CheckList for a BALERAISING!!

Prepared by Skillful Means
PO Box 207, Junction City, CA 96048. 530/623-4479 workshops@skillful-means.com

Materials

• Pins, rebar or bamboo 4' long, two per bale beginning with third course.
• Corner Staples 8" legs, 16" wide, two at each bale corner.
• Bale Twine polypropeleyne twine for retying bales.
• Tyvek or Felt Paper 3' wide for covering bottom course of bales.
• Spray Paint for marking posts, etc.
• 20d Nails for plates over wood decks
• 12" Spikes for attaching window and door bucks
• 5/8" Dowels for attaching window and door bucks
• Pea Gravel for between sill plates
• Hold-down devices for compressing the bales

Tools and Supplies

• Bale Needles
• Hay Saws
• Chain Saw
• Weed Whacker
• Hedge Clippers, Serrated knives, etc.
• Utility Knives and spare blades
• Grinder w/Lancelot wheel
• Hose, Fire Extinguishers
• Levels
• Hand Cart/Wheelbarrow
• Single Jacks (hand sledge hammers)
• Sledge hammer
• Rebar targets
• Roto hammer with rod driving bit
• Ladders
• Broom
• Dust masks
• Gloves
• First Aid Kit 

To Have Ready at the Site

• Window and door bucks
• Box beam
• Corner boards
• Posts