I'm not going to sugar coat this part of the process. It was hard work. Simple idiot labor, but hard work. We were working against the clock, trying to dig up all the dirt, haul it to the dump and get enough Class 5 rock before 1:00pm on Saturday, when all the stores that sold Class 5 (and took dirt) would close. We wanted to work throughout the weekend.
Steve Zupke, who owns a home just a couple doors down, was mowing and came over to see what the crazy Vandeputtes were doing in their backyard. He offered to help us dig out a couple scoops with his hauler, but more importantly loaned us his truck so we could pick up a yard of Class 5 and have it available after the store had closed. Steve will be our first pizza customer!
Lessons learned:
- We dug the hole deeper than necessary. We miscalculated the depth needed for the hole. Therefore we dug more than needed, we hauled away more dirt than needed, and we had to buy more Class 5 than necessary. Nothing critical, but more work. I got a good tan during the process though.
- The gas powered compacter rocked! The gas powered compactor was a great help. Since we added about 10 inches of Class 5, when we only needed 6, the compactor reduced our work load. Nice.
You'll see from the photos below, our design is taking shape. The oven will be in the middle (approximately 5' x 6'), a gas grill will go to the right, and a counter top will go to the left.
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