+1 on this.Agreed, Mark.
If only I had the vertical clearance for the 835S. So I do have a question for you: if you were in my shoes, would you cut a big slice off the base of that machine to make it (sorta) fit?
I have also considered cutting a hole in the basement slab, excavating a bit, and pouring a new footing.
+1 on this.
I would cut the floor. It is rather cheap and easy to do if you can find the right helper.Thanks for the input. To be clear, do you mean +1 to cutting down the machine base? Or the floor?
I did email Matt this morning to ask about how the warranty would be affected.
I would cut the floor. It is rather cheap and easy to do if you can find the right helper.
The saw can be rented. Just make sure to locate it correctly before doing it and make it big enough.
Many people pour the extra footing for their heavy equipment, so this is even a normal thing to do.
One thing though, moving to a basement is extremely hard and dangerous. I think way harder then cutting and pouring the floor.
I think you have some soul searching to do on which mill to get.
Also, if I cut my basement floor, I would make sure to make it looks nice enough, that if I sell the house, that part will look natural. Meaning I wouldn't just cut a small square part, or cut it big enough to fit, but small enough to be easily filled it up, or cover it up somehow.
Watch out for plumbing/sewage pipe, but they can definitely be routed to the perimeter of the cut.
If you really do dig down, I'd look into having somebody who knows what they are doing and understands water flow involved.
When I was a kid we lived in a house where the basement had notched into the hillside a bit, and the floor in that one part always got wet in heavy rains, it was quite some distance from an exterior wall too, so just something about how the moisture traveled underground. Looking at it I would never think there would be a water issue to worry about there.