The crane operator arrived on Thursday morning. The plan was to spend a few hours grading a pad for the crane to sit and then about 3 hours moving logs to each side of the house. He started grading and after an hour or so started expressing second thoughts that the crane could get up there. This wasn't what we wanted to hear after already spending the money to grade this far. But, he kept digging (longer than planned) and eventually felt confident that the crane could do the job. Unfortunately, it wouldn't be that day as we'd hoped but he was to return the next morning. Jeff's buddy Steve Ludwig had driven from LA to help with the crane work and I had left Brooke with a babysitter, but we all got off easy that day.
So, the next morning Jeff met the crane guy and his helper at the property. I was there to take pics, but owtherwise Jeff was on his own. Fortunately, the crane drove up the hill without any problem and didn't waste any time moving one log after another up the hill.
As you can imagine, it was an exciting sight to see this huge piece of machinery do its work.
Jeff and the crane operator stayed busy handling the logs and sawing them to length.
The also used the crane to stack one course of logs.
It was a long, tough day and each log was a challenge to get placed securely. But, at the end of the day, they moved 18 logs up to the house site and stacked several.
It was a lot to accomplish and would now hopefully speed up the log stacking progress, there is still a lot to do before the snow flies.
So, the next morning Jeff met the crane guy and his helper at the property. I was there to take pics, but owtherwise Jeff was on his own. Fortunately, the crane drove up the hill without any problem and didn't waste any time moving one log after another up the hill.
As you can imagine, it was an exciting sight to see this huge piece of machinery do its work.
Jeff and the crane operator stayed busy handling the logs and sawing them to length.
The also used the crane to stack one course of logs.
It was a long, tough day and each log was a challenge to get placed securely. But, at the end of the day, they moved 18 logs up to the house site and stacked several.
It was a lot to accomplish and would now hopefully speed up the log stacking progress, there is still a lot to do before the snow flies.
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