For the last month, my life has revolved around moving heavyish(too heavy to lift alone) stuff. Not only did I have to move the parts around, but I need to get them, with some precision, into place. After wrestling the 20′ long beam into place, I decided it was going to be impossible to take it in and out the handful of times required to get a good fit for it, so thought back to uncle Bob’s words: if you’re having a hard time of it, you’re doing it wrong…or something like that. So, I decided to build a giant frame out of 2x4s, threw up couple pulleys with come-alongs, and I had great control to lift and lower them.
And what works for the beam, should work for the cabin too, right? Well, it had to be quite a bit more sturdy, and was a little harder to work with the limited space, but I got it lifted. (Sorry for the poor quality phone picture) It was a little scary cranking the cabin up after the huge amount of work I put into building it. Not to mention what it would do to me if I were in between it and the ground when it fell, but I was cautious and got it up there. In the bottom picture, you can see the base of the cabin is a good 4-5 ft off the ground. It was a little crazy to see it swaying up there just on a couple ropes, but it felt solid. After I got it up high enough, I built up more support, so it wasn’t just hanging from the lines.
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