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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 8:35 pm
by Rudi
Mike:
As usual, your rock work is exceptional... something I have come to expect as a matter of course with your property..
I am really interested in your rock curbs.... I have access to lots of rocks and I do mean lots... and I was thinking on maybe setting up forms and making rock curbs myself, but not too sure how to do it...
Looks like you have become a pro at rock work!
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 12:26 am
by Arizona Mike
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 11:31 am
by rondellh
WOW
I never thought I would see one of the rollers I support on this forum.
Mike how did the roller work for you? They are really sweet little units.
Driveway looks great too!
Rondell
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:55 pm
by Arizona Mike
Thank you Rudi. The short retaining walls were done by a very good friend of mine from Tucson. Evencio is so busy now I hate to ask him to come down here, but when I need the maestro...he's the guy
. Those walls have been there for almost 10 years.. If you can get nice faced material, I'm sure you could do it
rondellh, It took me awhile to get used to the articulated steering, and I couldn't find the gas gauge for two days
but what a nice machine. This one was a three ton, and that vibrator will work the solids to the bottom and exude the fines on top to make a very smooth finish. Just need to water the heck out of everything, and let the roller sqeeze out the water
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Had to have another 30T. AB delivered yesterday for a total of 130 T.
Also have empied my friend's 1500 gal. water truck twice, and used about 2000 gal. from my own tank.
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 9:05 pm
by Carm
Mike...Is there even that much water in Arizona?????
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 9:27 pm
by beaconlight
Sure there is they had a wet spring. Ought to be enough for 2 more loads. Then they will use the mule team to bring some borax out of death valley to top it off.
Bill
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 9:51 pm
by Rudi
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 7:35 am
by Kodiak
Mike,
Your rock work around your place is exceptional. It looks great, how about a couple of photo's of the over all layout?
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:38 am
by Arizona Mike
I have not been keeping up lately on cub.com because this has turned into a major project. Hopefully we will put the stabilizing polymer on the AB next week. After that the brown minus granite and the final gluing
Was able to get 20 loads of dirt last week, so now the driveway has turned into a major landscaping thing. When I have a break I go in and look at my Cubs
...I have made no progress on my generator/power unit project.
..or any of the things I had wanted to do this winter on the Cubs
When the driveway is finished though I will have a good outside work area
Here are a few more pictures.
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:26 pm
by Kodiak
Mike,
You have a beautiful place there, your hard work has paid off! You should be proud. You sound like my Dad after he retired, he got so busy he said he would have to go back to work to rest!
Sure looks like a great place for a Cubfest West!!
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:04 am
by Arizona Mike
I'm finally finished with the AB surface.
It took me a liitle longer because I edged around the AB with a 4-5" deep trench to form a little stem wall for the crushed granite and glue.
It is very smooth and should make a good surface for the finish material, brown 1/4" minus crushed granite. We had 25 T delivered yesterday and have begun to spread it.
Today the president of SoilWorks is coming down to see the job and oversee the gluing process. He is bringing an implement that mixes the glue thoroughly into the 3" of brown crushed granite. When this has been done we will roll it out and let it dry.
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:48 am
by Carm
Cant wait to see the final roll!
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:08 am
by Cub-Bud
Great job Mike.
Is that a freshly painted cub trailer I see in the background
If so, when and where did you find it
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:40 am
by Arizona Mike
Chad Falkenberg, SoilWorks owner/pres., was here all day last Friday. Very smart young man. Not a day over 30 yr. old. He helped us to put the glued minus material down correctly.
He brought down the tilling implement. It is similar in design to a small road reclaimer. When the glue is applied the implement mixes it thoroughly to a depth if 3" Then the granite and glue is rolled out with a small 1.5 T roller to make a smooth hard finish.
Got a FREE UPGRADE
. : We had intended to go with about 1.5" of minus, but using the tilling implement requires that we use a minimnum of 3" to keep the implement from pulling up any AB roadbed underneath and putting limestone into the granite/glue mixture.
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:42 am
by Arizona Mike
We have spread out 70 T of the 1/4" minus brown crushed granite now and its all been glued. Today we will sweep in a little more minus material here and there and apply a topical glue coating.
Yes Bud, you are correct. I was wondering if anyone would spot my Christmas present from Anni.
. 1956, Model 528, Cub Trailer.