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Posted by Joseph Meehan on March 20, 2007, 1:58 pm
Ivan Vegvary wrote:
> Sorry, also cross posted to alt.home.repair
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> Need to dig out crawl space. Approximately 30' by 50' area. At
> present it is about 4" deep. Want to dig down to 42" and lay down a
> moisture barrier, put in vents, level house etc. Can't go any deeper
> due to high water table. The digging is very easy (sandy loam), but I
> need clever ideas on how to drag the dirt out. I have dug down 8
> feet along side the house and can access it with my small
> tractor/loader. I need ideas of how to pull/push/drag/roll etc. all
> of this dirt over to the edge of the house and drop it down to my
> waiting tractor. Wife can help a little so maybe roller conveyers
> with ropes so I can send her a load and pull my pan back to where I
> am digging? Maybe throw the slough on a tarp and winch it out?
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> Any clever ideas greatly appreciated.
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> Ivan Vegvary
That is what teenage neighborhood boys are for. These days you can also
find neighborhood girls for those kind of jobs. My uncle hired the
neighborhood boys to did out his craw space and make it a basement during
the depression. Some years later when I bought the house, I was often
stopped and told what a great guy my uncle was for helping all those kids
out when they needed a few $$. Of course they were all older them me. My
uncle was a good guy, but a little crazy as well.
In any case, remind them that it is good exercise for (fill in the blank
with the name of the appropriate sport) off season training.
--
Joseph Meehan
Dia 's Muire duit
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