Lil Foot
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1979 B7100DT Gear, Nissan Hanix N150-2 Excavator
Meh, the guy was determined.Reminds me when I was as the dentist and he had to put me in a headlock to pull a tooth.
I too agree that he used what he had to get done what he wanted!Looked like a guy getting it done to me. Work with what ya got. Looks like he has access to gravel. Maybe a little hard on his FEL and bucket but your allowed to be if it’s yours. You could see the bucket top flexin in the video I think. Cutting a bit off the top would be a pain and a temporary fix of it’s the frost or mother nature pushing it up over time it’s gonna happen again. Only thing I saw wrong was the colour of his tractor. Definitely lots could be done differently but that’s usually the case for the average person getting it done.
I would have just left it also. Like NE above there are major glacial deposit boulders here in Mid-Eastern PA also - I jokingly label them "softballs to suburbans".He had everything that he needed. I live in New England where the rocks can range from small baseball size to bigger than a car. I have had a few heave up the blacktop and the blacktop has to be cut out in as large as a 4 x 4 foot square to dig them out. When that happens the cost of removal can run into a couple thousand dollars for the equipment, manpower, and materials required to make the repair. Over the years, we have had to have at least 4 of them removed because the crown has grown so high that it presents a plowing issue. Presently we have one that is starting to develop. It starts in the winter when the cold heaves the rocks upward. The only cure is to keep removing them when they become a problem.