[yankee jigger]

Great pics.......
If i ever won the lottery,id hire your crew to build my house......
and workshop.
Ill be too busy fishing.

[Spike-A-Pike]

Daymon.

Looks like you and the crew are getting it up alright. The only thing about working in the snow like that is how much the job site can change from day to day. As long as nobody forgets to put a saw or nailer undercover before calling it a day, you should be okay. We got blasted by 8 inches on Friday... hope you're on a different weather track, other wise, batten down the hatches, we're in for a blow.

[StoneCoal Tackle]

Hey everyone, I've been having some PC and internet problems and have had very limited access for the past few days, so I haven't been able to update the thread. Thank you all for your interest in this thread and your replies. Hope it continues to be fun for'ya.
So, speaking of problems, here's a pic of "How NOT to dump a load of lumber"


........a little icy that day and it went faster and further than anticipated. That's one of the downfalls of a hilltop lot, gravity only goes one way, DOWN! Took down a small tree in the process!
The view is still nice though!
Outdoor, I know what you mean about working in a plant. I had some health problems a few years ago and was "sentenced" to 2-3 years operating a concrete plant. I've been out of there for 5 years now and when I close my eyes I can still picture my little triangle of sky with a steel brace runing through it. I was glad to have the job when I needed it but don't care if I ever do it again.
Well, hopefully my PC, etc. continues to work and I can get caught up to where we are now on the house.
Later,
daymon

[Spike-A-Pike]

Daymon.
Your "the glass if half full" possitve attitude makes watch this thread grow fun. At least your foot wasn't at the bottom of your test with gravity. People would think that the fresh earth would give you pretty good traction, must have been ice under the load coming off?

Looks like a couple of I-beams and floor joists.. can't figure out what the rust brown item in the upper right is - is the red cedar 4 x 4s or something? Looks like most of our local volcanic ash melted locally. The weather is crazy 20 F one day, 72F today. The forcast is calling for snow again in two days.

Thanks for sharing.
Bruce

[StoneCoal Tackle]

Bruce, the red things are a bundle of "LVL" Microlam beams. These particular ones are 1-3/4" thick by 12" wide and 32 feet long, in other words HEAVY! We are using them for headers above windows and doors and to header off openings and transitions in the floor system.
Here's one as seen against a perfect blue sky...........


.......we've been having some funky back and forth weather too. Here's what the sky looked like the next morning.........




.....and two days later it was GONE



We finally gave up early this day, couldn't keep it swept up fast enough to build anything! And to boot that on Feb. 2, "French Creek Freddie" (our local version of "Pauxatauny Phil") saw his shadow! So that's six more weeks of winter for us! Not to worry though, better days ahead.

[Vodkaman]

You certainly know how to work the camera.

[hazmail]

Yes, great photos, I'm enjoying this, for what it's worth it's about 80F and light rain here. I feel sorry for you guys, it must be freezing on the hammer. pete

[Spike-A-Pike]

Daymon.

At least the senery is never boring. The sun rises and sunsets must look great. Never really did any winter construction, but I did a fair amont of shing shift flightline work in New Mexico almost 30 years ago. When the sun drops and a stiff wind picks it could get cold, and working with jet fuel, oil, hydro, liquid O2, nasty on the fingures. Have tried the chemical hand and toe warmers - those things keep you toasty and last 8 to 12 hours. I used to have an old little johny hand warmer as a kid, burnt a hole in my favorite red hunting hoody as a teenager. Looks like it's coming along. Sunday it was 70F today the high was only 34F and we've got snow in the forecast for later this week. My mom and father-inlaw are both ground hogs, otherwise I'd say lets hunt them into extinction... might not be PC, but speeds up winter??? You know what I mean.

Bruce

[Vodkaman]

The temperature extremes here are 80F low to 100F high. Usually around 85F every day throughout the year. I don't go out in the day unless absolutely necessary. When I return to the UK, my friends expect me to be tanned, milk bottle white am I!

[hazmail]

Good thinking Dave, I am going to spend the rest of my life chipping off the flaking skin of sun damage - symtoms of a mispent youth. pete