Warning: Pushing a dozer on wet ground messed up our timeline
I always thought that sitting around after a rainstorm was just wasting hours we could be working. Last month on a housing site, we had to clear a lot of land fast with the bulldozers. The ground was still pretty soft from overnight showers, but I figured we could power through. I started moving dirt, and for a little while it was fine. Then the whole machine began to sink into the mud, and we were stuck good. It took two other rigs most of the day to drag me out, and the area was torn up even worse. That one move added over a week to the job while everything dried out and we fixed the ruts. I won't rush like that again; sometimes the slow way is actually the fast way.