May 3, 2012 · My grandpa used to say the moon effected the amount of dirt when you dug a fence post and set it. Sometimes there was to much and some days was a little short. of enough dirt to fill the hole. Years ago the pipe line went through and they had a heck of a time getting the trench to stay deep enough in one river near us.

May 3, 2012 · John, I have always used copper wires (the normal residential ground wire) to located buried utilities. Like I said, I don't know how it works but it just does.:beatsme I had an old crusty plumber show me how to use them years ago.

Oct 27, 2017 · Inside that we have a solid steel shaft that's tied to the drive box. Bottom plate welded into barrel is a half moon and has a beveled edge to engage the ground. Attached to the bottom of the solid drive bar is another half moon, or slightly larger to have some overlap with fixed bottom. Drive box/solid bar and moving plate are all tied together.

Jun 29, 2010 · So now you have what looks like an elongated half of a half moon if that makes sense. Strip the topsoil under the fill down hill. Concentrate on getting most of the dirt out of the channel extending the front slope of the terrace out past …

Sep 14, 2018 · Lincoln has a typical zerk fitting supposedly to connect a grease pump to it to refill the reservoir. Yeah, right, I ain't got all day to fill that tub so the lid comes off. And rental customers will cover that opening where the lid come off …

Feb 10, 2025 · Well I have had Zig Zag and they are Ok in snow, work well in getting traction in dirt and mud. When my last set wore out, I bought a set of multi bar. I think these are better in snow and ice. They have more cutting edges than does the ZZ track. This creates creates a better bite. Especially when the ZZ tracks start getting some wear.

Mar 1, 2011 · During the the 70's,80's and the 90's I worked for Conoco in the Uranium mines in south Texas. We had 30 something D-9's, 6- 657's, about 40-651's, plus a fleet of 8-295 Inernational scrapers and about 7 or 8 TD25 dozers,7 or 8 16G's in just our stripping crew, not to mention the trucks ,loaders and excavators used to mine the ore.

Jan 26, 2024 · The springs in the track frame are not "adjusting" springs, they're called "recoil springs" as they are under tension when they're installed in the track frame (via a large bolt through the centre of them), and they compress when the track fills with dirt to prevent fracturing of major components such as final drive housings.

Jun 28, 2022 · Went back down to the shop, and all it took was two pokes with a small flat-bladed screwdriver and a rock about the size of a pea fell out of the two half moon pieces of valve shroud. How in creation it ever got in there, or even stayed where it was at, is a total fluke.

Jun 28, 2015 · We are digging out a ton of dirt for a pond. The ground is first ripped with a big farm tractor and then the loose dirt just scooped up with the skid steer. Probably have over 4000 yards to move. I know the skid steer is not the right sized tool for the job but we only have one dump truck hauling the dirt off so it keeps up.