We started clearing the site over the winter of 1997/1998, cutting about fifteen trees and stacking the firewood. And then re-stacking it and re-stacking it again, and probably once more, as we had a knack for putting it exactly where we'd soon need to place a trailer or large piece of equipment.
The heaviest equipment was a track-hoe that carved a notch into the mountain to give us a building pad.
Even that wasn't sufficient when we hit granite, and we had to bring in a rock breaker to clean things up enough for the footer. $250/hour for that one!
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