Dozer Time II

February 12, 2008

Here’s where we left off last time.  This is a Caterpillar D6D - it is a powerful machine.  He (Dave) had to cut a little off the bank so he could get up there easier.  It is steeper than it looks in the picture.  This is where the road to our house will be.  I painted lines for him so he knew where I wanted the road to be.

 

One tree down.  The plan is to just run over all the trees in his path so he can get back there to clear an area where he will eventually push all the trees to.  He ran over that tree like it wasn’t even there.

There he goes… can you imagine how fun it would be to drive one of those?

I really think I need one.

This is after he came back and pushed the trees out of the way.  It cleans up pretty nicely.  This road will be about 12-15 feet wide.

This is a road he is putting in that will be alongside the house.

You may be able to make this out…  there is a big loop around the building pad and this is where it comes together to meet the main driveway.  I am on the driveway looking toward the building pad.    The building pad is back there quite a ways - you can’t see it from here.  It looks kind of sparse now, but that’s just because the leaves are off.  It will fill in nicely in the Spring.

See that black plastic pipe in the road up (down) there?  That is where he is headed.  Time to install the culvert. 

But first he is going to cut out the hillside so the driveway is not so steep.

I really do need one of these…

Even Katie thinks so.

The “grader guy,” Clarence, from the township just happened to be driving by and asked if we wanted his help.  Of course I took him up on it.

I could kick myself for only getting 20 feet of pipe.  I will buy more at a later date and have the guys from the township install it for me.  They will install it for free if I provide the pipe.  So, I will just have them take this one back out and I will connect another 20 footer to it and make the entrance wider.

To be continued…

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