For those who have not followed the story a quick recap:
On June 3 a roadcrew ripped open a road leading to my house to lay sewer lines down the center of the road. Somehow I sensed there was trouble ahead.
The crew left open pits in the road and marked them with twigs. The following day after some heavy rains, the first vehicle slipped into the hole.
Of course the following day another vehicle slipped into the same hole
After the second vehicle I placed some large timbers into the hole to make it visible.
Today they removed the timbers and filled the hole with dirt. The hole was no longer visible. But the dirt had not been compacted.
This time a truck weighed down with melons sank into the hole. After attempts to use a jack to lift the vehicle out, there was only one solution.
Unload all the melons.
Two hours later and the vehicle is still in the hole.
Anywhere else the road crew would be liable for damage for not properly marking a construction area. But then T.i.T.
With the help of emergency road services and proper tools the vehicle was driven out of the hole almost three hours later. Melons were reloaded during a moderate rain storm
