. So, he says: 'The pile looks a little ominous for your tractor. Did you want me to spread it out with the dozer and bring some top soil? ' Didn't take me long to agree.
Perhaps there's a good safe way to do this sort of thing with a compact tractor. If there is, I don't know what it is. Maybe somebody has some suggestions. However, at the moment, I think the job is a far better place for construction equipment than for compact tractors.
Maybe there's even a place for construction equipment in my life. I only took me three months to argue myself into a tractor. Wonder how long it would take for a dozer. Of course, if we bought a 100-acre bush lot, that might clarify the argument somewhat.
So, I'm looking at the pile and thinking 'Wonder how am I going to spread this out in the hole?' I'll bet that if I go into the hole to pull some of it down, it'll fall on me. I could pull some down to make a ramp up to the top of it. However, I bet the tractor would have no traction, and probably would bury itself, in the loose fill. Even if I manage to push it around on top, I bet there's a good chance the edge would collapse and I'd slide into the hole. Even if none of that happened, the tractor just isn't going to compact the fill very much.
I was still pondering on how to do this yesterday morning, and figured I'd most likely end up buried below or burrowed on top. The phone rang. It was the guy who did the demolition. So, he says: 'The pile looks a little ominous for your tractor. Did you want me to spread it out with the dozer and bring some top soil? ' Didn't take me long to agree.
Perhaps there's a good safe way to do this sort of thing with a compact tractor. If there is, I don't know what it is. Maybe somebody has some suggestions. However, at the moment, I think the job is a far better place for construction equipment than for compact tractors.
Maybe there's even a place for construction equipment in my life. I only took me three months to argue myself into a tractor. Wonder how long it would take for a dozer. Of course, if we bought a 100-acre bush lot, that might clarify the argument somewhat.