RichNJ
Silver Member
- Joined
- Aug 17, 2001
- Messages
- 110
- Location
- Clinton, New Jersey
- Tractor
- Kubota L4310 HST, GE ElekTrak, Cub Cadet 125
I wouldn't be in a hurry to get rid of the topsoil. Just put it in a big pile and you'll be glad you did later. Pile it up so yau can get on top of it later with you tractor. There is always a need to fill in some low spots. Maybe regrade around the house. Put up additonal buildings. Over the years you live there you'll use the topsoil for many things.
And please get a FEL. Not just for the topsoil but for building the house. I did not have a tractor when I built so I rented equipment and paid people to do things. Just one example was getting materials off of tractor trailers. I rented a forklift to get the pallets of materials off the trucks. I could have used a FEL with fork attachments. Moving materials. Cleaning up construction debris into a dumpster. Moving concrete blocks, gravel, sand, bags of mortar. The list would go on forever.
We bought a "kit" house and the materials showed up on several tractor trailers at the appropriate times for when we needed the materials. Everything for the shell including alot of the foundation, siding, roofing, heating, AC, plywood, studs, windows, doors, sheetrock, isulation, etc. came from one company. It was alot easier this way when you are doing alot of the work yourself. You can concentrate on building and not so much on how many 2x4s or how many feet of ductwork, etc. you need and if you get extra you have to save it, throw it out or return it. They took our hand drawn plans and supplied us with real plans and a material list of where all the materials go in the house and then inspected our progress and delivered materials accordingly.
When I built the garage I bought materials from a local lumber yard. They used a rollback truck to drop off materials. The drivers were always in such a hurry they would slide the stuff off so fast usually the bottom pieces of plywood, studs, etc would get broken and I would have to call them to get replacements.
And please get a FEL. Not just for the topsoil but for building the house. I did not have a tractor when I built so I rented equipment and paid people to do things. Just one example was getting materials off of tractor trailers. I rented a forklift to get the pallets of materials off the trucks. I could have used a FEL with fork attachments. Moving materials. Cleaning up construction debris into a dumpster. Moving concrete blocks, gravel, sand, bags of mortar. The list would go on forever.
We bought a "kit" house and the materials showed up on several tractor trailers at the appropriate times for when we needed the materials. Everything for the shell including alot of the foundation, siding, roofing, heating, AC, plywood, studs, windows, doors, sheetrock, isulation, etc. came from one company. It was alot easier this way when you are doing alot of the work yourself. You can concentrate on building and not so much on how many 2x4s or how many feet of ductwork, etc. you need and if you get extra you have to save it, throw it out or return it. They took our hand drawn plans and supplied us with real plans and a material list of where all the materials go in the house and then inspected our progress and delivered materials accordingly.
When I built the garage I bought materials from a local lumber yard. They used a rollback truck to drop off materials. The drivers were always in such a hurry they would slide the stuff off so fast usually the bottom pieces of plywood, studs, etc would get broken and I would have to call them to get replacements.
