Some photos from today. A good weather day, particularly for early December. Mostly sunny (it has been a very wet fall) and temperatures in the mid 30s.
The biggest project today was getting the Pavilion trusses and lumber unloaded today, to get the trusses stored for the winter and free up the trailer to pick up the dairy car from Wiscasset. Here's how the trailer looked around 10 a.m. today.
Eric Schade accepted the challenge to prepare an area next to the wooden guardrail post piles to store the trusses for the winter. Here Eric is leveling the ground to set blocks shortly after 10 a.m.
Two large wood beams, spaced 30 feet apart were then placed on the blocks Eric had set. Eric then built an A-frame support to hold the trusses vertical as they were placed for storage. This view is a little after 11 a.m. -- about an hour after the prior photo.
Shortly after 11 a.m., Brendan Barry used the forklift to take off the lumber loaded atop the trusses from the trailer.
After lunch, Brendan used the forklift to pick up the first set of 21 trusses from the trailer. Time is 12.21 p.m.
Strapping Fred Morse cut 160 6-inch pieces of strapping today to space the stored trusses apart so they will dry out between storms this winter. Brendan is seen installing a piece of strapping at 12.26 p.m.
The strapping piece installed.
The first few trusses have been placed vertically in storage at 1.03 p.m.
An hour and 20 minutes later, a view on progress. Mike Fox (left) added cross-straps for stability to the trusses as worked progressed.
By 3.15 p.m., all 41 trusses had been placed, and other pavilion lumber was placed in storage underneath. Dave looks on in amazement.
The empty trailer, with (left to right) James Patten, Dave Buczkowski, Mike Fox and Zack Wyllie. We had as many as eight working on the truss storage as the day progressed.
In the morning, as site preparation work was underway by Eric for truss storage, Mike took pieces of Casey apart to address a few hydraulic leaks. First was the front to get at a hydraulic motor leak.
Followed by the horizontal right piston for the blade.
Alan Downey has been leading the effort to re-arrangement machinery in the shop building and install crane rail in bay 1. In the morning, Brendan assisted by cutting away sheathing between the original bay 1 and its extension to make room a crane rail, as Alan looks on.
Meanwhile, we ran a charter train today. In the morning, Gordon Cook and Eric Schade chat as #9 was prepared for the day.