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

**alanzs** · 6th August 2008, 13:10

Originally Posted by jimjim

that sort of thing wouldnt happen in Dunedin

Certainly not in Auckland.

**arj127** · 6th August 2008, 18:14

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** · 6th August 2008, 18:17

i suspect all that soil is now in your neighbours property

**98tls** · 6th August 2008, 18:32

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** · 6th August 2008, 18:41

Hope you didn't turf the XS in there accidentally

Sure looks like a decent hole though

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

had one pretty much swallow a Cat 955 Pay-loader one night

awesome sight to see the bucket of such a big machine sticking out a hole

**Mom** · 6th August 2008, 18:45

Originally Posted by arj127

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...

That could have been real fun if we had not filled the holes with concrete just before the building inspector arrived

Originally Posted by 98tls

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

Environmental vandal you!

**98tls** · 6th August 2008, 18:56

Originally Posted by T.W.R

Hope you didn't turf the XS in there accidentally

Sure looks like a decent hole though

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

had one pretty much swallow a Cat 955 Pay-loader one night

awesome sight to see the bucket of such a big machine sticking out a hole

No but the fa%king TL will be in there soon if it doesnt sort its shit out

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

checked out tank seams and all is good.Off it comes again in the morning and try again.

**imdying** · 6th August 2008, 18:59

Originally Posted by 98tls

No but the fa%king TL will be in there soon if it doesnt sort its shit out

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

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

**barty5** · 6th August 2008, 19:02

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** · 6th August 2008, 19:06

Originally Posted by 98tls

No but the fa%king TL will be in there soon if it doesnt sort its shit out

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

checked out tank seams and all is good.Off it comes again in the morning and try again.

buy that buell.....

**98tls** · 6th August 2008, 19:20

Originally Posted by ajturbo

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

**98tls** · 6th August 2008, 19:21

Originally Posted by imdying

Can I have some of your bling if you do

if your prepared to dig it up.

**T.W.R** · 6th August 2008, 19:32

Originally Posted by 98tls

No but the fa%king TL will be in there soon if it doesnt sort its shit out

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

checked out tank seams and all is good.Off it comes again in the morning and try again.

take pictures if you do

could organise a KB treasure hunt in your back yard

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

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