The Second Pour

Once the forms were completed, it was time to fill them! Because they were high up, we needed to rent a pumper truck to hoist the concrete high enough to pour down into the forms.

Concrete truck and pumper truck!

The pumper truck crane and chute pouring concrete into the upper forms.

The kiddos thought the big trucks were pretty neat.

Sam, Ben, and Mark guided the concrete from the pumper truck chute into the forms; Sam's scaffolding came in very, very handy.

See that guy just staring up at the men working? Yeah, totally unhelpful guy.

We borrowed a stinger rod from a neighbor (the original moniker "vibrating stick" was nixed for obvious reasons).

Forms full of concrete.

Ben celebrating the success of the arch. "I was pretty sure it would hold."

The wood grain from the forms left an imprint on the concrete.

Money Spent: $2191
$1608 concrete truck and concrete for upper forms
$ 583 pumper truck for upper forms