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Salvaging a slate roof.



We spent the last two-and-a-half days salvaging a really nice slate roof from a government building that is being demolished to make way for a new one.  After some experimentation we realized the quickest way to get them off the roof was by throwing them straight into the truck onto cushions we placed on the floor of the trailer.  Slate chucking will surely be an olympic sport in a few years.  Well, maybe the roofer's olympics.  It took some practice to get our technique down and we all have some scars from the learning process!

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Slate Chucking!

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Lookout!

3 comments:

Christopher Busta-Peck said...

It's nice to see that you were at least able to savlage the roof.

john said...

Poor building...

Jeff said...

A cattle feeding trough full of water would have done the trick nicely too. Those have a drain at the bottom...probably could have fit several hundred in and they would get a bath too!

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