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Rant: That blocked cutterhead took me 6 hours to clear
Got into a patch of heavy clay and roots near the old mill pond on Miller Creek, and the cutterhead just locked up solid. Took me and another guy 6 hours with a torch and pry bars to clear it all out. Anybody run into surprise clay pockets like that around here?
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coleman.seth1mo ago
Six hours with a torch and pry bars sounds like a fun Saturday night, right? I swear clay pockets are out there just waiting to ruin your whole week. Had one on a job near the old train tracks that took me half a day to dig out, and I nearly threw my hard hat in the creek. Bet that mill pond clay has been sitting there laughing at everyone for decades. Hope you charged them double for the overtime.
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karen_nelson401mo ago
Yeah, that mill pond clay probably has been settling there for a hundred years or more. You gotta figure that stuff gets packed down tight from all that water weight pressing on it season after season. A torch and pry bars sounds about right for that kind of mess, nothing else seems to break it loose.
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