Wow, I feel like I am getting by cheap with how much I have put into this, I don't think I will break over $15k in materials. Slab around $4.5k is most expensive item followed by insulation of $3k. Heck the wife is helping pay for the part of this pole barn to get built, she has offered to pay someone if I hired them to work with me, I refused though might have to grab someone to help me with the slab after all this will be my first slab pour.
They do make a power screed that can be rented in town, looks to be a one person circus show to use it and comes with different size screed bars. Which at $75 a day is cheaper than paying someone $75 a hour and that doesn't include the hour I would have to pay them to drive out here too.
"IF" I get to that point then it's time to clean house, got 90 plus acres but I still ain't keeping broke down useless machinery around or any other junk as such. Most things get a 90 to 180 day grace depends on the time of the year and it's gone, 99% of stuff here doesn't get here till there is a use for it and rarely does situation change for it need to leave.
I got a 55 gallon drum for that, when it gets full it goes with rest of the scrap metal to the metal recycling, takes over a couple years to fill it up. When it gets full or close to full and the market is peaking I cash in my chips.
Where are these stashes and how can I add them to mine?
Do not try to pour concrete by your self pay for more help than you need . There is no going back if something go's bad. I never was on a job that went wrong but me work to the death attitude saved more than one job.
I am going to haul a min van off this week it was full of treasures i left half of them in it but its hard not to keep some of them. This fall when it cools off i want to clean out my storage trailer i need to get my self ready to let go of some stuff.
