Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2

[Flyin6]

Don,

It always hurts to lose a buddy.  Praying for God's peace in your family's life right now.  Peace be with you brother.

Thanks

[JR]

That is a nice shot Don and gives a better perspective when you do describe how big it is.

What other land are you looking at, I guess the yellow lines are boundries and north is up?

[Flyin6]

That is a nice shot Don and gives a better perspective when you do describe how big it is.

What other land are you looking at, I guess the yellow lines are boundries and north is up?

North is up, correct

I am looking at acquiring all the plots around me, 450 total acres

[KensAuto]

That does help.

I would assume the north neighbor is your ingress? man, that guy owns a chunk as well.

[cudakidd53]

Nice chunk of property Don!  Ive been looking and often thought, can't hillbillies measure 90 degrees square?

[Flyin6]

Nice chunk of property Don!  Ive been looking and often thought, can't hillbillies measure 90 degrees square?

Not back in the early 1800's when those properties were divided up. Mine was an old Amish farm

[JR]

I just want to see he day when SD gets to play there.

[Flyin6]

I just want to see he day when SD gets to play there.

:-))

[Flyin6]

Down on the hide for a few days. Cleaning fields and almost finished building in the second floor


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[Flyin6]

Well that was a pretty productive/destructive past few days.

Now that I have water and the generator thing is working fine, I am spending days at a time down there building stuff, cutting down things, smashing holes in things and generally speaking breaking something I own about every day!

So, It's been raining and that means things have been growing. Grass gets mowed 2X a week in the May and the June. Down, farmside it is developing into a jungle once more

[Flyin6]

I brought down the 1025 babino Deere to do some grass cuttin'. I think I got about half an acre mowed.

[Flyin6]

Then I found a missing rock with the mower deck. Stopped the engine cold, and rendered the machine useless. That was maybe 30 min into the stay

[Flyin6]

The shattering rock also shattered the shatter-proof discharge chute

Look at the mess I had to get through:

[Flyin6]

So I changed my plans:

[Flyin6]

I hooked all that business up to the green ma-chine and started sharpening the blades

I checked the sharpness on my left thumb. The blade cut right through about a 1/4 inch  and even cauterized the wound as it passed through. I smelt me burning before I realized I was leakin'

I then went off happily mowing locust trees, rocks, stumps, and even mowed the old Husky chain saw a second time!

[Flyin6]

Apparently the bush hog blades reached their service life limit as well. I heard a sound like armor getting punched through by something like a 57mm and then the tractor was shaking more than a fat girl in a hula-hoop contest!

[Flyin6]

Field work wasn't working out for me so well, so I concentrated on finishing the second floor in the shed. Since the attic area was super hot and breeze free, we felt it was a good idea to get up there and see if we could suffer heat stroke!

First we hung the final ten joists. I created a cool little holder for the joists, that the Pre-Rangers could easily maneuver into place whilst I nailed em' home.

[Flyin6]

Outside I had managed to "Mow" all around the shed and the house before destruction hit, so the work area was in pretty good shape.

[Flyin6]

Then on to the plywood. Each of twenty odd sheets had to be carried up stairs, wrangled into position and nailed down or cut and nailed down. It was a lot of hot, heavy, hard work.

[Flyin6]

With persistence, the open space yielded to a stiff bounce free floor

Next up is to frame in a bathroom, then start to rough in the electricity

[Flyin6]

We pulled this little gem out of that wreck of a snake infested house.

I have it home already. I'll pressure wash it, go over it end to end, then paint it prior to taking it back to install in the shop area.

Anyone know any good wood stove paint or coating? I'd like to paint that sucker bright red with a white "C" on the side to honor the Cincinnati Reds, our nations first professional baseball team!

[Flyin6]

That black stuff is what's left of a tub of grease I used to own. When I gently sat the stove down with my tractor bucket, it gently rolled over onto the tub of grease. No worries, when the little preranger walked trough to remaining lump of the stuff, he didn't get it all over both feet, only the one, and his shoe, and pants, and hip where he rested his hand after realizing what he had just done...It's all good!

