Geo-TH,In
Well-known Member
After the gravel pit flooded, for the third time in 10 years, the boss finally decided she
needs to move her flower beds to higher ground. So, I've been taking advantage of the warm winter
and removing brush, leveling hill sides, moving dirt and making places for new beds. I discovered
some hills have nice top soil, then a layer of sand and gravel, and then just loose sand. The
sand is so loose that after filling the front bucket with dirt, the front wheels would get buried
in it. So I had to lowered the front bucket to remove weight off the wheels and slid the backhoe
out on the bucket.
At the end of the day, it didn't take long to pick up the brush with forks, load it and take it
to the brush pile to burn later. The forks came in handy to push the brush down in the trailer.
The dump trailer is only 10 ft long and some of the trees were sticking out the back another 10
ft. Good thing I didn't have to drive down the road.
needs to move her flower beds to higher ground. So, I've been taking advantage of the warm winter
and removing brush, leveling hill sides, moving dirt and making places for new beds. I discovered
some hills have nice top soil, then a layer of sand and gravel, and then just loose sand. The
sand is so loose that after filling the front bucket with dirt, the front wheels would get buried
in it. So I had to lowered the front bucket to remove weight off the wheels and slid the backhoe
out on the bucket.
At the end of the day, it didn't take long to pick up the brush with forks, load it and take it
to the brush pile to burn later. The forks came in handy to push the brush down in the trailer.
The dump trailer is only 10 ft long and some of the trees were sticking out the back another 10
ft. Good thing I didn't have to drive down the road.
