Hello everyone. I hope that you’re well and happy, It’s nearly February! We’ve had some snow and some rain, which seems to be more typical than not as of late. Also typical is how fast spring and the ground work…
I have had several discussions recently with potential customers regarding their septic systems. Many of the same questions came up, and I’ve answered them often in the past so I thought it might be helpful to cover some basics today. What…
Each year I visit many potential customers and discuss the condition of their driveway. I am often asked the same questions so I thought I’d discuss them here. While not all conditions are identical, there are common issues in gravel driveways…
Today marks the last day of substantial work at Colby & Gale. I still need to clean up the area where the cement trucks cleaned out, however, the new floor has been poured. I wasn’t able to be at the…
There are many things in our lives that we don’t stop to consider past the obvious. For example have you ever wondered what’s inside your garage floor? More than likely not. Many people think of concrete as just that- nothing more.…
Today “flowable fill” was used at Colby & Gale. Flowable fill is a combination of sand, water and other components in a liguid/slurry form, allowing it to “flow” into voids and cavities. It’s nearly self-leveling, and best of all compacts…
There was one aspect of the job at Colby & Gale that was shrouded in mystery: there was an old air-powered lift that was reported to be about 6′ tall buried in the old pit. It had been used for…
Colby & Gale’s downtown service station has been around in various forms for a long time. It’s a mainstay in town. A lot of gas and diesel is pumped there and Daryl Fraser does a steady volume of maintenance and…
I finally finished one side of the undercarriage! By choosing my days (I was very lucky to have had several excellent days) I was able to apply two coats of paint to the undercarriage and components. Then it was on…
What a day! Beautiful and cold means no mud, which is great as I went back to work on the machine. Today I installed the new bottom rollers and sprocket. Plenty of “never-seize” and new bolts torqued to Caterpillar’s spec’s. 175 ft lbs to…