Thanks for all the great help. I took the box blade and made a small hole about a week ago at the proposed site. Its had a little over one inch of rain on it. Seems to be holding pretty good I guess. Met with NRCS this past Wed and he said they dont do soil test but the Health Dept that does septic tanks probably would. He said from just looking at the runoff and feeling the dirt that it looks like we shouldnt have any trouble at all. He did stress the importance of a well constructed core trench. I mentioned to him about incorporating Bentonite to the dirt when building and he said that if I was going to consider that, then he recommended calling the local coop and ask about a load of soda ash. Thanks
