Don't worry. The fun hasn't stopped yet! We have at least a month of this!
-Don't leave your gloves sitting on the heater too long... they will melt
-Of the four people working on this project, apparently I was the only that brought a knife or a gun
-The drill can be used in many creative ways. For instance, it can be used to lift and turn a couple ton air compressor.
-Bonfires make everyone more enjoyable to work with.
-The propane torch/weed whacker is a great way to start a fire
-Don't leave plastic things like buckets or water bottles close to the fire... they melt.
-Apparently we have melted quite a few things on this project.
-Some dirt is really hard on equipment. We destroyed two shoes for the sampler in 15 feet of drilling...
-If anything gets destroyed, it is always my fault. Even though I am the only one that doesn't actually touch the equipment.
-Winching a drill rig and air compressor up a bumpy hill can be bad.... and result in the cable snapping and a project delay
-As soon as the winch is fixed and the rig moved to the next site, one of the hydraulic jacks busts. Bolts broke, fittings sheared off, hydraulic fluid everywhere....
-3 days later waiting for it to get fix, I find out the solid 4 inch diameter ram of the jack is also bent....
-Apparently the drillers only have problems with hydraulics on the rig when they are on projects with me. (they blew something on the last hole when we were in Chignik Bay.....). That some how makes it my fault. ha.
-Chainsaws are still fun. Even though at this point, only one is remotely sharp enough to safely use. And the ex-lumberjack/tree cutting expert gets to use it. The rest of us just move the downed trees. And when I say us I mostly mean the other drillers. And me when I can do it without getting in the way too much.
-Don't put your revolver in your backpack and then toss it on the ground at the work site. While the trigger is safely covered by the holster and the safety mechanisms of the gun keep it from firing, you can still break off the rear sight. Now how am I supposed to aim it at the pissed off I-just-woke up bear?
-Plastic bottles can be lit on fire
-Frozen dirt is a bitch to clean off of equipment... especially 150 feet of rod .
-After torching the shit out of a split spoon (to dry the dirt so I can brush it off... since carrying water to the site is really impractical), it is hot. And should not be touched for a while.
-For some reason the drillers don't like the idea of welding without a welding hood... the hammer needs to be rebuilt and all the hoods have disappeared back to Anchorage....
-When shit gets stuck together, torch the shit out of it and then whack it with a hammer. Fixes the problem almost every time.
-sometimes it takes over a week to do what should take a few days. Shit likes to break.
So there will probably be at least one more of these. If you are still interested. :) Probably.
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