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The big project since the last Dispatch has been building Reno a winter shelter. I wanted something I could move, so sinking posts into the ground was out of the question. My solution was to cut up an old chopper wagon and use the 14 foot I beams to build a steel framework that the whole thing could sit on. I fabricated and painted it in the garage, then dragged it outside to begin framing up the wooden portion of the structure.
By the end of the first weekend, the walls were going up. Brian helped with the roof trusses one evening, and we decided that it might be best that we (try to) move it before it got any heavier. I prepared a nice flat/level spot in the pasture to place it on.
I did some final temporary bracing, hooked up the skidsteer, and the moment of truth was at hand. I wondered if the skidsteer was heavy enough to drag it, and if it was, would the whole thing hold together as we twisted and creaked our way across the lawn? Turns out it went pretty much as I had hoped. Thru the fence we went, and over to the final resting spot.
Brian and I worked till after sundown on Saturday to get the steel on the roof. The extended weather forecast wasn’t great and I wanted to get Reno out of the rain (if she choose to). The weather never did get too serious, and on Sunday morning Reno watched the sunrise from her new “window”.
Doug’s backhoe showed up tonite, looks like Reno is going to get a water fountain before the snow falls. That should make my winter chores a lot simpler.
Larry |
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October 7, 2008 |
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Ellisville Bison Dispatch |
