The leveling was the most physical and time consuming part for us due to having to take down some woods to enlarge the area some, build up our low/wet area with Class 5, compacting, and getting it all level, etc. All of the tractors, loaders, etc belong to us and we own some gravel pits and areas with some fill so that made it cheap to do, but still a lot of hard work. The Class 5 was trucked in and the plate compactor was rented. I'm sure I made life tough for DH because I was after him to check level every 5 mins throughout the entire install and make adjustments accordingly - if you don't work well with your co-builder (read spouse) in situations that require specific attention to detail then this isn't the job for you either. There is no rushing or shortcuts unless you want problems later.

Our liner went in so well we thought something must be wrong - we were just lucky and also had researched and gotten good advice - this was our first JHook liner and we weren't sure how well that would go. Overlaps are easier but this wasn't hard either. Good prep and taking our time made all the difference.