Finally found what I wanted, a D-6 Cat in perfect running condition.
Now I can build that lake I've been wanting for 30 years. :thumbsup:
Quote from: Solar on November 26, 2013, 12:54:35 PM
Finally found what I wanted, a D-6 Cat in perfect running condition.
Now I can build that lake I've been wanting for 30 years. :thumbsup:
You must have some 'serious' dirt.
Quote from: Solar on November 26, 2013, 12:54:35 PM
Finally found what I wanted, a D-6 Cat in perfect running condition.
Now I can build that lake I've been wanting for 30 years. :thumbsup:
:thumbup: Now you can fill in all the ditches for ST before the snow falls. :sneaky: Hmm... my understanding that lake has been there for over 200 years. :rolleyes: :lol:
Quote from: cpicturetaker12 on November 26, 2013, 01:45:24 PM
You must have some 'serious' dirt.
I have a lot of gold to mine.
Quote from: walkstall on November 26, 2013, 03:29:02 PM
:thumbup: Now you can fill in all the ditches for ST before the snow falls.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Toy will have a word with you later.
Quote:sneaky: Hmm... my understanding that lake has been there for over 200 years. :rolleyes: :lol:
Damn, you know my property better than the EPA. :thumbsup:
Quote from: walkstall on November 26, 2013, 03:29:02 PM
:thumbup: Now you can fill in all the ditches for ST before the snow falls. :sneaky: Hmm... my understanding that lake has been there for over 200 years. :rolleyes: :lol:
Hey... I didn't end up in any ditches last year. Granted I only drove in the snow once and that was to get home, where I stayed until the road was clear.
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Quote from: Solars Toy on November 26, 2013, 06:29:11 PM
Hey... I didn't end up in any ditches last year. Granted I only drove in the snow once and that was to get home, where I stayed until the road was clear.
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Walks, note the clarification, she qualified it as "last year". :lol:
Quote from: Solar on November 26, 2013, 06:05:17 PM
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Toy will have a word with you later.
Damn, you know my property better than the EPA. :thumbsup:
That did enter my mind as I hit enter. So you're saying my good wife will get some time off. :lol:
Last I checked it was all under underbrush. :lol:
Quote from: cpicturetaker12 on November 26, 2013, 01:45:24 PM
You must have some 'serious' dirt.
Nah. One guy building a lake on a D-6 is not in a great big hurry for a lake. A pond, maybe, but not a lake.
Quote from: TboneAgain on November 26, 2013, 07:25:17 PM
Nah. One guy building a lake on a D-6 is not in a great big hurry for a lake. A pond, maybe, but not a lake.
Nah, I just need to build the dam, nature will do all the work.
Quote from: Solar on November 26, 2013, 07:35:28 PM
Nah, I just need to build the dam, nature will do all the work.
Gotcha. Out of curiosity, what will you use for compaction? Tracking it in with a D-6 is... iffy. Also, narrow tracks, wide tracks, high tracks? Have you got a pic to post?
Electric powered of course....
Quote from: The Boo Man... on November 26, 2013, 08:43:18 PM
Electric powered of course....
Yep! 10 Chevrolet Volt under the hood. :lol:
Quote from: TboneAgain on November 26, 2013, 07:52:19 PM
Gotcha. Out of curiosity, what will you use for compaction? Tracking it in with a D-6 is... iffy. Also, narrow tracks, wide tracks, high tracks? Have you got a pic to post?
We have a pretty unique soil here, shit load of clay/quartz/slate, compacts to the consistency of cement.
Dozer weighs 25 tons, so early compaction isn't an issue, and it'll sit a year before being filled. Standard tracks used for quarry work.
By law, I can only build it 6' high....That's if I follow the law.
When I'm done, it'll be quarter mile long, and only 200' across, since it's in a canyon.
Then comes the fun part, dredging it out for the gold. :thumbsup:
Quote from: The Boo Man... on November 26, 2013, 08:43:18 PM
Electric powered of course....
