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Fatjay

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I called my contractor to have him build me a new garage. He convinced me to do the excavation myself including the footer. "How hard can it be, it's just a hole" he said.

So I bought a 24" bucket to replace the 8" bucket and got to work. The machine held up very well and about 3 hours I had the first leg 44' long. Mostly clay and large rocks. But it powered through.

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Nice job. You going to fill that trench with rebar and concrete? If so, geez, what kind of garage are you building in/on that (beautiful) "Sandy Loam"
looking soil? You ought to see my Houston Black Clay that "would "require that kind of footer/beam to support any kind of load along with piers for when
the clay shrinks in the summer and swells in the winter. We had a new standpipe and pumping system installed on our community water system, due to
growth, and the PE writing up the specs stated that the soil was "Unfit for dwellings and roadways". He was right on.
 
Garage is 24'x44' and 35' high, first floor is 12' with 1' LVL joists then 8' with 1' LVL joists then 8' with 5-12 roof. Concrete and rebar going into the footer with a 6' pad throughout. 2 car lifts with workshop. Metal working on the second floor plus my office. 3rd floor is storage. A 5'x8' elevator will go between the floors so there's no lugging heavy things up stairs.
 
Yes, I meant 6" for the pad. 12" for the footer, then block.

Got a lot more done, the front leg was filled with huge rocks. Really slowed me down. Right leg I couldn't get lined up to save my life, kept having to adjust. Managed to get the job done though.

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