Until now I was pretty impressed by the size of these beams. I say "until now" because yesterday he invited me back into his workshop where his guys were working on some beams that would soon be installed in an outdoor dining hall addition to T. Boone Pickens' ranch/estate in West Texas. They were 36 feet across, so large that the only way I could show them was in this video:
He told me just his woodwork for this addition is valued at $150,000-$200,000. Yikes!
This is Larry standing beside some of the other pieces that will go into T-Boone's weekend getaway. (I wonder if that's what his friends call him since "T-Bo" is already taken?) That top piece is the fireplace mantle in the new addition. Can you imagine the fireplace itself? I suspect it doesn't burn logs, but entire trees!
I also know the contractor who has done all of T-Boone's projects for years, Tommy Ford. He's a real builder's builder, truly in a class by himself. And to his credit, he's a nice, down to earth guy, too.
It's a shame Boeing can't build airplanes (at least the 787) as good as Larry can build beams and Tommy can build mansions:
Let the weekend countdown begin. G'day everyone.
S
