No the other van has not been delivered as of yet. I totally agree on the working outside with no cover. While I don't mind doing field work as long as it's not at my own place. It sure would be nice not to have to haul everything out when you start a project then make sure that each and every piece of equipment is rolled up and moved to a shed at the end of the day.
A concrete pad is not going to happen until I get ready to build my shop.
I've used the loader bucket to scrape off about 18 " of the top soil but still have a good 24" more I need to remove before getting down to a hard red clay and coarse sand layer. About 200 yards from where I a have started the excavation if I dig down about 6 feet I can find a suitable base material to fill in and build up the pad area for the building I want to make it about 2 ft above grade. This will mean that my little 6.5 HP duel action compactor is going to be way too small for the job. SO I might decide to take the 2 dozen or so old 10.00/20 truck tires I have that are mounted on Dayton rims. break down 1 side pull the tubes ram them full of dirt replace the ring then build me a roller with a weight box on top to pack the fill down with