Construction Woes

The last post that we talked about our own project, instead of Lynn's, we had encountered rocks. All grading came to a complete stop until our loan closed.  The hammer bulldozer was to cost $2500 a day and we didn't know if it would take one day or two, depending on what we found in the ground.

We closed on our loan on Wednesday, March 7th and then went on vacation the 8th, returning on the 17th.  We had talkd to Harry, our contractor and found out that the hammer bulldozer came to work on our lot on Thursday, the 15th.  Here is what the dozer looks like.

The Hammer Bulldozer, a CAT 320.

And the hammer bit that did the drilling on the rock.

Here is what the property looked like on the 18th when we returned.  That is from one side, looks pretty good and flat.  As we come up our driveway and turn left, the garage will be tucked into the corner on the left and we drive straight in.  The grey area on the right side is where the big rock was. I am told it was about 10 feet wide, 30 feet long and 8 feet high.  It actually took that hammer 2 1/2 days to get that rock out of there.

Lots of rock and dirt resulted from the bulldozer work and here are several pictures from another angle that shows the massive amount of dirt and rock that came out of this hill.

A picture of Scott with some dirt showing on the left.  Scott is on the upper level where the garage is to go.  The house's main floor is supposed to be level with this site.  The basement area is on the left and the pile of dirt is sitting where the basement is supposed to be but rises above the level of the house.  One more picture says it all.

.Very bit pile of rocks and dirt.  See Scott in the lower right hand pointing at the pile.  It must be 15 feet high.

Doesn't look so bad from this view though.  As soon as we get this big pile of dirt out of the house site, we can start building.

Don't you just love this bulldozer!!