Mud ????

denick

Is it just me or does nothing dry out once the temperatures go below 50 degrees.

4-5 more months of that.

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Terry Green

summer is just around the coner and it cant get here to fast for me

neolitic

Is there really room for mud
between all those rocks?

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DecksEtc

All the mud here is frozen now...

Williams Ex Co

Frozen mud is the closest thing I get to rocks 'round here.... An yeah, it all froze now. Its about 4 degrees outside right now.

rino1494

Well, we haven't had any mud because we have been dealing with rock jobs. Now the ground is froze, so we made out good this year.

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denick

Well I didn't have any mud today! 6 degrees this morning and it never got over 18 today where we were.

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tgeb

You are right, it doesn't dry well once the temps go down. We have to deal with the frost in the morning then mud later in the day.

If we have the room or are hauling we will cut the frost off and load it out first thing, then we have pretty dry conditions the rest of the day.

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RobertsonBridge

it definitely takes a lot longer to dry when the temp is below 50.

RobertsonBridge

are you needing to move the mud? or just work on the mud?

denick

We are working in mud. We dug the footings for a pool house the other day.
the second bucket water started to seep into the hole. In the silt, clay soil everything started to turn to yuck. Ended up having to dig the whole thing out and haul it to the other side of the property. Dig 6" deeper and stone with fabric.

It's the same everywhere we are working. Alot of water in the ground right now.

It's not like it's something new. Some part of the year every year for the last 38 years its been that way. I guess in my old age I feel less and less like dealing with it. That and cold. 7 degrees the other day at 5:30 am 57 degrees this morning at 5:30 am.

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RobertsonBridge

We've done larger jobs near rivers and creeks that required de-watering pumps, but I'm sure that is overkill in your situation.

denick

Hi R B, It never is bad to sink a hole and put in a pump. No matter what the size job. Of course it doesn't help when the discharge hose freezes.

RB Welcome to CT Talk. It's a pleasure to have a new person on board. If you are around on thursday nights at 9 EST we have a chat room that is mostly E&SW people but almost anyone shows up.

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Nick

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dayexco

that's exactly what we do nick. overexcavate everything 6-8", and put a pump in. as we excavate, we keep up with the rock immediately behind the digging operation. this allows the water to flow thru the rock and get to the pump.

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denick

Oh Boy!, here we go.

It's been raining for 2 days. Rivers are above flood stage, 40% of the area has no power from ICE. Trees down all over the place. Temperature is headed down.

I can't wait for Monday.

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Vinny

Theres always an upside Nick. Hopefuly this bit of mother nature will trash something that requires hireing an experienced excavating contractor extrordinair, such as yourself.

As for me, I cant wait for my son to graduate college and my house to be paid off. Then its 3 months per year in the Keys and you can keep the crappy cold weather up north where it belongs.

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denick

God willing you'll live that long Vinny

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rino1494

Care for some visitors ??

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