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This is the progress for today. They got all the roof trusses set and braced, metal on front and back wall and trimmed out garage door openings. Like I said, I think I got the new crew, they are slower than anyone else's that was built or that I've seen but as long as it's right it'll be all...

There were rocks, but thankfully all very manageable. They put a rock clause in my contract in case they hit something and asked me to stand by with the backhoe. They used the same bobcat with an auger on it, he fought with maybe a third of the holes, 2 taking a while but he got through them...

I would but I don't know how to move stuff. Oh by the way I'm in Andreas.

It looks like they moved right from yours to doing mine! I agree, the guys that came out to inspect the site and do the consulting and planning were excellent. The guys who came out and did the drilling and the delivery were excellent as well. Honestly the crew doing the framing and building...

And that brings up to TODAY!!! (Ok, technically yesterday but I work night shift so my schedule is always messed up) The poles were set, concreted in and the framing finished up for the walls! I'm thinking this morning they will be putting the roof on and maybe when I wake up today I'll see a...

So then I wake up last week and the holes are drilled!! YAY!!! :thumbup: Yeah, they got clay all over my nice stone but really the stone was necessary because the lot is almost entirely clay and would not dry out, every time you walked or drove on it you made a mess. So I bit the bullet and put...

Once that was all taken care of I was able to stick to digging and leveling, which I quickly learned I have no experience in and was not very good at! I used a rotary laser and did measure but every time I tried to level an area the bucket would hit a rock or a soft spot and dig in or ride up...

Then I had to deal with this stump after the aftermath of the cleanup of the tree. This thing took days and days to dig out. I'm still dealing with moving it around the property. I just put it in a place and occasionally start a good fire under it to dry it out and keep making it lighter.

Ok, so the story with the big tree... I kept looking at this sucker and thinking, I need a plan. As a background I worked for a tree service in high school and when I got out of school for a little bit so I do have experience doing these jobs. Yes I was climbing and cutting in the job as well...

Digging out the area, getting ready to take down the big one. That story coming up... :lol:

Digging out the first stump and putting the dump trailer to good use. Not looking forward to the large one with the double trunk coming up...

Taking down the first big tree and a couple smaller ones.

Ok folks, been looking through here for a while now and it's now time to start my build thread!! Things have progressed far enough that I can now start showing the build progression. As a background the site is a 2+ acre lot immediately at the base of the blue mountain. So yeah, rocks and clay...