Burr Arch Covered Bridge: Preparing the Panel Posts
Our first order of timbers arrived on 2-20-07 and we wasted no time on laying out and prepping them. The green white oak soon spoke as we worked at moving these giant timbers around. I had seen a log roller at a local antique mall and purchased it for ten dollars. It soon paid us back exponentially since we could hardly budge the timbers with manpower alone. Our timber orders came in a way that was difficult to complete any one area of the bridge since the logs were so large our sawyer was having a difficult time locating some of the longer logs.
The first panel post is ready to install.
