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Initial Pool Backfilling & Soil Assessment

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Starting a new site. Complete tear out & do-over.

What happens here

A Kubota compact track loader (skid steer) starts filling the empty swimming pool. The initial soil brought in is described as 'nice, clean structural fill'. The machine efficiently maneuvers within the pool's confines, spreading the first layer of dirt. However, a later load of fill delivered by a dump truck is identified as 'mud' rather than proper structural fill, due to prolonged rain making the soil super saturated. This necessitates a revised approach to manage the wet conditions and prevent structural issues in the backfilled area.

Goal: A compact track loader begins backfilling the empty swimming pool with structural fill. However, subsequent loads of soil are found to be excessively wet and muddy, leading to a change in the backfilling strategy.

Tools and materials

  • Dump Truck
  • Kubota Compact Track Loader
  • Muddy Soil
  • Structural Fill (dry)

What they say

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no i don't feel it i don't feel anything so things start all good the soil he brings in nice clean structural feel exactly as we like and then something happens that occasionally comes up i don't know if i like this or not you guys cucumber spin drip i ordered it off from amazon and i could only get 36 of them and it cost me like 30 bucks but one of you guys said you gotta try the cucumber spin drift i don't know if i like it here it is so this is supposed to be structural fill and it looks a lot like black dirt but it is structural fill that's the color isn't the problem you're gonna see what the problem is in a minute and even though it's black it's a non-organic soil but it's too wet this last load of fill is not phil it's mud it's been raining up here for like a week you might have said that already and we got really lucky with those first couple of loads that it wasn't wet but yeah super saturated like i said so what we're going to do to alleviate that problem as we're bringing in another load of fill you know a little sandier stuff more of a binding agent in there and we're gonna mix it all together real well that'll take care of that all right so let's get technical

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