Digging a hole..?

hunt4570 · Jan 28, 2016

First, thanks to kOua, he actually answered my question.
The thought of keeping some of it for fill and such eluded me on the outset, but I may do just that.
So I dug me a hole.... more of a pit maybe, heres a couple pics.. its my first.

The finished hole..

And a new sand pile!

Not to bad for my first try I think.. got better at it as I went along, figuring out bucket angles and stuff. My sandy earth really helps!!

k0ua · Jan 28, 2016

You did a pretty good job, and it looks pretty much as I envisioned it. you are at th point now where you cant stack it much higher, and if you need to go deeper (towards China

) you will have to start trucking it out and around. But it looks like you are where you want to be. Yep you have some pretty easy digging.

hunt4570 · Jan 28, 2016

Thanks again, and yeah I had to back out and truck it around quite a bit. As you are looking at the pit the pile is in the distance on the left.

Tomtint · Jan 28, 2016

There is nothing wrong with burying concrete. Up here when a septic systems fail and need replacing, it is routine that they will crush the old tank in place and backfill.

MossRoad · Jan 28, 2016

Tomtint said:
There is nothing wrong with burying concrete. Up here when a septic systems fail and need replacing, it is routine that they will crush the old tank in place and backfill.

I wish someone would have told my neighbor that. They dug it out and now it sits in their backyard for two years.... we saw their kid start a fire in it and then cook their dinner.

stuckmotor · Jan 28, 2016

All that sand makes me think you're below the fall line. My dad and his brothers dug a septic tank by hand on the old home place down there. He moved to the upstate and tried it in our hard clay. I don't think he got down over 18 inches before he abandoned the project.

hunt4570 · Jan 29, 2016

stuckmotor said:
All that sand makes me think you're below the fall line. My dad and his brothers dug a septic tank by hand on the old home place down there. He moved to the upstate and tried it in our hard clay. I don't think he got down over 18 inches before he abandoned the project.

Enlighten me please, what is the "fall line"?

Lots of sand where I am, they dug 6 feet (ish) down for my pool and just all sand. Down towards the river I get into some clay and lots of rocks. Now I don't cross the river but I hear its almost all clay on the other side of it.

hunt4570 · Jan 29, 2016

Xfaxman said:
It is a TBN problem.

Here is a work around: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/news-feedback/348885-email-notices-post4352631.html#post4352631

Thanks Xfax... at least it isn't just me.

drizler · Jan 31, 2016

MESSMAKER said:
Digging a hole with most tractors takes a while but can be done. Not very politically correct but after it is buried, who knows? It is a hunk of rock, not nuclear waste.

Ditto, as long as you don't have any close in nosy neighbors who will blow you in. For the life of me how a bunch of busted concrete a foot under ground can hurt a water table. Gonna call poo on that one. Secret is being discreet. Don't rip it off and go dig a hole , especially in broad daylight. take it off someplace and bust it up and leave it there. Then some fine night when the stars are a shining take a couple beers and make it happen. Level and toss some grass seed. Nobody gotta know . Take the dirt you removed put it somewhere and use it as fill. Win WIn and like I said NOBODY gotta know.