Third Bent Up

Yesterday was a gray, foggy, rainy day but we managed to get one bent up between the rain drops. It was the first time Caroline saw the tractor boom in action and since there was a little hiccup in the raising of the bent she was concerned for awhile. I managed to move the "curl" on the front loader attachment a bit too quickly and the whole bent sort of bounced up and down for a moment. It all held together and we got it up without a great deal of difficulty.

Today went much smoother though with going to real estate open houses we didn't get over to Waterville until about two o'clock. Having done the bent yesterday we knew the procedure and it went up without a hitch. I think I figured out the proper procedure for lifting at this point so hopefully the rest will go well. Of course every day I think I have things figured out. Never quite do.

We also got the first purlins and girts on to help support things. They are predicting upwards of 40 mile/hour winds tomorrow so it seemed like it would be a good idea to get things as stable as possible. It really is starting to feel like a building with the three bents up.

We're still not exactly sure how we will do a number of things but just seeing what we've gotten up in the last week makes us feel like maybe we can actually do this building thing.

We are going to have a bit of a hold on erection progress since we need to mill more rafters before we can proceed any further. We are hoping to get a couple of more bents ready to go by the weekend. Feel like we are running out of time with the leaves changing color and falling off the trees. Snow is just around the corner. It sure would be nice to get the mill under cover before the snows come.