Building Lake Corona
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We got hammered again last night. The dam was topped again but not much additional damage. The siphon was still running this morning. Here's a couple of pics as of 8am
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dragoneggs
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I guess we are fortunate around here in the PNW not to get crazy rains in the summer time to mess with projects like this!
Water is down several feet as of this morning and no rain in the forcast until Sunday so looks like I'm in the clear. Should be able to get out tomorrow and start clearing the trees I've dropped. I'll probably focus solely on tree removal around the entire pond basin before going back to moving dirt.
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2020-07-22_08-13-51 2020-07-22_08-13-05Stuck #3. Was moving too quick and dropped a track into a hole next to a tree I was digging out. In the process I threw the right track that was in the hole. I decided this time to record a video of using a chain and bucket to drag the CTL out to level ground.
EddieWalker
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Never thought of using the bucket to curl your way out of a hole. That's a lot of in and out of the machine for every foot, but it definitely worked!!!
I do that more times than I like to admit, hoping every time that my bucket hook weld will hold. With a tractor you often are in a hole, so just need to do it once.
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It probably wouldn’t have worked with 1 track off but I’ve used my tractor with the cruise control on to assist in pulling another machine when I was by myself. I had a CTL buried deep in a stump hole and got it out that way. I’ve also pulled my bucket truck out with it in gear. I couldn’t pull it dead weight so I put it in gear, pulled it almost out, then took it out of gear and pulled it the rest of the way.
The right track in the hole was off. Hydraulics at least on this machine are strong enough to drag it with or without tracks turning.