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Re: My New Land "Raptor Ridge"
« Reply #650 on: April 21, 2020, 09:57:23 PM »
Tex, that was many years and many permit requirements ago

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« Reply #651 on: April 21, 2020, 10:44:39 PM »
Tex, that was many years and many permit requirements ago
Probably still allowed in Texas tho. Haha
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« Reply #652 on: April 22, 2020, 01:56:23 AM »
Heck, they outlawed tanerite there, crazy.

I have seen that stuff before but didn't think of it. But really a little bigger tractor or demo hammer is all I need. So far just one rock about a foot up.
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Re: My New Land "Raptor Ridge"
« Reply #653 on: April 22, 2020, 06:15:29 PM »
JR can you just rent a larger trac hoe for a day and dig the rocks out of the way? From what I have seen down here anyway most of the rock is pretty rotten. If not, don't just keep beating yourself and the equipment up, figure out a plan and run with it..

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« Reply #654 on: April 22, 2020, 06:46:04 PM »
Trying not to break anything, that's for sure! Right now going around it and waiting to see if there are more.

Neighbor has a wheeled and tracked loader about double the kubs size, but both are down. Mostly hydraulics and almost back together. Same guy is doing my well plans/septic plans.

Talked to the arch this AM. I am going to do the footwork on finding a building company. Why pay them to search for that. I am going to start to scetch up my ideas for what I want too. Lots of ideas on youtube, plus I want to have the main structure up this year.
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« Reply #655 on: April 29, 2020, 01:41:08 PM »
Heading up this weekend, delivering a bed on the way up in Silver Springs. Dragging the Skid back for some minor work and real work hear.

Trying to get the building going using Sketchup Make 17, but just don't get it. Watched vids, but when I try the same it doesn't work. Just trying to do a basic floorplan for a 40x80 building (40x100+ slab), so it can be modified for the living space.

Thinking 3 roll ups, 2 man doors and a few windows just for the shop area. Overhang front and rear, with a nice eve, insulated with radiant heat.

Living area about 1500sf facing south, 2 rooms, 2 baths, open living-kitchen area, wetroom/utilty room in the shop area. A mezzanine over the utility room is planned later.

Still up in the air on power. Will run close to 20k for hooking to the grid. I may do a generator until really get in and always have a backup that way.

Might even do solar/battery as the living needs won't be that high. Already plan on the well pump being solar. 
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« Reply #656 on: April 29, 2020, 06:51:40 PM »
Spend 40  and do grid ties solar and spin the meter backwards during the day.  I think there are still tax breaks and you’ll pay for it long term.  I’ve figured right before I retire I’m doing 20k in solar and it will cover all the electric I use.  Ag exemption on the taxes and a well with water and I’m break even with very little $


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« Reply #657 on: April 29, 2020, 08:48:24 PM »
JR,
why not living quarters on the second floor?   Also where are you sourcing the solar powered water pump from and cost?

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« Reply #658 on: April 29, 2020, 09:40:50 PM »
Hey Steve! Good to hear. How’s the dually treating you?  I miss the old
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« Reply #659 on: April 29, 2020, 10:09:27 PM »
JR,
why not living quarters on the second floor?   Also where are you sourcing the solar powered water pump from and cost?
Can’t have the living upstairs.  JR is old like me and stairs suck!


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« Reply #660 on: April 29, 2020, 11:14:03 PM »
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doing good  working a job north of Indy. Will be here a while.  Dually is sittin at the house, not being used.

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Re: My New Land "Raptor Ridge"
« Reply #661 on: April 30, 2020, 02:11:04 AM »
Think I'm going to keep it simple and stay with one floor for now. Will be pressed now to have it built this year from what there telling me.

I may do something with a second floor and patio area from the Mez, but need to get it up first.

For solar I have a friend who does it for a living. Also hear there are water cooled panels you can use for heating too. So many options!
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Re: My New Land "Raptor Ridge"
« Reply #662 on: May 04, 2020, 04:43:18 PM »
Got the pad about 80% cleared this weekend.

Lost a day with tire problem on the truck. Looks like it went flat coming up the hill to the prop. I didn't notice until I was backing down the driveway. Full size spares (or close) are a must!

Drone pic shows the corner posts, where the road cuts in, runoff which will need a drain pipe and the rock line I dealt with.
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« Reply #663 on: May 04, 2020, 04:50:21 PM »
Was to windy on Sat for the drone and the tire issue cost me 1/2 the day. Will post the drone vid when I get compressed.

Couple pics of the area I cleared. Still have about 20ft on the west hill to go. Lots of dirt to move for leveling, like 6ft from the north end to the south and 2/1 edge cuts. The claw is great for clearing even without hydro working. Dug is on the n/w corner hear.

