A foundation in insanity?

[avocadofarmer]

Thanks for the input, gents. I ended up buying a big backhoe for other farm operations and shouldn't have a problem digging down to a depth of 20' to find soild ground to place a cement plug and support post. That should drastically reduce the size of the beam needed as well as the need for an engineer. I've been farming too long and have seen too many engineering types tell me I can't do something, I know better now!

Unfortunately I'm quite strapped for time and will only be able to do this with my free time, so pics will be quite slow. Just too cool of a spot, should be a fun build!

And for fun, here is a pic of the coolest thing I've ever owned.