That was the job where everything went wrong. Anything that could break did break.
Each pile was a 14 feet long, heavy, steel pipe and we had about 12 of these to hammer into the ground.
The progress as follows:
We drove one pile, we had a hydraulic leak.
We drove another pile, we had another hydraulic leak.
We drove another pile, we had a hydraulic hose broke.
We had to drive clear into Phoenix to get the hose rebuilt.
Two hours eveporated.
When we came back, the farmer told us that the tractor shop around the corner could have fixed the hose. Hmmmmm....now you telling me.....
Hose replaced, leakes fixed and bolts tightened, we are ready to drive some more piles.
Next pile, half way into the ground, the hammer broke in half.
Here we are (Earl and myself) fixing the post vibe.
Buck and Spitz are enjoying the hotel life, as always.
Not in Arizona any more...
Mark is in Canada for a week, without the family.
We can't do work in Canada, so the Canadian union labor workers do my slave jobs and I get to stay home to clean the house.
This Hummer was Mark's work truck while out there and he had 3 helpers, two to replace me and one to replace him. tihihihihihi...
His job is to order these men around.
Oh boy! We bent this one good.
I am back in business (above). We are in Luke AFB back in Arizona.
We had this "cute crawler" to drive some of the piles for us this time.
I am logging the drive time and the condition of the pile after it's pulled back out.
My wide brim KMart gardening hat is pretty awesome to keep the sun out of my face, but it does not serve as a hardhat. Most of the time, I put the hardhat on top of it, so my boss doesn't scream.
Hoo hoo hoo...don't push so hard!
Poor steel :(
Poor steel :(
Not enough to bend it, they had to break it in half as they were pulling it out.
Luke AFB had some pokie bushes that we should not have driven over, because the morning when we were ready to drive home we found a tire like this.
The babies were missing out on the work fun, because doggies are not welcome on the AFB.
They had a new adventure every day. They were in a daycamp at PetSmart Hotel while we worked. They had a great time and got a good report card every afternoon. They made lots of friends, played a lot and they crashed out the minute they walked into the hotel room and slept from 6:00 pm to 5:00 am each day.
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