The hole is not in his butt, his butt is in the hole!

Yep, I'm an original all right! LOL Do you really think there's a tractor big enough? ROFL

It's not that big Barb, but I'll bet, especially because of the angle, it'll take one of the bigger tracktors around to get it out without damaging the frame on the truck.

Just how big a dump truck is it, Sparks? My husband owns a tri-axle dump truck that will haul 26 Ton legally. I think it would take a very large tractor to pull him out of a hole. AND I'd hate for his to get in a hole. It may never come out.

Poor guy. First my dog convinces him she's rabid and then I dump his dump truck. Good thing he doesn't live in town! LOL It's going to cost a fortune to get the truck out, so I'm not looking forward to telling the hubby.........ROFL

Now that was funny, what a cool response...

LOL James, I wish my hubs felt the same way. I got quite a tongue lashing last night until I reminded him how much getting his car out of the hands of the repo man cost us! We called it a draw........................LOL

HEY! Good plan..... I like this idea. I've got shovels.

ROFL. See, I should NOT be allowed ANYWHERE around large equipment! LOL Spunky loves me alright, but she has no illusions about my mental process at times!

It was a track hoe not a back hoe.........the wheels are inside tracks like a tank and with the extended arm that had the bucket on the end, the track hoe never got near the edge of the basement. I think that the frost coming out of the ground, as well as their removing the cinder block walls of the basement made the edges around the hole weak, plus the fact that the bucket was pounding the sh*t out of the ground there to break up the debris before scooping it into the dump truck yesterday for removal. The dump truck driver just backed up too far and the weight of it with all the 'fill' dirt in it, bore down on his rear axle and the edge gave way.........the whole side didn't cave in, just enough off the top to create a 'slide' and the dump truck went with it. It's nearly straight up and down leaning a bit forward but not much. LOL I'm glad to know that this has happened to someone else besides me! ROFL A couple of years ago my hubs was grading our front lawn with a small bobcat and got the 'scooper' thingy caught under a cedar tree root and the whole bobcat went up onto it's nose. The hubs panicked of course and I laughed myself silly! Now the jokes on me! LOL

So, even better. A track hoe will be more centered and have better pulling power. And, probably cheaper than an actual tow job (I'm guessing - I'm thinking they'd charge the hourly rate they were charging already).

If he's in that hole at an angle and not a 90 degree angle, you might be able to use the same back hoe to pull him out with some towing chain.

LOL. We own the property and he would have left it for ME to shovel if he got it wrong. I'm lazy, so I was just trying to make sure he did HIS job right. I shoulda stayed in bed!

I just spoke to the hubs on the phone.........trust me, he ain't laughing! Glad someone is though! LOL

I have sat here and laughed and laughed about this! I told my husband and he's got a good laugh! We can just picture you out there telling the guy how to back up to the hole, and BANG - in the hole he goes! Yes, you should have stayed in bed. It would have been cheaper to have him put it on the ground and then hire someone with a tractor and scrape to push it off in the hole!

I live in the Twilight Zone, so what can I say?................stay tuned for the next episode? ROFL

Yep. LOL You should have heard the hubs when I told him what happened whey HE called! I'm still blushing with shame! LOL

Got to watch out for those soft edges

You can't turn down an offer like that, my friend. Also, I don't think you should have to bear any costs. The driver trusted you to guide him correctly, and after all, you weren't aware that the walls of the hole weren't supported and about to collapse. That's surely a fault of the man who dug it. Most times, a hole will be supported with planks etc, so that this kind of collapse doesn't happen. Off with that guilt cape, and keep dancing, my friend!!! :)

This is the first time in my marriage I've cost the hubs 'unexpected' money. So yeah, revenge is sweet! LOL I spent most of last night on the phone and have the matter sorted now, and thank goodness it won't cost as much as I thought. The willing farmers said they'd get the truck out for coffee as long as I was willing to be the butt of their jokes for awhile! How can you turn down an offer like that?! ROFL

I do believe you are right Spunky could teach us a thing or two...I hope, lol

I think Spunky is smarter than both of us! LOL

Indeed, he missed the best coffe in the town, becuase he was not aware about your skills.

Silly man turned down the best coffee in town! LOL

You can man the hot chocolate stand P1ke. Front and centre, best view on the lot! ROFL

Of course........and designer coffee's too! LOL

Hurray! Can we have sprinkles and marshmallows too please?

Wait'll the hubs finds out..........................lol

Well, OK, he was young and 'inexperienced' ... it was still his job! I wish you had posted a photo! It puts me in mind of a wonderful vid of an 'incident' somewhere in a small Irish seaport where a car goes off the quay into the water so they fetch a smallish crane truck to fish it out but the truck ends up toppling in on top. They fetch a much bigger crane and that has problems too! If I find it, I'll post it here. It should cheer you up by showing that you ain't alone - these things happen!

I am almost positive (99%) that MyLot do not know a thing about it. From their end it looks exactly as if you have closed your account legitimately. MyLot will only know that something is wrong when you specifically state that you did NOT close your account (and that you believe that it was done illegally). Their server records should show the IP address that accessed the particular link that closes an account. If that is not the same as your IP address, it would be quite clear than an offence was committed. If you have ever had occasion to close an account here, you will know that MyLot sends you an email with a link in it. This link contains a code which looks like rubbish but must be a code that identifies your account in some way. Although it is in code, anyone with a little knowledge of how things work, a piece of software and some processing time and a bit of data might be able to work out how that code is created. Once they have that information, they are able to close ANYONE's account exactly as if that person had closed it themselves. I am, as I say, almost certain that this is how this/these trolls are closing accounts. I cannot believe that they are doing it by posting maliciously false 'reports' and nor do I believe that they have access to MyLot's database as such. The current troll (masquerading as you #2) has already threatened me with deactivation - which I reported at length to MyLot - so don't be surprised if Owlwings suddenly disappears. *I* shall certainly be here, however, along with certain others who are actively doing our best to get this thing stopped.

PS ... give Spunky a pat (or a hug if she doesn't mind that) and a special behind the ear massage from me. She's a GOOD DOG and doesn't need to understand hoomans (who are quite insane in dog terms, anyway).

Well the edges took a real beating yesterday when they were pulling the cinder block basement apart and dragging them up the sides........I'm not surprised really. But I gotta work on my hand signals! LOL

LOL. Yep, I should have left the whole matter up to Spunky! Great pic craft..............and that's pretty much what the truck here looks like except the ground come up to just under the front wheels! LOL

Stick with me kid and you'll be in hugs and giggles forever! LOL Higgles....

Higgles it is.........

Yes, I've learned my lesson*sigh* and Spunky is ignoring me today, nose in the air and tail swishing in disdain. LOL