[rpar86]

Too little, too late but... why didn't you slide the plywood in between the joists and the knee bangers (the 2x6 wall ties) from the floor below before putting the last few joists in? Then you wouldn't have had to wrangle it up the stairs.  :o

[Flyin6]

Too little, too late but... why didn't you slide the plywood in between the joists and the knee bangers (the 2x6 wall ties) from the floor below before putting the last few joists in? Then you wouldn't have had to wrangle it up the stairs.  :o

Pushing the plywood up and over the 2 X 6's required too high of a push. If they weren't in there I would have done it the old fashioned way.

As it was, I got a great workout doing something like a clean and jerk and a military press.

[KensAuto]

Wow. I've never been to a place that grows green stuff that fast. It looks like the rv has been there for years!

Oh, and remind me to never loan you any equipment! haha

[moto123]

Wow .... you are either really hard on mowing equipment or just really unlucky.  That is a lot of damage!

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[Nate]

don't let that grass get to crazy under the mobile command post, that stuff will destroy things faster than you can blink.

[stlaser]

Wow. I've never been to a place that grows green stuff that fast. It looks like the rv has been there for years!

Oh, and remind me to never loan you any equipment! haha

I think Don heard about how hard Norm is on equipment & is trying to gain the title.....

[Flyin6]

Wow. I've never been to a place that grows green stuff that fast. It looks like the rv has been there for years!

Oh, and remind me to never loan you any equipment! haha

I think if you look at the futurist's models for changing weather patterns, the left side of the country dries up completely, Vegas is the first major city in the world to be abandoned, and the Kentucky is just about dead center in the most fertile in terms of rainfall and available water left in the states.

I saw that once, don't know if if holds any truth, of course...

But I can say whatever you plan for May and June, you pretty much need to forget about. Things grow like crazy for those two months then settle down. To keep your fields OK, you need to hay them off in late May, then in early July and again in early/mid October.

[Atkinsmatt]

Could be a source of income, letting someone like minded cut and roll the farm for you.  You could use the money to stock the PLL and POL.

[KensAuto]

...or fence it off and get some beefs.

[BobbyB]

...or fence it off and get some beefs.

Name them Steak and Burger?

[Flyin6]

Could be a source of income, letting someone like minded cut and roll the farm for you.  You could use the money to stock the PLL and POL.

Funny thing about that
Seems the I want it easy and given to me cult or generation has strong ties in that part of the Tucky. I have offered farmers to hay off my fields for free, and ...NADA!
Not charging them or taking a percentage, no just giving them 30-40 acres of hay and the response was not one single person willing to do anything.

I will have some critters at some point. Likely fish before chickens, but will have both. Already have white tailed antlered deer-cows, but would be nice to have some dairy or beef cattle someday too

[Flyin6]

So, I got lucky on the replacement blades.

Purchased two new bush hog blades and three new mower blades

I was out of the door for $153.

Now, I've read the bush hog blades are torqued onto the hub with, get this...728 ft/lbs!

Might be a bit of a challenge getting that mess loosened up. I'm thinking PB blaster and a new 3/4" impact wrench. Nut size is 1.5"

[BobbyB]

So, I got lucky on the replacement blades.

Purchased two new bush hog blades and three new mower blades

I was out of the door for $153.

Now, I've read the bush hog blades are torqued onto the hub with, get this...728 ft/lbs!

Might be a bit of a challenge getting that mess loosened up. I'm thinking PB blaster and a new 3/4" impact wrench. Nut size is 1.5"

Time to limber up and hope the time you spent working out with that "horrible" mean physical trainer lady pays off!

[JR]

man, you are ruff on stuff. Bet that had you jumping in your seat too. We had what I think was called a hammer mower when I did that. Handled rocks better but lots of little blades to change.

Is it me or does the younger pre ranger look like you? Maybe the older can start mowing for you?