Another pic of the south view and the ridge the kids named it for.
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« Reply #664 on: May 05, 2020, 11:35:36 AM »
Looking good, JR. That tire got thrashed! Looks like you took out the sidewall with a sharp rock?
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« Reply #665 on: May 05, 2020, 02:14:32 PM »
Looks like it just went flat and that happened going to my place, about 1/4 mile on rocky dirt road.

Was more the time it cost vs the $$. Very little got done that day. Right sized spare is needed.
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« Reply #666 on: May 05, 2020, 02:38:36 PM »
Did you have the roadside hazzard on the tire?
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« Reply #667 on: May 05, 2020, 03:16:31 PM »
Looks like it just went flat and that happened going to my place, about 1/4 mile on rocky dirt road.

Was more the time it cost vs the $$. Very little got done that day. Right sized spare is needed.
Those are hard to store unless you do what Don did on his black pickup,  that swing gate is handy I think.


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« Reply #668 on: May 05, 2020, 06:10:53 PM »
Or a roof rack


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« Reply #669 on: May 06, 2020, 02:28:27 PM »
No roof rack, I use parking garages to often. Will address though for sure.

So here is the video I promised. Have an older host I will use time to time not to overload this site.

Above post can explain a lot. At 2:46 is dead center where I am building, corner post can barely be made out.

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« Reply #670 on: May 09, 2020, 08:18:50 PM »
Playing with steel buidlings, living area facing south in the last bay by the overhang.
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« Reply #671 on: May 11, 2020, 08:01:08 PM »
Got a little more done on the building and added a "wishlist".

Looks like I am going with Great Western Buildings. Easy to work with, 6 week lead time, good price and warranty.

40x90, 110 roof. 6 inch thick floor for heating and lift.

No living details in this, just the living area about 1500-2000sf;
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« Reply #672 on: May 11, 2020, 08:19:31 PM »
That should do it


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« Reply #673 on: May 12, 2020, 12:42:49 PM »
Should lock up the building today. First quote was way up, but so was my want list. Took overhang off, commercial vents and adjusted doors. Free shipping to boot.

Fully insulated with rollups, man doors, 16ft walls giving mezzanine building lots of headroom and full engineered plans/foundation for 50K.
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« Reply #674 on: May 12, 2020, 12:45:03 PM »
Good progress!


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« Reply #675 on: May 12, 2020, 12:50:23 PM »
Still a tad over what I wanted, but it is what I want overall.

Would probably take me a year or so to build the living quarters but that is the plan.
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« Reply #676 on: May 12, 2020, 01:54:01 PM »
Well, just closed the deal. 6-8 weeks to get ready and a lower savings account. Tad over what I wanted (always is) but less than 10%.
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« Reply #677 on: May 12, 2020, 08:40:11 PM »
Congrats JR. One step closer to escaping Commifornia!!


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« Reply #678 on: May 12, 2020, 10:15:39 PM »
^^ I think Charles nailed it on the head^^


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« Reply #679 on: May 16, 2020, 06:34:50 PM »
Up here now moving dirt, clearing brush. Slept in container last night.

Put the toothed bucket on, doesn't hold as much but way easier to load and the teeth smooth rough areas better.

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« Reply #680 on: May 17, 2020, 06:23:02 PM »
Got a lot done this weekend. About half the pad is done, but still much more dirt to move.

Going to extend the pad 25ft north as the building is 100ft long. Border defined though. Looks like I am going to loose a big tree at the n/w corner. Have to cut in almost 6ft there and add that to the s/e end. Trying to use rocky fill for the edges for stability. As powdery as this ground feels, it compacts really well, decomposed granite is great. 

Pics don't do justice to how much dirt I moved. No drone again, it getting finicky. 

Also, dressed up the container some. Think a side door is coming.
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« Reply #681 on: May 17, 2020, 06:57:16 PM »
That's a good amount of dirt moving Jr. I assume roughly half of the slab will be on top of fill and half on virgin ground?
You think it's compacting enough without water?

Too bad it's not closer... I would love to help.
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« Reply #682 on: May 17, 2020, 06:59:53 PM »
That’s some good dirt work for that small skid


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« Reply #683 on: May 17, 2020, 07:04:10 PM »
Supposed to have rain this week and well is in the works.

I cut the n/e corner a little low (below runoff) and need to fill it back in. That could add 12" to the whole slab.

The high corner (n/w) is also in the pic with the bucket (dead center), you can just make out the corner post. That needs almost 9ft removed, plus the grading slope (2/1).
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« Reply #684 on: May 17, 2020, 07:07:01 PM »
That’s some good dirt work for that small skid


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Was all Kubota this weekend with the SS bucket. Tried to find a rhythm so I would travel and turn around less. Learning curve for sure. 
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« Reply #685 on: May 17, 2020, 07:08:18 PM »
Would the box blade be better to travel with material instead of scoopin?


