We arrived at the Hanewalls’ farm at Beloit on July 14 after spending another week in the Quad City area. Our usual RV parking spot there was beside this granary building. But since a new metal roof was being applied, we parked next to another building.
Photos by the Canon A1100 IS
Watching the metal roof being applied was fascinating. The lift machine was essential to the job as the roof slope was so steep. It raised the scaffold on which the long panels were lifted to the height needed. The horizontal wooden strips first were applied to the old roof. The strips acted as a sort of ladder for the young men screwing the metal panels to the strips. Here the boss is raising a panel to be put in place by the men above.
The lift machine was very maneuverable as the front and back tires were steered at the same time. It literally could turn on a dime.
The panel in the above picture is being muscled into place.
In this earlier shot a panel is being attached by screws. Cordless drills are used with magnetic ends to hold the screw against the driver so the worker can reach with one hand to drive the screw into the wood strip while holding on to the roof panel with the other.
Here is one side completed as far as possible with the equipment on hand. A Cherry Picker will be required for the next step of covering the cupola and finishing the ends.
Although Peter and Sue rent out their farm land, Peter keeps quite busy in maintaining the land. Here he has cut limbs from trees in the old farmstead yard and is picking them up with a loader to move to a central pile for burning in the fall. Mowing along ditches and around the buildings, spraying weeds, and maintaining equipment and buildings keep him so busy that he wonders how he ever had time to do the farm work.
More chain saw work will be necessary here to cut the limbs short enough for later burning.
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