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Let the Ditching Commence !
awemawson:
I took the opportunity of a couple of free hours this morning to start on the pond.
Can I have a BIGGER digger please !
The 3CX with the 'Extra-Dig will let me get a lot out but definitely not everything - need a good 5 foot more reach. Still what you see in the pictures is my 'pre-breakfast' session - I'm dumping the spoil between those two willow trees and the pond as it's too tight for the 3CX there and I'll have to use the smaller 3 ton 803 anyway to shift the spoil.
That picture showing the reach has the stabilisers at a conservative distance from the edge - reversing blind with no banksman is dodgy to say the least, so now I've developed the technique of reversing closeish then swiveling the seat rearwards (so I can see how close we are) then pulling the machine towards the bank with the back actor. This way there's far less risk of going splash :bugeye:
Had to stop as we have guests for lunch and need to scrub up a bit.
hermetic:
Have you tried a long scaffold type board positioned under the legs before you put them down. spread the load on soft ground, the feet alone will work their way into the ground as you dig. You might get a few feet closer to the edge in safety!
Phil
awemawson:
Good idea Phil but at the moment using my 'pull closer with the back actor' technique I'm getting to about 9" off the edge - no doubt if I was really working the machine it'd slowly sink in ! The bank is reasonably firm but tomorrow I'm scooping up the spoil from today so under it no doubt will be a bit more challenging.
Much of the 'stuff in the middle' is actually Canadian Pond Weed and floating as a mass. I'm going to see if it can be brought to shore with ropes, a float and ingenuity.
What we really need is @VTSteam in his shell kayak !
hermetic:
Sounds like a job for a grappling hook, good luck!
philf:
Andrew - You need a bigger digger? - This one would do the job for you. It's got an 18 metre reach. It's pictured shifting stone from in front of our hydro-electric scheme after a flood brought down hundreds of tons more or less blocking our input.
When we get permission from the EA we need it again after a huge flood in February.
The driver is in is late 70s but loves his job so much he has no intention of retiring.
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