Shawn Feikema
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We don't struggle so much with your field stones. As much as we have solid ledge rock, we call it, it's solid granite. So, I mean, we have granite outcroppings that we literally will cover them up because you can't... The only way to get them out of the ground is to dynamite them out of the ground.
So you either just cover them up with dirt and farm over them so you don't have to go around them, or you dig out what you can, but most of the time you can't. So our ledge is basically from surface to... I don't know how deep it goes. We got a 400 and some foot well, and we never ran out of solid rock. Oh no. So it's solid rock underneath. It's great dirt on top. I mean, it's really great dirt.
So you either just cover them up with dirt and farm over them so you don't have to go around them, or you dig out what you can, but most of the time you can't. So our ledge is basically from surface to... I don't know how deep it goes. We got a 400 and some foot well, and we never ran out of solid rock. Oh no. So it's solid rock underneath. It's great dirt on top. I mean, it's really great dirt.
So you either just cover them up with dirt and farm over them so you don't have to go around them, or you dig out what you can, but most of the time you can't. So our ledge is basically from surface to... I don't know how deep it goes. We got a 400 and some foot well, and we never ran out of solid rock. Oh no. So it's solid rock underneath. It's great dirt on top. I mean, it's really great dirt.
It takes a lot of tile, but yeah, it's somewhere between, you know, zero and, 40 feet, you're going to hit solid granite rock.
It takes a lot of tile, but yeah, it's somewhere between, you know, zero and, 40 feet, you're going to hit solid granite rock.
It takes a lot of tile, but yeah, it's somewhere between, you know, zero and, 40 feet, you're going to hit solid granite rock.
No, no, no, no, no. I'm talking solid. Like we mine it here. We have two mines here that mine this granite out of. It's this red, that red quartzite type rock or whatever you want to call it. Yeah.
No, no, no, no, no. I'm talking solid. Like we mine it here. We have two mines here that mine this granite out of. It's this red, that red quartzite type rock or whatever you want to call it. Yeah.
No, no, no, no, no. I'm talking solid. Like we mine it here. We have two mines here that mine this granite out of. It's this red, that red quartzite type rock or whatever you want to call it. Yeah.
No, it's actually put in asphalt. And a lot of our roads now, they crush it. So they'll dynamite it and then crush it, run it through crushers. And they use it for roads. And a lot of it's going into concrete and asphalt now.
No, it's actually put in asphalt. And a lot of our roads now, they crush it. So they'll dynamite it and then crush it, run it through crushers. And they use it for roads. And a lot of it's going into concrete and asphalt now.
No, it's actually put in asphalt. And a lot of our roads now, they crush it. So they'll dynamite it and then crush it, run it through crushers. And they use it for roads. And a lot of it's going into concrete and asphalt now.
It makes awesome roads. The only downer is that the stuff is so jagged and sharp, it can be a little hard on tires. But we like it because it doesn't have no clay, so therefore when it rains, our roads are nice and hard, and I can still drive my pickup over it and not make it a muddy, sloppy mess versus regular clay gravel. Right.
It makes awesome roads. The only downer is that the stuff is so jagged and sharp, it can be a little hard on tires. But we like it because it doesn't have no clay, so therefore when it rains, our roads are nice and hard, and I can still drive my pickup over it and not make it a muddy, sloppy mess versus regular clay gravel. Right.
It makes awesome roads. The only downer is that the stuff is so jagged and sharp, it can be a little hard on tires. But we like it because it doesn't have no clay, so therefore when it rains, our roads are nice and hard, and I can still drive my pickup over it and not make it a muddy, sloppy mess versus regular clay gravel. Right.
It can be, depending where you're at. Because like I said, some places the rock is at the surface and you aren't tiling. It is what it is. But most of the ground has got a minimum of probably six feet of dirt over the top of it. And it might come up in places in your field, but you can still tile.
It can be, depending where you're at. Because like I said, some places the rock is at the surface and you aren't tiling. It is what it is. But most of the ground has got a minimum of probably six feet of dirt over the top of it. And it might come up in places in your field, but you can still tile.
It can be, depending where you're at. Because like I said, some places the rock is at the surface and you aren't tiling. It is what it is. But most of the ground has got a minimum of probably six feet of dirt over the top of it. And it might come up in places in your field, but you can still tile.
But yeah, I mean, we do our own tiling, and I've completely bent the back framing of a Crary tile plow mounted on my 9RX. I mean, you hit them, it does not move. That doesn't sound like a good day.