Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenter

This was a big day! Today, the roof trusses arrived. These are all designed and prefabricated off-site. Marlon has been worried since Day 1 whether both the delivery truck and the boom truck would be able to make it up the driveway and have room to move on-site. His worries were well-founded...but both drivers worked their magic and managed to get the job done!

Here the trusses are arriving on a 65-foot tractor/trailer combo. The main trusses are over forty-feet long.

Everyone was holding their breath as the unloading began. If he had to raise the small pieces this high, what was he going to do with the really big ones?

We just had to coax these along...past the trees, electrical wires, and other obstacles. In this shot, Kulani is using a come-along rope to guide the main trusses into the site.

This was a heart-stopper! Marlon assembled some of the trusses on the ground so they could be lifted into place. We all held our breath as the crane operator maneuvered them over the house.

Here's the almost finished job only three hours later. The trusses went together like a kit with a minimum amount of cutting and fitting. All that is left is some blocking and anchoring. We should be ready for the roof steel in about three days.