Woke up to a bloody great hole in my vege garden.

[98tls]

:angry2:Its finally stopped raining down here and went out the back yard this morning to find a huge hole in my vege garden:angry:I put a 6ft long piece of wood in there with no sign of the bottom,will just have to let it drain before finding out just how deep it is,i have a mate who works for a roading outfit so hopefully he will be able to help out with fill and a truck so it shouldnt be to much of a hassle to fix.

[Cajun]

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[MIXONE]

Hang on I've got an ex-wife that I want to drop in there before you fill it in.:innocent:

[MSTRS]

More to the point...where did all the dirt go? No use filling it, if there's an 'outlet'.

[boomer]

.. looks like you'll be havin rabbit for dinner soon then...

[Gareth51]

You shouldn't have told anyone about it
Mayby bigger than you think
Mayby somewhere to hide somethink
Mayby you could have your own bomb shelter
Mayby

[shafty]

Does it smell? Not a septic tank?

[jrandom]

More to the point...where did all the dirt go?


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[Maha]

At least the Silverbeet survived, long live the Silverbeet....:niceone:

[Jorja]

My sons intermediate has a new swimming pool.

Right in the centre of the rugby field:2thumbsup

[Deano]

Is there (was there ) a storm water drain running under the garden ?

When they collapse, that is usually the result.

[Jorja]

if it was a storm water drain surely it would not be 6 feet deep!!

Maybe you had some hugh rabbit warren which has collapsed. WHat better place right under a vegie patch lol

[Tank]

Depending on where you live - it may be worth getting it checked out.

It could be a sign of something more serious. Better to get it checked early before it rapidly expands and 1/2 your home falls into it (top tip - move the picasso to the room closest to the hole for insurance reasons)

[oldrider]

Pip just phoned Danny to make sure he's not missing! Is your dog still there? :shit: and it still hasn't stopped raining! :crybaby: John.

[martybabe]

Sorry about your hole dude, hope it's nothing too serious. The demise of your veggie garden though is something to celebrate surely, nasty green watery things. :sick:

[Deano]

if it was a storm water drain surely it would not be 6 feet deep!!


Not originally, but if it has collapsed right under the garden, the waterflow digs a hole.

Scenario gets worse if you live on a hill side.

[1 Free Man]

Hang on I've got an ex-wife that I want to drop in there before you fill it in.:innocent:
Me too!!! me too!! :2thumbsup

[Motig]

Seriously, its not what they call a "maori drain" is it ? Drainage they used to use in the old days, a dirty great hole filled with stones I believe

[JimO]

that sort of thing wouldnt happen in Dunedin:2guns:

[Mike748]

:angry2:Its finally stopped raining down here and went out the back yard this morning to find a huge hole in my vege garden:angry:I put a 6ft long piece of wood in there with no sign of the bottom,will just have to let it drain before finding out just how deep it is,i have a mate who works for a roading outfit so hopefully he will be able to help out with fill and a truck so it shouldnt be to much of a hassle to fix.

Contact the council, they should investigate, if there is a pipe nearby the hole will continue to form even if you fill it. It doesn't need a collapsed pipe to create a tomo, a displaced joint or missing rubber ring will allow the soil to dissapear.
I have repaired some that were over 3m deep to the offending pipeline, council service plans will help.

[MadDuck]

Whats the problem? People pay a damn fortune for a water feature at the bottom of their garden.

Put in some water lillies and bung in some ceramic frogs and hey presto! A new selling feature

[BIHB@0610]

:angry2:went out the back yard this morning to find a huge hole in my vege garden

Better than waking up to find a huge vegetable in your hole ...... :dodge:

or is it ....?

[Swoop]

Get Heilen Klerke to come around for a publicity visit.
If "it" accidentally falls into the hole, fill it in immediately. If it was an old septic tank, it was made precisely for this job!

[ajturbo]

who the fuck would want to steal THAT???

you have some crazy banjo playing neighbours...

[Patrick]

that sort of thing wouldnt happen in Dunedin:2guns:

Or Abbotsford....

[McJim]

Any deep shaft mines in your neck of the woods?

[dipshit]

hmmmm... no post from 98tls since starting this thread.

Me thinks he has been swallowed by said hole. :bye:

[portokiwi]

Start of a Gold mine???
Coal mine???
could be a new spa pool

[CB ARGH]

Does it smell? Not a septic tank?

Shit..... :2thumbsup

[chrisso]

Tun it into a tourist attraction :cool:put a hose in it connected to a pump, tell the Jap tourists its a Geyser:2thumbsup

[alanzs]

that sort of thing wouldnt happen in Dunedin:2guns:

Certainly not in Auckland. :argue:

[arj127]

i've had a similar thing like this happen to me.

