Today is our last day in Fort Smith, Arkansas (at least for this visit). One year ago Dan and his brother Larry made a commitment to their younger brother Mikle to help him build a metal garage at his home in Fort Smith. We promised to stay the month of September 2007 to fulfill this commitment – erecting a 24’ wide x 36’ deep x 18’ high garage with 12 foot high walls. We figured the building would be done in about two weeks, and we would have the rest of the month to visit extended family that still reside in the area (two aunts and an uncle on Dan’s mother’s side, plus cousins, nieces, and nephews) as well as do some touring and hiking. Well, isn’t it always the case, the project took longer than expected, but we still managed to accomplish most of what we set out to do, AND complete the Garage Project as well! Here’s Dan’s summary version of the project:
The building arrived on a flatbed trailer on September 5th in the pouring rain. My two brothers and I had 4 hours to unload it. We actually managed to unload everything in 3 hours. Actual construction began on September 6th but the work was intermittent due to off and on rain. On September 7th construction started in earnest and continued through September 25th, minus a two day break for our trip to Little Rock and a family function on September 23rd. The project completed on September 25th; the total time to build was 16 days. And, the three of us were still talking at end of the project! Bonus!! As brothers, we had not spent this much time together doing anything in the last 30-40 years, so the experience was a really good reconnect. The highlight of the construction was probably the way we lifted the 300 lb 16’ wide 10’ high door into place using pulleys we rigged up on Mikle’s Dodge Omni with blocks and ropes. Nobody who didn’t see it would have believed it! Here are a few snapshots of the project.
The building arrived on a flatbed trailer on September 5th in the pouring rain. My two brothers and I had 4 hours to unload it. We actually managed to unload everything in 3 hours. Actual construction began on September 6th but the work was intermittent due to off and on rain. On September 7th construction started in earnest and continued through September 25th, minus a two day break for our trip to Little Rock and a family function on September 23rd. The project completed on September 25th; the total time to build was 16 days. And, the three of us were still talking at end of the project! Bonus!! As brothers, we had not spent this much time together doing anything in the last 30-40 years, so the experience was a really good reconnect. The highlight of the construction was probably the way we lifted the 300 lb 16’ wide 10’ high door into place using pulleys we rigged up on Mikle’s Dodge Omni with blocks and ropes. Nobody who didn’t see it would have believed it! Here are a few snapshots of the project.
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