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21151
« on: July 13, 2016, 09:16:20 AM »
I totally enjoy watching this build!
We have to have a pic of that thing sitting next to SquareD and Sarge...Kinda like a reunion of long lost cousins!
21152
« on: July 12, 2016, 10:00:48 PM »
^. Build thread needed so don has step by step how to follow
Raising boys into RealMen!!
You think I am going to build a steel table when I have thousands of good cedars to weld on? 8-)
21153
« on: July 12, 2016, 09:58:19 PM »
Its been too long Don, whats going on in your world???????
Need some action here on SquareD?? OK...
21154
« on: July 12, 2016, 09:57:06 PM »
Each time I clear a section of the excavation or where I'm pushing trees of rocks, I load them up in the tractor bucket and dump them at the foot of the earthen berm I built earlier in the spring.
I have given the task completely to the pre-Rangers to build a wrap around stone wall. THey have to figure out how to heft each of those stones, no matter how heavy into a stair step arrangement on the slope. THis is how far they got in the past two days. Mind you, they are also dragging brush, clearing the lane and being kids (Splashing in the creek)
21155
« on: July 12, 2016, 09:53:39 PM »
Haven't worked on the shop any, as I'm taking advantage of the weather to get outdoor stuff done
21156
« on: July 12, 2016, 09:52:26 PM »
Then after a whole bunch more sweat and hours, the area is starting to clean up, and my log pile is really expanding
21157
« on: July 12, 2016, 09:50:54 PM »
That was a 2.5 hour problem, but with a new filter and some fresh Delvac, I was back to pushing trees
21158
« on: July 12, 2016, 09:49:28 PM »
And for the Carnage lovers out there, this is another "Wait-ah-minute" event for all to savor
21159
« on: July 12, 2016, 09:46:59 PM »
And more quality John Deere equipment!
21160
« on: July 12, 2016, 09:45:53 PM »
Sarge resting after wiping out a hundred or more trees. That thing is, well, "A Machine!"
21161
« on: July 12, 2016, 09:44:30 PM »
Here is the final layer of big stonage going in on the built up area of fill adjacent to the shed. Once I have these and fifty more spread about, it will be gravel time over a strong base
21162
« on: July 12, 2016, 09:42:56 PM »
Had some children staying over again. This time they got started on their version of a fire pit. I think it's a good start!
21163
« on: July 12, 2016, 09:41:42 PM »
Here we are in the middle of clearing that row of trees from the road. I wanted to be able to see and maneuver about between the houtch and the well site and where the lower barn will be going in at.
21164
« on: July 12, 2016, 09:39:49 PM »
This thing took a direct hit from a wind burst it would appear
21165
« on: July 12, 2016, 09:38:52 PM »
Got bored and tried a camo patter on the Armee trailer.
It didn't work
I can still see it!
21166
« on: July 12, 2016, 09:37:02 PM »
You people are ruthless!
OK, finally back after sweating out 55 + gallons of bottled water!
Yep, Carnage was definately a factor in this weekends operations. But with so much to get done, I simply switched tasks and kept Rockin' N' Rollin'!
Speaking of CarRep stuff, here's tractor #2:
21167
« on: July 11, 2016, 09:45:53 PM »
Still down at the hide. Worked too late to head home
CarRep: while pushing a pile of cedars one of them managed to smash into the engine oil filter. Just wait till you see the pics
Spent almost three hours hunting a JD store for a new one. I purchased two! Three point hitch is completely out now...
21168
« on: July 11, 2016, 08:21:15 AM »
So remember the small critter pond i mucked out with Sarge?
Remember how i ran into that grayish clay?
Well, I get down there yesterday afternoon and it has four feet of water in it!
Another spring?
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21169
« on: July 10, 2016, 09:54:59 AM »
WelRep (Well status Report)
Debris is cleaned out But water dies not smell so good!
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21170
« on: July 10, 2016, 09:52:59 AM »
Working at the hide this weekend. CarRep (Carnage Report)
1 Big tractor flat tire
2 big tractor 3-point lift inop
3 little tractor: 2 ea deck wheels fell off
4 Little tractor flat rear tire
5 camper awning heavily damaged...hit by tractor
But
Sarge is killin' it!
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21171
« on: July 08, 2016, 11:16:18 PM »
Prayers requested for my grand daughter, Jo-Jo. She's the one I built the chair for.
