3 May 2018

Just call me a glutton for punishment.  Tried once again to extract the remaining stump at the barn build site.  This time I put a (very strong) chain around the stump, hooked it to the Tacoma, engaged the 4WD, put a monster strain on the chain, and then went into attack mode with the Kubota.  That stump wouldn’t even wiggle a tiny bit!  So gave up (again) on that idea and instead dug the trench from the main power panel to where the west wall of the barn will be situated.  A conduit will go into that trench for the barn power line.  Only one not-so-small obstacle: the stone wall that the power line must go under.  Now, with all that beautiful sand underlying the barn build site, you’d thing hand chopping a 2″ hole under the wall would be a piece of cake.  Have you ever met Mr. Murphy?  The sand apparently stops just short of the wall, ‘cause underlying the wall is typical Leicester hardpan gravel, of the miserable to dig variety.  One of these weeks, when I get my strength back, I’ll finish that little hole.