Well I obviously didn’t look long enough. The jig is up @Mike Hill I feel sorry for you.
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and the two smaller logo markings look like typical AI screwups
Danged - I told ya'll not to tell me - I want that behemoth to exist!! and I want it to exist on one of my jobsites!!!
Caterpillar usually puts the "D" designation - i.e. D4, D8, D11 (their biggest to date) in the upper corner of the engine cover near the cab.
The door is way too big for a normal person on the ground.
How is the operator to get to the cab?
Blade looks to be a U-Blade - but never saw one in all black from the factory. Nor the push beams
Ripper is black - never have seen one in black from factory
Plus look at the people in the middle - definitely cut-outs!
Back when Lil Mikey was matriculating - he got to take a field trip to the New Superdome (at the time) in New Orleans to, what is now called ConExpo. Lil Mikey was hyperventilating or maybe had drank too much!!!! Got a picture of me, several of my fellow Aggie Partiers, and a pick-up truck all in a loader blade. Lil Mikey was enraptured!!!!
Caterpillar usually puts the "D" designation - i.e. D4, D8, D11 (their biggest to date) in the upper corner of the engine cover near the cab.
The door is way too big for a normal person on the ground.
How is the operator to get to the cab?
Blade looks to be a U-Blade - but never saw one in all black from the factory. Nor the push beams
Ripper is black - never have seen one in black from factory
Plus look at the people in the middle - definitely cut-outs!
Back when Lil Mikey was matriculating - he got to take a field trip to the New Superdome (at the time) in New Orleans to, what is now called ConExpo. Lil Mikey was hyperventilating or maybe had drank too much!!!! Got a picture of me, several of my fellow Aggie Partiers, and a pick-up truck all in a loader blade. Lil Mikey was enraptured!!!!
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Somewhere I have a photo of me standing inside the wheel rim of one of the dump trucks at the Kemmerer WY coal mine. Each wheel had its own servo motor and fire suppression system. If I remember right you could park several standard pick-up trucks in the bed. But the drag lines were the truly impressive machines.
Haven't experienced one of them yet. Did get to see the Big Hog shovel in KY from a distance before it was buried.
@Nubsnstubs
Awhile back you had mentioned flint from several areas in Texas as being great for knapping. I was with dome folks planning a new park for the City of New Braunfels and this stuff was everywhere. Super heavy
if you come to SWAT next year I’ll bring you some. Jim
Awhile back you had mentioned flint from several areas in Texas as being great for knapping. I was with dome folks planning a new park for the City of New Braunfels and this stuff was everywhere. Super heavy
if you come to SWAT next year I’ll bring you some. Jim
Is there any room left to put a city park in NB? Did have fun driving down River Road a month ago! Hadn't done that since well before the flood!
You wouldn’t think so. Nice piece of land 200 acres with all types of terrain. Open fields, mesquite flats, beautiful wet weather creek. Nice trees including some big texas persimmon- that if they are in the way I am on the call first list.
Please do. I'm always looking for rock. The picture showing the flint would have shown it better by rotating it 90 degrees where all the chips are, but as a rock nut, I have X-ray eyes and can see through it.
I'm sure gonna try again next year for SWAT. The hotels need to get their act together and make solid reservations unlike they did this year. Also, I'm not gonna be in my '79 truck. It's gonna be the 2000 I crashed New Years Eve. I'm within days of getting it back together , but I've got a job I MUST get done.
Thanks for thinking of me. ................ Nubs
If you do land some Persimmon, and have excess, let me know. Chuck
Danged, beat me to it. Or even agarita root balls
There quite possibly be enough to go around if Jim were to land an entire tree. Chuck
What size Agarita balls are you looking for. Is Texas Agarita all yellow, or dose it have a yellow outer layer and then goes brown? I have a bunch that I might be willing to part with. ............ Nubs
Back in the day - when trying to get rid of it on jobsites - it was all yellow. Now that was freshly dug - and then was burned - so don't know how it would age. Particularly looking for something at least 2" dia or so and with a branch/trunk still on it. Think spoon with handle.
BTW - just finding some people who may know about where to get Dover Chert. I'm also gonna ask about horse creek chert and Buffalo river chert.
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2" diameter??? That is tiny. I don't have anything that small. Most of what I have is from 6" - 18" root burls. I do have some branches that might be that small. Pictures of the root burls below.
I might have the branches from this, but don't know.
32" long end x 12-14" wide
About 11-12 round x 16" long not counting the roots.
Close up of above picture
Same as above showing length.
Approximately 9" round x 13 long
Another but it didn't like being Agarita, so went with Barberry.
This one is the same as the one above the Barberry stump, but doesn't have the ruler in it.
I have found that all things Texan aren't always the largest there is. The one and only Tony is a prime example.
I had to do that, Tony. I couldn't resist. The first agarita I ever saw was done by Alan Trout from San Antonio, on another site I got booted from. He cast it, turned it and it was beautiful. About 5-6" diameter vase maybe 6-7" tall. Everyone who commented stated it was the largest piece they've seen. Shortly after that, I was up in Walnut Grove near Prescott, and found a bunch of freshly graded Agarita bushes along a forest road. I couldn't believe the sizes compared to the one posted by Alan. His was tiny compared to the stuff growing up in the desert mountains at 4-6 thousand feet. They could grow higher, but haven't been drawn for Elk lately, so no reason to go up to higher mountains. One day, and I'll either be skunked on the Agarita, or come back loaded with Agarita and no Elk. I met Alan just to hold that piece. It was beautiful, but small compared to the wood I have.This stuff will be for sale, but not for at least 6 months. I have tooo much stuff going on. ............... Nubs
Ours don’t get anywhere near that big. Some root balls ( at least what I have seen) might get to 12-14 in diameter. Around here getting a pen blank from half a stem is a find. And ours do stay yellow. Jim
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Small trees. These are special but unless they need to be taken out I am a proponent of leaving them for the park. I’ll get you a pen blank at SWAT. You have them around you don’t you?
Probably, but I’m not plugged into the parks, etc. Chuck
the stem cross sections are patterned just like the Chamise burl from our desert, but i think your burl might be prettier with the contrast2" diameter??? That is tiny. I don't have anything that small. Most of what I have is from 6" - 18" root burls. I do have some branches that might be that small. Pictures of the root burls below.
I might have the branches from this, but don't know.
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32" long end x 12-14" wide
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About 11-12 round x 16" long not counting the roots.
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Close up of above picture
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Same as above showing length.
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Approximately 9" round x 13 long
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Another but it didn't like being Agarita, so went with Barberry.
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This one is the same as the one above the Barberry stump, but doesn't have the ruler in it.
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I have found that all things Texan aren't always the largest there is. The one and only Tony is a prime example.
This stuff will be for sale, but not for at least 6 months. I have tooo much stuff going on. ............... Nubs
Put me in line Jerry. (for stem and root samples) please)