We Have Block!

We Have Block!

They are starting on the foundation this week. The block was delivered today.

Two trucks full of block
Two trucks full of block

Two trucks full of block. Wow! By the time I got down there, some of the block had already been unloaded.

Pallet after pallet of block
Pallet after pallet of block
He has been working for Cason Supply for 30 years!
He has been working for Cason Supply for 30 years!
Another pallet of block
Another pallet of block
Sweeping up to keep the road clear as they go
Sweeping up to keep the road clear as they go

They cleaned up everything that got tracked from the muddy driveway.

A pallet of supplies to lay the block
A pallet of supplies to lay the block

They also delivered other supplies.

The last pallet of block!
The last pallet!

The last pallet! (The rest of the supplies on the other truck go to another job site.)

Lining up the fork lift to the truck
Lining up the fork lift to the truck

He lined the forks up to slots in the truck.

Lifting the lift
Lifting the lift

Once the forks were in, he lowered them, lifting the forklift.

Locking the fork lift in
Locking the fork lift in

Then the driver lined up the forklift and poked the forks into slots in the back of one of the trucks. They used the forks to raise the lift. Then they locked it in place.

This is what was delivered.

Two pallets and a pile of sand
Two pallets and a pile of sand

Two pallets of blue wrapped things and a big pile of sand.

A LOT of block!
A LOT of block!

I can’t believe how much block! Two trucks full and all for us!

Cliff counting block
Cliff counting block

Cliff counted the block. We think we have 20 pallets. We lost count. A lot.  Cliff thinks it is 15 blocks per layer, 6 layers. So, 90 blocks per pallet. Twenty pallets makes it 1800 block. Wow!

Only one broken block!
Only one broken block!

It looks like only one block is broken. They always need a half block for something. This one is ready to go.

Anchor bolts
Anchor bolts
Looks like it says mason something. Gotta be the mortar.
Looks like it says mason something. Gotta be the mortar.

I didn’t unwrap the blue wrapped things. (I wanted to, but I was afraid it would rain… Cliff was there. He probably woulda stopped me.) I moved the plastic around so I could see through it.

We have anchor bolts. That is the top box. The rest say mason something. Gotta be the mortar.

Gravel pile
Gravel pile

This is the pile of gravel I have been standing on to get all of the photos from a high perspective. It is left from the footers.

Last week it rained and snowed again.

The walls above the footers have caved in just a little.
The walls above the footers have caved in just a little.

This is the worst of it. Some of the walls above the footers have caved in. But not much. Lay that block and I don’t have to care.

The “well” wall caved in.
The “well” wall caved in.

Also the “well” wall caved in, taking the fabric with it. I’m sure they have some kind of plan.

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