Solar powered, but I knew what you meant.
I just wish it came with a longer extension cord....
Hey!! Sounds like fun....except when you guys get to talking about "COLD"!!! I have developed an allergy to it...it was 52 this morning on the Sea of Cortez....like to froze... :scared:
Quote from: TboneAgain on November 26, 2013, 07:25:17 PM
Nah. One guy building a lake on a D-6 is not in a great big hurry for a lake. A pond, maybe, but not a lake.
I was wondering. A lake to me is BIG. I'd think he needed a fleet of those for a lake.
Quote from: cpicturetaker12 on November 27, 2013, 04:29:21 PM
I was wondering. A lake to me is BIG. I'd think he needed a fleet of those for a lake.
Yeah, I live in the Sierra, there just isn't any flat ground around here.
Just dam a creek in the canyon and call it a day.
Well I discovered something interesting about the dozer.
The parking brake is useless, or severely out of adjustment.
Took the dozer down to the bottom of the property to clear some land for the solar panels that pump water up to the house, kind of heavy brush, pushed over a few trees, drug them back to the top, whereupon I discovered that a dead branch had worked it's way into the engine compartment and literally caught fire, set the brake, ran for some water, jumped up on the tracks, flipped the lid open, doused the flames.
Standing there relieved that the fire was out, I felt dizzy. Thinking it was residual effect from adrenaline....
Well to my horror, it wasn't, the 25 ton dozer began running down the mountain backwards, fast.
Thinking it wouldn't get far with the trees I drug up acting as an anchor. That thought was quickly dashed when the chain snapped, but luckily it hit a group of trees about 75' down the mountainside.
It always amazes me how potential catastrophes can turn out fine. Thank God for his rule of watching over children and fools, cause I ain't young no more. :biggrin:
Did you learn anything?
I worked in/on/around heavy equipment for lots of years. Lesson #1 -- the emergency brake does not work. Ever. On anything. Ever. Lesson #2 -- review Lesson #1. :tounge:
Simple solution: park facing downhill with the blade all the way down and set to float. It takes a few seconds to slew that monster around, but it might save your life one of these days.
Oh, congratulations on walking away from this one! (I don't have to tell you that the snapping chain alone might have removed your head or some other body part you'd rather keep.) :rolleyes:
Quote from: TboneAgain on March 16, 2014, 10:57:12 AM
Did you learn anything?
I worked in/on/around heavy equipment for lots of years. Lesson #1 -- the emergency brake does not work. Ever. On anything. Ever. Lesson #2 -- review Lesson #1. :tounge:
Simple solution: park facing downhill with the blade all the way down and set to float. It takes a few seconds to slew that monster around, but it might save your life one of these days.
Oh, congratulations on walking away from this one! (I don't have to tell you that the snapping chain alone might have removed your head or some other body part you'd rather keep.) :rolleyes:
It's only 25 tons, you'd think a little thing like an old wornout brake could hold it. :rolleyes:
Sad thing is, I've used it before facing down hill and it worked just fine, but it's worthless with the tiniest of a decline backwards.
I read a few other horror stories about the dozer facing up hill and failing brakes.
But normally I just tilt the bucket down and sink it in the dirt, but this time, the fire was a tiny bit of a distraction.
Buying an extinguisher today. :biggrin:
Quote from: Solar on March 16, 2014, 11:56:06 AM
It's only 25 tons, you'd think a little thing like an old wornout brake could hold it. :rolleyes:
Sad thing is, I've used it before facing down hill and it worked just fine, but it's worthless with the tiniest of a decline backwards.
I read a few other horror stories about the dozer facing up hill and failing brakes.
But normally I just tilt the bucket down and sink it in the dirt, but this time, the fire was a tiny bit of a distraction.
Buying an extinguisher today. :biggrin:
GET two there small. :lol: