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Tme to fix roads
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01/20/16 03:35 AM
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don k
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Season is over and time to fix some roads. My caliche pit.
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Re: Tme to fix roads
[Re: don k]
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01/20/16 03:36 AM
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erathar
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Have you ever had your material tested?
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Re: Tme to fix roads
[Re: don k]
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01/20/16 03:38 AM
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Cool toys. It is nice to have your own road base on site
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Re: Tme to fix roads
[Re: don k]
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01/20/16 03:46 AM
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THose look like some fun rides!
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Re: Tme to fix roads
[Re: erathar]
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01/20/16 12:55 PM
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don k
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Have you ever had your material tested? HUH? Tested for what?
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Re: Tme to fix roads
[Re: don k]
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01/20/16 01:57 PM
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you could probably do better than some counties
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: Tme to fix roads
[Re: don k]
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01/20/16 01:59 PM
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Good Lawd Don! what a fun way to burn some Diesel! Looks like "your average" guys DIY too
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Re: Tme to fix roads
[Re: don k]
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01/20/16 04:21 PM
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You have some very useful tools there sir. Man what I'd give to have a dozer on the place.
Is that a little towable belly dump/grader?
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Re: Tme to fix roads
[Re: don k]
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01/20/16 06:08 PM
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Very nice. Luckily our LO keeps a blade by our two bad spots. A little of that rock would fix us up permanently. I only got stuck once this year. I now have plan B when it gets too bad.
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Re: Tme to fix roads
[Re: TxAg]
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01/20/16 07:06 PM
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don k
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You have some very useful tools there sir. Man what I'd give to have a dozer on the place.
Is that a little towable belly dump/grader?
It is a Caterpillar #70 scraper. Weighs about 18,000 pounds. The dozer pulling it is a Cat. D7 17A and weighs around 36,000 pounds.
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Re: Tme to fix roads
[Re: don k]
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01/20/16 07:31 PM
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You have some very useful tools there sir. Man what I'd give to have a dozer on the place.
Is that a little towable belly dump/grader?
It is a Caterpillar #70 scraper. Weighs about 18,000 pounds. The dozer pulling it is a Cat. D7 17A and weighs around 36,000 pounds. Nice. If it's behind a D7 it's not "little" at all! Must have been the picture distance. Great equipment.
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Re: Tme to fix roads
[Re: don k]
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01/20/16 07:31 PM
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Can a borrow your D7? There is a guy that keeps parking in my spot
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Re: Tme to fix roads
[Re: don k]
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01/20/16 09:07 PM
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Good looking equipment, that will move some dirt and anything else in front of it
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Re: Tme to fix roads
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01/20/16 10:44 PM
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Can a borrow your D7? There is a guy that keeps parking in my spot
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Re: Tme to fix roads
[Re: don k]
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01/20/16 10:46 PM
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Big boys got big toys! Im jealous, Nice setup
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Re: Tme to fix roads
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01/21/16 05:46 AM
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Big boys got big toys! Im jealous, Nice setup
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Re: Tme to fix roads
[Re: don k]
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01/21/16 03:01 PM
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Now I want my own caliche pit. Dang it Don.
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Re: Tme to fix roads
[Re: don k]
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01/21/16 03:08 PM
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I've never done this. Do you scrape the pit with the dozer, then make a pile and then scoop it up with the belly loader?
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Re: Tme to fix roads
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01/21/16 04:51 PM
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don k
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I've never done this. Do you scrape the pit with the dozer, then make a pile and then scoop it up with the belly loader? I use the scraper to transport fill which does not have much caliche but is easy to load. Then dig up the caliche with the dozer and pile it. Then load it on the dump truck and spread it over top of the fill. Once it rains on it it get like concrete. The scraper will hold about 10 yards when full.
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Re: Tme to fix roads
[Re: don k]
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01/21/16 08:03 PM
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Re: Tme to fix roads
[Re: don k]
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01/21/16 08:38 PM
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Dang I'd like to have access to a dozen!
I like the way you roll, Don!
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Re: Tme to fix roads
[Re: don k]
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01/21/16 11:54 PM
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Hey Don, I think Trump is going to need your help to build the wall! I guess we can start in Bandera and work our way south.
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Re: Tme to fix roads
[Re: BowsnRods]
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01/22/16 03:25 AM
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don k
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Hey Don, I think Trump is going to need your help to build the wall! I guess we can start in Bandera and work our way south. EPA and OSHA probably won't let me.
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Re: Tme to fix roads
[Re: don k]
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01/22/16 03:37 AM
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erathar
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Have you ever had your material tested? HUH? Tested for what? P.I.? Clay content in your caliche. Couldn't you push your caliche into a windrow and pick it up with your scraper? That may be cheaper than hiring loader and tandem. That is unless you own that as well.
Last edited by erathar; 01/22/16 03:39 AM.
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Re: Tme to fix roads
[Re: erathar]
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01/22/16 03:43 AM
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don k
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It doesn't load good like that. You would need a paddle wheel scraper to do it that way. No use testing it because I use what I got.
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