It was beautiful this morning, but cold, 31F at 6 AM. The Cement trucks were expected around 10 AM and the crew kept busy touching up the forms and setting boxes for the post footings. The pump truck arrived first & got set up for the day. Logan was here early with 2 truckloads of crushed rock for my basement but they weren't willing to bring it down the hill as far as my flatwork contractor had requested. Logan laid down some rock first, hoping that would prevent the big truck getting stuck. Eventually all four loads were in place for the flatwork crew to spread on Monday.
We received word that the cement trucks were running late so everyone took a break. The trucks showed up and the pour went smoothly until the very end when we got a bulge on the back corner of the garage. Ron quickly wedged a 2x12 plank against it & had his helper "walk the plank" to the top. This forced the form back where it belonged. John had calculated 32 to 33 yards would be required and we ended up ordering 5 yards in the fourth truck. When the last form was filled, we had used almost all of the 35 yards. We dumped the rest in the low corner of the garage.
