12-01-2004, 04:52 PM
Nate,
Glad you are enjoying; this is only worth cataloging if people let me know they are interested...
Rock is sold by the ton. We got a deal on the base (called six inch minus) at $8.50 a ton (usually 10) and are paying $10 a ton for the smaller surface rock (called two inch minus). So far, for a 600 ft drive we have spent $13,500 and we aren't finished yet. This is a little more than it should be for rock but I have such a deal on labor it evens out. Besides, I have gone deeply into the property with a winding road style driveway that is at minimum 15 to 18 feet wide. It is rather deep i8n rock but N Glenwood is blessed with 9 feet deep soil which makes for sinking if you don't go deep enough with the rock... if the mud oozes up you have a mess with trucks.
Hollow Tile, which in CA we call Cinder Block is't anything I have priced yet. I am holding out for Home Depot to arrive as I know it will lower prices all around. Home Depot is due to open by the end of December if they come in on schedule. We won't begin building until about March so this works for us.
Where are you? On the Big Island? Hilo Side? Email me and let's get you over to see the project. It's a hoot. The rain the last two days has messed up our schedule and it will end up costing me another $800 for the tractor rental but it turns out the farm style tractor I bought won't do the road; had to have tracks. This rental would cost $60,000 to purchase so I have no regrets getting what I got at $18,000 and renting this one for the road. It's not really that bad; always rent by the week, not the day. It just works out a way better price because of delays and stuff.
I have an appointment tomorrow to price out fruit trees at Plant it Hawaii. They only sell wholesale but my new neighbor has a GE license for me to use. gotta love the communal, Aloha spirit I have found.
I have an email from the Kurtistown palm company to go price palms too. Will call them for an appt soon.
All in all it is going well. Everything costs more than we wish it would but we must remember that efficiency and paradise just don't go together. Give yourself plenty of wiggle room and take things one step at a time. It all works out ove rtime. Take a deep breath and enjoy!
Pam
May you live in interesting times.
Glad you are enjoying; this is only worth cataloging if people let me know they are interested...
Rock is sold by the ton. We got a deal on the base (called six inch minus) at $8.50 a ton (usually 10) and are paying $10 a ton for the smaller surface rock (called two inch minus). So far, for a 600 ft drive we have spent $13,500 and we aren't finished yet. This is a little more than it should be for rock but I have such a deal on labor it evens out. Besides, I have gone deeply into the property with a winding road style driveway that is at minimum 15 to 18 feet wide. It is rather deep i8n rock but N Glenwood is blessed with 9 feet deep soil which makes for sinking if you don't go deep enough with the rock... if the mud oozes up you have a mess with trucks.
Hollow Tile, which in CA we call Cinder Block is't anything I have priced yet. I am holding out for Home Depot to arrive as I know it will lower prices all around. Home Depot is due to open by the end of December if they come in on schedule. We won't begin building until about March so this works for us.
Where are you? On the Big Island? Hilo Side? Email me and let's get you over to see the project. It's a hoot. The rain the last two days has messed up our schedule and it will end up costing me another $800 for the tractor rental but it turns out the farm style tractor I bought won't do the road; had to have tracks. This rental would cost $60,000 to purchase so I have no regrets getting what I got at $18,000 and renting this one for the road. It's not really that bad; always rent by the week, not the day. It just works out a way better price because of delays and stuff.
I have an appointment tomorrow to price out fruit trees at Plant it Hawaii. They only sell wholesale but my new neighbor has a GE license for me to use. gotta love the communal, Aloha spirit I have found.
I have an email from the Kurtistown palm company to go price palms too. Will call them for an appt soon.
All in all it is going well. Everything costs more than we wish it would but we must remember that efficiency and paradise just don't go together. Give yourself plenty of wiggle room and take things one step at a time. It all works out ove rtime. Take a deep breath and enjoy!
Pam
May you live in interesting times.
I want to be the kind of woman that, when my feet
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"