House built in 1922 with less than 6 ft ceilings. Dug out 100,000 lbs of material and hauled it off in buckets. Took me about 3 months. Now we have 8ft ceilings. Foundation work handled by professional with proper permits.

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[–] 15 points 3 months ago (8 children)

I have to say, I'd have rigged up an auger or conveyor to carry the dirt outside.

You would have calves of steel after doing all that with buckets.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    They probably already had calves of steel. Now they have cows of brass.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    I had a family memeber that wanted me to do something similar. I ended up just getting started with the bucket thing and got into a groove. There are definitely smarter ways to do this.

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