Re: Start of something big..... I apologize for not being more diligent in updating the project. I've done the bulk of the work by myself. So it's almost like needing to drive a stake to measure progress.
One of the interesting challenges was forming up long lines (120 feet) by myself. The way I did it was pulling string for line. Then I drove in enough stakes for a sixteen foot two by six. I used regular old Vice Grip C clamps to hold the two by in what I guesstimated was height. I have a Hilti laser set up for shooting grade. I would then check and align for height the board. The first one was always the hardest. After that it was a matter of lining up one end with the previous board and setting the other for height with the laser.
The way it worked out I used approximately one stake every two feet. One of them was for height every three to four feet. Another was used to establish line about the same spacing. So after a hundred feet or so I was tired. The ten pound sledge and me bonded. We're buds for life.
I used the old pipe saw horses for making the iron work for the pier holes. I also used my trusty Riley made bender to form the rings and right angles as needed out of rebar. |