Barn raising

Clifford's barn is almost put up - 90,000 nuts/bolts later. Can't seem to find the 1st pictures when it arrived on the truck, but my first thought was 'Ikea barn'!  All the pieces were stacked up & it took up hardly any room!  Here are some pictures of the process, 29 'hoops' have to be put together. It's at least a 2-man job to get everything lined up & tightened. 

Two of the hoops bolted together on the ground. 
Need lots of muscle to stand them up though, so now it's a 2-section piece at-a-time process.
This is with 4 hoops together. It was a lot more stable after 3, but before that the wind was really whipping it around!  I think there are now 6 complete, with 4 more 1/2's done & ready for 'manly help' on the top on Friday! Goal is 10 more complete ones by Sat.

Part of the process - let's just hope OSHA doesn't come check out the worksite!

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