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2 October 2013 - Two cabins cormprising 7 pieces were delivered last night to the ranch from Fort
Morgan, where they were assembled over the previous several months. The excavation
by Mark Helton, and the pouring of the foundations by Pat and his crew awaited
them.
74 images  2. A bit of tradtitional housekeeping to start the morning  3. Zach in the cab, all fired up for a long day's work ahead  4. Here comes piece #1  5. the boss - Paul Camillo - all business, all day long  6. the harnesses are readied on Piece #1  7. a peek inside Piece #1  8.  9.  10. Inspectors, rigid enforcers of all OSHA rules and regulations  11. Piece #1 is airborne!  12. piece #1 is swung away so the truck and trailer can back out  13.  14. the accuracy with which the team positioned the pieces - all 7 of them - was extraordinarily high - less than an eighth of an inch out of specs  15. Jen, Dan, Zach, and Clara arrived to see the show. Zach captured some images  16. Here is Piece #2! It runs the full length of the foundation  17. Piece #2  18. Piece #2  19. Piece #2  20. Piece #2  21. Piece #2  23. I went down in the basement to take this view of Piece #2  24. They set it down first on a corner, then swing and coax it into exact position  25. Piece #2  26. this temporary bracket is to anchor a come-along (winch) to snug up side-by-side pieces  27. Zach in his cab  28. the crane rested on four pads, independent of its road suspension  29. ready for piece #3  30. Piece #3  31. Elizabeth (l) and Sam (r) Kirk dropped by watch the process (Jen and Dan in the middle)  32. Piece #3 is aloft!  33. Piece #3  34.  35.  36. Hi Jen! Looking down from the upstairs bedroom  37. kitchen  38. Living room  39. The roof needs to be finished, and the deck built  After lunch, it was on to Lot 3. Michael had arrived to watch the show. 40. Here comes Piece #4  41. Piece #4, viewed across the naked foundation of Lot 3  42. not a bad view from this location, either  43. Piece #4  44. Piece #4  45. Here is Piece #5  46. Piece #5 will be mated to this (Piece #4, just placed)  47. Zach, out of his cab for a moment, viewed through Piece #5  48. Piece #5  49.  50. the first floor is complete with Pieces #4 and #5  51. Here comes Piece #6  55. Piece #6  56. Piece #6  57.  58. Ready for the last piece - #7  59. Piece #7 fits on the back, upstairs  60. here comes Piece #7  61. Piece #7  62. Piece #7  63. Zippy had a busy day  64. A view of both cabins from the National Forest  65. Lot 3, all in place  66. The ranch meadow  67. view from ranch meadow  68. Time to shut down - the crane is put away  69.  70.  71. loading the pads that supported the pneumatic jacks of the crane. Zach on the right, Rama on the left  72. Mitch, the elder statesman of the crew(the self-described most conservative of the otherwise liberal group, politcallly speaking, but no Tea Partier)  73. Rama. He and partner Mitch will be around another month or so, working on the interior finishing. They are two extraordinary people, whom I watched all day, laughing, sweating, swearing, helping, always out in front, working hard in a dangerous environment with multi-ton objects constantly swinging and twisting nearby, like so many others on the teams that Paul Camillo has put together for this extraordinary project.  74. Mitch, Bill, Rama, Ty (Zippy below)  75. Zippy crashed later that evening  76. The next morning at sunrise I confirmed that yesterday was not just a dream  77.  78. Lot 3  79.  |