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Another $50 gas to work half ass for 2 hours or so. At about 20" there is a fragmented shelf of limestone. Not so bad past that. Some fist size rocks, but all in all relatively doable.

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Deepest point is now 36". I have left a step in one corner. Need to blow out the rest down to deeper point, and the step.

All buttoned up for the day:

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Pondering a steel set system. It would be skinnier (lagging on the inside), more permanent, and when I get down as far as I want to, easier to pour concrete along the sides.

 

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8 hours ago, UT_OB1 said:

Pouring concrete? What in the holy fuck is the final plan for this thing?

Digging for Lithium. We all know that battery power will be the wave of the future. Never mind on how to generate the electricity to charge the battery. Doesn’t the switch on the wall provide electricity?

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....or perhaps salt. Then the artisanal marketing department swings into high gear-- a specialty salt with a username inspired clever nickname with which to rim your cocktail glasses. Something like Wholly Random Salt with the story of the hand dug hole on the label. Or WeDigIt Salt or Handdug Holy Shit Salt for your Daiquiri Twists and Margaritas. Might bring in some cash to replenish the shovel budget.

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High today was 105, so we picked up blizzards by noon. Noticeably cooler in the hole. But still pretty miserable. 

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Half is down to about 40". I won't be able to go up for a week or two, but I think I'm going to build a ladder.

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We put 2x8x16 blocks around the edge. Also got a nice sheet of treated plywood. Hopefully better next time I get a deluge.

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From the road:

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I tried leaving at 630am, but it was still hot as hell.

Deepest point is 50 inches. I blew out the step I had left and getting out is now a hassle. Next time up I need to clean up the sides. I have been lazy and need to shave a couple inches off the long sides. Ten year old for scale.

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On 6/26/2022 at 1:36 PM, CleverNickname said:

I tried leaving at 630am, but it was still hot as hell.

Deepest point is 50 inches. I blew out the step I had left and getting out is now a hassle. Next time up I need to clean up the sides. I have been lazy and need to shave a couple inches off the long sides. Ten year old for scale.

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Late on this thread - what are you building?

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On 5/17/2022 at 4:19 PM, davidg said:

Everyone should have a truck, tractor and hole story.  Rite of passage type thing.   One of mine involved a recently purchased jeep, the previously mention flooded big lake right after if had flooded our property, the little JD350 dozer from the tractor thread and my future wife.  Many years later my wife confided in me that if that would have been a first date, there wouldn't have been a second.  Nothing builds a relationship like burying a jeep tire deep and wading out of knee deep water and mud and then trying to come-along and dig for an hour or so before walking a mile or so to where your dad is pushing dirt to come pull you out.

Don't Jeep drunk....

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12 hours ago, deadshank said:

"If you come to Chiny you can stop digging," Augustus called after him.  "That's the place where the men wear pigtails."

 

11 hours ago, Kennythetiger said:

If it wasn’t for you I’d be halfway to the Matagorda by now. 

 

Well first man that comes along that can read Latin is invited to rob us as far as I’m concerned. I’d like the chance to shoot at a educated man once in my life.

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I built a ladder. Should last me a while. Not sure when I'll get down to past 8 or 9 ft.

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It's 28" wide so it can fit in the 30" narrow side of my eventual 4x2.5 clear set/lagging (so it doesn't collapse and kill me). I'll probably build the first set when I'm about 5 ft down and it's all widened out like I need it. Not eager to see the bill for that lumber and all thread concoction.

 

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