Lil Foot
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1979 B7100DT Gear, Nissan Hanix N150-2 Excavator
The house across the street from me has virtually the whole back & side yard in concrete, so when it rains, all the runoff from the yard & his roof comes out under his RV gate and into his next door neighbors front yard. That yard is 1/4 minus decomposed granite, which promptly washes out into the street. The 75+yr old woman who owns the regularly washed out yard is a nice old gal, on a fixed income, with no one to help out, so the wife & I help when we can.
One of my "helps" comes in the form of shoveling, sweeping, & raking the gravel & dirt back in the yard.
(dozens of time over the years) (after every big rain)
I have the tractor here visiting from its home in the high country, so I switched to the 14" toothless bucket, and dug a drainage channel.
The neighbor whose runoff cause the problem helped with cleaning (prettying up) up the channel, and another neighbor donated some granite rip rap.
The wife & I used my golf cart truck Lil Foot to move the rip rap from 2 doors down & across the street. and after we were done, I swept in the 1/4" minus and blended everything.
Now most of the runoff should be slowed enough to soak in, and what doesn't should go out to the street with out washing away the front yard.
Now I have a partial load of fill to haul to the cabin for use on a project up there.
One of my "helps" comes in the form of shoveling, sweeping, & raking the gravel & dirt back in the yard.
(dozens of time over the years) (after every big rain)
I have the tractor here visiting from its home in the high country, so I switched to the 14" toothless bucket, and dug a drainage channel.
The neighbor whose runoff cause the problem helped with cleaning (prettying up) up the channel, and another neighbor donated some granite rip rap.
The wife & I used my golf cart truck Lil Foot to move the rip rap from 2 doors down & across the street. and after we were done, I swept in the 1/4" minus and blended everything.
Now most of the runoff should be slowed enough to soak in, and what doesn't should go out to the street with out washing away the front yard.
Now I have a partial load of fill to haul to the cabin for use on a project up there.
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