It is very hard to watch 12 tons run back and forth without being impressed. A question for TN Hillbilly: Which one would you pick if you had to lay down and let one run across you? I would pick the cub every time!
Just an update as I have had to let work get in the way of fun for a couple of days.
I hate it when that happens.
I had delivered 3 tons of Sodium Bentonite and was very surprised to see it was the size of very small mouse turds. ( I tried to think of something else that size but could not.)
A quick panicky phone call to George confirmed it was the right material for the job. The size was really 620 for those that don't want to order by the previous description.
I guess we have all been conditioned from years of borrowing this material from the oilfield where it is used as drillers mud, to expect a very fine powder. George says this works just as well and is much easier to work with.
I guess I should explain why I got so much material for such a small job. Before I ordered it I went with a sharp-shooter and picked around and found about 100 square feet of this damp suspicious material and I had a few more spots on the bottom where it looked like the dozer might have broken through the clay layer. I wanted to cover this even though it was dry. I will spend Saturday tilling and packing with a Vibratory Planar Packer. The truck driver I hired to go and pick up the bentonite, said he used them to pack asphalt. I will let everyone know how this works and try to post some pictures when I have time, of this and my pond project.
