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Steve Wiesner (left pic above) project engineer, appears in the early
morning to discuss issues and resolve questions. This morning he had
a lot of explaining to do to a lot of people. The third picture finds
him talking to Todd, the foreman, and Peter, who estimated the work
for Pavex and appeared several times today. In the final picture, the
young woman talking to Mary drives the Pavex bobtail dumptruck. |
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In ring one, the tractor builds itself a properly sloped access
road and then attacks yesterday's brush pile, now mostly gone.
After the road was done it was able to carry sandbags to the dam
crew, allowing the excavator to get to its main business. |
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Ring two: the stream diversion, which went on most of the day.
Early in the day the excavator was still hauling bags to the
site, where they were moved into place by a three-man
bucket brigade. There are 600 bags. They are heavy. These
guys didn't have to throw them all - only the last half. By
day's end the stream was fully diverted to the far channel
and the near channel - the main one - was dry. The stream may not have to be piped after all. If only modest seepage occurs, it may be good enough as is. Tomorrow we'll know. |
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Once again, the excavator occupied the main ring. It took time out
to help the tractor load brush now and then, but spent most of its
time starting the work road, which by day's end was significantly
advanced. The placement of the revetment will start at the house
end (bottom of final pic) |
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In an odd aftermath, a Pavex maintenance man appeared here
about 6PM; the excavator operator had complained about the
operation of the thumb. The first picture is only to give a
general idea of the part of the monster that was wounded.
The second picture shows the big pin on which the thumb and
bucket hinge. The yellow part to the left of the pin had
been broken off by the cam-shaped part at the end of the pin,
which spun with the pin, probably for lack of grease. He
welded it and lubed it, working well into the dark.
The maintenance guy made it clear that he disliked working on these little exacvators. Tomorrow: the excavator will start digging the toe trench. The first batch of rock will arrive, and if the steel plates FINALLY arrive the first rock may be placed. |
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