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Retired Bum said:
We don't have dirt in Southern AZ. We have caliche, (spelling). A substance known to be as hard or harder than concrete... Good luck!

It's easiest dealt with using a pressure washer and hydro excavation...
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That wasn't an option even the jack hammer was struggling and the guys I had helping were not the greatest.
I'm not even supposed to be digging but I couldnt bear the lack of progress!!
 
Just finished the crown on my 586 the first removable pilot I felt was too small so I had Manson make me a new one it fit perfect.
Will test again and do more on forcing cone if needed.
 

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OldGrunt said:
My last job before I retired was as a helicopter mechanic at an Army Aviation Depot. Individual toolbox inventories were done at the end of every shift, and even if the smallest, most insignificant tool was missing, no one went home. That meant all personal in that hanger went on a tool search until the missing tool was found. These hangers were pretty big, with easily 200-300 workers in a hanger. Now on overtime because somebody misplaced their tool that they had laid down somewhere. The bean counters were never happy about that!
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I worked at an aircraft company based in Winnipeg , and we had a national defense contract to overhaul military jets. I worked there in the same capacity as when I was in the military working that same job. Needless to say, when you took a tool from the tool board, you put your tag on the space that tool occupied. All tools had to be accounted for at the end of the day, or you stayed until it was found...you didn't want to be that guy who held up quitting time. When the aircraft was considered "done", it was x-rayed. They could pick up something as small as the tip of a cut off cotter pin or lock wire. They would not release that aircraft for test flight until they got a clear FOD check...and guess who was elected to go into cockpits head first to find that :poop:. Yours truly. Nothing left behind. Period.
 
Awake. Dogs and cats fed and I had an omlette. Horses next. Got my TRP AOS Carry zeroed yesterday afternoon, back into carry position. Big Deck work today. Big early Easter family dinner tonight as 20 year-old granddaughter returns to University of Florida tomorrow. Such a bright, lovely human, we miss her when she's absent. She takes after Mrs Greener. Lots of moving parts around here.
 
OldGrunt said:
My last job before I retired was as a helicopter mechanic at an Army Aviation Depot. Individual toolbox inventories were done at the end of every shift, and even if the smallest, most insignificant tool was missing, no one went home. That meant all personal in that hanger went on a tool search until the missing tool was found. These hangers were pretty big, with easily 200-300 workers in a hanger. Now on overtime because somebody misplaced their tool that they had laid down somewhere. The bean counters were never happy about that!
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as it should be, when someone else is footing that tool bill...

case in point

a local trucking company here, now long gone, had a racing team.

frankly i don't know how good they were.

i had applied thru the help wanted ads in the news paper...

anyone remember those days, before cell phones, snd internet....???

anyway, i applied...then i get called in for the interview.

the owner of the trucking company and the racing manager laid down the law on my responsibilities.

once everything is loaded into the trailer and the trailer was locked AND sealed, it was ALL on me, if anything was missing, once the seal was broken, and unlocked at either the track or back home..

SOOOooooo....if some **** HEAD helper, apprentice or mechanic LOST or misplaced ANYTHING, before it was all locked up and sealed......

it was ON ME.........

i said right there and then to both guys...


"BULLSH!T, I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME A-HOLES STUPIDITY"

and with that, i walked out.
 
Old_Me said:
as it should be, when someone else is footing that tool bill...

case in point

a local trucking company here, now long gone, had a racing team.

frankly i don't know how good they were.

i had applied thru the help wanted ads in the news paper...

anyone remember those days, before cell phones, snd internet....???

anyway, i applied...then i get called in for the interview.

the owner of the trucking company and the racing manager laid down the law on my responsibilities.

once everything is loaded into the trailer and the trailer was locked AND sealed, it was ALL on me, if anything was missing, once the seal was broken, and unlocked at either the track or back home..

SOOOooooo....if some **** HEAD helper, apprentice or mechanic LOST or misplaced ANYTHING, before it was all locked up and sealed......

it was ON ME.........

i said right there and then to both guys...


"BULLSH!T, I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME A-HOLES STUPIDITY"

and with that, i walked out.
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The aviation industry, both military and civilian are very stringent about rules and procedures. And that is a very good thing. We are talking about people's lives. Think of a civilian airliner filled with 100's of passengers crashing because a misplaced socket was sucked into the engine and it had a catastrophic failure. Things like that have happened. Accountability is a must, and it is a good thing it is demanded in the industry.
 
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