The Post....

Jacob explained the plan to me... raising the new 17 foot post up, holding it in place, lifting the roof up, knocking down the old rotten post and finally putting the new post in place. Of course then you have to lower the roof again.

Everything is ready... ropes, jacks and braces.

The guys even had to make a new pulley because the old one broke. It worked well!

The new post was tied to a rope that went through the pulley and attached to our big truck, the Canter. As Till drove the Canter and Jacob lifted up the post, it was slowly moved into place.

Ethan and Richard were holding the ropes on either side of the post to be sure it didn't go where it wasn't suppose to go. And Pete was looking at the big picture and telling everyone if they needed to do something different.

And its up!

Then the guys had to put the braces in place to hold up the roof while the old post was knocked out and the new post put in its place.

The new post is on the left side... the brace is in the center and the old post is closest to Jacob on the ladder. Now that the post is up and the brace is in place, they just need to kick out the old post.

Crow bars and ropes were used to pull the old log down.

And there it goes!

Now they just had to move the new log in place.

Nice!  A job well done!