Baymule's Pigs 2018 HEREFORDS!

[baymule]

Nope. Sure dont

All things come in due time. I think you are making fantastic progress on your homestead.

Our 3 year old Grand daughter named the pigs, Piper and Poodle.

 

[CrealCritter]

You guys are heros- rushing in to fight a fire.

"A hero (masculine) or heroine (feminine) is a person or main character of a literary work who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, bravery or strength, often sacrificing their own personal concerns for a greater good.'"

 

[CrealCritter]

We don't feel like heroes. We just couldn't stand there and do nothing.

Well both of you are heros

 

[CrealCritter]

Thanks @CrealCritter for that information. We were unharmed by cutting the poles and now knowing that, we will definitely be careful with them. We have more projects......LOL

Glad you guys are not allergic. Nothing wrong with spent light poles unless the try and kill you

 

[baymule]

Today I had errands to do, including ordering the metal for the Sheep barn roof. Had to get car inspected, get tags, go to Tyler to pay for my metal order, plus a few other things. It was 2:00 when I got home.

I was determined to work on pig pen, so I did. My husband and son in law are on a trip to the Grand Canyon, stopping to see the sights along the way. They are having a blast together. It was our son in laws idea and I’m so happy for both of them.

Anyway, I formulated my plans, according to what was in my pile of lumber. I found 2x8s mostly 8 feet long, some shorter. I pulled them out of a roll off dumpster some years back, pulled the nails out, they had been used for setting concrete forms. Perfect for what I wanted today. I needed 12’ lengths, so I cut an 8’ in half which gave me 12’ added to the 2x8. I cut a 5’ 2x8 in half and used it to cleat my newly made 12’ board together.

Then I had to raise it to screw to the poles. I positioned 2 ladders, lifted one end, set it on a ladder, then the other end.

I put a level on top to check my very own brand of Scrapology. Not too bad, not level, but better than I thought!

You can see where I patched it together. Short board? Need a long board? No problem!

I got both of them up.

I loaded up the back of the mule with 8’ 2x4 Lowes rejects. I loaded up cut offs 2x4’s from the Sheep barn roof. Tomorrow I’ll manufacture 12’ 2x4’s and set them on 16” centers for rafters. Then I’ll be scrounging for decking. I have tar paper-a Craigslist score from when we built the barn. Also have some used 10’ corrugated tin. Hmmm... need 12’ tin. No problem! Back at it tomorrow!

 

[baymule]

That's not the floor, it's the roof. I realize that it looks like a floor, because I climbed the ladder to get a good pic of it. The floor will be dirt.

I wish you were here to help too, I could learn a lot about building. I have no training, I just picture it in my head of what I want it to look like, then go about matching up what's in my head with reality-not always the same thing. LOL

 

[baymule]

Our neighbor Robert cane over to help me with the deck. I couldn’t pick up those sheets of OSB and get them on the roof by myself. I had 3 full sheets and a lot of scraps. So we continued on with my Scrap And Crap building project. We off set the whole pieces and used 2-3 strips at the end of each whole piece. I scrambled around on the roof, Robert stayed on the ground.

Then we got the tar paper on it and I tacked it down. I had some bent metal drip edge that came in one of the reject lumber piles we bought, so I went and got it. We put it across the front.

We quit at 3:00. Tired.

 

[baymule]

Awesome work and now I see it a roof. Completely my mistake

Easy to mistake for a floor the way I took the picture. Plus the barn itself isn't very tall. I can walk under it..... I look at like pigs are short anyway. I picked the shortest pole and it had a rotten end that we had to cut off. So after we cut it into 4 pieces and set them, they weren't all that tall. Not a lot of pitch to the roof and every side is a different measurement, but I guess I won't see any pigs out there with a measuring tape.

That leaves the other poles for other projects that may NEED to be taller than pig high.

 

[baymule]

Just finished putting tin on the roof. Still got to pitch the holes with roof sealant, but right now this glass of iced tea is much more important.

I had 8’ tin for a 12’ roof. I cut 2’6” pieces and laid at the bottom then over lapped them with the 8’ piece.

I carried the tin and my tools on the mule.

Done!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Woo Hoo!! You done good!