What is a Wet Well??

 Lots of things have been progressing at Ashley as usual.  There is progress being made on the truck loading computers and some testing of straight loads has been done. 

 We have moved as many of the tanks from St. Johns as we could.  The 20,000 and 30,000 tanks look right at home there in the new building.

What is a wet well??  It is kind of like the "crock" in your basement, you know, the thing with the sump pump.  The difference is that this one is 15 feet deep and has 2 sump pumps.  The drainage is working and flowing from underneath the building.

You can see the top of it here.  It will be flush with the ground when finished.  I am glad to see it connected so that we can start to get some real relief from the water.

Ashley & NCRS 6/13/11

I had the chance to take some aerial shots today of Ashley and the NCRS. 

 You can see everything is coming along good.  You can see the upgraded rail, tanks and grass seeding that has been done.  The cars sitting on the tracks have ballast for the additional spur.  They are starting today to move tanks from St. Johns.

 You can see all of the red buildings of the farm in this shot along with a good view of Farm 3

 This is a good view from the west.  You can get a good view of the big driveway that we put in and how the new buildings set in the background

 Another view from the NW.  You can see the potatoes on Farm 2 right in the center of the shot.

This is a view of Farm 8.  You can see in the lower right where we cleared trees off the hill and are adding a new driveway.  To the left on the other side of the houses we have put in some blueberries.  Most of the rest of the farm is soybeans Troy has planted(these are his favorite soybeans).

Ashley 6/2/11

Still lots to work on up to Ashley.  Truck inside loadout and New Rail install and beginning of Directional Boring.

 Rail looking south.

 Rail looking North.  The switch is installed for the second line.

 Manifolds, pumps and meters installed for the truck loadout.

 You can see the Endruss Hauser meter to the left (Half circle pipe) and the Micro Motion meter in the background (Box).  Both of these meters will pump at the same time to deliver product mixes in record time.

 This is one of the loadout arms for overhead loading of trucks.  You can see it positioned over the trailer.

Directional Boring machine is anchored and ready to bore a drainage hole all the way under the building over to the railroad.  They can "steer or guide" the drill within inches left right and up down.

You can see here how the line will be bored.  This will take care of any water problems in the building and the rail area.