Snowmobile Museum Project

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The Newberry cement trucks unload the cement into the pump truck and it pumps the cement to a tube that the workers can direct where they want the cement to go.

Pump truck

This is the concrete pump truck that came from Negaunee, MI. May 24

Pump truck

The in-floor heat tubes have been connected.

Tubes are connected

No matter where Dave goes, he can find a Ski Whiz! His helpers, Conrad & Chad, are in on this.

Dave's side job

In-floor heat is set May 22

Dave is making the connections for the tubes to connect to.

Dave Shope at work

The tubing is laid out.

In-floor tubing is done

Bruce Gustafson, a Museum Board Member, checking to see how this works.

Bruce Gustafson

Dave's helper, Conrad Johnson, makes sure the tubing keeps rolling.

In-floor tubing

The tubing fits like a puzzle in the insulation.

In-floor tubing

Dave and his crew are figuring out the layout for the tubing.

In-floor tubing

Volunteer Vern Johnson is checking out the temporary service.

Temporary service

Newberry Electrical came to set up the temporary service.

Newberry Electrical

Even a deer is checking out the work! Or helping compact the sand.

Deer tracks

May 20. Now we can tell where the bathrooms will be! It's exciting.

Plumbing is inspected

This had to be buried underground. Charlie Vallier & John Ketcher took care of that.

More tubing

Dave, Charlie Vallier and John Ketcher get the hose through the wall.

Through the wall

May 19. Dave Shope, the Ski Whiz guy from Rapid River, came to do the plumbing. (On a Sunday, no less!)

Plumbing begins

May 18. Finishing up with the compacting is the Keller Excavating skid steer and his crew. Ready for the plumber, Dave Shope on Sunday.

Compacting sand

Saturday, May 18. Pictured are volunteers Mike Meier, Charlie Vallier, Mike Butkovich, Vern Johnson, Dick Irons, Ron Leveille, Kurt Krause, and Eddie Fair.

Taking a break

May 18. It's a Saturday and Hunter Dennis and Ian McArthur, both 11, are showing the guys how to work a shovel.

Volunteers of all ages

Keller Excavating loan us his skid steer and 2 of his crew members to work on the compacting. It's almost done.

Compacting the sand

May 18. Volunteers, Mike Meier, John Ketcher, Ron Leveille and Vern Johnson, all from Engadine.

Compacting the sand

May 18, some of our volunteers working with the compactors.

Compacting the sand

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