I should have remembered you said that earlier. I didn't recognize it in white.

 

Damnit snow! We can't catch a break lately. 28" two weeks ago, 16" last week, now there saying 14" tonight into tomorrow

 

yes you are getting a white boy dumping as we call it. we the snow and hockey state have not got even 24 inches all year you can keep it.
you can use my push blade for the lull 10 ft wide clear the snow real fast:clap:

 

I had a steel erection today

 

I had a steel erection today View attachment 142218 View attachment 142226

I guess that's better than no erection at all.

 

Finished framing this second floor today. 105 hangers, all by hand too... Just kidding, that would just be stupid. If you're a framer and don't have a hanger gun, you might as well be giving money away. We have about 40 hangers on the first floor, 25 in the trusses and about 200 hurricane clips.

 

Finished framing this second floor today. 105 hangers, all by hand too... Just kidding, that would just be stupid. If you're a framer and don't have a hanger gun, you might as well be giving money away. We have about 40 hangers on the first floor, 25 in the trusses and about 200 hurricane clips. View attachment 143058 View attachment 143066 View attachment 143074 View attachment 143082 View attachment 143090

And you're still giving money away till you start using TimberLoks instead of hurricane clips.

 

Do you guys not have to bolt 4ply lvl's? Our 4 ply's are bolted with 1/2" bolts standard.

 

Looks like it's only 3

 

I was looking at the wrong one

 

sometimes you can get away with zip screws

 

Five ply side loaded or top loaded?

 

Lunchtime today. We've got majority of the second floor exteriors up today. Just in time for another storm. Ughhhhhhhh

 

Ill just leave this here......

 

:no:

 

That's your first post?

Can you start a thread for that project?

 

Very nice. :thumbsup:

 

Set a few windows the other day.

 

I need to get a telehandler

 

Yes you do

 

I need a bigger truck first

 

I guess you need to figure out which one makes you more money. I think they both prolly more than pay for themselves, so just get both.

 

That's the plan. We'd definitely use a dump truck more though, so that's first.

 

I guess if you don't frame all the time it would be hard to justify the fork. Still, I know of guys who rent them and pay double what I made in payments buying one and still have it pay for itself. So even if you just use it half-time it's worth it.

 

It's $1400 a week to rent one. I hate renting because I feel like we need to use it as much and fast as possible

 

I paid $700 a month to buy one.

 

You'll very quickly forget what you paid for a telehandler when you have one to use anytime. Of course we just frame but it has become indispensible. Make sure to get one big enough to handle everything you build. We have a 8k 44' but looking to replace it for a 10-12k 55'. Don't bother buying trucks to haul it though. Just get it hauled or drive it

 

Mine is only a 37' 6000k lift. I knew going in that it was on the small side, but probably keeps me from getting into too much trouble. We have framed for 30 years and never used one. On some homes, we would have the crane there 5 or 6 times. My thinking was that having the Lull would reduce our crane time by about 50%. So far I think it has worked out about right.

 

A friend of mine may be selling his. I think it reaches about 40' - 50'. He's in South Jersey.

 

The Lull is too slow for most of the truss sets we do. I set some garage trusses yesterday with it, but there were a lot of girders which would have been time consuming for a crane also. I do have a jib that adds about 10'. Even a 54' reach will not reach most of our truss sets. Our crane has a 94' reach, and sometimes we still have to move him.

 

its $2,600/month to rent a lull here. the reason we rent vs buy is transportation/storage. we don't need one on every single house and transporting it and storing it is a PITA.

 

I guess I have been lucky with that. In 15 months, my Lull has continually been on a job site. There have been a few weeks when we left it while we awaited another job to be ready for it. The contractors I work with are pretty good about allowing me to store it for a while. I do have a location at my house where I could keep it if we weren't using it for a while, but it has yet to be here yet.

 

Any type of production crew is crazy to not have one. I figure it replaces a labourer even if it only moves 3 stacks of lumber a day.
If you buy, buy as big as you can afford.

 

I agree, they make money!
Bought my first in 1988, and my second in 1998

 

I just decided when I retire I'm just going to rent mine out instead of selling it. Sounds like I can match my SS with it.

 

I know a few guys around here that do that. They just make whoever they rent it to pay the moving costs. One of my buddies hasn't framed a fulls house in five years and he still has two lifts. He rents them out to people he knows so much he hasn't even had to think about selling them!

 

Haven't been very productive lately, between the weather and design flaws this job feels like it's been going backwards. We finally get some answers and decent temps but then we get 40 mph winds. No standing walls today. We got caught up on some change orders instead.

Had to raise this plate 8". The engineer said it had to be solid because of the "narrow wall bracing" instead of just building knee walls

This one we had been asking about for over a month. The floor designer wanted proof that the original hanger didn't work before she would look for another solution. So now the lumber company is paying us 4hrs for the corner of the second floor that we had to tear apart to get this big beast installed.

 

Had to raise this plate 8". The engineer said it had to be solid because of the "narrow wall bracing" instead of just building knee walls

Did you weave your plates?

 

Check out the ridge board we used for this garage.

 

Beautiful house! However i dont miss the white crap. I framed in it for a winter and said to hell with it. So i picked the hottest place to live....