Monday, July 2 was scheduled to be our "set the home" date. Our weather had been dry for weeks but the night before, we had a huge deluge of rain. Blue Ridge log Cabin personnell made the decision early Monday morning to go ahead and set the house, even though it was very muddy up close to the house, where there was no road bond. However, they had many problems getting equipment up the hill. Bulldozers had to pull the counterweight trucks up the hill. 
It took 2 bulldozers to pull the crane up the hill.
See the big steel plate the crane is lifting? These are the counterweights that sit on one end of the crane. There are 4 of them that were loaded onto the crane. These hold the crane down when the arm lifts heavy objects.
With the crane all set in place, the first order of business was to set the steel beams down the center of the basement to support the upper floor without having to put a wall down the middle.
Next comes a strip of black insulation around the edges of the outside walls. See the man in the set crew walking around the 8" walls. The first section is then ready to go.
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