Building Lake Corona

jk96 · Jun 19, 2020

bindian said:
True, but moving them at top speed makes for a truly bumpy ride. At least in a Bobcat 770. I have hit bumps traveling with dirt in the bucket and have hit my head. Seatbelts after that!
hugs, Brandi

A machine with ride control makes a huge difference when moving a heavy bucket. On mine it uses accumulators in the booms circuit and allows the boom arms to act as springs or shocks. When activated you can watch the boom arms kind of float up and down independent of the machine. It takes a lot of bounce and jolt out of travel. That along with an air ride seat makes moving dirt in high speed much more doable and cuts way back on material spill as well.

ovrszd · Jun 19, 2020

jk96 said:
A machine with ride control makes a huge difference when moving a heavy bucket. On mine it uses accumulators in the booms circuit and allows the boom arms to act as springs or shocks. When activated you can watch the boom arms kind of float up and down independent of the machine. It takes a lot of bounce and jolt out of travel. That along with an air ride seat makes moving dirt in high speed much more doable and cuts way back on material spill as well.

I think the high dollar new CTLs use spring loaded carrier wheels?

jk96 · Jun 19, 2020

We missed the rain last night. It came hard and fast this afternoon. Here's what 1/2" in about 30-40 minutes got us. With more on the way today into tomorrow I'm hoping I don't top the dam.

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Kyle_in_Tex · Jun 19, 2020

jk96 said:
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.

It sounds like you don't have much spare time already my friend.

I'm wondering if you should put something in to keep the erosion to a minimum. Maybe a big siphon hose, or culvert pipe?

ovrszd · Jun 19, 2020

Looks like you are going to need an earthen spillway AND a pipe overflow. If you had gotten 2" today it would have definitely breached your dam.

bindian · Jun 20, 2020

4570Man said:
The CTL is still far better. A big 4wd tractor loader is made to move round bales not dirt. It would be hard pressed to beat the CTL in volume of dirt moved and it definitely can稚 do as good of a job. If the biggest 6 ton 100 hp CTLs won稚 do the job you need to go get a D6 and forget about the tractors. Maybe if you had big tractor towing a dirt pan but the tractor loaders are junk for moving dirt.

That all depends on how far you move it. By move I mean with the bucket off the ground. Both have advantages over the other. I do know I never want to move dirt again in a Bobcat 770 as far as I do with my tractor.
hugs, Brandi

bindian · Jun 20, 2020

jk96 said:
A machine with ride control makes a huge difference when moving a heavy bucket. On mine it uses accumulators in the booms circuit and allows the boom arms to act as springs or shocks. When activated you can watch the boom arms kind of float up and down independent of the machine. It takes a lot of bounce and jolt out of travel. That along with an air ride seat makes moving dirt in high speed much more doable and cuts way back on material spill as well.

Ahhhhhhhh. I know rentals suck on the comfort "extras". I looked hard at a Mustang CTL. But the price kept me awake at night, that and the bumpy ride that Bobcat
gave me in high speed.

Oh I forgot about bucket spill. Had some in my lap a time or two with overflowing buckets on nasty bumps.
hugs, Brandi

4570Man · Jun 20, 2020

bindian said:
That all depends on how far you move it. By move I mean with the bucket off the ground. Both have advantages over the other. I do know I never want to move dirt again in a Bobcat 770 as far as I do with my tractor.
hugs, Brandi

You’re still using the wrong tool for the job. I’d be loading my dump truck if I was going any distance. My full size backhoe could carry dirt faster, cheaper, and spill less than the 95 Kubota I had at the time but the 95 would blow the backhoe away for general dirt work and the backhoe would blow a tractor away at dirt work. A tractor vs a 6 ton CTL at moving dirt is land slide victory at pretty much any task except moving a long ways. Put a dump truck on the job and the CTL is winning again. I could probably load loose dirt faster with my backhoe vs the 95 but only because the bucket was bigger. If it’s hard packed dirt or the area is too small to work the 25 foot long backhoe and the CTL is back to winning again.

jk96 · Jun 20, 2020

Rain last night skipped us. Here's a view from this morning. Only came up another few inches from the yesterday's pic. Calling for scattered storms the next couple of days but no rain at the moment. If we miss the afternoon rain today it might be dry enough to drag some water line out to start draining again. Also looks like the dam is high enough for water to start backing up into the two ravines so I may have a little extra reserve space now.

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