Dumper at work again

[pa.rich]

Been sorting dirt and rocks, for fieldstone walls and I have a nice amount for a future project or two.

 

[maddawg308]

Nice pics of the finished product. Love to have some fieldstone walls around here, but its a lot of work, I don't have the time, and I don't hire illegal aliens to work in my stead. So, I will do without walls for now.

 

[clinto]

Looking good Rich, love the fieldstone project.

 

[gunner01]

wanna come out here and do some work.....lol

 

[rosco]

Beautiful work! I have my eye on some neat colored, angular rock. But it will be a little later in the fall, before I can get away to go catch them. I'll use the deuce. Not a tipper, but have a loading ramp that I can back up against. I think then I can get the stone out with the loader bucket. It will be about a 250 mile round trip, so I'll do a picnic out of it.

Lee in Alaska

 

[pa.rich]

All of my fieldstone work was done with a garden tractor and little trailer, It took years. I only now have the dumper for this. My body is starting to object over this kind of work but so what, I just take it slower.I was thinking back to when I operated a masonry business and all I had was a one ton dump. We used to put 4 tons on it just to get the jobs done quicker, time is money. Another thing is the miniexcavator, I used to need trenches and foundations dug and had to wait til the guy got to the job, what a pain. Funny how it goes, now I have the equipment and just use it for myself. Never had the financial ability 20 years ago to have the equipment I really needed. Raising a family and all that in a one income family. There wasnt much money then. These are the best years, Wife and I both with good jobs , kids grown and gone, healthy and happy. My kids think its nuts, doing all this stuff, but they know me well, I have always done alot of work on my houses, this is my sixth place and I hope the last. Its really another hobby.

 

[steelsoldiers]

Cool projects, Rich. I love the dam and waterfall.

 

[tjcouch]

Wow! Very nice! It is amazing how near-vertical the dump bed will go on that truck . . . . I don't think I have ever seen a civy truck some close to that - am I wrong?

 

[supermechanic]

HI ALL,
The dump on mine goes almost verticle as well. I work for large excavating outfit, none of the 20 or so dumpers we have at work will get the body as high(close to vert.) as the M51 and such.
Ed.

 

[pa.rich]

Yes it dumps really high but the wet dirt still sticks to it along the edges. Its good it has the power down on the pump valve. Best dumper I have owned. I plan to add a lower side step to make it easier to get in, and a mid height step above the running board. It is really difficult to overload these trucks unless you put full height side boards on it. I love to use it. Great site truck. Tough and fun.

 

[supermechanic]

Rich, I put sideboards that are level with the top of the cab shield.
sand and cobbles to the top, I weigh about 70k.
feels a bit piggy at that weight.