Baymule’s Journal

[Baymule]

I was thinking about a skyboom. I just don’t see any other way to do that. I have a friend who was a contractor, he can offer advice. He still does some work, keeping the bills paid, I’m going to talk to him.

 

[farmerjan]

Agree to ask the friend contractor. In order to keep the trusses from getting twisted and messed up, you will have to use something that can lift them off... It will cost some, but will give you a nice building for alot less than buying all new... and to not get them messed up so they go back on to make the roof square.

 

[Ridgetop]

Maybe Layne can hire a skyboom and help you with it.

 

[Weldman]

Hook the trust at the peak with excavator/sky boom with little tension, cut the brace lift it up move it to the ground and slowly let it down and repeat. If you can get a spreader bar to share the weight on each side of the chords it will be better and less stress. Be nice to see pictures of what you are up against.

 

[SageHill]

Guessing that you’ve got a trailer long enough to transport them.
When building this house - not an easily accessible location for big stuff - our trusses were unloaded 1/2 mile away. Bringing them up a few at a time the second to the last load tipped - fell on the trailer we were living in. No one hurt, trusses were usable. But they can be “fun”
to maneuver around. Watch out for the turn into the driveway.

 

[Baymule]

Maybe Layne can hire a skyboom and help you with it.

I fully intend to have Layne do just that.

Hook the trust at the peak with excavator/sky boom with little tension, cut the brace lift it up move it to the ground and slowly let it down and repeat. If you can get a spreader bar to share the weight on each side of the chords it will be better and less stress. Be nice to see pictures of what you are up against.

I’ll get pictures and dimensions.

Watch out for the turn into the driveway.

A very narrow 90 degree turn into the driveway and long trailers are precisely why I had 30 more feet of culvert added to the existing culvert.

 

[SageHill]

I fully intend to have Layne do just that.



I’ll get pictures and dimensions.



A very narrow 90 degree turn into the driveway and long trailers are precisely why I had 30 more feet of culvert added to the existing culvert.

We had the 90 degree tight turn, and put in a 45 degree cut off so the bigger things could get to the house pad. That cut off is now where the barn is. Sounds like you’ll be ok - but just because.

 

[Baymule]

Another exciting day here at Bent Road Ranch!
Morning news said a storm was coming. So I left early for the feed store, 1 hour away. By the time I got there, got loaded and filled up the fuel tank and got back home, it was 10:00. I fed screaming bottle babies and fixed myself some breakfast. Unloaded feed, 20 bags, I put mine in metal trash cans to keep mice out. Also got 10 bags for neighbor Chase. It was getting dark, wind blowing and sprinkling. I put Chase’s 10 bags in the storage building with doors that doesn’t leak.

The storm hit with winds up to 75 MPH. Friends were in Crockett and said it got so dark, the streetlights came on. Power went off at 12:30 and is still off. Trees are down all over the place.

I had not one, but two trees fall across the driveway! Hit both fences. Neighbors came over to cut and clear the mess. Bennett and Peggy came, other neighbors stopped to help. Chainsaws going, Bennett pushed the tree mess out in the field. I cut the fence, pulled up 2 T-posts and rolled wire back. I had closed up sheep and dogs in the night pens, so they couldn’t crawl through the branches and over the mashed fence.

It took hours, but we got it done. Patched cut in fence, it will need replacing, but is ok for now.

And an even bigger storm is rolling on tonight!

 

[Mike CHS]

It's always great to have good neighbors.

 

[Margali]

Glad everyone was okay! No nearly exciting over here. Plant did loose one leg of the 3 phase power and internet. But the office trailers were on other incoming feed so I still had to work.