Yes, I agree upon reading my post that it may be construed as a bit pessimistic. That wasn't intentional. This is no small job though. If you are sure of your skills, know what is involved, and can see your way through to the finish, then by all means go for it. Since it's out in the open there may be a permit requirement and that may or may not complicate things, i.e. stamped engineering drawings, etc. Permit or not, it's a real good idea to sit down with some paper and a pencil and figure the whole thing out from start to finish and include timelines. This simple plan may present the opportunity to discover something that might other wise be overlooked. Little things like if the ground is open and it rains like the dickens, just where will the water coming off the roof go, and stuff like that. A complete plan is more likely to suceed.
You know one of the previous posts said a lot when refering to the fellows with the pick and shovel, my hat's off to them. They were the guys who laid those 1800# granite capstones too. I remember two old Italian brothers who wanted a well to water their garden so they dug one by hand with all the neighbors kids helping, me included, but now I'm rambling.
The short of it is that man moves mountains every day and a loan for doing up the foundation is a creative manner to finance a tractor. This is the kind of thinking that will help make this project sucessfull.
Best of luck,
the not meaning to be pessimistic at all, Martin /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
How's that, any better?