Moving the Car Port - The Finale

I finally got some nice weather as well as a day off and so, of course, it was time to head to the property and finish up my latest project of moving the carport.  I knew it would be tough project and it turned out that I predicted correctly.  I was totally exhausted after climbing the ladder so many times.

I spent a lot of time measuring and leveling, trying to get the thing right.  It turned out pretty well, but there's a spot just down from where I'm standing that was just out of whack and ended up being out of whack and is still out of whack.

There's a place down the road from the prop that sells these carports that I like go check when I have questions about how to build it.  Unfortunately, after all the work of leveling, I saw from the model an incredibly easy way to level that never even crossed my mind. Oh well, hard work is good for the soul, or so they say.

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I found that a key step is making sure the center piece is even.  It's quite difficult because of all the different measurements that need to be made, from side-to-side, top-to-bottom, etc.

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The boys were helpful at certain points and it was nice for them to get some experience with building.  I hope  it was a good learning experience for them.

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The roof is starting to come together.  Once the center piece is set, the rest comes together quickly.

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While I was working on the carport, the boys continued to work on their nest.  Seth got some rope and continued to tighten up his net.  It was surprising how much rope it ended up taking.

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It'll be interesting to see if they try doing a sleep out in it.

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The carport is almost finished.  Just putting on the finishing touches.

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The final product.  It was totally worth the work to get this away from the camping area and the main road.  Once the mud starts drying out, we should be able to gravel it in better and make it more accessible.  The way the weathers been, it might be March.

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And here's where the carport used to stand.  There's no trace of it anymore.  Now I need to bulldoze up the extra gravel once things dry out.  I want to use it to thicken up the main area then plant some grass where it used to be.  Slowly but surely, the camping area is starting to take shape.

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