Here is the pine timber which will become the second half of my sill. I was going to look into milling a second hickory myself but I wound up reducing the first hickory timber to a length that required the second member to be longer than my mill, so I decided to stick with the timbers I had purchased. The picture to the left shows the pine timber freshly arrived. Above is my solution to moving a timber solo when it weighs more than twice what I can lift. First I erect a solid column of concrete blocks under the timber just beyond the balance point then set a screw jack as close to the column as I can and still have room to turn the screw. The timber is then jacked up until the wheels of the timber cart leave the ground and the column can be capped with a nice smooth piece of pressure treated lumber. Here is an enhanced view. |