Barn Raising - Day 2

Yet another awesome day for the barn raising. The weather was perfect and all the workers were diligent. In the morning, the boys put in tee posts for about 700 feet of fence while a good buddy and I measured and marked all of the posts level with the lowest post using a garden hose water level. This task turned out to be a bit tedious and slow, but the end result was level posts and with that I am very satisfied. The first family from the Georgia crew arrived around 1:00 pm and we took a lunch break. After lunch, the dad and son from Georgia, began work excavating a conduit I had buried to deliver power to the barn. We're expecting a bit of a challenge pulling the wire to the barn location from the house - more on that at another time.

We finished the day by tying the posts on each side together with 2x8 boards in order to maintain proper spacing and add some stability to the structure. The picture for day 2 doesn't quite capture the labor involved, but we hope to have the trusses set by the close of tomorrow.

Keith