Good luck with your upcoming surgery Al. I haven’t been through that, yet. But I have several friends that have had it done. These days it’s pretty quick and less painful than it use to be. I don’t think you’re going to have as much downtime as you are anticipating, if everything goes well. I...
If you get a tractor, I would recommend getting forks to fit on the bucket. I used a friends kubota with forks and it worked perfectly! Toolboxes, filing cabinet, shelves and everything in between.
The shop is looking good. The floor finish is outstanding!! Those corner outlets will make interior wall finishing difficult. You may want to space them over a few inches.
I trenched almost 500' in an evening. I picked the machine up at the rental store about 4:00 pm. Came home and ran two trenches (one for water and one for power) had the trencher loaded back on the trailer at 7:30 pm. Returned the trencher the next morning. Cost was minimal and worth every...