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Excavation and Grade Lowering

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What happens here

Employ a Bobcat 325 mini-excavator to dig out the existing soil along the building's foundation. The excavation depth is determined by the need to fully expose the weep holes (wicks) and create sufficient space for the new drainage system and subsequent layers of backfill. The process involves systematically scooping out soil and debris, filling in any pre-existing holes, and effectively 'skimming' the entire grade down. This ensures that when new materials are added, the final grade will be below the weep holes, preventing water from being trapped against the foundation.

Goal: Utilize a mini-excavator to begin the process of lowering the grade around the building. This involves excavating a trench and removing existing soil and debris to create adequate clearance below the foundation's weep holes.

Tools and materials

  • Bobcat 325 Mini-Excavator
  • Dump Trailer
  • Mini-Loader (Skid Steer)

What they say

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that's what we're doing first thing we got to do is fill the hole in and that hole i don't know what caused it but we've got to fix it we've also gotta skim the entire grade down so that we have clearance below those wicks because then we're gonna add mulch and we're gonna add materials back in and so we've gotta take enough material out to be able to add material back in that we want in all right guys let's take a quick tour of the bobcat a lot of guys have been asking about this thing we've got a lot of custom features that you're really not going to be able to find on a brand new bobcat take this seat for example this hard pack seat the guys really like because they don't get too comfortable or complacent and then we've got this wide open spacious cab where we custom knocked out a portion of it up there just to get extra ventilation and the cab like this is especially great in minnesota especially on days like this where it's about 20 degrees because that nice cold breeze hits the operator right on the face keeping them alert and oriented then we've got this custom hood latch that's jacked up like this this also lets the engine just breathe a little bit better and then as we kind of look down over the machine from top to bottom we'll see a lot of leaks but what you'll notice with every single one of those leaks it drips back on itself helping to lubricate some of the lower components so this machine's almost becoming self self lubricating at this point we've got some nice custom spangling this is nothing more than a visual or aesthetic component to the machine on these hoses takes a long time to accomplish that but we were able to pull that right off so that's our bobcat mini excavator with the patented exchange system which i technically have never used because we don't have a separate bucket to exchange it with but there we go and it works good honestly this bobcat has been a phenomenal piece of equipment that's been paid for for 10 plus years and if it ain't broke why fix it don't fix it [Music]

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