Well this year was pretty sad for the Memorial season. We cut 489 stones since Feb 25. We got a late start because it was so cold we could not get any granite delivered. Then we got 3 to 4 trucks a week up to last week. Each truck had at least 20,000 lbs. Now with 489 stones cut you would think we were busy. We were not. The problem lies in that the population is not spending any money so they buy small stones. Mainly 2 x 1 foot and 4 inches thick which goes flat in the ground. We can knock out 20 of these a day. Then the people who do spend a little more, get 2 foot monuments or slant markers. At least 85% of everything we cut so far was only 2 foot long. A 3 foot by 20 inch by 6 inch monument on a base piece used to be our bread and butter unit. Those go for $2,000 to $4,000 depending on what color and what you get on it. The 2 footers go from $600 to $1400. I only cut 6 feature units this year so far, thats 5 foot or bigger. One was 9 foot.
But it is over, and I had to cut one inscription this morning, our only emergency cut... Usually this whole week was emergency cuts and I would be here til 8 or 9 even 1 am a few times. But I got my bonus in hand and my paycheck for 60 hours and I am done for 3 whole days.
