Re: 25,000 cubic feet of stone

Wether you could get enough stone to do the job off of your land would
depend on a lot of things. How much stone is there? How big is the lot? We
cant tell from here. A lot of land in areas of PA is almost 100% large
granite rocks on surface. Other areas will be just sandstone below the
topsoil. Given you are spending a pretty penny to build this house you may
want to consider hiring a geologist to survey the land to determine how much
usable rock you may have. They may need to excavate sections count rocks
then extrapolate from there.

If it were me, I would buy the rocks. You can then pick what you want.
Cheapest will be what is available locally. My local stone distributor has a
huge selection and mocked up walls shocasing stone from all around the
country. Pretty impresinve actually. Some can get pricy.

See http://www.rollrock.com/ and pay them a visit if you are close enough.

"deans@xxxxxxxxxx" <William.Deans@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1122329810.440816.211340@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Greetings,
>
> I am looking at building a stone house and guest house which will
> require some 25,000 cubic feet of stone. I would be interested in
> getting the stone off the land the house is built upon if I could do it
> and SAVE money. What are my options here? What equipment do I need?
> What are the pitfalls? How long will this take me (after all, I could
> just have the stone delivered). I am willing to go the extra mile on
> this. If I need to purchase and later sell a $40,000 piece of
> equipment that is no problem so long as the total cost is markedly less
> than just purchasing the stone. Any advice you can give me would be
> helpful (other than use stone veneer).
>
> Thank you very much for your time and energy,
> William
>


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