[AT] Shop heating

[charlie hill]

Cecil,  good to hear you got your dirt work done ahead of the snow.  I'll 
take that stone if you'll truck it down here.  LOL.

I know one thing. You have already saved yourself a ton of money compared to 
having to hire a contractor to do that work.  Now I'm starting to understand 
why Lucille lets you hang around.  grins.

Charlie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil E Monson" <cmonson at hvc.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Shop heating


> Hi Charlie. I finished grading the entire site Thursday afternoon
> just at dark. I had a smaller excavator up there the past week - a Komatsu
> PC-120 and used it to remove all the stumps and then dig two large holes
> with a total area of 10 foot deep by 15 feet wide and 85 feet long and
> buried every rock I could find. I had just enough rocks to fill both holes
> which will give you an idea of how many there were. The good part is 
> finding
> only gravel and a little clay below 12" and no more rocks. After finishing
> filling in the holes and spreading some gravel on the driveway, I still 
> have
> an estimated 50 tons of it to do with as I please. Probably spread it out 
> on
> the site in the spring. After finishing that, I graded off a place to 
> start
> putting my tractors in the spring once the weather clears. I also dug two
> test holes 6 foot deep required to get a permit for the septic system. 
> There
> should be no trouble with it with all the gravel on the site.
>
> I was up there fueling up the excavator by a little after 8:00AM on
> Friday morning and it was snowing pretty hard. I could not have finished 
> at
> a better time. All I have ahead of me now for the winter is burning brush
> from the giant pile in back of the tractor yard. There is no hurry to it 
> and
> the permit is free so it is just a matter of getting nice days.
>
> I also have about 50 full cords of hardwood firewood in log lengths
> and if I run out of things to do I can always cut and split wood. We plan 
> to
> heat both the house and the shop with a central wood and oil fired boiler.
> It's nice to be busy.
>
> We don't plan to dig the hole for the full basement until May so I
> have lots of time for planning. Thanks for asking and if you need any 
> rocks
> I still have some left out back. All it would cost you is the shipping. 
> ;-)
>
> Cecil
> -- 
> The nicest thing about telling the truth is you never have to wonder
> what you said.
>
> Cecil E Monson
> Lucille Hand-Monson
> Mountainville, New York   Just a little east of the North Pole
>
> Allis Chalmers tractors and equipment
>
> Free advice
>
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