Unloading the First Logs

Today I fired up the backhoe and with TJ's help we unloaded the trailer.

Remember these are 30 year old logs from a barn in Idaho.  

The interior of the log is pristine, but the outside, when sand blasted and finished will look like this, well sort of.  We have other plans, but they will look sort of like these.

Moving a thousand pound log is delicate work.  I tried hard to not knock down trees or damage cars.

Well these are now put to bed until they are needed next year.

Bye for now, Jim & Cheri

Logs . . . Big Freakin Logs!

OK, so today we made a trip up to Liberty, Utah to pick up the first load of logs.  We hooked up the trailer that we have for the backhoe and departed.  Now this trailer is bigger than a car hauler, so we figured it would be plenty big enough for, well the smaller logs.  So, here's what she looked like fully loaded, strapped and chained down.  Holy crime-any the little logs look freakin big.  I told Cheri, every step of the way was going to be an adventure. . . . Seven down and thirteen to go.

We're going to have to rent a bigger trailer for the big logs.   I'll quote a line from "Jaws", "We're going to need a bigger boat!".

Bye for now, Jim & Cheri