Track hoe with a grapple (claw-type grabber attachment). Jim
Mobile email from my iPhone > On Dec 3, 2017, at 9:08 AM, John Brooks via Texascavers > <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > > I was wondering if anyone had experience or techniques for extracting bailing > wire plugs from a sinkhole ? > > We know where the really good leads are on a ranch because the rancher that > previously owned the property threw bailing wire into the really nice > sinkholes to plug the holes up. > We have looped chains through the bailing wire and pulled plugs out of > several sinkholes successfully....and found several new caves. > > The "plugged" sinks are upstream of a very large cave in the recharge area. > > But one of the best sinkhole leads has us mystified. > > The bailing wire is rusted and fragile. And there is significant organic > matter captured in the wire mat. So the previous technique is not working. > > We have several untested ideas. > > But thought someone might have experienced this before. Any ideas ? > > Please contact me offline with responses. > > John Brooks > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
