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And today was a final lap or two with the compactor and then truss building. Not very exciting visually, but it was good progress. Now just to recruit some help and hoist the trusses in place and purlins. Then it's framing inspection and concrete. The concrete might get done next week. Waiting...

Yesterday was a rainy one so of course it was perfect for COMPACTION!!!! 7 Hours of following the plate compactor around, raking down high spots etc. Great fun, would have been better if my new rainsuit had a hood like it was supposed to, but there ya go.

So I guess this ended the eighth working day. Had help in the form of the girlfriend's nephew and his dad. Dad brought over his Mahindra with the 5' tiller and broke the ground up and between him and me on my little Allis we leveled it out and spread 19.7ish tons of gravel. Nephew drilled and...

And where I am now, a week worth of work days and this is it so far. Sorry for the terrible first pic.

End of day six, yeah this was a hard day with hanging off a ladder, circular saw in one hand and sawzall in the other, Well, maybe not exactly but pretty close. The Zoning guy stopped by later in the day and said he didn't want to read about me in the paper. Dead from the fall, hand sawn off...

The end of day four, well four and a half as I did get a half a day in during the freeze BS. Almost looking like something.

I know, this is nothing for you folks up north there, but for Macon Ga, this was a LOT of sleet and frozen rubbish, this cost me a day and a half. Crazy thing is, a week later, it is still on the ground in the shade. Yeah it's been pretty cold for Central Georgia. The ski boat, pretty useless...

Day three and the posts begin to sprout from the holes. I couldn't get any poles treated for burial so I bought some Cop-ox on advise from the building supply place and painted on two wet coats. And they are beginning to take over the yard.

Day two 16 holes, in somewhat recalcitrant clay soil. Actually the first foot was balck soil and pretty easy, then a cap of clay that was hard as concrete then red clay that was very easy to get through. This made it a bit easier, it was $90 well spent.

19.8 tons of #57 gravel. $475 ish delivered. I was stunned at the ditch a dumptruck could back through. It was wet from rain the day before and he backed right through a ditch and right up a 4 foot high ditch. Didn't even spin a little, but it did leave HUGE impressions in the yard, oh well.

Another view from day one. This also shows my workbench, the trailer.

So I thought I would toss some pics up of my current project. I recently had a move from Atlanta to Macon Ga. I lost my 24x33 shop but am gaining a 32x40, pretty good trade except for the dissembled nature of the new one. I went and got zoning and building permits, which were relatively...

Great work guys, love the hood.

Thanks Bruce, I'm sure I will get it done some day. First I am moving and losing this shop, only good news is I will be building a new one 32 x 40, so that's a good thing.

Think I'd worry a bit about my slab flying to pieces during the stressing procedure. The vids look pretty bad

Few more And that's about where it is right now. Need to get back on it one day.

And then....

Well, I'll toss a few you guy's way.

Thanx for that Joe

Re: My Wolverine Epoxy floor Nightmare SO I wonder what the outcome was.