Well, the plan was for the materials to get delivered between 8:30 and nine. That is what the lumber salesman promised me. The framers arrived around 7:30 and told me that the new generator was not sufficient to power all of their tools. So I discussed the house plan with them, showed them the lumber I had on hand for the green plate and the joists for the sunroom. I told them when the rest of the lumber was due to arrive then headed to McMinnville to get a bigger generator. The drive was nice and the store had the model I wanted in stock. Fortunately I had a coupon for it as well.

Upon returning to the site I discovered that the lumber hadn’t been delivered, despite it being 10:30. I called the store and was told it was ready to be loaded once the truck returned. This was despite previously being told that I was the first truck of the day. I was upset to say the least. The framers were frustrated too.

Finally the truck showed just before one. The driver was 85 years old if he was a day. Their forklift didn’t rotate to the side like many do, so I had to cut down some trees so that the 16 foot lumber could make it up the driveway. The driver wasn’t very skilled and he really struggled. Then on about the fifth load he got his machine stuck. One of the wheels was completely buried in mud and it took everything my car had to pull it out. Unfortunately I was too busy to take pictures it, but shown below is the huge rut from where he got stuck.

It took him a good hour and a half to get everything unloaded, at which point the framers attacked it like maniacs. There were five of them and they were amazing to watch. They got all of the floor joists in and started on the walls. They worked until dark.

After leaving the site I went to the cottage. My parents and sister are staying there as well, so we had a nice dinner and conversation. Unfortunately that means I’m sleeping on the couch, but it’s not a big problem.