The Trusses Are Coming!

And they arrived.  What a day.  But, we hit our first snag....here's the story...

They're here!...Barely.
Barely made the turn from the street.
Then barely made our corner.  Taking out those 5 trees made it possible.

 Breezeway trusses.

They'll be turned 90º and sit on the beam and wall in back.
Cantilevering out over the little wall in the foreground.

Existing garage trusses.

Garage trusses in place.

The big 'uns.  These are the first batch for the shop.
Attic trusses for light storage upstairs. (Not approved for habitable space!)

Mid air.

Placed....well, not quite.

Here's the snag...the boom truck has a reach of 80'.  It was out to it's maximum and the trusses were only 1/2 way back...they needed to go all the way to the back.  So...after much debate and a few deep sighs...they were laid down at the front.  The second batch was 'placed' on the ground.  The plan is that we'll need to hire a crane, have them come up the back way and place them, one at a time, from there.  That's when I added the shot(s) of tequila to my pepsi.

So, we are now trying to find a crane that's available.  Actually, we're going to call the Truss Company tomorrow and see if they can bring up just the crane and do it.  We'll pay extra.  

On a lighter note...much lighter, seeing as those big attic trusses weigh 250 pounds each!...we heard tonight that the sky is falling...or at least an old satellite.  Therefore, we will be spending Thursday through Saturday in our new bomb shelter.  Or until it falls to earth.  

Yes, you know when a structure is over engineered when even the Building Inspector calls it a "bomb shelter".  Ooops.  Now all our neighbors will want a piece of the action!  Fine.  Call it a big ugly gray elephant and then try to duck in!  Take a number.

I'll be back tomorrow...maybe.  I may be out shopping for a large crane.  I wonder if there are any on Craig's List?  If you know of one...it needs to have at least an 80' boom...let me know.  We'll have to call Kyle and see if Hillsboro's firefighting heli is available...we're exploring all options.

Gene and Coleen