some pictures from todays job

larry@stinescorner · Mar 22, 2011

was back at the job in Bernardsville nj today ,took a few pictures, all that has to be done now is point up the joints,but it is supposed to snow tommorow,. Those stones were heavy!

Adirondack case guy · Mar 22, 2011

Lookin good Larry. I have dug a lot of haunches for granite curbing on comercial sits. the company that my son worked for specialized in granite and slipform curbing. It's nice work with all the toys, dam hard work without them. A mini excavator with a thumb is a must.
PS, setting here now typing this reply and the weather watcher says we are going to get another 7"+ of snow and it may track south to you with similar amounts What the hay!
as always Loren.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 22, 2011

Good job Larry. summer can,t bee too far away seen a mixer from the co. I used to work for in town today, them there mixers are bout like robins

Eric in IL · Mar 22, 2011

Boy, that wheel-barrow looks like a shin-skinner to me. I've never seen one with those pointy gizmo's on the legs.

James Howell · Mar 22, 2011

Looks like you did a good job with those large stones.

Do you lay them out and arrange/number them before you set them?

Thanks for sharing your photos with us.

larry@stinescorner · Mar 22, 2011

no ., we just lay them out to have them ready ., no numbers

Billy NY · Mar 22, 2011

Very common in NJ, all or most of the subdivision jobs I worked on as a heavy equipment operator, used belgian block curb like what you set there, you do nice work !

PS, I used to live in Basking Ridge, over in a condo on Baldwin Court, not far from Bernardsville, talk about a lush neighborhood, some of the estates from there and up to Morristown, either side of 287 are incredible, and people think of NJ as the meadowlands, sadly mistaken. I used to go to the steeple chase every fall at AT&T Mooreland Farms, what a place that is, over by Far Hills. I miss places I lived in NJ, some I don't but those areas and south were a lot of fun when I was younger.

Wardner · Mar 22, 2011

Were they heavier than these? Most of those are two feet thick. When are you coming back to do the driveway?

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Wardner · Mar 22, 2011

Basking Ridge, huh?

That's the home of the nicest private antique Mack Truck collection in the world.

larry@stinescorner · Mar 22, 2011

nice job! that will last forever! did you do all that?

GordoSD · Mar 22, 2011

The concrete guy stays there all day? How long is the concrete in that truck?

Gordo

Wardner · Mar 22, 2011

Yes, I did.

I set up a 20' wide gantry crane running on rails which were fastened to 30' long W-beams. The hoist was a three ton I-R air hoist running off my shop air.

I have set thousands of tons of granite. Have many more thousands of tons in inventory. Used to move my stones with a 15 ton forklift. I've downsized to a 4 ton forklift which handles 99% of the inventory. I've been collecting stones since age sixteen when I bought my first truck.

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Bob Bancroft · Mar 22, 2011

I've never seen a truck like that. Looking at the picture it looks like it isn't mixed until the output auger. Apparently the discharge mixes it and dispenses it. If that's the case, you only mix what you need as you need it.

larry@stinescorner · Mar 22, 2011

your right!

larry@stinescorner · Mar 22, 2011

that truck hauls enough material to mix 3 yds He mixed 6yds,so he left to get another load, He is a very good friend of mine, we worked together many years ago, he started his own buisness of slab jacking and has that truck for his buisness, He started the buisness on his own and is doing very well.

larry@stinescorner · Mar 22, 2011

very nice!!!

larry@stinescorner · Mar 22, 2011

What was your first truck? Just curious,

larry@stinescorner · Mar 22, 2011

I think the guy that owned a quarry here in millington nj has that Mack collection

Wardner · Mar 22, 2011

It was a govt surplus '47 IH KB-5 purchased in 1960. Still have it. It's now powered with a DD 4-53.

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DeltaRed · Mar 22, 2011

Is that a front fasthitch?did you make it?

showcrop · Mar 22, 2011

So your buddy with the truck doesn't place the mortar between the stones for you too? He has to leave you a little work I suppose.

Wardner · Mar 22, 2011

I feel like I am taking over this thread. Yes, I built it. Built another one for a W-400.

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Spook · Mar 22, 2011

Nice work, Larry. It's getting pretty white out here in Michigan.

fixerupper · Mar 22, 2011

Nice work, Larry. You must be a sturdy guy. My back hurts just looking at those stones. Jim

Anonymous-0 · Mar 22, 2011

How does that mixer work, where is the agitator, Never seen one before, Out here[Aust] we have the mini-mix [legal 1.2 metres]which is a small version of the standard agitator.

Billy NY · Mar 22, 2011

When I worked in Morristown for Tobar Site Contractors over on 4 John St. (their old stockpile area is now the Morris cty. jail) I used to haul out of Millington, for them, when I got stuck in one of the old DM Mack trucks for the day, #8 was mine. There was a display of old equipment near the scale house, and wasn't there an old D8 Caterpillar in there too? I used to drive their lowboy as well, '68 & '72 AutoCar w/ Rogers trailer and when I first started I had to move several D8's in one day, one on site the tracks were run to destruction, off to the CAT dealer with it and return with one on rental, the whole time I was like a mile from my house and I never knew it, new to the area etc. the site was right down the road was funny when I figured it out one day.

Billy NY · Mar 22, 2011

I don't seem to recall knowing about that collection, very nice area, recall one trucking outfit, Ferrieria sp? blue macks, also the millington quarry. We also used to haul out of Mt.Hope, further north off 80 in Wharton, we used to call it Mt. Hopeless LOL, that was a place to stay in your truck and watch out for those 994 Cat loaders and those haul trucks, which shared the same areas as you, those loaders had buckets bigger than the dump body in the truck I was driving, it was unreal to get loaded by em, always a windrow of spilled material behind you, they had a show their int he summer, old equipment etc.

larry@stinescorner · Mar 23, 2011

no.and he didnt lift any stones either,lol!

larry@stinescorner · Mar 23, 2011

no.and he didnt lift any stones either,lol!

larry@stinescorner · Mar 23, 2011

the Buzzman would like to see that ,he is an Iternational truck fan! That is a nice truck,thanks for posting the picture

larry@stinescorner · Mar 23, 2011

the sand,gravel and portland come out on a conveyor belt and want is regulated and it is mixed inthe auger it also has a meter so you pay for what you need ,It is very good for small jobs,he can mix,wet or dry or change the mix to whatever you need, My friend did a fine job with the mix

Rex in Australia · Mar 23, 2011

We"ve got them Bendee. Volumetric mixers, both in large and small sizes. Very good for deliveries as little waste generated. You pay for what you use and only a barrow or so lost when washing.
Cheers,
Rex

ChrisinMO · Mar 23, 2011

Thanks for posting. I love seeing a job well done. Now I've got to go out and get something done in this 70 degrees we have today. Starting tomorrow we go back to the 40s and 50s here in southern Missouri.

Christopher

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