11-20-2014, 10:27 AM
OK...it is obvious the RadomQ has not seen a lot here ripped...but have seen D6 through D11 ripping lots (have seen even smaller dozers doing smaller rip jobs...)
With the drag point they go through most any flow (BTW, age of flow is not what determines "blue rock" - that is just a denser rock; usually core of A`a flows, but can also be found in some thick Pahoehoe flows...) With a the more dense rock, the smaller dozers have a lot more work ... the rare sighting of a D11 going through is a sight, much more smooth sailin'...but at a huge cost per hour!
to build a berm, just have the dozer push ripped rock into a berm...not hard, I have a rock wall around part of our lot that is just large annoying riprocks pulled out of future planting spots, piled up 3' or more... lava rock does pile fairly steeply, but would need a lot of reinforcement not to eventually settle back...
Lava tubes are under ground, and everyone I have been in on the wetside is drippy depending on rains...on the Kona side they are drier most of the time, but are drippy during rains... the only way to stop the wet is to totally waterproof... at which time your troglobitic home would end up being very costly!
With the drag point they go through most any flow (BTW, age of flow is not what determines "blue rock" - that is just a denser rock; usually core of A`a flows, but can also be found in some thick Pahoehoe flows...) With a the more dense rock, the smaller dozers have a lot more work ... the rare sighting of a D11 going through is a sight, much more smooth sailin'...but at a huge cost per hour!
to build a berm, just have the dozer push ripped rock into a berm...not hard, I have a rock wall around part of our lot that is just large annoying riprocks pulled out of future planting spots, piled up 3' or more... lava rock does pile fairly steeply, but would need a lot of reinforcement not to eventually settle back...
Lava tubes are under ground, and everyone I have been in on the wetside is drippy depending on rains...on the Kona side they are drier most of the time, but are drippy during rains... the only way to stop the wet is to totally waterproof... at which time your troglobitic home would end up being very costly!