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Lesson #4832 - When digging a pond hole, do not deposit dirt in trailer near
new pond hole.

I have a small trailer, maybe a cubic yard or so in size, sitting next to
the pond hole. As I have been digging, I cart the dirt (aka clay) away and
use it around the yard. The trailer sat there all winter and apparently
gained some moisture which made it quite heavy. Saturday, I went out to do
some more digging. As I began to toss dirt (aka water soaked clay) into the
trailer, I did not notice I had placed more on the backend then on the
frontend of the trailer. As the trailer filled with dirt (aka really
freakin' heavy water soaked clay), it began to tilt on it's axle. Moments
later the entire trailer of SUPER HEAVY WATER SOAKED CLAY dumped...right
back into the hole.

This does not bode well at all.

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BenignVanilla wrote:
Lesson #4832 - When digging a pond hole, do not deposit dirt in trailer near
new pond hole.



This does not bode well at all.

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ROFL maybe a hint to get rid of winter gain?????
a Bobcat comes to mind here

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John Rutz

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see my pond at:
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"BenignVanilla" wrote in
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Lesson #4832 - When digging a pond hole, do not deposit dirt in trailer
near
new pond hole.

I have a small trailer, maybe a cubic yard or so in size, sitting next to
the pond hole. As I have been digging, I cart the dirt (aka clay) away and
use it around the yard. The trailer sat there all winter and apparently
gained some moisture which made it quite heavy. Saturday, I went out to do
some more digging. As I began to toss dirt (aka water soaked clay) into
the
trailer, I did not notice I had placed more on the backend then on the
frontend of the trailer. As the trailer filled with dirt (aka really
freakin' heavy water soaked clay), it began to tilt on it's axle. Moments
later the entire trailer of SUPER HEAVY WATER SOAKED CLAY dumped...right
back into the hole.

This does not bode well at all.

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Rule number one: When selecting a trailer, get one twice as big as you
think you need.
Rule number two: When loading a trailer, put only half as much on it as it
looks like it will hold.
Rule number three: Murphy's Law prevails.

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Steve

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"BenignVanilla" wrote in
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Lesson #4832 - When digging a pond hole, do not deposit dirt in trailer
near
new pond hole.

I have a small trailer, maybe a cubic yard or so in size, sitting next
to
the pond hole. As I have been digging, I cart the dirt (aka clay) away
and
use it around the yard. The trailer sat there all winter and apparently
gained some moisture which made it quite heavy. Saturday, I went out to
do
some more digging. As I began to toss dirt (aka water soaked clay) into
the
trailer, I did not notice I had placed more on the backend then on the
frontend of the trailer. As the trailer filled with dirt (aka really
freakin' heavy water soaked clay), it began to tilt on it's axle.
Moments
later the entire trailer of SUPER HEAVY WATER SOAKED CLAY dumped...right
back into the hole.

This does not bode well at all.

--
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Never test the depth of the water with both feet.
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BenignVanilla wrote:
Lesson #4832 - When digging a pond hole, do not deposit dirt in trailer near
new pond hole.

I have a small trailer, maybe a cubic yard or so in size, sitting next to
the pond hole. As I have been digging, I cart the dirt (aka clay) away and
use it around the yard. The trailer sat there all winter and apparently
gained some moisture which made it quite heavy. Saturday, I went out to do
some more digging. As I began to toss dirt (aka water soaked clay) into the
trailer, I did not notice I had placed more on the backend then on the
frontend of the trailer. As the trailer filled with dirt (aka really
freakin' heavy water soaked clay), it began to tilt on it's axle. Moments
later the entire trailer of SUPER HEAVY WATER SOAKED CLAY dumped...right
back into the hole.

This does not bode well at all.

--
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Never test the depth of the water with both feet.
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A very good example of Murphy's Law ;-)

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Bonnie
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"BenignVanilla" wrote in
message ...
Lesson #4832 - When digging a pond hole, do not deposit dirt in trailer
near
new pond hole.

