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Here's the "after" photo of the foundation area.
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Since we had five driveways to compact with three different materials, I figured it was a good time for Joe to get used to the compactor.
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Removed a few Bois d'arc trees and started cleaning out a gully. We'll be putting in a culvert with precast concrete ends here too.
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The boys out grubbing a few dozen patches of cactus. The weatherman said it was going to be 68 today...he was wrong.
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Cleaning out the gully. Sure was warm in the cab. :laughing:
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What's that red and gray thing laying on the ground between them? Looks dangerous.

Joe kept giving me a hard time about only having square shovels, so I bought him a round one and told him to get to usin' it! :D

Forgot a photo.
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Thanks Blade...but I'm way too busy trying to teach myself!

I'm always trying to learn new techniques and stay on top of whats new, so I can do a better job and offer my customers better products and such. So I signed up for a Gravelology webinar from Forester University, thinking that it'd be pretty interesting. I got my conformation today, but they said that it's scheduled for 1 PM on a Wednesday. REALLY? A Wednesday? I'm thinking maybe its geared toward roadbuilders on food stamps and unemployment. Unless its raining that day I guess I'll be missing it.
Wednesday ????? I could see it if was at 9 pm, but why burn daylight ?????? Krazy !!!
 
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RD, that kx121 is sexy! Can you tell us about it? Or maybe you already did and I didn't see it
 
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RD, that kx121 is sexy! Can you tell us about it? Or maybe you already did and I didn't see it

The KX is the heaviest ex that I can comfortably haul on my 14K trailer, so I use it quite a bit. I really haven't found anything on it that I don't like. It's heavy for its size and has pretty good cahones in the breakout department. The cab is "all day" comfortable and the 6-way dozer blade is a HUGE bonus.

I honestly should have used a larger ex for this job. Bois d'arc trees have a pretty large tap root and impressive root system. The 121 is on the job now, so thats what I'll finish with.
 
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A few more pics of KX121. I rustled up some bees that had their hives built in the old semi tires. Happy to be in the cab!

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The wife came out to the job and snapped a few pics.

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Not long ago I was following a guy pulling one just like that on a trailer just about like yours. He turned into a subdivision under construction. I kept going to my job, and about 3 hours later as I was heading home passing by the subdivision, I looked over and noticed about several BIG trees on the ground. I was really surprised what that machine did in such a short time.
 
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Setting a culvert and precast ends.

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Stumping a few trees.

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Finished out the day moving some dirt.

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