Barn Raising - Part 2
Special Delivery - 1 barn, some assembly required
The barn parts arrived on a flatbed truck about two weeks before the actual
barn-raising. There was some consternation and confusion about the
actual delivery. Due to some miscommunications, it was not delivered
until a week after we originally expected it would be. On top of
that, the truck driver had a bit of a hard time finding us. Thank
heaven for cellphones so we could all eventually rendezvous at the proper
location.
There was also some concern about offloading procedure. Originally,
I stated that I'd have a front-end loader available for doing the
offloading. Then my equipment broke down. When I informed the
shipper of this, he said "Well, you'd better have a crew... the driver
is an older fellow who probably can't be much help". That was an
understatement! The driver was 69 years old, unshaven, asthmatic,
and a chain-smoker (to his credit, he was a colorful fellow with
interesting stories to tell too!). Fortunately, I'd managed to line
up a couple of helpers, and my buddy Neil (bless him!) was able to bring
his tractor down to do the deed. We let the driver unbundle
the load and we did the rest with reasonable dispatch.
There it is! One barn, some assembly required. The
truss piecees are in the foreground. The wrapped pile just to the
left of them in front is the lumber. The crate to the right of the
trusses is all the assembly hardware. Behind the crate are the endwall
columns. On top of the blue-tarped pile is all the sheathing.
The blue-tarped pile and the big wrapped pile in the background are not
part of the kit.
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