Excavator one step closer.

I stopped by Barry's after work yesterday.  We got the cylinder all reassembled and when I got home I put it back on.  

 

I watched a few videos first, it didn't look like I needed to do anything special to bleed the air out, so I went to fire it up, and sure enough, the battery was toast.  

Kind of a shame, the ditch was almost dry (it was dry enough to dig) and I awoke to the patter of rain today.  

The battery on the excavator is kind of a pain to get to, but with any luck I can get the battery charger on it this weekend.  I went and looked at Barry's pile of fill, and it wasn't nearly as large as I recall.  I will need to go and look at cost of rock though, I will need to buy fill, likely regardless of which route I go with the deck vs patio.

 

Available Projects and annual tasks:

• Dunks and bug repellent.
• Clean up yard
• Take scrap metal away
• Finish cleanup on the pile in the back 
• Do something with the trailer.
• Fix excavator
  
• Finish drainage
• Build deck
• Push back trees
• Install concrete pilings
• Install landscape fabric and gravel underneath
• Build frame
• Lay decking
  
• Set up hot tub and pool
• Build insulated platform for hot tub
• Put down pool sand to level spot for pool
• Get water delivered for both
  
• Fix mowers and equipment
• Get tractor serviced
• Build travel station for CR-V/prep CR-V for travel
  
• Move carport
• Build the roof extension over to the rocks
• Fix front stairs 
• Test travel options (rent u-haul and test that, rent trailer and test that)
• Install storm doors
• Build overhangs for windows
• Insulate the water lines
  
• Front yard drainage
• Fix snowblowers (broken grease fitting on big snowblower, gas leak on small one)
  
• Gravel/hardpack driveway
• Fix grade to the shed
• Level a spot for a lean-to up the hill
• Build a small lean-to for off-season equipment
• Make shed mouse-tight 
• Create walking trails (put up markers, maybe put down some gravel).
• Clear and level a spot for orchard
• Build a bridge over the creek
• Build a gazebo or something on the other side