Ben Starr’s Impossible Pergola, Pt. 1

Ben Starr gives a little insight into his madness: building a pergola in his back yard out of arches made from reclaimed railroad ties. Each arch weighs 700 pounds and has to be lifted into place and secured to footings using fiberglass reinforced concrete. After almost a year of searching for methods to lift these monsters into place, I discovered an old-fashioned tool called a roustabout, basically a hand-operated crane for lifting heavy pipes, and I repurposed it to help with the pergola. Check this out!

Contractor installing Roof Truss

We build home additions. We had to use this crane to lift our roof trusses for this second story addition in East Hartford CT. Visit our website www.simplyadditions.com of Newington Connecticut

A New Addition To My Secondary Arcade Game Room

Here is something I got a few weeks ago. The kids love playing this thing. Got it for a good price to.

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