Cherry Street

mrsenortyler · Post by **mrsenortyler** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:05 pm

Wednesday is going to be 57 degrees, league is at Baden, could this be a day to put in the new pin sleeves?

Well, this may not work for those of you who have jobs... let me know.

smitty · Post by **smitty** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:13 pm

I know that I couldn't be there until 3:30. Shan couldn't be there until 5:00. Most of the work would have to be done before 3:30 to get the job done.

I think it is a weekend or spring break job.

smitty · Post by **smitty** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:56 pm

We digging out some holes or what?

We could get it all ready for you on Wednesday.

mrsenortyler · Post by **mrsenortyler** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:38 am

Well I guess not. Much colder than expected.

JCase · Post by **JCase** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:39 am

It looks like we might have some pretty good weather this weekend. Do you all want to plan a tentative work day for Saturday?

mrsenortyler · Post by **mrsenortyler** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:45 am

Yes. If it is going to be Close to 60 degrees all weekend, the ground should get somewhat dry I would think.

smitty · Post by **smitty** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:15 pm

I wouldn't be able to help. I have a B-day party and a house full of people this weekend.

opie · Post by **opie** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:25 pm

I will be at work all weekend but I could help afterward,

Chris,

I have the welder now

mrsenortyler · Post by **mrsenortyler** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:03 pm

Do you think we could get those welded up this week?

smitty · Post by **smitty** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:16 pm

How dry does the ground need to be? It is going to be pretty wet for a while.

mrsenortyler · Post by **mrsenortyler** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:24 pm

Well I installed my practice basket in my back yard today to try and see how much concrete we'd need. I used 2 80# bags for one hole, which is probably quite a bit, but I think it will look nice. I think it was only $4/bag and each bag takes a gallon of water, so I guess thats 20 gallons of water, and 20 bags of concrete. That should hopefully leave us some extra.

I think doing the sprinkler control valve box might be more trouble than it is worth to install. It would either look nice, or really crappy if we couldn't get it right. Plus, I think water would get in that hole and wouldn't drain very well. I say just let the sleeve locking mechanism just stick about 1.5"-2" above ground and call it good.

I used about a 6" tall and 18" round concrete tube to make base nice and round. They only have 12" down at the lumber yard, maybe we could get some larger ones at lowe's.

Let me know what you guys think.

Schoen-hopper · Post by **Schoen-hopper** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:33 pm

One thing we have done that has helped a little is: after digging it down with sharp shooters, using a hand spade to carv out the base just a little fatter than the top. If you are using 2 full bags, you probably don't have to worry about it. And don't ever by the cheap quick-dry concrete!

smitty · Post by **smitty** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:00 am

If we let the sleeve stick out of the ground, when we move them we are going to have do something like Emporia does.

We will need to have a pipe that goes in the ground to protect the sleeve. If not, the mowing crew will hit them all the time and mess up the mower and the sleeve.

We do need to get some bigger cardboard forms, I also like the idea of belling out the hole below. The other thing would be drive some rebar (3 foot long) into the ground first, that would be pretty cheap also.

mrsenortyler · Post by **mrsenortyler** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:31 am

Ok, so you guys probably already had this in mind, but I finally thought that we could put all the baskets to the alternate pin positions, so we could keep the old course up while we put in new baskets.

This would make it much more efficient on installation day, and since I have no job, I can start digging out the holes and preparing them so they are all ready to just be poured on Saturday!

The weather forecast is still in the 60's with no rain, so this should be the weekend... I am gonna go check on dampness down there today.

mrsenortyler · Post by **mrsenortyler** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:32 am

We will need to have a pipe that goes in the ground to protect the sleeve.

This just makes the most sense to me.