Barn Erection - Cont'd !

The week of December 14th marked yet another notable event.  The roof of the barn went on (at least partially) and we were able to park the tractor under shelter.  As a side note we actually got the tractor back from the local Massey Ferguson dealer located in Danville, VA.  Boone Tractor took our MF 240 tractor away on October 3 to perform some 'routine' fixes to common problems (such as hydraulics not working).  To make a long story short the three point hitch appears to be working correctly (for) now.  It is possible that our tractor may need an exorcist if the problem returns.  Everyone cross your fingers and pray for our MFer.

In the meantime the MF 240 and Elizabeth look very happy under the barn.

One of the Moon Creek Construction guys installing the roof sheathing

On stage 'left' Elizabeth and I began staining the T1-11 siding panels.  It is a lot easier to do this on the ground versus on the barn.  We went with Behr's Barn Red color which we think is going to look spectacular once it is all done.  The quintessential red barn look is what we were going for.

Eight down...

 42 more to go !

Barn Erection Continues

The Moon Creek Construction team was hard at work by the end of the first week where they had placed the roof trusses and poured the concrete into the post holes for a permanent set.  Next step is to sheath the roof with plywood and then install the metal roof and wall girds.  Some additional re-grading work to take out some slope on the south end of the structure is needed to prepare it for the gravel base floor.  Maybe one day we'll upgrade it to a concrete floor.