Excavating and receiving my 12'x24' this weekend. I'm Ready!... I hope

[NWMNMom]

Wow, that does look like hard work. You are going to appreciate your pool more than you know once it is done. We used a lot of our farm equipment to move and level - doing it by hand deserves kudos, I don't think I could have done that! How wide is the area you are digging out? Make sure you have enough around the sides cleared as well (appx 2' all around)

[zephans]

Well, I lost another 4 hours to digging out edges because I only dug out 14'x26 (extra 12" all around). I didn't pre-measure where the towers would align compared to my existing deck posts. Turns out the towers line up perfectly which means I had to stay farther away from the deck than I originally planned. Ugh.

Good news is there have been only minor showers and not too hot for construction. Bad news is we are just starting construction. (I'll open new thread for construction as excavation is officially done.)