GuglioLS
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Feb 13, 2005
- Messages
- 1,143
- Location
- Edgewood, NM USA
- Tractor
- Jinma 354, 1953 Ford NAA Golden Jubilee, Komatsu Bulldozer
The following is a project done with our two tractors, 1953 Ford NAA Golden Jubilee with Bradco 3265 BH & 2005 Jinma 354LE with Koyker 160 loader.
We live about 25 miles southeast of Albuquerque. It has not rained, or snowed in over FIVE months, and we are in the 7th year of a severe drought. The water well is not what it used to be. So we decided to install a Cistern Tank. The Idea is to get the tank's first fill delivered, then replenish the water in the tank at a very slow rate form the well (1/2. gal Minute) and collect rain / snow water from the nearby gutters (if it ever rains again).
The first photo is of the site we selected very close to the house. Doing this made the water lines to / from the tank very short and is situated very near all the plumbing lines located in the basement. It is also a good site because no one would drive over the tank.
I would dig with the NAA backhoe and my wife would use the Jinma FEL to cart off the spoil, this make a HUGE pile, about 30 cubic yards. We make a good team, the timing was just right – as the spoil pile was just starting to fall back into the hole, my wife was there to scoop it up and haul it off. We did this over and over again and again for about 8 hours. Attached are all the photos that document our project.
We live about 25 miles southeast of Albuquerque. It has not rained, or snowed in over FIVE months, and we are in the 7th year of a severe drought. The water well is not what it used to be. So we decided to install a Cistern Tank. The Idea is to get the tank's first fill delivered, then replenish the water in the tank at a very slow rate form the well (1/2. gal Minute) and collect rain / snow water from the nearby gutters (if it ever rains again).
The first photo is of the site we selected very close to the house. Doing this made the water lines to / from the tank very short and is situated very near all the plumbing lines located in the basement. It is also a good site because no one would drive over the tank.
I would dig with the NAA backhoe and my wife would use the Jinma FEL to cart off the spoil, this make a HUGE pile, about 30 cubic yards. We make a good team, the timing was just right – as the spoil pile was just starting to fall back into the hole, my wife was there to scoop it up and haul it off. We did this over and over again and again for about 8 hours. Attached are all the photos that document our project.