We got a bad report from the doctor today. Her leg is not healing properly. They said it is worse now than at the time of the break.
They are putting her under and recasting in the next day or so. They will give her leg a bit less than a week to see if there is any improvement. If not, then she must have surgery, and have the half body cast on for up to 8 weeks starting after the surgery.
We are all feeling it, but mom is really stressed. It is going to be a doubling down by all this summer to support them through this...
21172
« on: July 08, 2016, 11:11:02 PM »
I welded up the WRB (Well recovery bucket) today
I wanted something permanent and stout, so I made it out of expanded steel mat.
I didn't spray paint it because I wanted it to become a "Rust-Bucket!"
^^Funny right there! ;-)
21173
« on: July 08, 2016, 12:39:14 PM »
Ooh! Red mist!
I've been know to use my 300 win mag to create red mist in the past.
A heck of a lot more effective for sure.
Converts ground hogs directly into mulch in one step I'd wager!
21174
« on: July 08, 2016, 07:47:28 AM »
How long in the cast don?
Raising boys into RealMen!!
6 weeks until the smaller leg cast if the healing is going OK next week If The healing is not OK, then Surgery this coming week to screw the bones together
21175
« on: July 07, 2016, 09:45:14 PM »
And it passed the Grand Baby test...She liked it!
Another successful mission!
The Pre-Ranger with the PIB (Poison Ivy Buttox) is seen in the last pic guarding against a NTI (Near topple incident)!
21176
« on: July 07, 2016, 09:43:50 PM »
I made the flip up tray part adjustable for a range of 12". Two stainless 1/4" screws fasten into two threaded steel inserts I have implanted in the side rail of the chair
21177
« on: July 07, 2016, 09:41:40 PM »
The seat is actually a doubled affair. I built the regular seat, then built another with a 3.5" wide protrusion in case she had to sit in it straddling the piece.
I made that piece so that it could be taken out or held securely by four wooden dowels
21178
« on: July 07, 2016, 09:39:05 PM »
My Grand Daughter fell and broke the femeur while running down a hill. The resulting half body cast has left her immobile and a handful for her mom.
I got th thinking about it and decided to build her a custom high-chair that isn't so high!
I built it in such a way as to be adjustable and very stable. The legs splay out in a 15 degree angle so as to maintain a wide footprint, while having the top tucked inside the chair some to clear the leg with that cast.
I used pine and poplar for the wooden dowel legs
21179
« on: July 07, 2016, 07:26:26 PM »
I'd never considered something like that. A quick Google search revealed it to be fairly popular with the jeep fellas. I'll keep searching and see if I can find a picture of that on a GM truck. I suppose it'd also be pretty simple to incorporate some steps.
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Take a photo of your truck, then print it Draw in the 3" X 3" or maybe a 2" X 4" steel bar and see what you think
21180
« on: July 07, 2016, 06:17:30 PM »
Looking into financing options at the moment
I'm learning
21181
« on: July 07, 2016, 09:48:47 AM »
I gotta agree with Shawn on all/most of his comments.
The concrete is really all that you likely need to contract out.
It's an art that some can do the things you want that we grunts and knuckleheads stare in awe at.
The rest, really shouldn't be that much of a stretch for you, especially if you recruit some help.
Here's the problem I see...
It's from a customer service sign I seen at one point.
We can do it good fast and cheap.
But you can only pick two.
If you want it good and fast, won't be cheap.
Fast and cheap, won't be good.
Good and cheap won't be fast.
Unfortunately this little 'joke' of a sign is so true.
So you'll have to have it all figured out.
And starting this conversation should bring up a lot of good discussion.
True words all But from the early exchange so far What I am getting is to get the foundation/cistern/vault/other below grade spaces contracted out. That makes sense to me.
21182
« on: July 07, 2016, 09:29:08 AM »
Wouldn't be a bad idea to pump it. You would find out the GPM available if there is flow or just rain collection and what if anything has been thrown down there that shouldn't be down there.
Was wanting to do that, but finding a pump that will pump with a head of 52 feet isn't easy...I haven't found one yet!
21183
« on: July 07, 2016, 09:27:47 AM »
If you get a good layer of char down, the table is much harder to set ablaze!
