Building Lake Corona
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Going to have to rent one for a day.
Molalla1
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If you lived closer I'd be there . . . .
bindian
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My ex has metal tracks. I can hook a chain to the track pads on both sides and winch myself out if a stable anchor is nearby.
hugs, Brandi
Alien
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Watching.
Years ago our local village (Grantham) flooded taking houses and lives. The whole district was under water. There was a paddock that me and some buddies flew model planes that was submerged. Since then we refer to our flying paddock as Lake Grantham. Some would wonder why we call it that.
Years ago our local village (Grantham) flooded taking houses and lives. The whole district was under water. There was a paddock that me and some buddies flew model planes that was submerged. Since then we refer to our flying paddock as Lake Grantham. Some would wonder why we call it that.
You must put them on the bottom? I'm trying to envision how that works. I've used a chain through the rear wheel of a farm tractor before, but have to be careful as it's easy to flip it that way.
It's much easier if the tractor has a loader.
bindian
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Put it on bottom. Imagine the track walking up the chain links. It helps to have wide tracks. Mine are 600mm, which is almost 2 feet wide. This works best with the bucket crowding in to help out. Only done this once. Most other times my 6520 is nearby to help out. But then you need another operator.
hugs, Brandi
Well the rain missed us and with 25-35 mile an hour winds the last few days along with temps hitting 70 everything dried out really nice. Took another stab at digging the core trench with the trackloader today. I was able to get all the way across both sides. Trench is 7 feet wide, 3-1/2 to 4' deep. I was able to make it through the limestone and then hit very solid rock at the bottom. Looks like shale. Nothing I could do could get through it unfortunately. Where the shale is I'm 4 feet below the bottom of the pond level. Probably going to go ahead and fill with clay and build a small dam maybe 6-7 feet to start and see how the water holds before I spend a lot of time with tree removal and grading.
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Alien
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Looks like slate doesn't it.
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that's cool! We have nothing but glacial till here. As much round rock as dirt and up to the size of volleyballs... rarely bigger.
It's solid but delaminates into thin sheets when running the bucket teeth across it.
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Some kind of slate... depending on the quality you might get some nice paver slabs! That's what I would be attempting. Is it hard and will break off in decent thicknesses?
Would need a good size excavator. I uncovered a section 7 ft wide by about 12 foot deep. Couldn't get through it. After about 12 buckets of scale I gave up.
Kyle_in_Tex
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I'm watching. Sorry about your business being down. A few young people at work are hoping to get married this summer...
Thanks for posting pics.
Thanks for posting pics.
buckeyefarmer
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Neat thread.
Sorry business is slow. I know several with cancelled weddings.
Dad built our farm pond (or had it built, not sure) back in 50s.
Sorry business is slow. I know several with cancelled weddings.
Dad built our farm pond (or had it built, not sure) back in 50s.
Not much for progress updates. Been fighting the left track on this machine and it finally won. Lots of tears in the tracks and the left one de-railed twice. The 2nd time it ripped one of the bars completely out. I knew another set of tracks was in order and have been trying to get what I could out of these. Working the steep slopes was just too much on this old set. I was able to get the bottom of the core filled up to grade. At least any water that pools up will flower across now and not fill with water. On a side note the water has slowly filled up to the current grade so I'm assuming that means the water table is at least higher than the bottom of the pond. If the dam holds then it should hold water I think. Hauling the ctl back to the shop today to get the tracks off and wait for the new set to show up. Oh and I got stuck again. This time I was able to get the tractor in to pull it out. Much easier recovery. Found out the new Kubota has a lot more power than my old Case 55C tractor as well. I broke two of the yellow 2" 10,000 lb break strength straps during the recovery before I rounded up enough chain for the reach. My Case would go into relief before ever getting close to breaking one. Hopefully the new tracks will be here by this weekend and I can finally get a productive day of work in.
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Here's a pic after the recovery.
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Yep stay busy at least during the daylight!
