Recent content by D2Cat

The person with the most experience is post #10.

I'm guessing BotaDriver got his problem solved 'cause he posted that 11 years back. Hopefully your info will help some with similar problems who are searching.

It really works fine for my use. I'm only taking the silt that gets washed off the road. I can tilt the bucket to cut as much as needed, and also raise or lower the whole thing. Then go dump in a pile and come back for more.

Mark where the threads are when you start to remove so you can put it back at the same thread count.

I might even add a block of wood between the front of the deck (at the bend) and the front tire, to provide some added pressure.

Russell, we have a county ditch that never gets cleaned because the yards are too nice for the county to bring in the equipment, and if they did they would cut it deep enough to last 10 years. So I fabbed up a tool to scrape the bottom silt up and keep water flowing without messing with...

Wait a minute, you are now a professional. :LOL:

Your goal, "the goal is simply to create a 'hard bottom'" is not going to happen with water present all the time.

I purchased mirrors sold for golf cart use about 6 years ago. Used two neodymium round magnets (with holes in the center) that hold like 35# each, purchased on Amazon. Used two SS bolts to attach the magnets to the plastic mirror. They have never fallen off the loader arms. I have gone...

With water crossing your desired road you will never get enough rock pilled in the path to keep crossing the path with anything of weight. The ground will remain soft and allow all material to sink. You need a method to contain the water as it flow under your path, like a culvert.

How do you keep the water from freezing?

I've got a few tools on a shelf that haven't been moved for years. Needed them to tune corroborators on an XKE. That was fun, getting all three singing the same song!

Chim mentioned ORD. That is off road diesel. It's less cost because road tax is not added to it, and can not be legally used on highways. All suppliers have it marked as such and in separate pumps. It simply has a red dye in the fuel to identify it, only difference.

He's only had 3,400 post. He's still looking for some value in the forum!!