21184
« on: July 07, 2016, 09:26:23 AM »
Well post up what you're starting with and let us know how you are equipped with tools/welder/shop area. Then sketch up what you are thinking about and post that up. Let's get this project off the paper and on to the (Cardboard) welding table!
21185
« on: July 06, 2016, 10:13:34 PM »
Here's what you do:
Cut the rocker panels out completely, leave nothing and grind all the welds flush. Insert a piece of box steel tubing, say .125" wall cut to fit. Weld that in there and have an instant fix, a rock rail, and a place to jack the vehicle up. Spray the outside with whatever you want and the inside with some of that amber body coating stuff. Pester me enough and I'll come up with a name. You can cut and grind it out for free. You can purchase the steel for probably less than $75.
Any welder can stitch it in there for you and you have a cool permanent repair!
21186
« on: July 06, 2016, 09:59:31 PM »
Well, I was actually thinking about this today as I was digging outta that mulch disaster- didn't that rathole of a house you ran the dozer into a few times have its own water source? I remember a kitchen sink and bathroom, so was there a drilled well there in addition to the rocked one?
Double what Shawn said, plenty of us capable knuckleheads willing to help build stuff!
Idea on the basement - foam forms - seen them used on This Old House and they add insulation value. Filled with pumped concrete. Are you planning to widen the road in? I can't see a concrete truck making it in there otherwise; unless you know someone with a Chinook Mixer?
Widening the road...Not really unless I absolutely have to. I think you will agree it doesn't look like anyone is back there. But, consider that these are Kentucky boys, not union scale concrete workers. They'd probably take the concrete truck cross country to a duck hunting blind if you dared them to. KH...(Knucklehead help)...I should consider that. Problem is some of you might turn into squatters...stay too long! Well, maybe not. After awhile you'd get tired of the stories and either leave or go stir crazy. Old house has that old cistern. Was rain fed, and was the only source of water on the place In bad shape. Caught the boys wizzin' in there once. I threw something heavy at them and missed, but not before they poisoned the thing. I guess I could pump it out and see what turns up...
21187
« on: July 06, 2016, 09:54:01 PM »
Ever do any witching/dowsing for water? I know first hand it works, not only water wells and piping, but gold nuggets also.
I have! Used dowsing rods to find my dog fence buried wire. Couldn't find it with the detector they use, so we switched to dowsing rods and found it in a minute!
21188
« on: July 06, 2016, 09:51:10 PM »
^^^ You need to keep an eye on him too!
Welcome to the fray!
21189
« on: July 06, 2016, 09:37:34 AM »
Jon, Nice knife... I like it!
Sam, the speedo is all backwards and ganked up, get that fixed! But a testament to the D-Max for sure
kilo--meters...
The preranger is OHU (One Hurting Unit) His rash is all over. I'm not enjoying the inspections either! :-((
He's on the steroidal ointment but he's in the middle/bad part of the process.
Wiping your but with posion ivy?!!! Seriously! Who does that?
Just put the last coat of poly on the HBCHC (Hybrid Baby in a cast High Chair). Hoping it dries so I can deliver it tonight.
21190
« on: July 06, 2016, 09:30:00 AM »
Knowing that I have a large host of really smart folks here, you too Shawn, I thought we'd discuss what the cabin plan might be for my hide.
So here's the parameters:
1. I think that I'll be moving there permanently within a couple years, so it needs to function like a normal family home
2. I think it should be a single level like a farm house, or Cape Cod, or rustic cabin, but with pitched up roofs, vaulted spaces to build in as rooms and have a dormer or two.
3. I want some windows up high so I can quickly scan the surrounding property
4. I want a basement. Part of it will be secret, accessed by a hidden door.
5. I want a safe room and perhaps an exit tunnel
6. I want a real stone/concrete fireplace perhaps centrally located so the mass of the thing will radiate heat all over.
7. It will have a variety of power and heat sources. Ultimately it needs to be self sufficient with its own water and own power, completely off grid.
