TUESDAY FIXED TRENCHER STUFF IN THE AM AND GOT STARTED TRENCHING AFTER NOON. CAUGHT A FEW WELL RODS (WERE HIDDEN UNDERGROUND) AND OTHER THINGS IN THE TRENCHER CHAIN, WHICH SLOWED US DOWN A BIT, BUT WE GOT THROUGH THE FENCE AND A FEW HUNDRED FEET INTO THE FIELD. WE WERE TRENCHING UNDER THE FROST LEVEL SO WERE FIVE FEET PLUS BELOW THE GROUND LEVEL. THE TRENCHER CHAIN MAKES AN EIGHT INCH WIDE TRENCH FIVE AND A HALF FEET DEEP. QUITE A JOB AND WE ONLY GET ABOUT 1 FOOT PER MINUTE DISTANCE. EVERYTHING WAS GOING REALLY SMOOTH.
WEDNESDAY WE MOVED THE COW HERD ALL AROUND THE FARM AND TO A PASTURE ALONG BEAR PEN ROAD. AFTER FEEDING AND OTHER MISC. CHORES, WE STARTED TRENCHING AGAIN. EVERYTHING WAS RUNNING LIKE A CLOCK. THE RUN TO THE HEIFER PASTURE WAS ABOUT HALF DONE, THE TRENCH RIGHT BEHIND THE MACHINE WAS PARTLY FULL OF DIRT AND THE PIPE WAS BROKEN OFF. I'M NOW IN SAND AND THE SIDE WALLS ARE COLLAPSING BEFORE THE PIPE IS IN THE BOTTOM. NOT AT ALL GOOD. THE SOIL FROM HERE TO WHERE THE DRINKERS GO IS MORE SANDY THAN IT IS NOW.THURSDAY MORNING THE SUN IS SHINING, THE WIND IS BLOWING (HOWLING) AND IT'S JUST BELOW FREEZING. WHAT A DISCOURAGING DAY. WOULD LIKE TO DUMP THE WHOLE PROJECT.
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