{"id":140,"date":"2007-03-30T10:51:19","date_gmt":"2007-03-30T15:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/?p=140"},"modified":"2007-03-30T10:56:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-30T15:56:00","slug":"day-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/?p=140","title":{"rendered":"Day 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Beep beep beep beep beep&#8230;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/300307b.jpg\" title=\"300307b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/300307b.jpg\" title=\"300307b.jpg\" alt=\"300307b.jpg\" border=\"2\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I swear, if they leave the equiptment here tonight they will no longer <strong>beep!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lots of pictures today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Anyone who has had some work done around their property with heavy equipment will know what I am talking about.  That non-stop friggin&#8217; beeping is driving me nuts!<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t image what it would be like to work with this for years.  I image you stop noticing it after a few days, which raises the question, why all the beeping?  Must have been pretty quiet on job sites before some safety committee decided more irritating noises were needed&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Its been kind of a quiet week as they were waiting for the mud to dry up a bit before bringing in all the trucks to backfill around the foundation.  They tried bringing in a load of concrete, with interesting results&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/300307b9.jpg\" title=\"300307b9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/300307b9.jpg\" title=\"300307b9.jpg\" alt=\"300307b9.jpg\" border=\"2\" height=\"381\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sunk in pretty good.  Drove right out though&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>It soon became clear that the driveway here was simply gravel on top of topsoil and would not be able to support the amount of trucks that would be needed to bring in the backfill.<\/p>\n<p>We decided to have the entire driveway replaced.  Excavated down 18&#8243; and packed in with &#8220;pit run&#8221;.  This began yesterday afternoon, and was most entertaining to watch&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/300307b7.jpg\" title=\"300307b7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/300307b7.jpg\" title=\"300307b7.jpg\" alt=\"300307b7.jpg\" border=\"2\" height=\"336\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry Scott, it isn&#8217;t as close to your van as it appears, besides, this excavator operator is amazing, he could pick apples with that thing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/300307b8.jpg\" title=\"300307b8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/300307b8.jpg\" title=\"300307b8.jpg\" alt=\"300307b8.jpg\" border=\"2\" height=\"333\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All dug out and waiting for fill.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/300307b6.jpg\" title=\"300307b6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/300307b6.jpg\" title=\"300307b6.jpg\" alt=\"300307b6.jpg\" border=\"2\" height=\"759\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course we &#8220;<em>might as well<\/em>&#8221; redo the sidewalk to the house while we are at it.  He is scraping out the topsoil under the watchful eye of the general contractor.  He is a man who knows how to handle a shovel, and I mean that in the most respectful way, he really knows how to shovel, not something many can do efficiently.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/300307b1.jpg\" title=\"300307b1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/300307b1.jpg\" title=\"300307b1.jpg\" alt=\"300307b1.jpg\" border=\"2\" height=\"337\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Backfilling around the foundation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/300307b2.jpg\" title=\"300307b2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/300307b2.jpg\" title=\"300307b2.jpg\" alt=\"300307b2.jpg\" border=\"2\" height=\"333\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/300307b3.jpg\" title=\"300307b3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/300307b3.jpg\" title=\"300307b3.jpg\" alt=\"300307b3.jpg\" border=\"2\" height=\"759\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/300307b4.jpg\" title=\"300307b4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/300307b4.jpg\" title=\"300307b4.jpg\" alt=\"300307b4.jpg\" border=\"2\" height=\"758\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our friendly electrician&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/300307b5.jpg\" title=\"300307b5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/300307b5.jpg\" title=\"300307b5.jpg\" alt=\"300307b5.jpg\" border=\"2\" height=\"330\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/300307b11.jpg\" title=\"300307b11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/300307b11.jpg\" title=\"300307b11.jpg\" alt=\"300307b11.jpg\" border=\"2\" height=\"667\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These guys were packing in the fill around the foundation with those jumping thingamajigs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/300307b10.jpg\" title=\"300307b10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/300307b10.jpg\" title=\"300307b10.jpg\" alt=\"300307b10.jpg\" border=\"2\" height=\"378\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh boy, more yellow things.  I wonder if it beeps&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>-Tim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beep beep beep beep beep&#8230;. 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