LilGiantsConstrCo

[Lil Giants]

Got cracking @9am this sunny morning, I tried to keep track the #loads in the 1st hour, but lost count...14 - 16? 4hrs later there's a big pile of dirt out there... ofcourse I didn't think to take a pic before I started this morning.

Clouds are rolling in now, lunch break over, better get back 'er to get as much done before the waterworks start.

[Cooper]

Never thought looking at dirt would be so satisfying . Lol!!! Cut out the corner of house and it looks like a 1:1 road project underway

[Lil Giants]

After looking at dirt for 7hrs today, I'm kinda of sick of it Coop. My feet are tired & my butt is sore, lost count the # of trips up/down stairs... all good exercise though & I'll sleep good tonite.

Got rained out an hour ago... it's calling for snow overnight.






Not sure if half the pile is gone already, but it'd be close.

[Lil Giants]

Some highlights from yesterday's activities.

http://youtu.be/K_cwPgz7z-0

[Exclusive RC]

I Love it, its so cool how you can go from inside the house to outside, and have fun doing so.

[Supermario]

its a good thing you have a tunnel project to do. could you imagine if you had these sized machines when you began the dig and how much more they would have moved.... Then again, they wouldn't have fit down there till now!
I'm loving that new ADT !

[JDH429]

Joe, congrats on the new B50, what a machine. That looks to be just the ticket for moving more material out...You sure got lucky on the overhead clearance, I guess overloading the box and mounding material over the sides will be taken care of on the way out?

[Lil Giants]

The drive out is getting a bit long Brian as the roadway is getting narrower all the time with bigger equipment, kinda makes for slow uneasy navigating not to rub the wall or fall off the edge... I'll get what loose dirt there is out of the way, then tear everything out & rebuild it with 1/2" sheet @ 24 inches wide... most of the roadway currently is only 16 inches with most of it 3/8 sheet & some is 1/4, which was fine for the Tamiya trks.

I wish I had this JD850 when I started Mario, I would have done zero hand digging! Yes, thank goodness for the tunnel project or I'd be just about left with nothing to do... I'll be a few yrs at that before wondering what to do next for a dirtwork project.

Thanx Jason, it's a mighty hauler alright. I knew the clearance was gonna be close, fortunately I didn't have to take a grinder to the B50 to make it fit.

[JDH429]

Originally Posted by Lil Giants

Thanx Jason, it's a mighty hauler alright. I knew the clearance was gonna be close, fortunately I didn't have to take a grinder to the B50 to make it fit.

That's always a plus.

[Lil Giants]

Thursday morning there was still a few inches snow on the ground, but it warmed up fast to 15 before noon, such a bright warm sun that the pile was dry enough to work with the dozer by 5pm!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jloTJ9Yr17U



WOW what a great day yesterday, didn't last though. rain overnight, heavy fog all day today, snow for the weekend.

[RCTech9]

When are you going to start using the big D9?

[Lil Giants]

Don't know, no plans to use it anytime soon.

Well the snow forecasted for the wkend didn't happen, so I got more dirt hauled out Saturday nite & Sunday.



Another roadway collapse on Sunday, this could've been much worse than it was.
Zipped in a bunch of 1" screws, plus strung a guide line from the ceiling for added support.

[Radar]

Oh man that's why the frost laws are on he in mi. Time for new roads cool pic I really like that dump truck

[andyathome]

mate that was close , lucky save.
might need to look at roading upgrades with all that extra weight.

[Supermario]

Glad to see the new truck didn't suffer the same fate as on the last road failure
Sad to say but another scale factor achieved! Starting to resemble the condition of Canada's roads and infrastructure. Under rated old roads but hauling max loads !

Not saying your worksite is in disarray Joe, just kinda reminds me of the roads here in Ontario right now. Lol

[headers]

You got to get on those highway inspectors they not doing their darn job

[jack van]

soon your gonna need a road tax or haul permits to get money for road improvement lol

[Cooper]

Guess this winter has been hard on them Canadian roads!!! Lol!!! You might have to build a on site concrete plant!!

[Lil Giants]

Oh it's getting wore out Mario, a lot of it is 8yrs old. New roads coming soon indeed! Build everything from 1/2 sheet, bolt it all together with steel strapping b/c the trks are only going to get bigger from here on out.

So I got this remote camera last fall for my FWA Ford & grain pup just incase fields were gonna be too wet for tandem grain trk... fortunately the sun came out & stayed for several weeks straight & we never had to resort to that method of hauling the crop off the field. I tried out the camera today, mounted the camera on my old satellite dish for internet, it gave a perfect view of pile. Took the viewer with me downstairs & as soon as I turned on Spektrum radios for B50 & JD850, the view screen scrambled.

Refer to manual on the wireless camera to discover that the frequency iftoperates on is 2.4Ghz, the same as my radios.



So anyways, hoofed it up & down the stairs for another couple hrs before dark again today & moved a tonne of dirt out! It's been several yrs now since I've seen the corner of this wall.





With so much summer rainfall the last couple yrs, the moisture has come from under the wood wall & has risen nearly to the top of pile & outward a few feet. This fine clay is just like a sponge!

[jack van]

the plywood looks like it pressure treated should be ok for a few years hehe some of that would can take 15 20 years in the ground depends on material thickness and how well it was soaked works good for bugs and rodents lol poison