Unloading the Wood
Dec. 20th, 2024 08:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kevin_standleeYesterday, we started unloading the Pres-to-Logs from the utility trailer. Although Lisa can't use her left arm due to the rotator cuff injury, she did move logs from the pallet to where I could more easily reach them and put them into a wheelbarrow. I then moved them about 24 at a time to the wood box, where I moved them into the wood box. Lisa also would carry one log at a time.
Here's how the supply stood when we started unloading the trailer. You can see that we were getting pretty low.
Unfortunately, about halfway through unloading, the pallet (which was not well packed) acted like a game of Jenga and collapsed. With the wood unloading halfway done, we called it a day.
Today, we returned to the job. In this case, Lisa stood in the trailer and handed me logs from the collapsed pile one at a time and again, when I filled the wheelbarrow, I took the logs to the wood box.
We got the rest of the logs unloaded. Fortunately, only a couple of logs broke when the pile collapsed. I burned those this evening.
After clearing the empty pallets and packaging from the utility trailer, I moved the van and trailer back over to the other side of the property. Lisa, who of course still has one arm working, backed the trailer into place and we unhitched it and chained it to our fence to prevent anyone from making off with it.
Now we have our main vehicle usable again, which is good, because we have plans for this weekend.
Here's how the supply stood when we started unloading the trailer. You can see that we were getting pretty low.
Unfortunately, about halfway through unloading, the pallet (which was not well packed) acted like a game of Jenga and collapsed. With the wood unloading halfway done, we called it a day.
Today, we returned to the job. In this case, Lisa stood in the trailer and handed me logs from the collapsed pile one at a time and again, when I filled the wheelbarrow, I took the logs to the wood box.
We got the rest of the logs unloaded. Fortunately, only a couple of logs broke when the pile collapsed. I burned those this evening.
After clearing the empty pallets and packaging from the utility trailer, I moved the van and trailer back over to the other side of the property. Lisa, who of course still has one arm working, backed the trailer into place and we unhitched it and chained it to our fence to prevent anyone from making off with it.
Now we have our main vehicle usable again, which is good, because we have plans for this weekend.
