Running Rivers, Building Cabins II

[Kathianne]

Brute strength, my friend!

That's where the multiple 20 year old guys come in. I can help do it, and I did, but I paid for it later with my back killing me.... fortunately, Sharon was there to give me a massage & get me back to normal again.

Getting them up to the site wasn't so bad because you can just lift one end and slide it. The hard part is lifting them vertically to get them placed just right in the holes, then you have to lift the entire 1,000# and there isn't much room to grab at that point. With the limited room, I had to replace one of the skinny young guys to get that monster lifted and adjusted... they just didn't have the horsepower to do that one big one. All the others they did, though.

Would that be the skinny kid in the plaid jammie bottoms? My sons both have those flannel bottoms, I think millennials were issued those at birth and I missed them hauling those home! Seriously, they all have like 20 of those!

[NightTrain]

Would that be the skinny kid in the plaid jammie bottoms? My sons both have those flannel bottoms, I think millennials were issued those at birth and I missed them hauling those home! Seriously, they all have like 20 of those!

Nope, I replaced Tate, he's the one that's shirtless in Post #5. The one wearing the plaid jammies is my nephew, Colby... my sister's son, age 15. Really a good kid and a hard worker.

You're right though... the jammie bottoms that the youngsters wear I just don't understand... I've asked them about it and suggested they just go with sweat pants - what's with wearing jammies?

I think it's a fad. And old crusty 45 year olds like me don't get it!

[Kathianne]

Nope, I replaced Tate, he's the one that's shirtless in Post #5. The one wearing the plaid jammies is my nephew, Colby... my sister's son, age 15. Really a good kid and a hard worker.

You're right though... the jammie bottoms that the youngsters wear I just don't understand... I've asked them about it and suggested they just go with sweat pants - what's with wearing jammies?

I think it's a fad. And old crusty 45 year olds like me don't get it!

Well the fad has been around a long time, the 'kids' are in early 30's and I think they've been wearing them longer than your Cody has been in the world! They look comfortable when laying around the house, but working? Yeah, mine would wear them just about anywhere. They've gotten better, around 25.

[Abbey Marie]

Brute strength, my friend!

That's where the multiple 20 year old guys come in. I can help do it, and I did, but I paid for it later with my back killing me.... fortunately, Sharon was there to give me a massage & get me back to normal again.

Getting them up to the site wasn't so bad because you can just lift one end and slide it. The hard part is lifting them vertically to get them placed just right in the holes, then you have to lift the entire 1,000# and there isn't much room to grab at that point. With the limited room, I had to replace one of the skinny young guys to get that monster lifted and adjusted... they just didn't have the horsepower to do that one big one. All the others they did, though.

Gives one big respect for Stonhenge. And how about those Easter Island giant heads?

[NightTrain]

Gives one big respect for Stonhenge. And how about those Easter Island giant heads?

For sure.

We could have just built a tripod over each hole and used a winch with a pulley off the tripod, but that would have been much slower and we didn't have the time for that. When we had 17 people there for a weekend, speed counts... especially when Sunday is pretty much cleanup and go home, so we only really had Friday night and Saturday to do everything.

That was by far the fastest foundation & platform construction yet. Usually it takes 2 or 3 weekends to get to this point in a new building.