We haven't added to the blog in quite a while but we HAVE been busy rebuilding the Mill!
We've added a tractor and tractor barn to keep the rain and snow off the tractor during the winter months.
That's a 1942 Cat D-2 Tractor with a gas pony motor and a pull start. It's a bitch to start up the gas engine and you'd better not let it die when trying to get it to start the diesel engine.
And we got the first part of the decking put down on the first of 6 sections, 25' wide x 16' long.
Here's the rest of that section with decking put on top. The beams and posts are all made from lumber milled on the property from trees cut from the property, just like 100 years ago!
Those long boards underneath were very helpful when we were laying down the decking! But they had to go...
And that tin is rescued from the old structure. It's original stuff. I added that to the uphill side to keep the rain and mud from getting under the new structure and back filling it. It would be a big mess to try to dig out this summer (2013).
Here's a shot of the lumber yard as it stands in late summer or fall of 2012:
And here's the depleted log deck:
Summer 2013 is almost here, and I'm ready to get back to work!
~Terry
