Tuesday was a busy day. My brother
Jim brought our tractor with the backhoe on and we used it to remove some earth
from inside the garage. He ran the backhoe and I worked with the shovel and
rake leveling off to final grade. How come I am the guy on the end of a shovel
again? Five hours of moving soil tires one out. Once we got the extra earth out
we brought in the stone we had and leveled it off. We need more stone, but that
will be added by the contractor who pours the floor. Shortly after finishing
with the stone and taking Jim home a truck arrived with 22 squares of shingles.
Attached to the bed of the truck is
a long elevator that delivers the shingles to the roof. The driver loads the
elevator, but you have to provide someone to unload the elevator and place the
shingles on the roof.
Adam had two larger friends over for
his thirteenth birthday and they agreed to help distribute the shingles.
Here they come, ready or not. That
elevator sure saves a lot of work carrying up 66 50 pound packages of shingles
up a ladder. The service cost a little, but it is sure worth every penny.
After the shingles were unloaded,
Jon and I went to work installing the ceiling joists and rafter over the front
entrance.
Each day the project gets closer to
being finished.
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