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39. My favorite was my 'Truck of Science'

Tue Dec 31, 2013, 10:27 AM

Dec 2013

GMC Suburban that I had set up to do various soil tests with.

I had two 55gal drums (front to back along the center line) that I could use to carry my own water for when I wasn't near a source. Those were on stands that a friend helped me build. Where ever I parked, I could level the drums so as to use the markings I put on them to measure outflow. I had tons of fun stuff to take soil samples with and to install small 'wells' (piezometers) with which to test the subsurface hydraulic conductivity. I had a ring infiltrometer and a Guelph permeameter ( http://www.soilmoisture.com/prod_details.asp?prod_id=292 ) to play with. Fun Times

I used to call her my 'Forest Wraith'. I just loved the dark green color.

Unfortunately my health got bad and I couldn't keep working. I had drawn up plans for more stuff to add to her to make her more useful. (I also wanted to see if I could mount a PVC pipe that I could launch those tiny Estes Rockets with. That was to be more for fun )

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