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post Jun 10 2015, 03:58 PM
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QUOTE(mirocu @ Jun 10 2015, 10:55 AM) *

Thatīs not mine, though. My own puppy is a little smaller... laugh.gif



Well, I thought yours was a track-o, but thought I must have been wrong when I saw the wheels. I love the yellow and black colors a lot, I thought they were unique to your new baby!




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post Jun 11 2015, 10:57 AM
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The road is done! Well, not exactly good for a carīs tyres but itīs basically ready! smile.gif


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Taking my own īcavator out for a spin biggrin.gif




Quite an improvement donīt you think? biggrin.gif


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post Jun 11 2015, 12:39 PM
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QUOTE(mirocu @ Jun 11 2015, 02:57 AM) *
... Quite an improvement donīt you think? biggrin.gif


I sure do - it looks great. Nice job! goodjob.gif


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post Jun 11 2015, 12:43 PM
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Wish my own machine could claim all the credit, but at least it got a few rocks out to start the ball rolling biggrin.gif


Itīs so great to finally have this road!! biggrin.gif biggrin.gif




I wish McB was here, heīd like this project kvleft.gif

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post Jun 11 2015, 02:22 PM
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QUOTE(mirocu @ Jun 11 2015, 05:57 AM) *

Taking my own īcavator out for a spin


Do not spin that thing, or you'll dig up the road! ohmy.gif


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post Jun 11 2015, 06:51 PM
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QUOTE(mirocu @ Jun 11 2015, 05:57 AM) *

The road is done! Well, not exactly good for a carīs tyres but itīs basically ready! smile.gif


Before
After

Before
After

Taking my own īcavator out for a spin biggrin.gif




Quite an improvement donīt you think? biggrin.gif



It looks so pretty with the crushed bricks! Great Job, Mirocu!





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post Jun 12 2015, 11:00 AM
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QUOTE(mALX @ Jun 11 2015, 07:51 PM) *

It looks so pretty with the crushed bricks! Great Job, Mirocu!

Itīs the Yellow Orange Brick Road! laugh.gif


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post Jun 12 2015, 01:07 PM
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Looks great, mirocu!


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post Jun 12 2015, 03:58 PM
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QUOTE(Grits @ Jun 12 2015, 02:07 PM) *

Looks great, mirocu!

Thanks smile.gif


Unfortunately the road has to settle a bit before they can come and put the fine gravel on so itīs not done before Midsummerīs Eve. But that gives us good time to drive back and forth with the tractor and īcavator which is fun enough tongue.gif


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post Jun 12 2015, 08:13 PM
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QUOTE(mirocu @ Jun 12 2015, 06:00 AM) *

QUOTE(mALX @ Jun 11 2015, 07:51 PM) *

It looks so pretty with the crushed bricks! Great Job, Mirocu!

Itīs the Yellow Orange Brick Road! laugh.gif



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post Jun 13 2015, 03:07 PM
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I just drove my car on the new driveway!! biggrin.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif


I have been driving back and forth with the tractor and the īcavator all day in order to cut any sharp edges and to pack it down. Must have made at least 25 turns all in all. Driving with the car felt a bit risky but so far the tyres seem to be fine. Weīll see how it goes *cough* further down the road *cough*


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post Jun 13 2015, 03:47 PM
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QUOTE(mirocu @ Jun 13 2015, 10:07 AM) *

I just drove my car on the new driveway!! biggrin.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif


I have been driving back and forth with the tractor and the īcavator all day in order to cut any sharp edges and to pack it down. Must have made at least 25 turns all in all. Driving with the car felt a bit risky but so far the tyres seem to be fine. Weīll see how it goes *cough* further down the road *cough*


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There goes your new car's paint job? "POP" goes the tyre? "BAM" = "Oh no, there goes the oil pan...?"


But it looks so gorgeous! Maybe it needs driven over by a real crusher, but those will kill your kidneys.


