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« Reply #120 on: March 21, 2013, 06:55:54 PM » |
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and she's gone....
When is your summer? End of June to mid July?
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« Reply #121 on: March 21, 2013, 10:30:03 PM » |
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Normally about now temps warm up a lot. Gets muddy for all of April. By mid May work starts up with most dirt jobs. Job I have now doing integrity digs on pipe lines doesn't stop. Or so I've been told. Frost is still in the ground till about mid June ? Not much frost this year. Had early & deep snow. Most places I've opened up have no frost at all. But they are covered with 4 - 6' of snow.
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« Reply #122 on: March 22, 2013, 07:37:07 AM » |
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We have more frost this year than I expected. We dug a couple test holes for a borrow pit we're going to open for one project. A solid two feet of frost in the middle of a farmers field. I know a lot of farmers are hoping for slow melt by I don't know if we're going to get it. We had pretty dry conditions last half of last year and groundwater levels are way down. Would be nice if this snowpack was able to soak in. I think there will be alot of runoff though. DNR is already talking about manure runoff from farms and asking farmers not to spread until snow is gone.
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« Reply #123 on: March 22, 2013, 03:16:24 PM » |
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Storm ended during the night. Early AM I had a guest. See the dark spot on the right of the picture ? Lazing about after chowing down on my willows. Came within a foot of walking over the car !
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« Reply #124 on: March 22, 2013, 05:24:21 PM » |
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U are friggin kidding me....
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« Reply #125 on: March 23, 2013, 06:55:37 AM » |
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Folks to the east of me , the Wainright area, got worse. They got wind with the storm. 8'+ drifts.
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« Reply #126 on: March 23, 2013, 07:04:36 AM » |
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We have more frost this year than I expected. We dug a couple test holes for a borrow pit we're going to open for one project. A solid two feet of frost in the middle of a farmers field. I know a lot of farmers are hoping for slow melt by I don't know if we're going to get it. We had pretty dry conditions last half of last year and groundwater levels are way down. Would be nice if this snowpack was able to soak in. I think there will be alot of runoff though. DNR is already talking about manure runoff from farms and asking farmers not to spread until snow is gone.
Places with low snow levels or snow that had been cleared has very deep frost. The consutant we are working for is an odd duck. Used to be a welder & is now 72 and still working. He cannot seem to retire ? Anyway, he gets us to do weird stuff. This one creek job we cleared the snow nearly 3 weeks too soon. In -30c weather. Frost went 3' deep . Then I had to (try) and dig it out. He would want 1' taken out ! Even with Tiger teeth it made the job a chore. Sad in a way. That guy has the early signs of dimentia & is trying hard to hide it. Drives the foreman & crew crazy with all the changes that happen. Added to this is his old school ways. He had the right of way over 100 yards wide. It is supposed to be 20m wide. Then he wonders why Forestry was upset with him ! No matter how fast a spring melt we have this year, water tables will be above ground !
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« Reply #127 on: March 24, 2013, 06:14:30 AM » |
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I hear its been so bad in your neck of the woods Reeves the snowmen have been catching colds, it might be to hot for you in the states
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« Reply #128 on: March 24, 2013, 08:34:42 AM » |
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« Reply #129 on: March 25, 2013, 08:04:57 AM » |
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Good thing we have all of this glbal warming! Imagine how bad it would be
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« Reply #130 on: March 28, 2013, 01:07:33 AM » |
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... where's the like link
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« Reply #131 on: April 04, 2013, 06:19:50 PM » |
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Snow today. Last winter day of work. Was not supposed to be any stop, but we got it anyway. May be off till the 20th. Pinto/shop time !
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« Reply #132 on: April 04, 2013, 06:25:34 PM » |
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Can you find it?
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Chukar and Pheasant Propogation - Trust my advice based on the knowledge that I have not been doing this very long and don't know a lot more than I do know... But at least I know that I don't know
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« Reply #133 on: April 05, 2013, 09:11:12 AM » |
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It's been melting while away. Any place cleaned by the grader is mud.......well, yesterday there was. All frozen & another inch or so of snow this morning. I can see most of the blue parts car.
Lots of small things to do to the white car. I will not be hauling it for the header build till the roads are clean. Likely in May ? No rush. I need to have another engine built & due to this it will not be back on the road till the summer of 14.
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« Reply #134 on: April 05, 2013, 10:09:53 AM » |
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Im going to throw about 60 coturnix eggs in the bator today, anybody hatching any cots?
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I like to hunt, fish, and raise quail
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