Theres a rather large Mennonite community in mid-Michigan.
One of my builders here in SE Michigan has a Mennonite framing crew. They use power saws but not nail guns. They dont have a skytrack like every other crew has. They frame like we did when I first started in the late 70s. They build jacks and hoist the plywood up by hand. Im pretty sure they use factory made trusses and not hand framed rafters but Ive never seen them use a crane to lift them. That can be tough for these houses today with walkout basements and vaulted ceilings and 10/12 roofs. You are pretty high up. They all come in two trucks with a trailer and its the largest framing crew Ive seen since the dawn of the age of skytracks.
They seem to be just as fast as any other crew too.
Theres a rather large Mennonite community in mid-Michigan.
One of my builders here in SE Michigan has a Mennonite framing crew. They use power saws but not nail guns. They dont have a skytrack like every other crew has. They frame like we did when I first started in the late 70s. They build jacks and hoist the plywood up by hand. Im pretty sure they use factory made trusses and not hand framed rafters but Ive never seen them use a crane to lift them. That can be tough for these houses today with walkout basements and vaulted ceilings and 10/12 roofs. You are pretty high up. They all come in two trucks with a trailer and its the largest framing crew Ive seen since the dawn of the age of skytracks.
They seem to be just as fast as any other crew too.