Future Garage for Gracie

[RedRock]

I'll get better at taking before and after pictures, but here's a shot of the results of how I spent the first 6 hours on my new Mahindra (5 of them in the rain). Gracie, as my kids have named her has helped me clear a pad for her soon to be home. I had just enough time to clear and box blade this roughly 22'x22' square nestled under mostly shade before the heavy stuff came down and forced me to call it a day. Sandy loam, spots of clay, cedar roots and all were no match.

Being on the lower side of a sloping hill made preparing this spot a bit challenging, I dug a trench behind it and another wide in front...seems to have held up in the rain fairly well, some of the sand washed out in places though.

Tomorrow they bring me about 20 yards of base crusher. I can't really afford another implement so I'll see how the box blade fares as a gravel leveler. Going to have a metal garage built there to protect my new investment.

 

[buck12]

Far better to keep her covered or that TX sun will make that pretty red into pink and its hard to feel manly on a pink tractor

 

[RedRock]

I hear ya about the red paint, I may just put a coat of wax on that hood. Got my 20 or so yards delivered late yesterday and spent the day today spreading it out. I made a raised pad about 22x25. The rest I made into driveway in front of where the doors to the building. The truck brought in half the load in a pup trailer which was tricky to maneuver in the trees, in fact he broke off one of my corner oaks at the trunk trying to get it out. I learned 2 things.

#1 - I better not quit my day job anytime soon.
#2 = The floating back drag with the bucket is your friend when leveling