Dometastic

Our newest piece of construction equipment has arrived! A 2013 Bobcat T590 track loader. This little powerhouse will allow us to do the bulk of our site work while doubling as a tractor for the farm. It has high flow hydraulics so we can get all the same attachments available for a tractor. They make everything from brush hogs to snow blowers for them. For now we just have the forks and bucket. We had some trouble getting financing for it (they usually only finance to businesses not "regular" people) but it all worked out in the end. We just have to carry insurance on it as if it were a new car. Some people have cool cars....we have construction equipment. Unlike our excavator, this is a modern machine with low hours so we hope we won't need to repair it during the build. Mr. Dometastic has put it straight to work spreading deliveries of base gravel that replace all that top soil we removed. HERE is a link to the Dometastic facebook page to see a video clip of him...

So instead of getting rid of machinery, it is multiplying like bunnies. We pulled our zoning and barn permits! Gearing up for some actual work we need direct access to our property that big trucks can drive on. We bit the bullet and rented the modern version of our excavator and are in the process of buying a tracked skid steer. This all happened in a week! Mr. Dometastic has just claimed his "King of the Sandbox" title. He is no longer sad. Now he has new toys to play with. This excavator has a grapple bucket, air conditioning and even a back up camera! He had it for 4 hours and all the huge stumps were out! It just tore through them! He is giddy with his sandbox experience. These stumps are HUGE. I should have taken the photos with the excavator as size reference in the photos. Watch a little video clip HERE on my Dometastic Facebook page to see Mr. Dometastic pick up the huge stumps. Next to the 30+ ton excavator they still look big! In just a ...