Was drilling post holes for a twenty metre retaining wall on my property, got about 3/4 of the way along, was drilling away and the borer went sideways and strait down. Pulled the borer out and stuck a torch in, couldn't really see the bottom. So out with a spade and opened it up, turned out to be about a metre deep, maybe 1.2 metre square. Couldn't find any signs of where the dirt was being flushed away so i decided to chuck some fill back in there. Thought sweet as, might be a trailer load of clay (bad calculation), and turned out chucking three and a half trailer loads of clay in there, all by wheel barrow. Lucky i was a fit bastard at the time.

I you fill it back up make sure you compact the f out of it, or it will sink again next winter

Have fun

[arj127]

i suspect all that soil is now in your neighbours property

[98tls]

All done,checked out the drainage etc with the council and its not a stormwater etc so filled it up,with 12 ton of shingle,took the easy way out and got it delivered in a concrete mixer,put the chute out and let her go,will probably subside a bit but that will give me some room to put some topsoil down.The water had subsided enough this morning to see the concrete cap that had broken and fallen through.Managed to throw in a heap of crap that i had been meaning to take to the tip.;)

[T.W.R]

Hope you didn't turf the XS in there accidentally ;)

Sure looks like a decent hole though :crazy:

But it's just a pup compared to the ones we got up at Huntly in the mines when an old mine shaft would decide to collapse :lol: had one pretty much swallow a Cat 955 Pay-loader one night :crazy: awesome sight to see the bucket of such a big machine sticking out a hole :lol:

[Mom]

i've had a similar thing like this happen to me.

Have fun

Built a greenhouse (10m x 52m) back in the day. Last couple of holes drilled for the posts hit serious drainage metal! Seems we were drilling into an old septic field...:lol: That could have been real fun if we had not filled the holes with concrete just before the building inspector arrived :shutup:


Managed to throw in a heap of crap that i had been meaning to take to the tip.;)

Environmental vandal you!

[98tls]

Hope you didn't turf the XS in there accidentally ;)

Sure looks like a decent hole though :crazy:

But it's just a pup compared to the ones we got up at Huntly in the mines when an old mine shaft would decide to collapse :lol: had one pretty much swallow a Cat 955 Pay-loader one night :crazy: awesome sight to see the bucket of such a big machine sticking out a hole :lol: No but the fa%king TL will be in there soon if it doesnt sort its shit out:argue:took the tank off to replace the leaking fuel pump gasket,replaced filter put it all back together even doing nuts up as per order in manual but only to find the bastard still leaking:Pokey:checked out tank seams and all is good.Off it comes again in the morning and try again.

[imdying]

No but the fa%king TL will be in there soon if it doesnt sort its shit out:argue:took the tank off to replace the leaking fuel pump gasket,replaced filter put it all back together even doing nuts up as per order in manual but only to find the bastard still leaking:Pokey:checked out tank seams and all is good.Off it comes again in the morning and try again.

Can I have some of your bling if you do :lol:

[barty5]

Back in the day when i grandfather was a govt arcitech and the were building National womens hospital they found a rather large whole (tunnel really) formed by the lava flows from one tree hill they had to build a retaining wall at each end to contain the fill and fill up the large hole so they could continue to build it.

[ajturbo]

No but the fa%king TL will be in there soon if it doesnt sort its shit out:argue:took the tank off to replace the leaking fuel pump gasket,replaced filter put it all back together even doing nuts up as per order in manual but only to find the bastard still leaking:Pokey:checked out tank seams and all is good.Off it comes again in the morning and try again.
buy that buell.....

[98tls]

buy that buell..... Would have to park it on the back of the ute as theres no more room left in the garage for another bike,mind you it would probably end up there anyway sooner or later:jerry::msn-wink:

[98tls]

Can I have some of your bling if you do :lol: :niceone:if your prepared to dig it up.

[T.W.R]

No but the fa%king TL will be in there soon if it doesnt sort its shit out:argue:took the tank off to replace the leaking fuel pump gasket,replaced filter put it all back together even doing nuts up as per order in manual but only to find the bastard still leaking:Pokey:checked out tank seams and all is good.Off it comes again in the morning and try again.

:laugh: take pictures if you do :whistle: could organise a KB treasure hunt in your back yard :pinch:

Or leave it there for generations to come with a plaque engraved with "It leaked & it seeped, so Mike buried the bastard deep" :laugh:

Just get some silastic & put a light smear on either side of the gasket before you fit it back into place :yes:

[Pedrostt500]

Some body put this in a hole in their vegie patch, the rider might be with it.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browser/listing.asp?id=169305086

[xgnr]

Hang on I've got an ex-wife that I want to drop in there before you fill it in.:innocent:

me too... address?

[Dave Lobster]

Was it big enough to swing a cat(s) in?

[ajturbo]

Would have to park it on the back of the ute as theres no more room left in the garage for another bike,mind you it would probably end up there anyway sooner or later:jerry::msn-wink:

hahahahahahahah...
not MINE.... unless the battery goes flat...:done:

[buellbabe]

Mine NEITHER!!!!!!!

...er nice job on the hole... now if only the TL was such an easy fix...:dodge: