Trusses

 So Garry's time in Ukraine is drawing to a close after the weekend, and the effort to finish the hay shed has been going well. The only thing that won't be done before he leaves is putting the steel on the roof. They can't get the steel delivered until next week. 

They got the trusses finished and the welding done, and put the wood around the top of the cement posts on Wednesday. Wednesday morning they realized that the new hay shed is a little longer than the old one, so they needed one more truss, so Garry got to work building one from scratch. 

He had to hustle to get the truss done because he was going to the notary with Oleg to sign something so he can sign for Garry on things in his name. It's been a problem for paying taxes and other official paperwork. Garry said they even had a translator to explain everything at the office. He said it was nice to talk to someone in English (besides me on messenger). 

Anyway they got the wood around the top of the shed as darkness fell, because they had a crane for Thursday morning to lift the trusses into place. They got all the trusses into place and a good deal of the bracing in place. 

Since everything was the same size they were cutting 2 by 4s off on the ground and handing them up for the guys to nail on. Thursday Garry was doing most of the cutting while Max and Andrey were nailing up top. 

Friday the guys were finishing that while Garry went to the dentist.

 

Garry got some photos of a pheasant that was near the barn while they were working.

He's been tired from working on the shed all week, and now his mouth is sore (he's getting two implants done), so he says he will pack the suitcase tomorrow. Marina and he will meet up with the guys on Sunday and they will all be going back to Moldova Monday for the flights back on Tuesday. Garry's back home Wednesday. Three weeks will have flown by for him, and he's already planning a trip in the fall.

Meanwhile, it's March break here and I'm expecting company for the week.