Here's the replacement:
Materials (left overs from the terraced garden project I posted earlier):
4x4x8 rough cut hemlock posts
1x4x10 hemlock ripped lengthwise to make the slats
2x4x8 arch cross bracing
2x8x8 for the arches
4 pounds of 3inch screws
used a screw gun, my Milwaukee circular saw
my ShopSmith (band saw, table saw, drill press, drum sander)
Last things to do is cover the top with some ply (maybe some wood shingles) and paint it. Have to wait 6 weeks to paint it though till the hemlock has given up its water. It was a tree last week.
The only problem?
This thing weighs more the me and Junkman combined!!!!! gotta be close to 400 pounds.
As I have to transport it up a slope to the house, I might be able to set it on my carryall forks ... but it still has to be lifted into place.