The Barbee Barn
This structure was designed by the owner to look like an old aisle barn. The original barn is next to I-90 on the west bound side of the freeway a bit before you hit Thorpe. (right after the s curves on the downgrade) There is also a new "old barn" in Cle Elum near Macabee's that is a similar shape.
The foundation was the best I have worked on in Kittitas county. I'll get contact info for the foundation guy as soon as I can. Grizzly Concrete in Ellensburg did the work.
This structure was designed by the owner to look like an old aisle barn. The original barn is next to I-90 on the west bound side of the freeway a bit before you hit Thorpe. (right after the s curves on the downgrade) There is also a new "old barn" in Cle Elum near Macabee's that is a similar shape.
The foundation was the best I have worked on in Kittitas county. I'll get contact info for the foundation guy as soon as I can. Grizzly Concrete in Ellensburg did the work.
Peaceful view
If everyone with a defective fuel gauge in their new GM loaned GM some money, maybe they could have avoided bankruptcy. Too bad we were all at the side of the road lugging gas cans when the word of financial doom went out. We would have helped... Really.
We only had a two man crew on this day, but in four hours we got twenty 32' X 14' trusses rolled and braced.
Blue hammer, blue hair, blue bags...must be the artist thing.
OK, hand me the next outrigger will ya.
Passed with flying colors the first time, and ready to cover.
Livin' on the edge
We really like the weathered barn color on the right.
If it was blue it would look something like this in the winter.
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Waiting for the slab
Here is a video of walking the top plate.
Where are my trusses?
Here's a bit of what I told Central Washington Truss after delivery, and after a discussion of a scheduling oops.
"Please give your driver a gold star, a pat on the back, and a fresh cup of coffee... his driving was awesome on site and his crane work was superb. My second man took a trade prep class last year that included twenty plus hand signals for directing cranes, but she didn't get a chance to use them. There was no need with your drivers' intuitive placement of the trusses." 
After about 2:30 the tin gets so hot my shoes won't stick to it. It's kind of like walking on wet ice... in fact I think I prefer roofing in the winter to the post noon, baking hot, don't stick, harness riding up the neck bit.
You might notice that the rope is quite some distance from the ladder... that's because it was easier to rappel off the side of the barn, including the little hop for the two foot eaves, than clinging and sliding my way back to where I started. 
The finished product, Nice.
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