The last few days I've been making screened topsoil for about 8-9 hrs straight.This involves me,a JDeere 544 loader(3 cubic yrd bucket),a READ Screen-all dirt screening plant(that makes more noise than anything),and a few hundred tons of various types of dirt.I mix the dirt up and run it through the screener.First the dirt goes through a 2 inch screen,then a 1/2 or 3/4 inch screen depending on what I'm mixing.This makes very nice topsoil for lawns,gardens,flowers,etc. I'm just outside of the middle of nowhere, no people, no civilization,etc. All day I drive back and forth from the dirt piles to the sceener and drink lots of water.It also hasnt rained here in almost 2 months,the dust is 4 inches thick where I drive. I only have a casette player to listen to b/c no stations come in and it has to be full blast to hear it b/c I wear earplugs all day,,,and its still noisy. My 80's-90's casette collection gets well used and some even quit working,lol. My brain comes up with some very wierd thoughts during the day. I thought about what I would do if Osama Bin Laden walked out of the woods unarmed and looking for help.Do I take him in to the authorities,or do I throw him on the screening plant and see how much dirt it takes to force his body through the screens; Or do I just flatten him right out with the wheels or bucket. At that point a hawk or eagle flew under the sun and casted a shadow over me. When I looked up and saw this huge bird soaring I thought to myself, "Now that right dere is freedom,I dont care who ya are".,,,then it was back to the dirt.Another good deal of thought went into making a blaster 3 wheeler,do I use the tri-z frame or the blaster frame?then I remembered that the LRD blaster pipe would not work on a trike b/c it will hit the front wheel.After awhile I thought the whole project is a waste of time and money.I also think about building mx tracks whenever I'm in the dirt.If I was turned loose on a piece of property with a machine,I'd have all the pro's gawking(not saying I would clear all the jumps.I also saved about 10 toads and 1 snake from death,I notice them infront of the bucket right before I scoop out of the pile; The dirt piles have grass/weeds growing out of them so the lil creatures like to move in on them.They usually fall down into the loose dirt,so I have to get out and rescue them.I dont see them all but the ones I do I save. The only thing thats remotely exciting is looking for buried treasure as it fall out in the screened topsoil.So far,I found a silver spoon from 1847,a few coins(not too old),and a $5 bill,nothing that I can retire on.WHen 4:30 rolled around I got the heck outta there,had enough dust and dirt for one day,,,besides I made about $4000 worth of dirt.
Todays cassettes included:
Metallica- Ride the lightning,MAster of Puppets,Reload
Pantera-Vulgar display of power
Danzig-Lucifuge,How the gods Kill
Iron maiden-Somewhere in time
Suicidal Tendencies-album with "institutionalized" on it
Testament-Souls of Black
GnR-Appetite for destruction
Slaughter-album with "up all night"and "fly to the angels"
Anthrax-Attack of the Killer B's
,,,and lastly just to mix things up a bit I threw in the old Chronic album from Dr.Dre and Snoop D O double gizzle.
Anybody elses day as exciting as mine was?
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Originally Posted by freewheel3
