At long last, we have a pole-barn style building to shelter our RV! It was a multistep process, starting with selecting a location, then clearing trees and leveling the ground. That was quite a bit of work for our little Mahindra tractor.
![Campfire with trailer in background.](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/July2022aCamp-1.jpg)
![Eight inch diameter tree knocked over by tractor.](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/July2022aCamp-2.jpg)
![Starting to move and level the dirt with my tractor.](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/July2022aCamp-3.jpg)
![Stake set to start finding barn corners.](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/July2022aCamp-4.jpg)
When my work was done, our contactor (Mike Lundquist) started setting the poles. Holes had to be dug, posts set-up then nudged into place and braced before filling the holes. A week later, the first truss was raised.
![](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/July2022aPoles-1.jpg)
![](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/July2022aPoles-2.jpg)
![](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/July2022aMachine-2.jpg)
![](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/July2022aPoles-3.jpg)
![](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/July2022aPoles-5.jpg)
As trusses and purlins were installed, it began to look like a building. What a great improvement to the Acres.
![](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/July2022aRoof-1.jpg)
![](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/July2022aRoof-2.jpg)
![](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/July2022aRoof-3.jpg)
![](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/July2022aRoof-4.jpg)
At long last, the metal roof is installed.
![](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/July2022aRoof-7.jpg)
![Man moving sheet of steel roofing.](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/July2022aRoof-8.jpg)
![](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/July2022aRoof-9.jpg)
![](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/July2022aRoof-10.jpg)
Trimmed and put to use!
![](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/July2022aFinish-2.jpg)
![](http://www.starvationacres.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/July2022aFinish-1.jpg)
Note that many of these photos were taken by our cellular trail camera and, as of this writing, the higher resolution photos have not been retrieved.