In Florida (USA) they made the streets of coral, which is sharp as glass. I wonder how they smoothed it for cars and got it so compacted?





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post Jun 13 2015, 05:39 PM
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QUOTE(mALX @ Jun 13 2015, 10:47 AM) *

In Florida (USA) they made the streets of coral, which is sharp as glass. I wonder how they smoothed it for cars and got it so compacted?

They just crush it up, and pour it like sand. The Seabees used crushed coral to build airstrips in the Pacific during WWII.

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post Jun 13 2015, 06:45 PM
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QUOTE(SubRosa @ Jun 13 2015, 12:39 PM) *

QUOTE(mALX @ Jun 13 2015, 10:47 AM) *

In Florida (USA) they made the streets of coral, which is sharp as glass. I wonder how they smoothed it for cars and got it so compacted?

They just crush it up, and pour it like sand. The Seabees used crushed coral to build airstrips in the Pacific during WWII.



It (coral) must be tough material, because the streets in Florida never need repairs, always look beautiful.

An embarrassing tidbit of info: When I was writing "coral" above, I spelled it "Chorrol" and couldn't figure out why it showed red, rollinglaugh.gif

@ Mirocu - I love the color of the bricks, it looks gorgeous. How did you find so many clean bricks to lay such a long drive? Awesome!



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post Jun 14 2015, 01:55 PM
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QUOTE(mALX @ Jun 13 2015, 07:45 PM) *

@ Mirocu - I love the color of the bricks, it looks gorgeous. How did you find so many clean bricks to lay such a long drive? Awesome!

The guy we hired has tons of material, after all that he still has a lot left. His company secures leftovers when buildings gets demolished or changes the roof tiles.


Just for poop and laughter, hereīs some extra pixies.

Backing up

They came down like a ton of.... Yeah, you know what they came down like biggrin.gif

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post Jun 14 2015, 04:57 PM
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QUOTE(mirocu @ Jun 14 2015, 07:55 AM) *

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post Jun 14 2015, 05:24 PM
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QUOTE(mirocu @ Jun 14 2015, 08:55 AM) *

QUOTE(mALX @ Jun 13 2015, 07:45 PM) *

@ Mirocu - I love the color of the bricks, it looks gorgeous. How did you find so many clean bricks to lay such a long drive? Awesome!

The guy we hired has tons of material, after all that he still has a lot left. His company secures leftovers when buildings gets demolished or changes the roof tiles.


Just for poop and laughter, hereīs some extra pixies.

Backing up

They came down like a ton of.... Yeah, you know what they came down like biggrin.gif



Oh yeah, that big heavy dump truck aught to crush those larger bricks down real well too! What a great find! We have a demolition guy in town here that is always getting bricks too, but his bricks never look so clean and pretty! Those look new!




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post Jul 22 2015, 11:07 AM
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So, another project report! smile.gif


I havenīt been talking about this one because frankly I have been rather -Jameson- about it, but now when itīs all said and done I feel I can disclose the details tongue.gif



Excavator - the dozer division


My īcavator is a so-called XTV, meaning its tracks are extendable for better stability. This of course means the dozer part has to be extendable too and it is like in this picture (not mine), but the sprints that hold those parts were rusted shut and impossible to remove. I have hit them from underneath with a sledgehammer for months without result (I drove close to a pit I dug up to get room). I have used up five or six spraycans of WD-40 and another anti-rust agent that freezes the rust down to -40 C, still nothing.

Eventually Iīd had enough, removed the whole carriage, flip it over, and went to town on those sprints again but from above this time (sort of). I used a much smaller hammer but lo and behold, they loosened up! ohmy.gif Two were easily removed but the other two demanded much more work, but I did it! I got them all and finally I can use the extensions!! biggrin.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif




My next project is figuring out what else there is to do in life now that this project is finally over tongue.gif

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post Jul 22 2015, 12:15 PM
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post Jul 26 2015, 12:17 AM
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