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I’m halfway with pipe layed in a sand bed and filled in other than the two hydrant connections and a y. I hit a bolder yesterday and tried to dig around it so I could remove it. It’s the size of a small car so I had to dig around it, because I don’t have anything to handle that. The hoe is still holding up.
Just got home, I pulled two back to back double shifts. Wow! Looks like your moving a lot of dirt, of course I noticed you’ve got the equipment to move it. Is the dozer able to cut thru it. I’m heading to the lake property in the morning to start digging again and won’t be back until next wednesday. They’re putting the water meter in friday, of course it’s on the otherside of the road and I had to pay them to bore under the road. It’s suppose to warm up to 70 degrees so I plan on rolling out one of the 900′ rolls of pipe to lay in the sun and straighten out. I can’t remember temps this cold in May.
Rob,
You’ve got it right. I know how to say it not sure how to spell it. (caliche) I’ve hit two 15′ sections so far. Thats some hard stuff. The tiger teeth look really mean. I’ve got 1200′ to go. I’ll get there. I’ve never really worked a backhoe or attachment before. I’m starting to get comfortable with it.
Go to http://www.yardhydrantmadeeasy.com and watch the video and you’ll see what I’m talking about.
I just saw this post. There is a bleeder screw on the top right of middle on the injector pump. Open bleeder and use the hand pump on the injector pump to pump fuel to the injector pump. They’ll normally start once you get the fuel into the injector pump.
It’s been a year or two back a couple of trucking companies went to that with great success, but same as you their biggest concern was winter temps. If memory serves me right I believe they did have a few issues in extreme low temps and ended up going a mix diesel/bio-diesel in extreme temps.
The turbo-tractor reminds me of my teenage years. That was the time of the muscle cars. Three rearends and five sets of rear tires in less than a year. Tractor tires aren’t cheap! I kind – a – wander if that guy’s next video would be on the tractor catastrophies compilation. When comes to batteries the battery tractor seem ok, but one thing I know for sure is batteries and cold temps don’t co-exist well. When I have been traveling on the interstate the battery/engine cars will pass me and the next thing they slow down and then they take off again for a while and then slow down continuously. I guess it makes me feel like the turtle – slow and steady wins the race.
We have a tsc store here. I’ve never tried to order online from them. I usually got to rural king as prices are usually better. I have ordered online from rural king and agri supply with no problems from either one.
I have a Northern Tool subsoiler. I haven’t had any problems with it. I used it to run 1 1/2 plastic pipe. I chained it to the bottom of the subsoiler and pulled it 200 ft thru rocky reclaim. I used it to cut water drain offs. I use a soft #2 bolt in the lower hole for a shear bolt to protect my equipment. I’ve snapped it on large tree roots. I’ve got a 40 hp tractor with ag tires and I’ve never slipped a wheel pulling the subsoiler.
The lead from the alt. to battery has a quick connect. I have lost partial connection there a couple of times and battery runs low. The only way I can get it back is to take it apart and spray with crc electronics cleaner. You'd think disconnecting and reconnecting a couple of times would work but it won't. I thought originally my alt was going bad but when I checked the out put with ohm meter it was 13.5 volts.
