16 July 2018

A quick trip to Goodro’s made me the richer by one 6″ J-bolt (the J portion of which soon was cut off, leaving a ½″ galvanized threaded rod 5½″ long), some 3,200 psi Gorilla^® glue epoxy, and a new ½″ concrete drill bit… plus the 2½″ star-drive wood walkway screws that I ran out of yesterday.  Literally a few minutes after returning to Fern Lake, the missing sole plate tie-down bolt had been drilled and glued into place.  Doing the math, the pulling force that that bolt should be capable of withstanding is more than 7 tons.  Thing that’ll do!  Then got out the Kubota and backfilled and graded the north and east sides of the barn foundation.