Tractor Port

We have been wanting a carport next to the garage so we started it last week. It will be 15’ wide and 30’ long.

Unloading the lumber for phase one.

We used the truck as a scaffold to put up the ledger board.

  The ledger has nails and lag bolts into the studs.

  For the support posts I used our new Earthquake® One Man Earth Auger Powerhead with 43 cc Viper 2-Cycle Engine with eight inch auger blade, its name is Bryan. This hole went well. Sometimes the cutter blade gets clogged with roots or clay. Bryan is pretty good but you still have to clean up the hole with the diggers.

Bryan helping me with the next hole. In case you’re wondering, the auger hit a root and got stuck. It was a little work getting it out. The next hole was the opposite, it was all wet clay and instead of auguring it screwed itself down into the soft clay and stuck there. I got it out eventually.

The holes were finished and poles inserted.

Getting them all squared up.

Ready for the concrete. Tomorrow when the concrete has hardened I’ll start on the roof structure.

Ivy is getting big. No worries about getting her to eat anymore.

 

Ivy got to go on an excursion. She got to visit the bunnies.

She got to walk through the pasture with the herd.

She got to see the pond.

Ivy! Rocks!