New roadway going in
My after-work project for the past couple of days involves ripping out stumps and big chunks of granite from the hillside.
If you have ever been here for one of our shoots, you'll remember where the "headquarters" tent is placed, up on the hill near the pond. It is somewaht of a pain to get to because of the undergrowth and glacial rocks that line the hillside.
There is a logging road that goes towards the pond and off to the north. What this phase of the project is entails creating a roadway that leads from that logging road, across the front of the "headquarters" tent, across the crest of that little hill, and right up to the wooden bridge that leads to the house.
This will make it easier for visitors to use the grill and have a clear pathway to the picnic table that is under the tent fly. On a more practical level, it will make it easier to bring 4'x4' boxes of firewood (made out of pallets wired together) right up to the end of the bridge so as to make the job of carrying wood into the house easier.
At the very least, it is an excuse to play with the tractor.
The downside is that I'm doing it "after work", so that means I run out of light fast and end up working via headlights.
The pond is low on water right now, so a big part of it is accessible to the tractor, perhaps I'll be able to dig it out a little deeper with just the bucket, since I don't have an excavator for it yet. I'm thinking that the excess dirt that comes out of the pond can be piled up along the end of the range to build up a berm at the 50 yard mark.
So much tractor work to do before the snow flies!
Hopefully, by the next shoot there will be an improved facility here!
If you have ever been here for one of our shoots, you'll remember where the "headquarters" tent is placed, up on the hill near the pond. It is somewaht of a pain to get to because of the undergrowth and glacial rocks that line the hillside.
There is a logging road that goes towards the pond and off to the north. What this phase of the project is entails creating a roadway that leads from that logging road, across the front of the "headquarters" tent, across the crest of that little hill, and right up to the wooden bridge that leads to the house.
This will make it easier for visitors to use the grill and have a clear pathway to the picnic table that is under the tent fly. On a more practical level, it will make it easier to bring 4'x4' boxes of firewood (made out of pallets wired together) right up to the end of the bridge so as to make the job of carrying wood into the house easier.
At the very least, it is an excuse to play with the tractor.
The downside is that I'm doing it "after work", so that means I run out of light fast and end up working via headlights.
The pond is low on water right now, so a big part of it is accessible to the tractor, perhaps I'll be able to dig it out a little deeper with just the bucket, since I don't have an excavator for it yet. I'm thinking that the excess dirt that comes out of the pond can be piled up along the end of the range to build up a berm at the 50 yard mark.
So much tractor work to do before the snow flies!
Hopefully, by the next shoot there will be an improved facility here!
posted by MVTCoPete | 6:15 PM
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