Lots going on this week! The tree clearing is complete and all the logging equipment is gone from the site. Tom Fredo (site manager) brought in his bulldozer and excavator and the driveway is taking shape. This past Tuesday, D.L. Bean Surveyors were on site staking out the corners of the house for foundation prep.
On Wednesday, Tom continued pushing dirt around for the site prep and then he started digging the foundation hole.
Tom's truck broke today :( But, we did not let that ruin the progress. The 8,000 lb tracked skid steer was loaded onto a trailer and then I dropped the entire 11k lb load on the Ram and away she went to the job site!
After a few passes with the bulldozer the driveway started to take shape.
The dozer created a nice bed for the base material that started getting hauled in by the end of day.
Tom with his skid steer. Brand new machine. The special bucket allowed Tom to clear the surface of the top soil of roots and rocks. The dirt falls through the open slats in the bucket while the junk gets gathered and piled for later disposal.
Matt Gaugh trucking out several loads of the stump grindings. The truck that is driving away in this shot just dropped a load of base material in the driveway. Tom is running the dozer and just smoothed out the base so Matt could drive out with the stump grindings. Busy, busy, busy.... :)
And so the foundation digging has begun!
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