11.21.2014

Jim went to order our septic tank this morning - it will be delivered Tuesday!  Which means everything has to be ready by then.  So after lunch, Jim went back to digging.  Since the trench is all done for the main sewer line, he concentrated on getting the area for the tank dug.

Reminders from last winter's digging...dirt sicles!  The top couple inches of ground is all frozen so it comes up in chunks.  Plus, because the ground is frozen and there is a little layer of frozen snow on top of that, it's slippery.  The excavator would sometimes slide when Jim was digging, making me incredibly nervous!  Of course, Jim has it under control but it's hard to watch.

After awhile of digging, Jim had to get the Bobcat out and push the dirt out of the way.

To accommodate the tank and all the requirements for stone under and dirt above, Jim has to dig a hole that is approximately 6 feet deep, 6 feet wide, and 11 feet in length! 

And what fun would digging be without a few little rocks?

 

Jim had to use the Bobcat to get some of the big rocks that he dug out of the way.

Making sure that everything is the right depth...

 

 

All finished digging!

 

What all the fashionable people are wearing in New York this year - ha!  (These are Kyle's hand-me-downs!)

 

High 28/Low 13 - breezy and chilly!