Funny you ask Manomet. I've actually been meaning to give an update and post some pictures. The project has grown exponentially with a few added elements. I started the project in March and am finally wrapping things up. Here's an oveview of the project:
1. I was getting some water in the basement and decided to excavate down to the footings and trench approximately 150 feet, parge the block with tar and 6 mil plastic, lay in 150 feet of perforated pipe and back fill with crushed stone, soil etc.
2. I moved around the back of the house and excavated for the doors of my soon-to-be walk-out basement.
3. While I had the trac excavator, I decided to clean out the stream behind my house.
4. From there I took the excavator to the back of my property, which is wooded and was heavily over-grown. I cleared some trees with my new Husky 455 Rancher (
http://www.greentractortalk.com/for...442-broke-down-bought-new-chainsaw-today.html) and decided to de-stump the area for a shed to be built in the future. I also cut in a roadway to connect with a bridge for my JD which I also built recently.
5. I cut through the 8" poured foundation wall (it took 1.5 days) with a Husky concrete saw and a Bosch electric jack hammer, and a sawzall.
6. Once through the wall, I rented a walk-behind Toro Dingo and excavated approxiamtely 14" in the "crawl space". From there I used the Dingo, and my JD LA105 and wagon to lay in approximately 16 ton of crushed stone, 6 mil plastic vapor barrier, and 4" slab of concrete. Once my custom french doors showed up, I plumbed and installed with Tapcons.
7. While I had the concrete truck and pumper there, I made forms and poured two concrete piers for the bridge I just finished building.
8. Last week I took delivery of three pallets of rough cut granite to finish off the walk-out basement with two retaining walls on either side.
here are some various pics of the projects above and the toys in action (I'll post some more current one in teh next few days):