Good luck and cover your rear end, out of curiosity have you done done a project like this before? No offense intended but it seems your going in way undergunned for the magnitude of the project.

The scraper i can’t go bigger but i. An get another one. It is the biggest John Deere makes and I am using 3 scrapers. The dozer could definitely go bigger.

You don't need a bigger dozer. If anything, maybe an 850K. Running automation is what you actually need. That would drastically reduce your cost per yard.

For a 30 acre lake? Do you have a clue how much dirt that requires being moved lol

Following. I just want another well and one tank on the south end of my place. Gotta spot all picked out that should be a natural catchment. But I wouldn't have a clue how to properly do it, even if I had access to any equipment needed. I have to sort through the 15 (or more) guys that advertise in the Junction/Menard area and find one that actually knows what they're doing.

About 485,000 yards for just the 30 acre lake. This project is going to take a long time I have no doubt. The lakes are secondary right now. The primary goal is getting phase II of the resort opened on the river and get all roads in. The equipment i have will work fine for that. Too speed up the lake project it would be nice to have 2 or 3 more scraper set ups and 2 dozers. But we have nothing but time. Thanks for the input

It sounds like a fun project getting to do different things, keep the pics coming

Depends on depth and existing elevations. Dozer isn't there to push a tremendous amount of dirt, but to rip for the scrapers. You can do that with a D4 or a 450. The scraper should only be taking an inch or so on each pass, and any dozer can rip that deep. I know just a little about dirt work.

I know, I made around 360 passes and feel like I ain’t made a dent. However my buckets are full

Also i am looking for someone who can run the 9620R on weekends or nights

Wish I could help ya but my butts worn out from sitting in a D9 all day, you probably already know but finding part time help to cut loose in high dollar equipment is tough heck finding full time help is just about as bad lol
Nobody wants to work and the ones that do want a million dollars an hour. Good luck and keep us posted

I’ll come run it for half a million an hour.

It would actually be full time

How much would half a million pesos be annualy

23474.38

That will work but I would be real nervous turning them loose with million plus tractor set up.

Gonna be nice one day.

Your making some progress, looking good..

Nice

Thanks, it is going to take a while for sure. We where getting ready to build a 100’ x 50’ pole barn and that has already changed to a 100’ x 100’ with the outside walls being made out of 4 of the 40’ connex boxes and 2 of the 20’ with lean to over hange of 22’ with the gable roof and a concrete floor which will be nice for maintenance of the equipment.

If it stays wet up here I’ll come down for a bit and help out if you still need some help. I can’t stand to sit around for much longer than a few days. Shoot me a pm with your contact info