Earthworks

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Date: 

Sunday, 10 May, 2015

First work on site, including:

  • Take down veggie net and wires
  • Remove 4x massive concrete blocks (Alan and Phillip did sterling tip duty)
  • Remove and pot of big trees. Lyle took a few. Easy digging out with excav.
  • 1.6t excavator. The 1000mm bucket and ripper were all useful.
  • Scrape mulch into 4m diameter 600 high (sediment control) circle
  • 700 cut and bench. Didn't have enough soil. Needed more marking equipment. Laser level excellent.
  • Removing the X and replace with 4x 1200mm bracket. No enough - to add some more.
  • Moving the very heavy cubby.

On hand were Brett, Josie and Alan, :Luke, John, Phillipa, Maryanne, Phillip, Sophie and Wade, Tom made a guest appearance.

Next time:

  • Water, snack and safety equip station by the sink
  • Tool station to return tools to.
  • More tools (eg. drill, drivers, etc)
  • More hats, glasses and gloves

 

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