Barn Construction Begins

The crew arrived Monday mid-morning and got right to work.  I was surprised at how few of the details that Duane (co-owner of Artfully Crafted Polebarns http://www.artfullycraftedpolebarns.net/index.html) had communicated to Jeff (our crew chief).  I mentioned as many as I could remember.

The lines of posts are carefully laid out with red string.  (Click on any picture to see more detail.)

I can't believe they are going to try to dig the holes by hand!  Turns out they were just marking the locations.

The skid steer with large auger arrived and did a marvellous job, even in our hard, dry, baked clay.

A concrete pad was placed in the bottom of each hole.

I wish they had remembered to bring a level!

No worries, by day's end they were all vertical.