wanted to put up a new building on my property for my stone business - only problem was to get there, a 450' road had to be built cross slope over very steep and extremely undulating slick solid bedrock at the base of a mountain and then site prep for the building in a glacial bench that was 90% rock made up of well cemented bullet proof fractured ledge up to 40 ton pieces - finished road had to accommodate up to 35 ton quarried blocks on flatbed semis - the cost to build and outfit a new building left little money to hire out the road building / site work - was on a farm as a kid and have been around construction my whole adult life, so knew something about machinery, but never did anything like this, but it wasn't gonna happen if I didn't do it myself the road is in and the site is ready for concrete as soon as winter releases her icy grip on the land - its been quite an experience - I've enjoyed it and it was a heck of challenge with site conditions and of course the newb factor that's the background, but here is all I want to say - hef was by far the best place for info from machine operation and maintenance, repair, site work, road building, compaction and on and on - I never had to ask stupid questions that had already been dealt with here, and waste peoples time - by doing some reading, all the answers were here, and generously given to others by the really good working people in this forum that are happy to share - I dropped a track on my excavator in a really bad spot late on a friday and had that sucker back on in short order cause I remembered reading about it here, one small example - folks on this site are more helpful, generous and civil than any forum I've seen.....little drama, tons of support humbly, I say to all, THANK YOU SO MUCH if anyone has any questions concerning marble, granite and most stone related issues, I'm your man - It could allow me to pay back I sure hope scrub is not pulling out, I personally think he's a first rate guy regards, gerry
Thanks for the compliments but where are the pictures...?
I'm surprised anyone would want to see pics of my small project, but hey, I'd be honored to share and will when I'm allowed thanks fer askin'
That's exactly why I put HEF together!! I'm glad you were able to find the help you needed. Welcome aboard, and I'm looking forward to your pics as well!!