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Kranky 1

July 27th, 2008, 09:14

Friday one of the dump truck drivers took the day off, so the boss put me in #32 triaxle and I was hauling on the jobsite at a new subdivision.

3 other trucks were there also, we were hauling fill away from a stormwater detention pond and dumping it at the other end of the site to fill a low area.

Here's a pic of the 330 Cat hoe that was loading the trucks, notice that the smaller 315 hoe is "down in the hole", cutting the far side of the pond and throwing the material over to where the 330 could reach it and load it out:
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j188/HKJr23/DSCF1587.jpg

A view of the east end of the pond:
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j188/HKJr23/DSCF1596.jpg

After the excavation is finished, the entire pond will be lined with 12" of clay, then compacted, in order to "seal off" the pond from the groundwater. The DNR does not want the detention pond water (which will be runoff from the streets) penetrating into the groundwater.

Here's a view of another section of the pond which is already finished:
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j188/HKJr23/DSCF1588.jpg

They've got 2 of these diesel powered generators on the site to power the pumps that are keeping the pond from filling with groundwater while it is being dug:
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j188/HKJr23/DSCF1590.jpg

Here are some views of the rest of the site, note the catch basins, manholes, fire hydrants etc, and you can see where the streets will eventually be. The sewer, water and storm sewer are being installed by another company which we work closely with:

(apologies for the dirty windshield, I PTI'ed the truck, then went quickly to the job. The truck did get a complete bath when I got back to the shop that evening)
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j188/HKJr23/DSCF1583.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j188/HKJr23/DSCF1586.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j188/HKJr23/DSCF1585.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j188/HKJr23/DSCF1584.jpg

Here's a photo just for Big Dave (AKA "Volvo Man")
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j188/HKJr23/DSCF1593.jpg

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snoope

July 27th, 2008, 15:57

Kranky 1

July 27th, 2008, 17:03

Kranky1,

SWEET pix....thats my kind of living.....the "Meat and taters" of construction......And if I'm not mistaken .."Volvo Man" might be happy with those loaders "running" around in the background also?? That articulator looks "Swedish" also........:D

I've got to grab the camera and "Shoot" the "Crushing crew" set up at the pit.....I would take pix of my "Site" but then folks would think I ACTUALLY work for a living;);)...

S

You have a good eye for equipment Snoope.

The loaders and the articulated haul truck being used by the pipelayers are indeed Volvos.

The pipelayer's excavators are Komatsu - a 400 and a 600, and they also have a Komatsu dozer on the site.

PartTimeDweller

August 30th, 2008, 22:10

Those are some big ponds. How come they don't use scrapers and dozers, or a 345 and some 400 or 740 dumps?

How many and what kind of pumps are they using? The lake job we are working on they have a PTO driven pump run by a Case IH farm tractor. It must have a 12 inch discharge hose on it. Enen with that it took a day and a half to pump that lake down enough to work it.

Kranky 1

August 30th, 2008, 22:24

Those are some big ponds. How come they don't use scrapers and dozers, or a 345 and some 400 or 740 dumps?

Don't know. I guess the boss just decided to do it with dump trucks. We don't have any big off road type haul trucks, the Volvo haul truck off in the distance belongs to the sewer & water contractors. Our biggest hoes are 330's.

How many and what kind of pumps are they using? The lake job we are working on they have a PTO driven pump run by a Case IH farm tractor. It must have a 12 inch discharge hose on it. Enen with that it took a day and a half to pump that lake down enough to work it.

I counted 4 - 2 in. electric pumps, but they were running them 24 / 7 during the whole time the pond was being worked on. The boss would go up there and check on the pumps & fuel up the generators on sundays when no one was working there.

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PartTimeDweller

August 30th, 2008, 23:33

He ought to look into one of those pto driven pumps. All you need is a farm tractor to run it. Keep it full of fuel and it takes care of itself.

Kranky 1

October 26th, 2008, 21:24

Pics of the finished product taken last week:

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j188/HKJr23/Trico06018.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j188/HKJr23/Trico06019.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j188/HKJr23/Trico06020.jpg

:cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:

PartTimeDweller

October 26th, 2008, 23:36

Looks good!

Do they have any houses sold yet, or did this subdivision get started before the crash? There are many new subdivisions sitting here with no activity whatsoever, but that was to be expected considering how many have been started the last few years.

Kranky 1

October 27th, 2008, 07:57

There are 2 houses being built right now in the far northeast corner of the subdivision, behind where I was standing when taking pics.

The houses off in the distance in the 3rd pic are in the previous phase of the subdivision which was put in about 4 years ago.

Incidentally, if you look in the first pic, our shop is visible in the distance if you look just over that culvert that's at the end of the pond.

The boss owns the land between the shop and the subdivision though, so the yuppies will have to keep their distance.