Since Pjor left a few weeks ago, we've been struggling to figure out the best way to get the rest of the excavating work done - the daily rate to pay an excavator is exorbitant, so we've been considering different possibilities, including renting or even buying an excavator and one of us learning how to drive it. Rob seemed to think he would do a better job than me, and after some debate, I agreed. So on Thursday we rented a mini-excavator E32 from Bobcat, and after a lesson from our neighbor Justin and an hour of feeling hopeless, Rob conquered the machine. In the past two days, he's cleared the shrubbery from the area that will be the leach field for the septic system (first three pics), dug the ditch which will hold the septic pipes between the two septic tanks, and has begun work on the ditch for the electric line.
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| Site of the leach field after some clearing |
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| Ditch for septic pipe - this and next two pics |
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| Ditch for electric line - this and next pic |
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| Our little friend who has found a home in one of our drainage ponds! |
Excavator and mini excavator are the more technical terms for a digger and a mini digger.
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