Machinery before labor

At the height of our artistic piles, intended pun, we eventually moved 52 dump truck loads of dirt - technically clay, but a pile of dirt. Yes, 52 loads in one weekend! (I have very kind and tolerant neighbors, thank you very much.) Here is the picture of the pile before it was removed, and another with the biggest rental tool I've ever had. My only concern was "Don't hit the house!"

It was very difficult to schedule the truckers when they have had an equally hard year with the rains affecting their normal routine. So the 52 load weekend began early one Sunday morning with 4 trucks coming and going in 15 minute intervals.

Amazingly, everything was better than I imagined. Our lot was clear, mostly flat, and ready for the next phase. Another rental and this one digs ditches. Do I have a lot of ditches to dig!