I had a heart to heart with one of our stone suppliers - he says he can quarry some stones that will be 2-3' wide, 12" thick, 9-10' tall. We walked through his formula for weight and they came out to be around 3,000 pounds (limestone). Heck, my skidder can lift 3,500, so I'm back in the game.
And yes, time is money, but I can't tell you how much I love installing BIG things. We had to manhandle some Sienna coping units today to make a staircase. Down a steep slope, wheelbarrow access only. I had a blast.
I dunno what it is, but it's like I've had a few drinks when I'm working with big stones - happy, joking, a bit goofy even. I say all this because I
really want to install these stones. I don't want to watch someone else do it. I don't care if we lose money doing this portion - we'll make it up elsewhere. This is a part of the job that makes it a real blast.
You don't want me to not have fun, do you?
The quarry is going to select some stones for me to look at next week, to see if they have the look I'm after.