Because of the limited driving area around the front of the house, we had to lift the north log up between the overdangles. Here, the White is hooked up and ready to pull the butt end up.

Jeff on the White, pulling backward next to the filter bed.

The butt end beginning to ascend against the wall.

With the butt end now up and resting on the top overdangle, Bob slides the sling down the log so when this end is picked up again, the log will swing over the overdangle farther, giving the top end clearance as it gets lifted.

The next thing to do was lift the butt end high enough so that it wouldn't keep resting on the overdangle as the log leveled out while lifting the top end.

Ready to lift the top end.

Look up from west side of the house at Bob on the NW corner. Jeff is on the Ford tractor taking this picture, getting ready to lift the top end of the log.

At this point of the lift, the top end began bumping against the overdangles, and the log had already swung as far as it could with the slings in their current positions...

...so Jeff switched back to the White to set the butt end down so Bob could slide the sling farther down.

Bob works at sliding the sling down the log.

The sling is now about 2 feet farther down the log.

Before long, we had the log suspended above the wall.

This end needs to butt up against the pass log at the corner, so we now need to swing it back to the right about a foot.

Bob moves his sling back to the east so we can swing the log west.

Success! The log is now tight at the corner.

A view from inside the house at the butt end of the log, which is the pass end at this corner.

The other end of the log, now tight against the pass log at its corner.

Bob on the east wall at the SE corner, after pulling up the NE pulley block. We're getting ready to lift the east log, the last one for course 19!

Our friends, Russell and Carol surprised us with a visit this afternoon. This was their first visit to our project.

The White tractor is tied off to the right, beginning to lift the first end of the east log.

The first end begins its ascent.

Jeff and Bob check out the block and tackle before continuing.

With the first end up and resting on the top overdangle, Jeff grabs the pulley block and pulls it back toward the other end of the log.

Jeff connects the fall line to the White which will pull the log all the way up from the bottom end.

The Ford is connected to the block and tackle from the opposite lifting pole. This block is now connected to the sling that lifted the upper end of the log.

Bob backs up the Ford tractor to take up the slack.

The bottom end is on its way up.

The block and tackle are doing a great job and the log is going up quickly and smoothly.

Approaching the pivot point.

Bob lowers the top end from the Ford while John continues to lift from the White.

As the log swings toward the north, it bumped into the lifting pole, so Jeff went up to push it out away from the pole. But it was bound up against the pole...

...because the block at the other end was so far out on the log, which put a lot of northward force on it...

...so Jeff went out on an overdangle to unwrap the sling and bring it in.

Jeff carefully maneuvers around the lifting pole...

...and connects the block to the log, just inside the lifting pole, so when John picked up on this end again, it would make the log very easy to gently push back away from the other lifting pole.

He then headed back to the other end and gave the log a little nudge. It swung out away from the lifting pole and Jeff was able to guide it into position against the pass log at the corner while Bob lowered it.

A few pins to hold it in place and that was it for the day.