Re: [Texascavers] Ernie's shed

2019-07-13 Thread bmorgan994
Was it your dream bucket? SW From: Texascavers On Behalf Of David Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2019 11:44 AM To: CaveTex Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Ernie's shed Somewhere in Ernie's shed is a 10 gallon metal bucket that I want to save. I will come from Houston to get

Re: [Texascavers] Ernie's shed

2019-07-13 Thread David
Somewhere in Ernie's shed is a 10 gallon metal bucket that I want to save. I will come from Houston to get it - if that is the only way to save it David Locklear # 346-801-4962 ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com

Re: [Texascavers] Ernie's shed

2019-05-05 Thread David
I think if you go back to 2013 on CaveTex, when I was ranting erratically about digging, that Mark Minton suggested the shingle tool, so I went and bought one, and then I took it to a welding shop and and had them, re-engineer it. It was great for busting up hard breccia in an open pit where you

Re: [Texascavers] Ernie's shed

2019-05-05 Thread mminton
David's tool is very similar to a commercial roofing-shingle stripping tool like this . I've used such a tool successfully for digging through cobbles embedded in hard mud. It's much stronger than a shovel and has a broader

Re: [Texascavers] Ernie's shed

2019-05-05 Thread PRESTON FORSYTHE
That Kiwi Gravel Digger looks like a good cave tool, esp. for a sinkhole dig or something close to the entrance, but also it looks to big for a longer cave trip. A 12-14 inch steel crow-bar was my favorite cave tool and I almost always carried it in West KY, and I did use it to extend the cave