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LME maintenance tent erection

coachgeo

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Took me three hours to do the First Eave purlin on the second section. Mostly cause I changed plans and tried to use the ladder on the ground...and it aint small. 20ft..... extends to maybe 35ft? Lean style not A frame. Had in leaning on truck. What a huge waste of time. Went back to the idea of moving truck to the edge.. FIGHT it into place. It was a huge brawl of a fight at that. Well until I figured out the magic process. Opposite side took all of 10 mins once I found the magic. .

In build of section three...... didn't have to Lean top Arch to add legs. Was overthinking it, when posted yesterday. Plan became- build the top Arch including middle legs by resting End header on roof top and affixing parts on that.... w/ middle legs hanging off the truck, which is what have been doing all along..... But this time Cherry Picker-ed it up high enough to install bottom most legs FIRST before anything else. THEN.... started to affix purlins. Mistake on section two was .. leave it hanging little lower.. Do few of of the purlins BEFORE adding bottom legs. Never said I was smart.

Tomorrow will be Wash Rinse repeat of today.... but hopefully lot quicker.

PS- Im exhausted and Mr. Arthur Ittus is rather mad at me. Though have to admit.. having three helpers has been a blessing. One Asian, One Russian, and one Turk. Their names are .... Mr. Mee, Mr. Myselv, and Mr. Aigh
 
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