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Ramapirate
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- Jul 5, 2006
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Primary detector is a Garrett AT Pro
Also have a Garrett Ace 250
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- All Treasure Hunting
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- #21
Tabdog,
If you'd like to share war stories it was summer in the late 1980's. It was breaking 100 degrees everyday. You could hang a wet towel up in the air it was so thick with humidity. We had four birfidi holly trees to plant. Each one had a seven foot rootball. Three guys that were working for us quit before we even got them unloaded. We had to hire a full size crane with the huge outriggers to come set them off the OVERSIZE LOAD truck that brought them from somewhere up in the North Carolina mountains. That left me and the owner of the company. Nobody in their right mind signs on for day labor in 100 plus degree weather to plant giant holly trees, so it was on us. You either get them in the ground or you lose them (back then they cost $2700 each), we had it to do. I started digging that day and dug from 9 am until 9 pm that night finishing the first hole. The owner of the company was pretty tough so he finished most of his. I helped finish his the next morning, and then started on my second. The ground had been over compacted due to two factors. They did not know that beds were being added to the parking lot, and they knew there'd be tractor trailer trucks in and out all day, so it had to be solid. This was also where the construction company had put leftover 4' x 7' sheets of plywood every so often just to get rid of them. We finished up the holes 7 feet deep and 8 across the next evening, the crane man was there the next day before the sun came up to set them in.
Yep, I can handle a shovel...
PS: I might not tinkle as long as some people, but I tinkle farther and with much greater accuracy
HH,
Ramapirate
If you'd like to share war stories it was summer in the late 1980's. It was breaking 100 degrees everyday. You could hang a wet towel up in the air it was so thick with humidity. We had four birfidi holly trees to plant. Each one had a seven foot rootball. Three guys that were working for us quit before we even got them unloaded. We had to hire a full size crane with the huge outriggers to come set them off the OVERSIZE LOAD truck that brought them from somewhere up in the North Carolina mountains. That left me and the owner of the company. Nobody in their right mind signs on for day labor in 100 plus degree weather to plant giant holly trees, so it was on us. You either get them in the ground or you lose them (back then they cost $2700 each), we had it to do. I started digging that day and dug from 9 am until 9 pm that night finishing the first hole. The owner of the company was pretty tough so he finished most of his. I helped finish his the next morning, and then started on my second. The ground had been over compacted due to two factors. They did not know that beds were being added to the parking lot, and they knew there'd be tractor trailer trucks in and out all day, so it had to be solid. This was also where the construction company had put leftover 4' x 7' sheets of plywood every so often just to get rid of them. We finished up the holes 7 feet deep and 8 across the next evening, the crane man was there the next day before the sun came up to set them in.
Yep, I can handle a shovel...
PS: I might not tinkle as long as some people, but I tinkle farther and with much greater accuracy
HH,
Ramapirate
