Moving Earth & Shooting

Wassup guys and gals?! For todays post I thought that I would show you what I've been doing all day...WORK!

A couple of weeks ago I installed a French drain around my house and just about worked myself in to the ground...about 6 feet under to be more precise. I was very limited on time and was desperate to get the project finished before hurricane Florence hit my state.

I was able to get the drain system installed in time, but there was still a lot more work that needed to be done like cutting and capping the ends and landscaping. The day I installed the drain, I left the ends just running out of the ground. It didn't hurt anything and wasn't a priority at the time.

Well, I worked a lil too hard and caused an MS attack wich put me out of commission for a while. Today I actually felt well enough to go work on it some before it got too hot.

There was a lot of extra dirt left over that was just mounded on top of the drain, so that needed to be leveled down so I can get it ready for grass sewing. I used this grading blade to level the earth.

This was very effective and required precision and finesse to do it properly. After utilizing the blade as much as I could, I used the front bucket to help smooth out and pack down the dirt.

I was very pleased with the results. I wish that I would have taken a before picture to show you guys because it was a lot of dirt. Here's a picture of one small portion of what I leveled.

My puppy has taken advantage of the very soft dirt by trying to bury his favorite ball. I think it's so cute that he does this. He loves it so much, he doesn't want anything to happen to it 😊

I installed a vent box but still need to dress it up some. I put the blocks around it to keep mud from covering it up until I get everything squared away.

I'm still not 100% yet and I've done about all I'm gonna do today. After relaxing for a couple of hours, I spent some much needed time on the range slinging some lead with a great friend.

I'm wore out, son! Hopefully this will result in a good night of sleep! Thanks for taking a look at my blog, I hope you have a wonderful day!

@bluelightbandit
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