Moving day

Well we finally bit the bullet and rented a van for two days to move most of the wood and roofing we have removed from the barn to Raccoon Creek. It took a total of 24 man-hours to fill the van twice, Friday and today. It took 6 man hours to unload and stack siding and other wood this morning, and will probably take about 3 hours each for two of us to unload in the morning tomorrow. That doesn't include the 20 hours total for two and then three of us to make the 4 hour round trip.

Truck rental was an expense I had hoped to keep to a minimum. The going rate for mileage charges for trucks here is $.79/mile! By the time we take it back tomorrow we will have put almost exactly 400 miles on it, and I was so sure we could find a truck to borrow.

We stacked the "good stuff" this morning before heading back to the barn site for another load. Tomorrow we plan to just dump everything off and try to get the truck back before the established return time. I hope we have enough time to cover all the piles with tin roofing. There's plenty of roofing, but I'm not sure there will be plenty of time.

We'll have to get some folks down to the site over the next few weeks to get the lumber sorted and stacked neatly. Otherwise, when we need it in the spring, we'll spend too much time searching for what we need.

Left to do at the barn site:

Remove remaining purlins and rafters.
Take down all posts and beams.
Truck posts and beams to Raccoon Creek