19 July 2018

Luther and Sonny pulled in shortly before 7.  As they got to work continuing the north wall framing, I boogied to Green Mountain Electric Supply (AWG 12-2 wire and ½″ EMT conduit), Goodro’s (more PL Premium adhesive and 2x6 PT lumber), and Carrara Concrete (¾″ washed stone).  Even though the bed wasn’t full, had to stop the bucket loader putting stone into the bed of the Tacoma when the front wheels looked to be in danger of leaving the ground.  However, was able to steer the truck back to Fern Lake by touching the brakes at regular intervals.  There, I looked at the load slip.  Seems I was carrying 2,660 pounds of stone in a truck rated for 1,150 pounds.  Ooops!  Then, while Sonny and Luther admired my sweat-soaked physique prowess, I spent a fun-filled hour shoveling all that stone out of the truck and into the trenches alongside the walls.  The Goodro’s truck came by mid-afternoon bringing another thousand dollars worth of lumber.  By quitting time we had finished framing the north wall and ⅔ of the west wall.  After the guys left, used the Kubota to backfill around the west and south walls, discovering that space aliens have made off with a lot of the dirt needed to complete that process.  Hmmm…