Biting off more than I should have

[dazzler]

Hey,

I have a 10000 litre water tank at ground level. (3m diameter, 1.8 high). In a fit of excitement I thought, hey, what if buried it about half way and grow some shrubs it will be hidden .

Checklist;

1. Tank website says okay to 900mm -----check
2. No nosy council rangers----------------check
3. Shovel --------------------------------check
4. Mattock -------------------------------check
5. Tape, string and marking paint ----------check


And away we go....

Stupid doesnt bother to work out that I had to dig out just under 4 cubic metres of clay to bury the bloody thing

2 days later hole is dug.

Looks good, but god I am so sleeeeeepy and tiiiiiiiiired!

[silentC]

I have two words for you: back hoe.

[Pat]

[Wood Butcher]

If you can't prove then no-one going to believe you!

[Bluegum]

Daz I reckon you deserve a beer or 10 after a big effort like that. No wonder your tired mate. I used a bobcat to dig my pad out and it was for a 5000l tank sitting on a bed of crusher dust. I needed to level out the yard any how and it made life that bit easier.

[dazzler]

Pics tomorrow, cant push shutter button.....

[Terrian]

you made sure that no water (other than what goes into the tank) will get into the new hole, or at least made sure that water will be able to drain from the new hole, right )

[dazzler]

Heres a pic of it being delivered;


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And i did remember to have an outlet , only cause SWMBO suggestd it

[HappyHammer]

I can confirm Dazzlers story I saw him digging the hole on the weekend when I emptied his garage of tools.

I was gonna offer to give you a hand mate but I didn't want to take away the " I did that by myself " satisfaction you must have felt at the end of the job.

HH.

[ptc]

I thought it was a sub

[David L]

Hope you didn't have to dig a hole to put all that soil in to get rid of it.