I feel like Spencer junior!

[Anonymous Poster]

Since the shed is dug a bit into the slope, the high side roof is on the low side. This was really great, as the B2910 does not have a lot of loader height, but it was just enough to get the shingles up above roof level.

We each just grabbed an end and carried them easily, with almost no effort, each to its own resting spot on the roof.

This picture shows the lift from the side...I think five bundles is about 400 lbs. That is about the limit I would want to lift this high, especially since the ground is not perfectly level.

The bucket was over the roof and I guess if it would have been unstable I could have sat it on the roof, but things seemed stable.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Another angle. SO EASY to move the shingles from the back of the van onto the roof.

Won't be that easy when I re shingle the roof on the house...have to rent one of those shingle lifts I guess.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Just as we were getting the last bundles on the roof it started to rain.

I know the tractor won't melt, but I decided to put it in under the roof. The reason the bucket is up like that is that I had used my little garden tractor and cart to haul some 8 foot lumber down, and it was in the shed. I normally would lower the loader and box blade to the ground, but he garden cart was in the way...so the loader stayed raised for an hour.

For some reason my loader does not drift down much, if at all, even over a period of days.

Starting Sunday we will have a few days of good weather, or so they say. Bad weekend for me...some obligation each day that will pull me away from my work on the tractor's new home. Hopefully I will get the shingles on by Wednesday!

 

[ScottAR]

Just a thought when it comes time to re roof the house. The older established lumber yards around here can deliver "to the roof." What that means is they will take their little piggyback forklift and raise them up a pallet at a time. Of course, you need 2-3 people to tote em to their final resting place. Much easier than toting up a ladder. The mega box stores won't do this usually, the one I work at doesn't.
Just an idea if you have a 1 story house.

 

[Robert_in_NY]

Or you find a lumber yard with a boom truck that can place them just about anywhere on your roof even if it is a 2 story house. There are 4 lumber yards around here that run trucks like these and we use them all the time for just about all our deliveries.

 

[Robert_in_NY]

another view, these shigles were lifted to the peak as it was a flat section.

 

[Robert_in_NY]

and a finished view just for fun

 

[Robert_in_NY]

When we did our own roof here we used the TN as we could not swing the boom around most of the house so we only unloaded the shingles to the ground with the boom truck. I have a little more reach and started the 1.5 story section of our roof from the bucket. Had the shingles in the bucket with me and away we went /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif Shingling is fun if you don't have to carry shingles /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Thanks for the pointers about having shingles delivered to the roof. The guy at Home Depot asked me why I wasn't doing that...no way to get anything but a tractor or 4x4 pickup down there right now was the answer.

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And I hope even more fun if you have a roofing nailer rather than the ol' hammer! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Hitachi NV45AB2 arrived yesterday...if it is as useful and productive as the framing nailer...well...I'll be looking for roofs to use it on...[just kidding in case any of you guys live close... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif. All but the flattest roofs scare me...]

 

[Von]

Bill, Just one thing about the power nailer. Make sure you hold it at a 90 degree angle when putting in the nail, so to drive in the nail straight. If it goes in at an angle the head will hold up the shingle! If you do, your hammer will really be getting a workout! /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif