☆ Video

• Saturday, 01 February, 2014

☆ Video - Now, THAT’S a Dump Day

- Ten of seven, the onslaught began. At least 20

dump trucks descended on the site, with six to

seven on site, three queued facing east on

Military, and the rest queued facing west on

Military. Of course the car traffic on Military was

managed down to a single, intermittent lane. Even

with the bull dozer and backhoe both loading,

there was a frenetic pace for just over forty five

minutes with over forty distinct dump trucks. By

1P, there was a striking hole at the northwest

corner, where the backhoe was digging  -- down.

The 135th and last dump truck left the site at 2P,

beating the Saturday, 23 November, 2013 record

of 100 trucks. Upstaged by the dump truck

drama, the crew worked on the south retaining

wall, inserting more piping in new holes more than

30 feet below the first set. The crew also worked

on the planking north retaining and continued until

3P. (2:24 min)

• Friday, 31 January, 2014

The day began with all the machine tidying the

site. Work on digging and building the retaining

walls was next. The horizontal hole poking

machine was back on site and working on the

south retaining wall; it was making a new row of

holes about twenty feet below the original row.

There were only two bursts of dump trucking, one

at 9:30A and a smaller burst at 1P. January

ended with more a whimper

• Thursday, 30 January, 2014

Today was a repeat of yesterday. The backhoe

and bull dozer were both digging as the sun rose

-- digging down. Dump truck caravans arrived at

9:30A, 11:45A and 2:45P. A few crew worked

after dark moving supplies and the fussing around

the site.

• Wednesday, 29 January, 2014

- Video

-Slow start on a snowy site. The bull dozer cleared

the snow at 7:45A and by 8A the backhoe was

digging down. The first dump truck flurry was at

9:30A, with both the backhoe and dozer loading

trucks. Additional dump truck flurries blew in at

11:45A and 2P, with intermittent digging and

waiting in between flurries. (1:28 min)

• Tuesday, 28 January, 2014

Today was almost a duplicate of yesterday with

flurries of dump trucks at 8:30A, 12N, and 2P.

•  Monday, 27 January, 2014

- Video

- A set of headlights was on site at 6A. Just after

7A, dawn found the backhoe and bull dozer at

work. The first dump truck did not arrive until

9:30A, but a flurry of trucks followed, with two

additional flurries at 11:30A and 2P. In between

flurries was visual inactivity. The day ended with

the crew working late on the north retaining wall.

(2:37 min)

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