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Started upgrading the ford with the help of a gentleman who likes to be called ‘Hoppy’. \u00a0 He \u00a0came down Thursday with a small tracked excavator where he rented from an Excavator for Rent<\/span><\/a> service and did a good amount of the \u00a0excavating and trimming down of both banks. Unfortunately it blew a seal when he was trying to get a large boulder moved out of the way. \u00a0 Today he showed up bright and early with his back-hoe loader. Here is what the ford looked like at the beginning of the day.\u00a0About half way through the day Hoppy asked if I could get on my tractor and help bucket the gravel down to the ford. \u00a0The ford is about a half mile from where the gravel was dumped, the closest the dump truck operator dared to get lest he get stuck. Bucket after bucket, we finally got the near bank stabilized and the holes in the\u00a0stream bed filled in to the point where I took this picture from the far side looking back.<\/p>\n The last picture below is what the ford looked like at the end of the day. \u00a0Hoppy will be coming back with his repaired tracked loader and will smooth out some final gravel, etc. \u00a0 Hopefully this will hold over the coming months, I’m planning to move down more rock from various piles around the farm which should even further stabilize the stream bed and banks. \u00a0Only time will tell, hopefully the first time I try it out in the coming weeks I won’t get stuck.<\/p>\n Started upgrading the ford with the help of a gentleman who likes to be called ‘Hoppy’. \u00a0 He \u00a0came down Thursday with a small tracked excavator where he rented from an Excavator for Rent service and did a good amount … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG-20120323-00122-1.jpg\" "\\"Ford")
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<\/a>So you might be asking why I want to be able to cross Mine Run ? \u00a0 On the other side I own about 68 acres of timber which has numerous rough roads, deer stands, and civil war era bunkers from the 1863 Mine Run Campaign. \u00a0I want to be able to get over there in my ATV, do a little metal detecting with the kids, and some hunting this coming fall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"