Patriot,
Why wasn't the loader any good for loading the gravel? Not manoeuvrable enough?
Did you remove the whole ring foundation once the gravel was out?
Fascinating!!
Jon.
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
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Patriot,
Why wasn't the loader any good for loading the gravel? Not manoeuvrable enough?
Did you remove the whole ring foundation once the gravel was out?
Fascinating!!
Jon.
Rural scrapper
Kinda hard to scrap items buried in snow, ain't it ? I stockpile stuff, wire, brass, al windows, and break them down in my work shop whenever the weather shuts me down. Which reminds me space heater season is just around the corner. Right now I'll enjoy all the nice September days has ! Pat, Im curious about where you live. I spent a season helping a custom cutter and was around wessington springs area for a while. Beatiful country up there, I really like that bridge going in Yankton !
Alvord iron and salvage
3rd generation scrapper and dam proud of it
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I just started a winter stockpile to break down. Now I wish I would have kept the spiral staircase to add to my shop for a storage area. By the way, your cut off the royalties from your ideas is 1/3. Land lease agreement format. I am sure you will make a lot of money with my entrepreneur skills. (none)Originally Posted by taterjuice
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There were two problems. The loader wcould have gotten a limited amount of the gravel because of its size. The other obstacle was I think the injector pump is going out of the loader and it lacked power. I did not want to take the time to deal with it so it was easier to use the skid steer.
I will be renting the jack hammer tomorrow to start demolition of the ring wall. We will see how that turns out.
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Here is a picture of the ring wall before the demolition began with the ramp I built to get to it. The second picture shows the loader ready for the first load of gravel.
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Playing a little bit of catch up on the pictures this morning. This is a picture of the cast iron water pipe (malleable cast?) Another lesson learned about metal on this project. They add steel to the cast before forming it to make it stronger. It does not break like cast, but you can cut it with a torch.
Loading the pipe was a challenge at close to 4,000 pds. the skid steer could not lift it. With a bad injector pump on the loader it could not move once I lifted it. Solution, using the skid steer I was able to get them off the hillside. Using the loader I was able to lift them and then drive the trailer under it. It took several tries backing the trailer to get them loaded the way I wanted.
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Here are some pictures taken while hauling gravel out of the ring wall. After removing all of the gravel I had to remove 2 1/2 ft. of clay to get to the bottom of the ring wall.
Last edited by Patriot76; 09-25-2013 at 09:01 AM.
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Just thought I would throw in my latest score. I plan to replace my service trailer with these. I will be taking the axles and other parts from a stock trailer to build new cargo trailers. I do not plan to paint them, I like them the way they look.
Rural scrapper
You truly are a big fish in a little cement pond !
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Hamm's...The beer made from sky blue water.
Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesaler
Certified Zip-Tie Mechanic
"Give them enough so they can do something with it, but not too much that they won't do nothing."
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The refer box may end up being too heavy. My daughter has one for storage and the walls are like 4 or 5 inches thick. Awful heavy for a trailer.Just thought I would throw in my latest score. I plan to replace my service trailer with these. I will be taking the axles and other parts from a stock trailer to build new cargo trailers. I do not plan to paint them, I like them the way they look.
P & M Recycling - Specializing in E-Waste Recycling.
If you enjoy your freedom, thank a vet.
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I wanted to share an update on the pump house. The water district is doing the demolition and I am doing the clean up on this part of the project. The first picture shows the present view from the west of the second floor, the same side previous pictures came from including lifting out the cast iron water pipe. The other three are of the east side, berm side of the building. The original plan was to level it, but now discussion is taken place about making it a garage.
This is the east side before the wall was leveled.
Now pictures after the wall was removed and all of the debris cleaned up by Waldo. It shock the entire structure when it was cleaning out the inside. Good thing the one foot concrete ceiling did not vibrate down. The hole in the ceiling is where the aluminum stair case came down.
Last edited by Patriot76; 09-26-2013 at 06:48 PM.
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Not the same as Rocky Mountain Spring Water. I think you have one up on it, but I always liked the bear.
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Thank you. After your post I went back and looked at them. The first time I only took pictures on my way by. You are right, they are about five inches thick. Now I am thinking about building two dual axles from the materials on hand, attached a frame of four inch channel iron, and mounting it using a gooseneck (thanks tater, I got the idea from your post.) I would love to hear from anyone that has attempted this.
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Catching this tread a little late but wow is all I can say...
Reminds me if my favorite saying... How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
Well done sir !
Jeremy Burrage - Founder & CEO
Electrowaste Recycling LLC, Guntersville, AL
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Elect...31655806922157
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There will be a delay in my updates as I have run into some problems. The hydraulics on the skid loader went on the blink and I had to haul it 50 miles to the Bobcat dealer. These pictures show the status of the project at this point. I cut seams down the ring wall with the hammer, cut the rebar with the torch, and hauled the slices to the pit with the loader. All of the debris and clay from the bottom of the water tank have been hauled to the pit. All of the dirt above ground level will be hauled to the pit to cover the debris. Next pictures will be of the demolition of the ring walls that supported the water filters and possibly pictures of the demolition of the rest of the pump house. Now it is time for vacation.
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[QUOTE=Patriot76;169084]There will be a delay in my updates as I have run into some problems. The hydraulics on the skid loader went on the blink and I had to haul it 50 miles to the Bobcat dealer. These pictures show the status of the project at this point. I cut seams down the ring wall with the hammer, cut the rebar with the torch, and hauled the slices to the pit with the loader. All of the debris and clay from the bottom of the water tank have been hauled to the pit. All of the dirt above ground level will be hauled to the pit to cover the debris. Next pictures will be of the demolition of the ring walls that supported the water filters and possibly pictures of the demolition of the rest of the pump house. Now it is time for vacation.
A WELL deserved vacation at that! Thanks for sharing a very entertaining post. I hope you made good $ for this project and I know the experience will pay off too! Enjoy your vacation!
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I was just reviewing this post for ideas on my next possible project and realized I did not provide closure to it. Here is a picture of the landscape prior to the last leveling. In these pictures you can still see the mounds over the buried debris. Next spring I will take a picture of the site with the new grass and level ground. Until then this is the best I have. I apologize for deleting some of the pictures, but I thought I needed more storage space on photo bucket.
The small pvc pipe in the front of the mound is the shut off I almost hit with the top of the east filter. If I would have broken that it would have cut off the water supply to half the county. The right side of the picture is where the water tank set, the middle of the picture on the mound is where one water filter sat, and the pump house was in the middle of the picture in the fore ground. They decided not to make it into a garage. The angle is the same as the "Where's Waldo" picture and the picture above of the pump house cleaned out.
I am working on another project that may need lots of input from members of this forum. It is even bigger than this challenge. Happy New Year.
Last edited by Patriot76; 01-01-2014 at 12:37 PM.
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
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This has got to be one of the coolest scrap stories Ive come across in a while, all I could think of on that last pic was the little bomb (1991 b2600i 4x4 Mazda) hooked up to that thing.......thanks I needed a laugh!!!
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A picture was promised after completion and the grass grew back. This is to fulfill that promise and should be the last picture of the project. The was taken from the same angle as "Where is Waldo" Thanks for viewing and enjoy the rest of your Labor Day weekend.
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