[Megado]

During the long Easter weekend, my son and I got to work laying out the batter boards and string lines to mark the locations of the post. My plans had been to rent a Skid-steer equipped with a 12" auger to drill the holes, however, it turned out the Skid-steer had not been returned to the rental company when I needed it and was not available. So it was off to Plan B and I was able to rent a gas powered hydraulic auger to do the job instead. Unfortunately it only came with a 14" bit which meant I've had to use more concrete in the holes.

(I'm still trying to get this picture posting thing figured out so please forgive me. Hopefully I'll get it squared away soon)



Once we got the 16 holes dug we began the process of setting the four corner post. Sure is nice having a tractor around to handle the larger timbers. To this point in the photos below we had only begun setting the 6"x6"x14' so the real test came later when we started to tackle the 6"x8"x22' monsters.