Seemed Like Such A Simple Project

njrqs · Apr 8, 2002

Oh, by the way, it's harder to accidently bury a 3pt pto auger..... 

Yes he hasn't answered that one yet. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

StoneHeartFarm · Apr 8, 2002

Harv,

There's that green stuff again! And little orange things that look like flowers. I remember those, but ours are still covered in snow. /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif. Looks nice and comfortable there. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

SHF

Harv · Apr 8, 2002

Robert -
This is why the rental places have jack hammers

Yeah, but that would require forethought and planning. Did you see any signs of that in my tale?
Next time I'll just have my buddy from Shingle Springs come over and rip it out with his bare hands. /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif

Neil -
it's harder to accidently bury a 3pt pto auger
If I can fit it in the bucket, it's as good as buried. You think this was the first time I've done that?

Steve -
Looks nice and comfortable there

Yeah, I was actually disappointed that I had to wear my vest that day. The daffodils had already bloomed and run their course before we got there. It's been a strange year for weather so far.

njrqs · Apr 8, 2002

You think this was the first time I've done that? 

Harv

You know there is an edit feature on TBN, and even a delete feature /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

I am the cockup king, but burying a post hole digger??????????

Twice /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

smilingreen · Apr 8, 2002

Harv,
Been there, done that. Here in Middle Tennessee, we have the expression of a thing called the "County Rock". Thats the rock you hit that the whole county is sitting on. A few years back, I had this "small" little rock poking out of the ground in my back yard. It was just high enouph to be annoying with the lawn mower deck. My neighbor across the street has a large Ford backhoe, so I decide to borrow it for a couple of minutes (yah, right) and pop the "small" rock out of of my yard. Well, needless to say 2 hours later and a hole 12' wide and 10' deep, alas, I have gotten the rock out. It was in 3 pieces, laying vertical, just below the suface of my lawn. The hoe had a terrible time trying to get these rocks out. Estimated each piece weighed around 5 to 7 thousand pounds! After that, any "small rocks I found in my yard, I just took a hammer and chisel and knocked the top off of them.

EdKing · Apr 9, 2002

There was a point when it crossed my mind to just lay down in the hole and pull the dirt over me./w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif

Believe me Harv, after chipping through a foot and a half of stone, still a foot to go with no end of the stone in site, I felt the same way.

njrqs · Apr 10, 2002

Dave

Yes have done the same thing at my old house in Suburbia.

Needed a bobcat to get it out. Was like an ice berg with just a hint above ground showing what lies beneath..........

Yuk

WVBill · Apr 10, 2002

I had a similar situation too.

I wanted to add a deck to the back of my house - just a small one only 2' off the ground. But Fairfax County Virginia code says that the supports for any deck must be sunk at least 36" deep. I hit solid rock ledge at 18" down and NOTHING would convince the inspector that any other solution than putting that 6 x 6 down another 18" into that rock was not going to risk the lives of everyone in the county.

I love it out where I am now - there were no building codes until just this last summer and there's no record of what structures looked like before then.

gordon · Apr 10, 2002

Harv, I'm sorry but not only during but after reading your quick project, I've been laughing my butt off. Boy can you tell a story. But do you really have to go to those extremes to get seat time in the tractor?/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Good luck on your next simple project.
Gordon

Harv · Apr 10, 2002

do you really have to go to those extremes to get seat time

Funny you should put it that way, Gordon. My wife's comment (with a slightly disdainful tone) was, "You can turn anything into a tractor project, can't you?".