For those of you who haven't been out to our house lately you may not know that we have been dealing with a pretty major landslide off the side of the dam of the lake. The one we live on and drive across everday. Made for an exciting trip with the snow & ice last week. It started sliding one night in Sept. when we had a ton of rain. At first it just cracked and slid about 4-5 inches, then 8, then stopped at about 18 inches.
Anyway, we've had one excavating company come out and rework all the soil, knock down the trees and add dirt to the slide, to which that very next day, in the rain, I planted the entire side of the dam w/grass seed. The grass came up beautifully all thru October. Then we had a bunch more rain, and another crack, and another slide...a big one. So for the past 2 months we've been driving past a 5 foot cliff everyday. Oh yeah, did I mention we now have 3 teen drivers?
So after consulting another man that deals w/slides, he recommended we get concrete scrap slabs hauled in and dumped over the side. We called the trucking company and they said they'd call us as soon as they locate the concrete. Yay!
Then, I get a call today, while I'm in Peoria that they are on their way out w/a couple of loads and they are not sure if they can dump it off the side. So David & I rush home to find that they were successful in dumping the first load off the side but just barely. The second load ended up in the middle of the drive. So at 5:30 tonight my amazing husband and I moved about 16 tons of scrap concrete by HAND off of our road. Some of the slabs David moved had to weigh at least 300lbs. This is the reason I don't join a gym to "work out".
Tomorrow they are supposed to come w/4 more loads so that should be fun. I think we may need a skidsteer.
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