[cornerstone]

I made some progress today. I started with cleaning the site of obvious trash, and moving the storage box full of truck parts to the center of where the building will be. Initially I thought I could work around it if I shoved it to the center of the space. Again, I plan to pour the floor later and just need enough space to dig out the holes for the piers on the sides and corners. I soon realized how much better it would be to move it totally out of the way. I used my tractor to pull and push the thing around and eventually got it clear of the future shop area. I plan to set the stakes back in the corners and use a laser level and mark on the stakes to see how far off I am from level. I did the cut by eye several years ago and I know its not level enough since it tends to hold water in the back corners.

After I raked the area I tried to use the front loader to clean up the corners where dirt had fallen from the walls, and place it where it looked like it was low. I was only able to get one bucket of dirt before the seals on both hydraulic cylinders let loose and sprayed oil at least 6 feet. It really had some serious high pressure to spray like it did. So now I need to get that taken care of before I can get much more work done.