Chris and I are going to make a start on shingling the Big Easy this Saturday-Sunday (starting at the top). Machines will do most of the work but if you are at a loose end then txt one of us and we'll let you know if an extra pair of hands would be handy. If everything goes to plan then a crew of 6 would be perfect for Saturday afternoon and Sunday. For following weekends we'll put together a roster so that we can try and keep the machines working. Watch this space...
Hamish - 027 442 6474
Chris - 021 296 5879
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Here are some pictures from Saturday's warm up - lots of toys to play with! Club tractor, bottom dumping trailer, tracked dumper from Mason Excavation, club digger, and second digger from Mosgiel Mini Digger Hire.
\uap>We'll be up there from 10am today until dark. A crew of 6 would be ideal. If you're flexible time-wise then give one of us a bell and we can let you know when we'll be low on people.
Awesome day up Signal Hill today. Perfect weather and perfect number of people to keep everything running. Together with Saturdays effort we shingled 430m of track. That means that 7% of the Big Easy is shingled and 13% is partially done (needs a top up). That means 1/5th of it is now mud-less.
\uap>Mike spent most of the day on the digger and Chris ran loads on the tractor. Provided there were no hiccups, we could do a lap and spread 2.5ton every 15-20 minutes.Mat had an afternoon off work so we popped up and did a bit more shingling. Mat used the tracked dumper to cover a wet section near the top. I got in 7 laps with the trailer so all up that's another 130m done. Have a couple of people keen on Tuesday so txt me when best suits and I'll fit work in around it.
\uap>Mike came up this morning and we moved a bit over 30ton by lunchtime. Chris did a stint in the afternoon where we did another 6 loads, so over 200m of new track covered and 100m of other shingle topped up. I'm flexible time-wise on Wednesday, so if anyone is keen to help out send me a txt and we can make a time. Need to have 2 people there safety-wise.
\uap>The pile up the top is getting a bit smaller... \uap>great job hamish.
im away for a few days so see you saturday
Chris and I did a bit more yesterday, so the gravel is now spread right up to the monument. Still need to level and compact it though. This means that 20% of the graveling is now done.
\uap>This weekend we'll move everything down to the pile beside the pond jump. If we can get a full crew for Saturday and Sunday, there's a good chance we'll make it down to the Plateau by the end of the weekend. \uap>We'll be up the top of Signal Hill from 8am. If you come up later we will be somewhere between the top and the pond jump (the lower red lines on the map above).
Big day up the hill today - another 470m shingled! Chris and I took all the machines down to the pond on Friday night. Mosgiel Mini Digger Hire (Chris Gough) generously lent us another small digger for the weekend, so I used that to tidy up the track. Finally got rid of the slip on the track just below the pond. Mike and Kyle then put down a thick layer of millings so we could get the tractor over the soft ground.
\uap>Another stunning Dunedin day, and a great turn-out with the perfect number of people there to help. We've now passed the 2000m mark with 34% of the track now fully graveled, and nearly half of the track with some sort of shingle on it. The worst muddy bits are no more.
\uap>Ronel and Craig and Glyn turned up nice and early. Ronel took off to rake the pine needles off the track and deal to the odd bit of mud. \uap>Alex was keen to do some graveling on Monday so we went up for the afternoon and ran another 10 loads down the track. That knocked another 100m on the head.
\uap>1 September 2018 - 31 August 2019
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