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Yes, without a doubt, it was way more work than I had imagined! We did at least dig up a few big rocks that were interesting enough to become decorative - one is named Toto rock because of it's resemblance to a Toto toilet :ROFLMAO: Our engineer specified the footing locations. Building is...

For anyone who's curious about how things turned out, we finished our foundation! Sadly, the events leading up to that were not smooth. I was pretty convinced that drilling was still going to be an option, so I rented a CAT 3000# skidsteer + auger attachment and bits. I needed a 24" and 36"...

That's a bummer, looks like I may need to have more material brought in to backfill the forms. Do you think I could get away with using the excavated subsoil for the driveway coming up to the pad? It's going to just be gravel, so even if it sinks here and there I could just bring in more...

There will be insulation and vapor barrier under the slab. And yes, the concrete slab won't be poured until some time next year, so I hope it does settle in the interim Well, I'm back after the first stage of preparing our foundation. Thanks everyone for their comments and suggestions! I...

I somehow missed all the new replies from the last couple days, I was still refreshing page 1 :p This is a residence, post frame construction or Barndo (terrible sounding name in my opinion). It probably doesn't make a difference, but the whole first floor is shop space, and only 600sqft on the...

It's $850/day for the machine + $600 delivery + taxes , comes out to $1600 for a 1 day rental where I am. I'm renting a skid steer this weekend to do some brush clearing and driveway work. Gonna see how well I can dig with it I do have an design drawn by a licensed engineer. I'm not an...

Thank you all for your replies, feeling like I'm almost ready to tackle this! I got confused about the excavator size. I meant to say a 30,000# machine or 15T, so looks like I'm in the ballpark. I think I may rent the excavator for one day, so I'll see how many stumps I can manage to dig out...

Hello All, I'm building a house in NY and naturally the first step is to prep the building pad. It's my first time doing this so I'm feeling a bit nervous about the whole thing. I'm hoping kind, experienced folks can review my plan of action and give suggestions/insight. Much appreciated...