Heavy Equipment Thread

[ippielb]

Last October excavating a street with a 755k track loader. Taking asphalt first so we can take it to the dump for free. Then doing dirt so it can be brought in as clean fill for free.

Street was suppose to be a sidewalk rebuild and a plane and pave job for the asphalt crew. But even before the crew was done putting the sidewalks in the asphalt was failing. So putting the miller on it would’ve been pointless.

 

[Rjjtcross8]

I like that tracked genie! Be great for wet years like this!

 

[ippielb]

Here’s a new one, excavating a back alley, finding an old wooden creosote soaked wooden pipe. From what I understand that’s pre 1910 era.

 

[ippielb]

Can anyone see anything wrong here?

 

[Stompin Tom]

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Can anyone see anything wrong here?

how come so wet?

 

[Beer Slayer]

 

[Grinder]

Hhhhhhmmmm

 

[Grinder]

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Can anyone see anything wrong here?

Lil crooked???

 

[Beer Slayer]

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Can anyone see anything wrong here?

I'm not a road builder...Is that oil or tar? ....does look a little off track.

 

[ippielb]

They oil gravel before paving to get it to stick to whatever it’s being laid on. It’s an expense to oil. You’re not suppose to be blading after it’s oiled. But when your supervisors decide it was compacted enough and want to rush to pave, so they then oil it. But then the next day walk it and decide that it needed more compaction so they waste the money and time because they want you to blade the entire thing again. To compact the base you need to wet the material so it can bind together, but the oil makes the top layer impervious to water so you gotta disturb the oil.

Meanwhile the whole job was put to grade, had surveyors come out and shoot the stations and everything was perfect within 10mm. So by blading it again I’m changing the elevations of the stations. So basically I had to do final grades and shoot it all over again.

They rushed compaction, didn’t let my crew wobble it enough before putting the oil down. But it ended up taking more time and money then if they would’ve just let me do it my way.

Plus the material we were using had too much rock and not enough fines and clay. So it wouldn’t bind together.

 

[Mike270412]

This is Cyle. No brakes required.

 

[Cat401]

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Can anyone see anything wrong here?

the guy in the apt in the back left his window open and it looks like it might rain???

 

[kanedog]

https://scontent.fyyc5-1.fna.fbcdn....=9f663b3b92a2db3fa8792c12ee1f431f&oe=5F2E3CA5This is Cyle. No brakes required.

Cyle’s transport, ain’t nuttin’ too heavy for our Chevy!

40,000lbs? No problem.
****Brakes are an extra charge

 

[kanedog]

They oil gravel before paving to get it to stick to whatever it’s being laid on. It’s an expense to oil. You’re not suppose to be blading after it’s oiled. But when your supervisors decide it was compacted enough and want to rush to pave, so they then oil it. But then the next day walk it and decide that it needed more compaction so they waste the money and time because they want you to blade the entire thing again. To compact the base you need to wet the material so it can bind together, but the oil makes the top layer impervious to water so you gotta disturb the oil.

Meanwhile the whole job was put to grade, had surveyors come out and shoot the stations and everything was perfect within 10mm. So by blading it again I’m changing the elevations of the stations. So basically I had to do final grades and shoot it all over again.

They rushed compaction, didn’t let my crew wobble it enough before putting the oil down. But it ended up taking more time and money then if they would’ve just let me do it my way.

Plus the material we were using had too much rock and not enough fines and clay. So it wouldn’t bind together.

I hate material with minimal fines. Total garbage and screws up the job.

 

[Bnorth]

Peterson 5710D grinder with Cat C27 power being fed by a Tigercat 875

 

[Cyle]

https://scontent.fyyc5-1.fna.fbcdn....=9f663b3b92a2db3fa8792c12ee1f431f&oe=5F2E3CA5This is Cyle. No brakes required.

You were close, but everyone knows i'd never own a piece of Cat equipment......

 

[ippielb]

I hate material with minimal fines. Total garbage and screws up the job.

Our materials yard has been getting absolute garbage base. And when they bring it in they bring enough to last for a couple seasons of construction. We have two people hired full time to be testing the materials brought into the yard and they do all the required tests. But we still get stuck with absolute garbage.

4-5 years ago they brought in material that was great, had a perfect amount of fines with optimum clay, the course material was freshly crushed and uniform, and when they brought it in it was moist. So when it was stacked it held the moisture well. This material was put into a corner.

We ended up using over half of it with a heavy construction season, so they brought in twice the amount the next year. Which was that coarse rocky material in the picture with not enough fines. And when they put it in the yard they put it on top of the good material and buried it in the corner.

We almost got back to the good material, and then they brought in another batch. This stuff had too many fines. And the worse part. It was just sand for fines. I couldn’t get it to compact at all. There was practically zero clay in it. I fought with that for almost a whole season, failing compaction tests left right and centre.

I ended up using crushed concrete for almost the whole season. And then the materials yard contacted my supervisor asking why we aren’t using the base anymore lol.

We just started construction season on Monday. So it should be interesting to see how the base is this year, if they mixed it like they said they were going to.

 

[ippielb]

the guy in the apt in the back left his window open and it looks like it might rain???

I rebuild back alleys, so I see a lot of open windows... sometimes with things I don’t wanna see. Couple naked dudes in the window no big deal.

 

[snopro]

That could be something that damages you for life.

 

[Cableguy]

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Peterson 5710D grinder with Cat C27 power being fed by a Tigercat 875

how many projects like this do you guys have on the go
I have been wondering about getting into that type of bids for around here as I heard gov want
to start cleaning up there messes