Got the shop building started at 7:30 Friday morning! They tried to back the truck into the site, but could not handle the turn.
They ended up unloading the trusses at the bend, transferring the other lumber to the boom truck to unload at the site.
Using the concrete retaining wall as a guide, they got things squared up and started setting poles...big (6x6), tall poles. Some mounted on the concrete wall, but most were set in the ground.
They got all the poles set except for the middle 3 on the wall. They want to place them after all the others are set and braced.
Here is how things looked at the end of Friday. Man, this going to be a BIG building
(reminder - 40x70x14 building with 12x70 porch.)
A small crew showed up on Sat and they were able to prep, move the trusses to the site, and actually set one truss.
I was surprised that the bobcat could move the larger truss with the pipe boom, but it got the job done. (I need one of those boom thingys for my tractor
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The smaller crews and larger building seems to be going slow compared to the tractor shed, but I was busy with other things while they were working. It was a beautiful Fall day with blue sky and lots of colors in the trees.
I had to dig out some of my trenches due to the heavy rains last week but made some progress on water pipes.
Also, my daughter stopped by for a visit and took some pictures of the fence install.
That's me trying to hold up the bottom rail with one foot while getting the top rail in the slot. The LOML considers this one of my "better" tricks
Then I took a photo of her with her pug named "Nugget".They stayed a while and got to see a great sunset.
I will continue working on irrigation install on Sunday, and the building crew will be back on Monday. Everything is prepped, so I expect most (if not all) trusses will be set on Monday.
BART - the wife likes the idea of spraying the fence with the Cetol product. Looks like I need to buy a compressor, sprayer, and generator to be able to support the effort. I need suggestions on what size/type of equipment to purchase so I can use it in the shop for finishing. Can I use the same sprayer for both, or do they have completely different requirements? What about a compressor?
Hmmm...maybe a new thread to discuss sprayer options?