Thread: Ongoing Tornado Repairs

Darn, that’s a shame. Lots of time and energy went into that greenhouse for a storm to destroy it. I was excited to see its growing potential this next year. Sounds like the side yard will be nice and very sturdy.

You're gonna be ready for any future storms. It'll be stronger than what we call a "brick poop house", "strong like bull".

Got up this morning and laid out the locations of the posts. The one in the corner won't be all the way into the corner. This will let me drill the hole with the machine. The holes are deeper than the post hole digger handles.



I put a 2ft extension on the 12in Auger bit so I could punch a 6ft hole. Seems my concerns about uplift were overrated as these posts are very heavy, will be very deep, and cemented in with a high pressure concrete.



Using a lifting strap and a extension boom on my Bobcat I put these timbers into the holes.



Now I have to trim the tops to fit using my work platform, same one I was picking blueberries on, then brace in place before cementing.

Gonna be a solid structure no doubt.

Great work

You have too much fun with your toys!

Originally Posted by BuckeyeCrappie

You have too much fun with your toys!

I'm a beat up laborer this evening. Had to pull 2 of the posts several times and dig the holes on my knees with a post hole shovel to align the post bases on 2 posts, I had to throw the digger into the bottom of the hole (handles were below grade) twist the tip tops of the handles to break out a little bite at a time, lift only one handle so the mud would stay in the digger blades and not fall out on the way up. Had to get on the platform to trim 2 of the tops, 6 bags of gravel and 20 bags of cement later, numerous times twisting the posts to align with a strap wrench. Then the clean up. Just beat up.

Originally Posted by Rojo

I'm a beat up laborer this evening. Had to pull 2 of the posts several times and dig the holes on my knees with a post hole shovel to align the post bases on 2 posts, I had to throw the digger into the bottom of the hole (handles were below grade) twist the tip tops of the handles to break out a little bite at a time, lift only one handle so the mud would stay in the digger blades and not fall out on the way up. Had to get on the platform to trim 2 of the tops, 6 bags of gravel and 20 bags of cement later, numerous times twisting the posts to align with a strap wrench. Then the clean up. Just beat up.

Dang, that like real work. Working on cars is fun, working on digging dirt, not so much!