Buster's Gate Asherton, TX - Feb 26 - 28

Buster's Gate Asherton, TX - Thursday, February 26, 2015
Morning 41 Degrees, Wind N 1, Humidity 70%, mostly cloudy.
Afternoon 72 Degrees, Wind N 9 & gusting to 28 Mph, Humidity 45%, partly sunny.  

I never took off my jacket today the wind had me staying covered all day. We are getting over fifty sand trucks a day, plus the other companies with shift changes. Bonnie found time to make a birthdayy cake for my birthday today.


Buster's Gate Asherton, TX - Friday, February 27, 2015
Morning 39 Degrees, Wind ENE 10 & gusting to 20 Mph, Humidity 65%, mostly cloudy.
Afternoon 43 Degrees, Wind N 6 Mph, Humidity 100%, cloudy and misty rain

Frak Sand in a box 

About ten o'clock there were droplets of water showing on the decking we have out trying to keep our shoes's out of the mud. The misty rain continued the rest of the day. It was a busy sand truck day in and out. The first seven trucks coming back out were carrying two empty boxes. Latter in the day some trucks were going out without any empty box.

Hydraulic fracturing (Fraking) the rock under ground to release the oil there. Water, sand, and chemicals all under high pressure done in stages over a number of days twenty-four hours. There were about eleven companies on the project. All this effort is times four as there are that many wells on the pad. The water is piped in on the other side. chemicals come in on pallets and tank trailers. The misty rain has degraded the road to muddy slop and walking without taking care will result in a slip and fall. The road gets gooey slippery mud and sticks to everything it comes in contact with.Truck tire tracks are visible in the picture.

this sand truck is carrying out two empty boxes

Buster's Gate Asherton, TX - Saturday, February 28, 2015
Morning 36 Degrees, Wind N 9, Humidity 100%, mostly cloudy.
Afternoon 74 Degrees, partly sunny.  

Fraking continues sand trucks fuel delivery for all the operating equipment, there is a refueling company that has equipment and men here to refuel the equipmentand truck on site. Safety personnel and operators of the crane.