Step 6: Roof
In doing the roof, the tractor was once again enormously helpful, allowing me to avoid carrying full-size sheets of 3/4" OSB or bundles of shingles up a ladder. I could just lift a whole stack of sheathing or pallet of shingles with my clamp-on forks.
Finally, in addition to my trusty tractor, I got some help from a couple friends. One neighbor came over and worked with me all day getting the sheathing up on the roof. The next day another neighbor dropped in unexpectedly and spent the entire afternoon helping me nail all of it down. Then he ran home for a quick dinner and came back and helped me put on the felt. It's great to have wonderful neighbors!
The next weekend was time for shingles. I don't know about the rest of you, but I've never shingled a roof in my entire life when it wasn't at least 85 degrees outside, and that weekend didn't dissappoint. There was no way I was going to get 2200 square feet of roof covered in a weekend by myself, so I hired a couple of guys I know who needed work to help me out. They hadn't ever done roofing before, but they seemed to be fairly quick learners, and they worked really hard. By the end of a very long 87-degree day, I had installed 3 skylights and helped them put on all 70 bundles of architectural shingles. The bad news was that the roof ended up needing 76 bundles.

I'm not really sure how I miscalculated so badly, but no matter. I had the entire following day to finish the last couple of feet near the peak, install the ridge vent, and put on the ridge shingles. It was 89 degrees that day, and I finished with the last of the ridge at about 7:30 p.m.
The following day when I was back in the office it was bright and sunny with a high of 67!!!! That was the end of August, and now that I finally have shade to work under, it's pretty much been cool ever since.