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« Reply #686 on: May 17, 2020, 07:41:06 PM »
Would the box blade be better to travel with material instead of scoopin?


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Nope, I am digging it out and moving it. The s/e fill is almost 6ft high. Using road (rocky) and pad dirt. Box will be great for leveling/smoothing.
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« Reply #687 on: May 17, 2020, 09:28:01 PM »
Jr, what are you using or how are you ensuring what you are digging out is actually level?
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« Reply #688 on: May 17, 2020, 11:56:59 PM »
Ken brings up a really good point on the compaction effort. That is a lot of fill to be laying a slab on without really good compaction.

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« Reply #689 on: May 18, 2020, 12:07:04 AM »
Jr, what are you using or how are you ensuring what you are digging out is actually level?

Just my eyeballs for now. Pretty simple to get it close.

Then I have a rotary green lazer with receiver. Mounted on the poll, its way better than my eyes/but/sense.

For compacting I will water and drive on it lots. Besides my light (6k) machines neighbor has a couple larger ones, even a tracked loader. Plus where the well is going is one of the highest points. If that looks good I should be fine. I will address it with the arch/eng though. I want a solid building!
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« Reply #690 on: May 18, 2020, 07:10:01 AM »
Usually there is a certain amount of fill allowed before compaction , done I’m stages. Something like 4-6 inches, compact, 4-6 inches, compact. Iirc


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« Reply #691 on: May 18, 2020, 07:35:38 AM »
Also a length of time b4 actual building starts will suffice, assuming that depends on rainfall of area
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« Reply #692 on: May 18, 2020, 08:44:20 AM »
Also a length of time b4 actual building starts will suffice, assuming that depends on rainfall of area
Most want a freeze/thaw. And the more cycles the better. Back in the clay basin soil around Clarksville, TN builders were looking for 8-12 cycles (years)
But, I don't know about that sandy soil, never played in except in other countries where I wasn't building anything.
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« Reply #693 on: May 18, 2020, 10:30:41 AM »
Also a length of time b4 actual building starts will suffice, assuming that depends on rainfall of area
Most want a freeze/thaw. And the more cycles the better. Back in the clay basin soil around Clarksville, TN builders were looking for 8-12 cycles (years)
But, I don't know about that sandy soil, never played in except in other countries where I wasn't building anything.

I have heard things like this as well?  but it was said regarding the footings for the foundation not the foundation as a whole?  it was something like if it is undisturbed soil then it can go in at a shallower depth but if it is disturbed soil then they have to dig farther down?
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« Reply #694 on: May 18, 2020, 11:20:00 AM »
I am doing 2 buildings right now in the coastal GA area in sandy conditions and we are having to place 8 inches and the compact and repeat.  On one we had to go deep (almost 7') but on the other it is turndown footings all around and making efforts as to not disturb original soil more than necessary.
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« Reply #695 on: May 18, 2020, 02:12:46 PM »
West side is all cut, some fill near the center, but most near the s/e side. Building will be on the west side of the pad with the living area on the south end.

Footings are required to be 2ft deep on perimeter, looking at a 6in slab with the height/load for the shop. This stuff really compacts well being granite based, not sand/clay. Neighbors pad is solid, but he is on a hilltop.

We get rain on/off all year. Not a lot but some, one reason I was working hard this weekend on it. Supposed to rain some today. Watering galore is coming.
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« Reply #696 on: May 20, 2020, 06:35:58 PM »

Good luck on the compaction effort JR. If your engineer shows up with a compaction test machine you could have a lot of do over to contend with. Not saying you aren't doing a good job, but that is a big slab and building sitting on fill. If you don't have compaction you will end up with cracks and or other problems.


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« Reply #697 on: May 20, 2020, 10:51:16 PM »
You guys bring up good points. Right now I was filling as high as I could. I will layer it more and be sure I am running over it as much as possible before the next layer.

Heck, the dmax weighs more than the tractor does, but I think the skid will compact better with the smaller footprint.

I drove on it last week with the Dmax when I left and it felt good. Sure I sank a little but the more the better now. I would hate to have to do this over again, but thinking the soil makeup is on my side.

Pad will be about 75% on solid ground or little fill.

Keep the feedback up guys!
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Re: My New Land "Raptor Ridge"
« Reply #698 on: May 20, 2020, 10:54:10 PM »
JR, you will have too much invested to take a chance.  Have an engineer check it out.  You can recover from a lot of mistakes but foundations aren’t one of them


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Re: My New Land "Raptor Ridge"
« Reply #699 on: May 20, 2020, 11:19:12 PM »
If you have a couple feet of fill (more I'm guessing) it will take thousands of gallons of water to get it somewhat stable with decent dirt, but even then it won't be completely compacted. Obviously not an expert but do have some experience in this area.

Not trying to be negative, but I bet you'll be able to draw a line where that slab will crack.
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