Agreed but then there's the "man" factor lol, always gotta prove that you've still got it. For me I just enjoy building everything myself and learning new things while keeping myself in shape. If it makes you hurt then you need the exersise anyways right? When my kids grow up they shouldn't have to go very far for help.
I feel exactly the way you do. I've always adhered to the fact that if you want it done right, do it yourself. My problem is as l get older things don't get done as fast, and I've hurt myself in more ways than one doing it by myself.
you cannot get people with an ounce of pride in their work anymore.
It was a huge bump in motivation, now that the ball is rolling I'm on a mission. Thanks for the help.
I hear you pal, I don't go up on ladders above 8ft anymore and no way I'm going up on the roof again after the last time when the ladder fell over and I had to jump off into a snow drift.
LOL! How high of a jump was that? Sounds like fun to me so long as it wasn't off of a 3 story house lol. I started working with my dad building houses at 14 and did that somemore after getting out of the military in 73 but only for a short time. Building my shop was the last big project we did together before he quit the earth at 77. I still get up on ladders but wised up a few years ago and got rid of my shaky all aluminum pos extension ladder and got a L3022 Louisville 28 foot and man, that thing is stable. It's like night and day!! Yeah, I've always been highly aware of being up high and even more so now knowing full well how much longer healing takes. It's all together different being on a ladder that puts you on pins and needles vs one that makes you feel a lot more secure.....so long as you don't make a misstep
I never knew how much difference a good ladder can make.
Well it looked like 40 feet from up there but was only about 10 feet really. I don't get on 'em any more because of balance issues from TBI. It's cool as long as I don't close both eyes. Close 'em both and I fall to the right. Go figure.LOL! How high of a jump was that? Sounds like fun to me so long as it wasn't off of a 3 story house lol. I started working with my dad building houses at 14 and did that somemore after getting out of the military in 73 but only for a short time. Building my shop was the last big project we did together before he quit the earth at 77. I still get up on ladders but wised up a few years ago and got rid of my shaky all aluminum pos extension ladder and got a L3022 Louisville 28 foot and man, that thing is stable. It's like night and day!! Yeah, I've always been highly aware of being up high and even more so now knowing full well how much longer healing takes. It's all together different being on a ladder that puts you on pins and needles vs one that makes you feel a lot more secure.....so long as you don't make a misstep
My wife sent me a photo of myself, in 2007, holding one end of a 32 foot roof truss over my head as I was about to heave it up onto the top of the walls with the other 18. I would put one end resting up against the top plate and then pick up the other end and slide the whole thing up and over. Then climb up and wrestle it to standing position an lean it against the house wall. I also picked up and set in place 16 32 foot long engineered I beams. We agreed that I would NEVER do that again. I built the entire 32x 32 addition by myself, from the footer to finished. The only things I subbed out were the sheet rocking, the HVAC and the blown insulation. Agreed, never again!
I guess! Yes, I would use a crane as well. Mine were 2x4. The floor being those engineered I Beams it was solid enough to drive a Tank up on with no deflection. I watched a video of the company doing exactly that with a camera underneath as it rolled on.