I have a small trailer, maybe a cubic yard or so in size, sitting next to
the pond hole. As I have been digging, I cart the dirt (aka clay) away and
use it around the yard. The trailer sat there all winter and apparently
gained some moisture which made it quite heavy. Saturday, I went out to do
some more digging. As I began to toss dirt (aka water soaked clay) into
the
trailer, I did not notice I had placed more on the backend then on the
frontend of the trailer. As the trailer filled with dirt (aka really
freakin' heavy water soaked clay), it began to tilt on it's axle. Moments
later the entire trailer of SUPER HEAVY WATER SOAKED CLAY dumped...right
back into the hole.

This does not bode well at all.

Thanks for sharing that story. I has made me feel better as I was having a
bad day at work, nothing was going right, and now I know it's not just me:-)

Renes

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"Renes Smither" wrote in message
...
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Thanks for sharing that story. I has made me feel better as I was having a
bad day at work, nothing was going right, and now I know it's not just
me:-)

This happened Saturday afternoon. When I call my house...my wife is still
laughing.

BV.

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"BenignVanilla" wrote:

This does not bode well at all.

Yes it does, for us the audience.

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For one thing I would rent me a Bob Cat to dig the hole which from the one I
dug manually a 9x5x3 last year; will be way bigger! ;)


Sacha

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I dug mine in an area that couldn't be accessed easily by even a small
machine like the Bobcat type and that sized equipment. I dug mine by myself
with the assistance of a gas powered one man auger (posthole digger) rented
from the local Home Depot for $35 for the day.... Just punched holes to the
depth that I estimated and had great control how the hole turned out... I
had really hard clay like material that I had to dig down through combined
with roots from a palm tree to deal with. When I got enough holes dug I
just connected the dots so to speak. I then used a tool called a Mutt which
is a large chisel like tool to sculpture out the hole. A hole lot better
than digging it with a shovel.... (pun intended.)

Jon Nyhus
Glendale, Arizona





"MISSYMAGICGIRL" wrote in message
...
For one thing I would rent me a Bob Cat to dig the hole which from the one
I
dug manually a 9x5x3 last year; will be way bigger! ;)


Sacha

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"MISSYMAGICGIRL" wrote in message
...
For one thing I would rent me a Bob Cat to dig the hole which from the one
I
dug manually a 9x5x3 last year; will be way bigger! ;)

I thought about renting one...but I figure pretty soon, I'll be buying a
liner, miles of PVC, a pump, plants, etc. Anyway I can keep costs down...is
a good thing. So a shovel it is...

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"BenignVanilla" wrote:

"MISSYMAGICGIRL" wrote in message
...
For one thing I would rent me a Bob Cat to dig the hole which from the one
I
dug manually a 9x5x3 last year; will be way bigger! ;)

I thought about renting one...but I figure pretty soon, I'll be buying a
liner, miles of PVC, a pump, plants, etc. Anyway I can keep costs down...is
a good thing. So a shovel it is...


You might check, as the rental place may have hand tools as well. A
post hole digger might come in handy. Rental rates are largely based on
repair costs, and something that doesn't break down rents fairly cheap
($10-20/day).

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There is only 1 thing that such an event needs, pictures! preferably of a
load trailer followed by an unloaded trailer tilted up into the air, and a
pile of dirt in the center of a former hole.

Sameer

"BenignVanilla" wrote in
message ...
Lesson #4832 - When digging a pond hole, do not deposit dirt in trailer
near
new pond hole.

I have a small trailer, maybe a cubic yard or so in size, sitting next to
the pond hole. As I have been digging, I cart the dirt (aka clay) away and
use it around the yard. The trailer sat there all winter and apparently
gained some moisture which made it quite heavy. Saturday, I went out to do
some more digging. As I began to toss dirt (aka water soaked clay) into
the
trailer, I did not notice I had placed more on the backend then on the
frontend of the trailer. As the trailer filled with dirt (aka really
freakin' heavy water soaked clay), it began to tilt on it's axle. Moments
later the entire trailer of SUPER HEAVY WATER SOAKED CLAY dumped...right
back into the hole.

This does not bode well at all.

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"Snooze" wrote in message
rthlink.net...
There is only 1 thing that such an event needs, pictures! preferably of a
load trailer followed by an unloaded trailer tilted up into the air, and a
pile of dirt in the center of a former hole.

I as you can imagine...I quickly did away with all evidence.

BV.