And it begins....

[trdtaco]

well we are coming to a slow start due to a lot of large rocks slowing us down,
but here is where we are at so far.

garage will be 42x35 attached to current home thru a 10x10 mud room/entryway..
here it is after the trees cut down






had to bring in bigger machine




and then had to bring in a bigger machine with jackhammer attachment








he was here maybe an hour before the diaphram let go in the hammer and it was loaded back up..

i will update every once in a while when we see some progress around here..thanks for looking

 

[bush438]

Congrats on the start of your project! Can't wait to see how it turns out.

 

[LutzTD]

man thats a lot of big rocks.... have fun and keep posting

 

[fury9]

lookin good!

 

[JBourquin]

Hope that takes care of it. What's next? This:

 

[trdtaco]

thanks guys i will update as things happen.. ill have to take some pics of the rocks in the hole, honda civic size hahaha

 

[OHSCrifle]

I did some work in Rhody, it required blasting. The blasting foreman told me a story of one time when a blasting project accidentally launched some granite across a pond and SUNK a sailboat. Bad day.

So what I'm saying is.. Could be worse. Enjoy the project.

 

[Cemoto]

Ouch! Bet that hit the pocketbook.

Have the rocks taken away or they will always be in your way.

I used mine to make a retaining wall on the back side so it worked out for me - could have used a few more actually.

Congrats on the build and NICE SIZE!

Regards,

.

 

[MacTexas]

Did you know the rocks were there before you started digging?

 

[Jagmandave]

I have a friend who owns an island in Rhode Island!

It's in Chepachet (sp?)

Nice crop of rocks you have coming up this year!

 

[scab]

If I was near you, I'd surely take some of those rocks off your hands. Good luck with everything.

 

[FunkyfullWidth]

It's the northeast. Rocks are inevitable. My buddy started building a house a few years back and had to drill alot of rocks and fill with that expandable stuff. Cracks it right in half and makes the rocks more manageable. One shot, although i'm not sure if it would be cheaper compared to the hourly rate that a excavator with a hammer gets.

 

[OHSCrifle]

It's the northeast. Rocks are inevitable. My buddy started building a house a few years back and had to drill alot of rocks and fill with that expandable stuff. Cracks it right in half and makes the rocks more manageable. One shot, although i'm not sure if it would be cheaper compared to the hourly rate that a excavator with a hammer gets.

In the winter you can do that with water. Not sure how much that expandable stuff costs.. Probably not cheap.

Regardless, good choice to build in the summer. Are you building this yourself?

 

[ddl2004]

I thought you were bringing in landscaping rocks!

I'm definitely going to be following this build!

 

[theoldwizard1]

In some parts of the country, those would be valuable for landscaping, even that big !

 

[Radio Ron w4ron]

I'd sure keep the rocks, I love em.
They'd make a GREAT rock garden.
Don't pay someone to haul them off, just get someone with a loader to move em for you.



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[MajorLeeGassole]

Hope that takes care of it. What's next? This:

That's for the gravel, which will come later. Come on! Get your tools straight!

 

[MajorLeeGassole]

Looking forward to the build - subscribed. Excuse my architectural ignorance, but what style is your house? I've never seen anything like that.

 

[trdtaco]

ok guys got some stuff happening here lately i will be trying to post pictures up toaday and tomorrow.. trucked about 4 loads of rocks out before the budget is tied.. so i still have plenty of "landscaping rocks" lol

sry if i fall behind on pics and answering questions


another machine being dropped off

 

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[trdtaco]

ok guys these pics bring in up to date

 

[uniballer]

That komatsu got a little close to the power line in one of the pics on page one!!
But the progress is rivetting!

 

[e-tek]

Holy **** - why didn't they break those rocks up? Or are you using them nearby for landscape?

 

[trdtaco]

power lines have been a challenge to say the least hahaha

and the rocks will be staying there.. my budget has already been eaten up and they are too expensive to ship out of here