Building Lake Corona

Kyle_in_Tex · Jun 16, 2020

Good work.

So, do you have an occupation/job besides your wedding venue and fireworks?

jk96 · Jun 16, 2020

Kyle_in_Tex said:
Good work.

So, do you have an occupation/job besides your wedding venue and fireworks?

No. I wish I had the time for another. Our fireworks business is almost year round. We start shooting shows for MLS soccer in March and stay busy with sporting events, fairs, festivals, corporate events, etc through November. We are also a supplier to a lot of other pyro companies so we are busy through the week as well with day to day operations. There is plenty of work just keeping up with compliance of all the government regulations since we are considered an explosives and hazmat company. The wedding venue fills any extra spare time I might have.

On the plus side the wedding venue is allowing me to slow down a bit on the fireworks side. We have started limiting the amount of shows we are shooting and is giving me more family time. Eventually I would like to get out of shooting shows and move to a supplier only.

jk96 · Jun 17, 2020

EddieWalker said:
How much dirt does that bucket hold?

Eddie looks like my 84" bucket is spec'd for 2/3 yard. Not sure how that is measured so to be more specific it holds this much.

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Shot a video from my phone yesterday evening moving dirt off the hillside. Going downhill I can pile a large amount at the base of the hill and then make quicker runs back and forth to the dam. Also setup my lazer level last night at dusk so I could see where I was at. I have about 6 feet to go on average across the dam which at the height it is now is a lot of dirt. If I can get it there the water level in main pond will be an average of 8-9 foot with the deeper hole at about 15 foot.

deezler · Jun 17, 2020

Dang that thing can doze pretty good! Sweet video.

jk96 · Jun 17, 2020

deezler said:
Dang that thing can doze pretty good! Sweet video.

It does. 90hp and 11,000 lbs with case weights added. Gravity helps.

Citydude · Jun 17, 2020

Nice video! You’ve got skills.

KubotainNH · Jun 17, 2020

Would love to see an hour of this at higher video speed. Amazing how smooth a track that machine will make. I assume the tracks help with that.

dragoneggs · Jun 17, 2020

Yep... impressive!

two_bit_score · Jun 17, 2020

KubotainNH said:
Would love to see an hour of this at higher video speed. Amazing how smooth a track that machine will make. I assume the tracks help with that.

Yes very!

ovrszd · Jun 18, 2020

Nice work.

Takes a LOT of dirt to add a foot to a dam.

For those who haven't been around one, a CTL makes a skid steer look silly. Much more productive!!!!