Handicap Ramp building project Day One
Saturday, April 25 2009 we had some beautiful weather. Rick borrowed a buddies truck and came by with stuff to build a gate in my kennel wall to allow for a way to bring in the salvaged deck pieces that were donated by someone wishing to help out with the wheelchair ramp project.
Monday, Richard and his wife Karen came over as well as Robert and Tom to pitch in and set the salvaged pieces of someone else’s deck into a deck and access ramp for our family. All these folks are friends and fellow chapter members of the local Motorcycle Rights Organization that I belong to. I am also the internet coordinator for this organization, that was how I became involved with these great bunch of folks to begin with. They are Dixie Thunder of Aiken County
Come on into my kennel, and I’ll show you around.
Rick and the boys just pulled the steps out, brought in the first and largest piece of salvage, and are hauling in the footers to set the piece on.
They have it temporarily set on the footers while they measure off what needs to be trimmed to make it fit there permanently.
Robert is the first of the guys to show up along with his very sweet and well behaved dog Roxie. It’s his day off and he comes with a ton of tools that will be needed for the project. Everytime someone said I wish we had this or that…Robert says there’s on in my truck.
He helps Rick and the boys pull the slab off and get started on the trimming.
Shortly after this Karen, Richard and Tom show up to pitch in. With a whole team here, the ideas start flowing. The distance is measured out, marked with a string and plans are made. Robert is int he foreground, Richard to the left, Karen next to Richard. Tom is not visible behind Robert, then there is Rick and Josh.
The first piece of ramp is brought in and the guys make plans for how it will be trimmed, shimmed, footed and put into place, after all the planning this is what they came up with.
It’s starting to take shape. After the first segment is in, the crew is done. The sun has gone down and it’s too dark to work. They plan to come back again on Wed to do more sections. However…
Read Handicap Ramp Day Two for more!
