Update: I was setting my outriggers on soft ground wrong for a decade

I was on a site in Mobile last month, same old routine with the mats on what looked like decent dirt. My rigger, a guy named Carl who's been at it for 40 years, just shook his head and said 'You're trusting that top layer way too much, son.' He made me dig a test hole next to the pad. Six inches down it was pure, wet clay. I'd been judging ground stability by surface look for years, never checking what was underneath. Now I carry a soil probe and check a foot down every single time, no exceptions. How many of you actually test the subsoil before you set up, or do you just go by the surface?

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lucas636mo ago

Classic case of trusting the pretty topsoil.

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jason736mo ago

Wait, that was just the top layer?

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eva2434mo ago

Yeah but people fall for it every time. All flash no substance.

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