Thread: training again

Time for an update.
Due to the Vibe roller falling to bits and the need to train up a maintence grader driver wich involved doing 2 laps of all the shire gravel roads with 2 graders getting the winter grade done,then just too wet to do any work on my new road so it has been in limbo.
However in the last 4 weeks Ive been a busy cookie,started catring gravel in on friday,finished forming up the rest of the new road today,ready for gravel all the way thru.
Im told we are sealing it(bitumen) in november,so lots to do,2ks or so of new road plus another 8ks of the exsisting road to be widened and sealed at the same time.Ive also got a further 2x2km widen/seal before winter.
Anyway a few more pics.

The southern end where I first started,instead of a hard right you will now go straight ahead.


Southern end where I started in the original post.


Looking south,that powerpole is now shifted out of the middle of the road.


Wetspot,about the highest point on the job!!!!! Loamy gravel,hard clay both sides,its subsoil water movement from higher on the hill.The bog mark to the left(closest to the road) is over 1m deep.I didnt get bogged this time but I did in the same spot 2 weeks ago!!!


The downhill run into the banked curve.


Looking south to the start of the job.


Looking to the northern end of the job where its nice and wet.You can see the exsisting road heading to the right.


Northern end of job where we meet up with the exsisting road.


Another pic of the northern end,it was VERY WET,I had the excavator in for 3 days digging out the slops.When we connect to the exsisting road I have to cut thru the exsisting bend to tie in with the original road.From where they have started dumping gravel to the match in area of the original road is almost level


Apart from gravel fill at the wet northern end Ive ripped/cut/windrowed the clay and had it shifted by front end loader and a 6 wheeler.Apart from when we had the excavator and the second 6 wheeler only 3 of us have been soldiering away at this!! Still have to wait another week before I get the second 6 wheeler,the side tipper semi,and excavator back as they havent finished their tree clearing project
Looking forward to working with gravel again,clay is tough going in all respects.
No levels done by surveyors!!! All done by eye!!!! Ive impressed myself no end!!!
Andrew

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Still waiting for Western Power to shift it so I can hack a heap more out of the crest of the hill.
Andrew

LandyAndy,

I think you'd be waiting a time to get this one moved...if you were in East Timor:

Originally Posted by Jamo

I watched a training video for road repair today. Bob was sick, so wendy had to supervise. Dizzy knoked the soccer ball into the middle of the wet surface, but wendy, muck and rolly sorted it out.

So what are you saying, Andy looks a bit like Muck or Bob.

Good stuff Andy. Missed this post in May for some reason.
CraigE

Originally Posted by CraigE

Good stuff Andy. Missed this post in May for some reason.
CraigE

Me too. Could certainly use some of your skills up here. 650km dirt to Katherine and they haven't been able to find anyone with any decent grader training for a couple of years.

stuu are you making a job offer,i am getting bored with darwin,