Laundry list for carport

To build a carport:

• An augur: Question: hand operated or machine?  This is to dig post holes filled with concrete.
• The necessary materials to build the carport.  Posts, 2x4's, plywood or metal roofing, nails, etc.
• Necessary tools, as mentioned above plus a way to mix concrete
• Solar power system, batteries, and backup generator because solar power won't be enough.
• Food, water, and so forth for the time needed to be spent there will be measured in days, most likely

Basically, it's tools, supplies, and building materials.

When to start?  Maybe soon, but there's been a lot of rain in the area, and I don't know what shape the roads are in.  That mudhole is probably a whole lot bigger.

from the weather channel monthly page

Update  ( Sat. 10/4/14) :

I'm adding this to the off-the-grid series.

It should be noted that this material is older than the most recent link in the list.  Therefore, it may have to be modified in order to be up to date.  For example, I have decided not to make the roof out of plywood, but to use a tarp instead.  Solar power will be provided elsewhere on the premises.  The type of materials used will be lighter and so forth.  It won't be the "Taj Mahal" of carports.

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