Aaron
Well-known member
So this was a thread I forgot to post along with the others that I did separate threads and photos of. After we finished the pond in early September,
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we had another operator come in a week later and do some more hoe work. I wanted 200' of 4"tile put in to drain a slough, 3/4 mile of ditching, 21 rock piles buried and a new casing dug in around a flowing well. Other than the ditching, we got the rest done in 3 days. He didn't have a lot of ditching experience, so I'll leave it for another guy to do.
All these piles were made in the 20's and 30's. There was 100 acres clear on this quarter at one time, only about 75 now as some areas were too marshy for tractors when they came on the scene and grew up into brush. But the original family lost it when they grew oats on the entire 100 acres for the war effort and hit a wet year at the same time and lost the whole crop.
I hate rocks.
And brush.
This could be interesting.
I think we might have something here.
The old idea is to put small rocks around a big one.
Since horses and men can't move big stones.
This looks like one of those big suckers.
Overly ambitious I think.
Better go around it.
Give it a little tap.
Looks promising.
Just about.
There we go.
A volkswagon's final resting place. Took almost an hour to put it 2.5 feet into the ground.
May it rest in peace.
More targets.
Crash, bang, BOOM!
Unreal how much time was spent picking these things.
Other than the one big stone, all the piles have 4 feet of cover over them.
Too little cover and they will pop back up in time.
This is the biggest pile at about 12' high and 30' round. He had to dig 5 holes, 20' long x 10' wide x 12 ' deep to bury all the rock. Took him a little over 2 hours for this one pile.
Even 12 feet down, clay was like talcum powder. Any clods were like concrete. Pretty dry 'round here.
Done for the day.
More to do tomorrow.
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=80769&p=970659&hilit=Photos#p970659
we had another operator come in a week later and do some more hoe work. I wanted 200' of 4"tile put in to drain a slough, 3/4 mile of ditching, 21 rock piles buried and a new casing dug in around a flowing well. Other than the ditching, we got the rest done in 3 days. He didn't have a lot of ditching experience, so I'll leave it for another guy to do.
All these piles were made in the 20's and 30's. There was 100 acres clear on this quarter at one time, only about 75 now as some areas were too marshy for tractors when they came on the scene and grew up into brush. But the original family lost it when they grew oats on the entire 100 acres for the war effort and hit a wet year at the same time and lost the whole crop.
I hate rocks.
And brush.
This could be interesting.
I think we might have something here.
The old idea is to put small rocks around a big one.
Since horses and men can't move big stones.
This looks like one of those big suckers.
Overly ambitious I think.
Better go around it.
Give it a little tap.
Looks promising.
Just about.
There we go.
A volkswagon's final resting place. Took almost an hour to put it 2.5 feet into the ground.
May it rest in peace.
More targets.
Crash, bang, BOOM!
Unreal how much time was spent picking these things.
Other than the one big stone, all the piles have 4 feet of cover over them.
Too little cover and they will pop back up in time.
This is the biggest pile at about 12' high and 30' round. He had to dig 5 holes, 20' long x 10' wide x 12 ' deep to bury all the rock. Took him a little over 2 hours for this one pile.
Even 12 feet down, clay was like talcum powder. Any clods were like concrete. Pretty dry 'round here.
Done for the day.
More to do tomorrow.
