Equipment – Huron The Lake

A Strong Foundation

We hope. Although better than the last concrete day, this one also didn’t go exactly as planned. We didn’t get done as much bracing on the wall as we hoped to do before the pump truck for the concrete showed up almost an hour early. Thankfully our help arrived before the actual concrete arrived, butContinue reading “A Strong Foundation”

Creating a Dirt Sifter

We’ve built a few things out of necessity since starting this project. One of the most used is our dirt sifter. We’ve gone through a few versions trying to seperate all the rock from the dirt, but so far this seems to be the best one, especially since we can use the tractor to putContinue reading “Creating a Dirt Sifter”

To Rent or Purchase Equipment

Originally posted on 2021-06-27 When doing a major project such as this one sometimes you need specialized equipment, and then you need to decide whether it’s better to purchase it or rent it. In our case we needed a tamper to flatten the garage floor so the concrete guys can come and put in aContinue reading “To Rent or Purchase Equipment”

Teaching Tractor Safety

Originally posted on 2021-05-23 The little one was on the tractor today, learning how to properly use it. This isn’t the first time she’s been on the tractor and it isn’t even the first time that she’s handled the backhoe, but we like to get her on there and to learn how to properly useContinue reading “Teaching Tractor Safety”

It’s Demolition Time!!

Originally posted on 2020-11-22 Today we started the demolition of the house. We finally started the demolition of the house, tearing it down using the tractor. Since we are using the tractor is pretty much a one-person job. The biggest downside to starting this today is that it’s supposed to rain tonight and we can’tContinue reading “It’s Demolition Time!!”

The Top 5 Reasons To Get A Tractor

Originally posted on 2020-08-16 I know I’ve mentioned before that the tractor, despite being expensive, has been one of the best purchases we have made for this project to date. Here are the reasons why. 1) It’s efficient at taking out trees I mentioned this one in a previous post. Using the tractor to takeContinue reading “The Top 5 Reasons To Get A Tractor”