Digger Drama

There are plenty of reasons why I shouldn't back a trailer. I think the guy at the trade store saw and understood them and unhitched his trailer before I jackknifed it into the wall, clever man. I can, however, make the seemingly repetitive and endless digging of diggers into something a little more fun (with a bit of help from my friends). So because some of you requested more photos, I thought I'd go one better and make a wee video of the first week on site. I don't want to jinx anything by saying it went really well, but we didn't accidentally dig up an endangered species or a network of secret caves, so I'm happy.
One thing that was unexpected was that the great mound of dirt we'd been lead to expect, wasn't nearly as massive as everyone thought it would be. I guess that's a good thing? And perhaps because of the consistency of said dirt, we've needed to get a compactor in too...more boys toys...thank goodness we're paying for these puppies by the hour so the digger can sit still while this baby gets rolling and we don't get charged for it! For us that works very well as Our Man Of Diggers - Adam, can jump on and off the different boys toys and our budget doesn't go down the gurgler...well not more than it was going to anyway. For others it might work out better to hire a compactor for a set number of days, but because we'll need it again for the driveway and there is a $400 delivery fee, this works out better for us, just more things to consider when you're putting your budget together. Anyway, hope you enjoy the video. If you do I'll try and do a few more.