8. I want a master bedroom and two additional bathrooms on the main floor, and another bedroom in the basement.
9. It will likely be a walk out basement due to the slope of the hilltop it will sit on
10. I want a wrap around porch
11. On the wrap around porch I want a portion screened in for three season outdoor living
12. It can be stick built or pole barn style, be wood/brick/stone/vinyl, shakes/whatever exterior.
13. I want to use a lot of the native wood in its construction
14. It does not have to meet any building codes, as there are no inspections required in that part of the Tucky.
15. It should have 2.5 bathrooms
16. A cistern and rain collection system will supply some of the water, the well 1/4 mile away will supply the rest.
17. It will have an attached garage, say 2-3 car (For her)
18. It will have an open kitchen with recycled/rebuilt old gas appliances.
19. It needs to comfortably house at least two families in a crisis, as I expect people will be coming.
20. Basement will be poured concrete, 8"-10" 3500-5000psi walls for ballistic protection.
21. Have a vault
22. I'd like a cupola or observation deck up high with a pole to attach an additional wind mill to.
23. Cabinets and doors will all be reclaimed/recycled, or home made
24. Cost is to be held very low
25. I will be the contractor and sub all the work out that I can't do
26. I have the shed already, but will build a concrete 48 X 64 barn for working on things in.
27. Heat from Fireplace, Wood stove, Wood boiler, Electric heat pump.
28. Hot water will be solar heated, and we will have an instant hot water propane heater as well.
29. The use of lots of wood, glass and rock
30. Maximum fireproofing through use of sprays, fire retardant materials and similar technology.
31. Square footage of main floor of 2000 sq/ft. ish. Square footage does not include the basement
32. Electricity from A. The Grid, B. Generator, C. My own power room of batteries fed from solar cells and wind mills
That's what I am thinking around at the moment.
Discussion is welcome on any or all of my thoughts. Let's pull this apart, turn it inside out, come up with some ideas, and if it all works out, I'll build it down there, and you boneheads can come and drink quoffee with me there!
21191
« on: July 06, 2016, 09:02:43 AM »
Makes sense!
21192
« on: July 05, 2016, 09:51:27 PM »
That's gonna make for a rough week or so for the poor little guy.
BUT, one lesson he'll never forget!
His inattention to detail (Checking the leaves first) is costing him dearly. I have him covered up with steroidal cream at the moment...
21193
« on: July 05, 2016, 08:04:25 PM »
I like the sieve-like vegetable steamers that have a central stud and open up like a flower. it could slip past debris on the way down, and then open up to collect surface stuff as it's retrieved. I was also wondering why there wasn't a tripod from all those cedar branches and some scout lashing to help lower and raise that hook there Don. Don't forget the simple stuff, and wouldn't be a bad course for the PR's, (or course review).
Plenty of cedar posts to be sure, and I'm stacking them up I plan for something more substantial over the well if the water tests good
21194
« on: July 05, 2016, 09:18:38 AM »
Love ya man!
21195
« on: July 05, 2016, 08:39:11 AM »
Built a special chair for my grand daughter. She fell and broke her left femur and is casted up from her belly to her toes. So a special arrangement was needed...
Next up on the medical crisis side is one of the pre rangers. Apparently he had to go to the bathroom while down near the creek this past weekend. He used some leaves to wipe. Those leaves were the poison ivy variety. We have an absolute mess with that one! Rangers....
21196
« on: July 05, 2016, 12:00:36 AM »
Speaking of Independence day, I just took the family to see the flick
I'd say, don't waste your money.
21197
« on: July 04, 2016, 02:28:02 PM »
X2 on ammo accumulation
Gun Play is coming
Be it from a reenergized terrorist sect that is not under much pressure
or from criminals who are coddled by courts afraid of being outside PC parameters
or from self righteous rioters who just want an excuse to loot and burn
A government agency or official operating outside the law or
Pick any of the above, they all will hurt you, and you need to be able to defend yourself.
21198
« on: July 04, 2016, 02:22:49 PM »
I recommend making a tripod with a snatch block hanging from it (3 point or bucket on tractor strategically placed would work as well). Use winch on truck & have Duane lower you into said well. Why Duane you ask? Because he will document said folly with lots of pictures and commentary that makes for wonderful entertainment for all us DOT's! ;D
^^^^Disapproved^^^^^
21199
« on: July 04, 2016, 09:28:10 AM »
Mike, I love your spirit
and
You may just live in the wrong local...
But are welcome elsewhere...
21200
« on: July 04, 2016, 08:49:22 AM »
Don't completely clear the area. Leave some treeline for a windbreak, and shady areas to relax in.
I'm not completely clearing it. I am leaving the hardwood trees for the most part and a couple cedars here and there
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