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  On 1/2/2025 at 3:38 AM, miguelito said:

Are the pool noodles your air supply system?

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the lumber that rests on the angle iron is meant to resist lateral pressure. Often the gap is so large they can shift. The noodle (or spray foam) keeps them in place. That's probably going to be in a technical addendum to the Idaho Dept of Mines handbook.

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I have a cat that showed up during snowmageddon. I am very much violently allergic to cats, I have always hated cats. I hate this cat. This cat loves me....dammit, I love this cat. I love my dog more but dammit this cat has decided I am his dude. 

Not looking forward to digging a hole for the murderous asshole cat that I love.

Sorry for the aside. 

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  On 1/19/2025 at 2:55 PM, CleverNickname said:

Sent up on Saturday. I was about 4" under the third set (each set is about 48" from center of 4x6 to the next 4x6, although the top set rests above ground. But for simplicity, 4 ft per set). 

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I have a ladder, so I'll need to move it to get the whole bottom. As a reminder the inside dimensions are 30"x48", so the full hole is ~40" (30+3.5+3.5+1.5+1.5) by 58. Realistically I need space to to push threaded bolt down and tighten nuts, so I usually go down ~54 inches before I put in a new set of lumber. It seems quicker to jump up a set and pull up a bucket in 4 ft increments rather than use the hoist. I save the hoist for lowering and raise the hammer drill, as it's awkward to climb a ladder holding it. 

The handheld hammer drill is great, but it does struggle a bit when I get a shelf of solid rock. Next time I may use the full size jackhammer. The handheld is really great at embiggening the walls. I have a tendency to want to go deeper and then have to spend a trip or two getting the width right. The last 2-3" have been pretty hard. Usually it's partially calculated caliche (my heat guess I was a business major) where the rock comes apart fairly easily (resists a shivel, but a rock hammer splits easily). This layer had actual quatz:

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So prettty tough stuff. Mule is in shop for its first ever annual maintainance, so I didn't haul off the bigger rocks and gravel. Next time I'm up I've got a good dozen buckets of abiut 1/2 to 3/4 gravel that I'll spread out on "road" and another half dozen buckets of larger rocks I'll throw down a ravine.

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My aim is to build it up enough to drive the mule across. That's the property fence line, and my current path cuts down a hill. This route would be more gradual. 

 

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  On 1/20/2025 at 10:12 PM, CleverNickname said:

When I find the answer, I'll let yall know. I'm pretty sure I just need to go a little deeper. 

https://www.inverse.com/input/culture/the-masculine-urge-to-dig-a-tunnel-an-investigation

I dig not because it is easy, but because it is hard

https://youtu.be/JomxJqKRa1M?si=Z9C0RhJisa2UbBEY

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Keep digging and I'm sure you'll find the answer.  We have faith in you. 

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  On 3/24/2025 at 10:37 PM, CleverNickname said:
I've been thinking about borrowing or buying a cheap pressure washer and seeing how useful it would be. Maybe when I start going horizontal? 

Sounds like a good way to turn your mineshaft into a well.
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  On 2/22/2025 at 10:56 PM, CleverNickname said:

Pondering on investing in steel 5 gallon buckets. Three for $50 on amazon. Maybe I need a gofundme.

 

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Ever considered bags? Working load of 3000lbs and rated for 5x that. $20 each for a ~ 3x3x3:

 

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  On 3/24/2025 at 10:37 PM, CleverNickname said:

I've been thinking about borrowing or buying a cheap pressure washer and seeing how useful it would be. Maybe when I start going horizontal? 

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Add me to the growing list of Surlyites with little to no hole digging experience that thinks this would be unwise.

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  On 4/10/2025 at 2:45 AM, UT_OB1 said:

You’re thinking about hand mixing enough concrete in that hole?  Fuck man. You’re going to break yourself. 

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yeah, I think I'm gonna buy an electric mixer and do it on like 8 or 12" lifts. Fiberglass rebat, because I want it to last centuries. Lowering each bucket down manually with a rope. I mean, how hard can that be?

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  On 4/10/2025 at 3:02 AM, CleverNickname said:

yeah, I think I'm gonna buy an electric mixer and do it on like 8 or 12" lifts. Fiberglass rebat, because I want it to last centuries. Lowering each bucket down manually with a rope. I mean, how hard can that be?

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Put these words on your tombstone. 

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  On 5/8/2022 at 7:28 PM, CleverNickname said:

I got to thinking. Lots of people think about digging a hole (maybe?). I have property where a guy could build a hole. And sure about 16 inches down it becomes partially cemented caliche. But only partially. I own a San Angelo bar. And I don't think I will hit a big layer of solid limestone. I saw them dig a septic ta k, and it never had a big problem. So not only could I dig a hole, but that hole could be dug.

 

 

 

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