Maybe spray under the trailer before the grow next year, a lot less work than getting under there.

Upstairs looks good and I like the stove.

[Flyin6]

man, you are ruff on stuff. Bet that had you jumping in your seat too. We had what I think was called a hammer mower when I did that. Handled rocks better but lots of little blades to change.

Is it me or does the younger pre ranger look like you? Maybe the older can start mowing for you?

Maybe spray under the trailer before the grow next year, a lot less work than getting under there.

Upstairs looks good and I like the stove.

I ordered five cans of ceramic stove paint today. Thought it was going to be red, but it's gonna be green!

[KensAuto]

With yellow accents? Ya know, nothing Runs like a .....uh....stove!

[Nate]

take a look at this here site don, you may be able to work out some sort of a deal...........?

http://haynearyou.com/g/ky/verona/hay-for-sale

[Flyin6]

take a look at this here site don, you may be able to work out some sort of a deal...........?

http://haynearyou.com/g/ky/verona/hay-for-sale

Interesting find Nate...But farm is no where near Verona...

[Nate]

well yeah I understand that, but you can adjust location.

[Flyin6]

OK, Little Deere is back up and operational...taking it down to carnage land tomorrow!

[Dawg25385]

You must have your local Deere parts dept on speed dial!


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[rpar86]

You must have your local Deere parts dept on speed dial!


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They see his name on caller ID and have his account already pulled up on screen! Probably have his CC on file, too!

[Flyin6]

You must have your local Deere parts dept on speed dial!


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They see his name on caller ID and have his account already pulled up on screen! Probably have his CC on file, too!

John Deere stuff is expensive!

Something about that green paint I think.

I actually came across a great investment

Mint condition one ounce bars of John Deere green paint.

I think they are pure 99.999% pure green paint all the way through. Their value is practically priceless!

Another guy is selling some doggy droppings (Out of the tail pipe variety). HE has coated them with the John Deere green paint with some yellow highlights. Going for $100 each! I'm trying to get some!

That green paint...

[JR]

Well, that is one way to diversify,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[Flyin6]

OK, just getting back from three days of work down at the farm.

Mission #1 was to get the bush hog blades changed out, so I started the 5500 Generec, plugged in the compressor, and it made a popping sound and started blowing smoke. The post fire inspection revealed one of the two capacitors had literally blown and shucked it's case oil all over the place.

OK, still had two hours until the TSC store 35 miles away closed So it was off to the races.

I used the wife's GJ to carry home a new Porter Cable twin cylinder 20 gal unit.

Fired that sucker up and plugged in the new 3/4" air impact wrench...and nada. I hammered on that bolt for a long time and finally realized it wasn't going to budge. So I soaked it down with penetrating oil and went off to eat some shrimp on the barbie.

The next morning the oil had done it's magic and in 20 minutes I had the new blades installed. Off to bush hogging I went. Got a field done and a bunch of new stuff cut back.

Next I pulled out Sarge and started working on the banks either side of the road. I got most of it all done when I noticed the bucket would only come up about half way then stall out.

The hydraulic oil was hot, but the converter and trans temperatures were dead center-green normal. SO I parked that, but not until I leveled a suspicious looking mound near the well.

I had feared that mound might be a burial site, but finally decided it was probably the dirt and rock pulled out of the well hole. After I got into it, I discovered some unusual grayish clay I haven't seen, so I figured that came from the well.

Now, why haven't I seen that before?? I got to investigating that well, and HOLY CRAP! That thing is DEEP! I mean it's DEEP. I'm estimating it's somewhere between 30-40 feet, as after clearing the honey suckle, I can see all the way down to something I think is an old cover. I drop a stone and it falls for awhile then "ker-plunk," it hits the water.

Now this thing is maybe three feet in diameter and lined with hewn stone all the way down. Some maniac actually climbed down all that way and dug that! Well, friends and family, I am not going to let all that labor go to waste. I'll figure out how to clean it without taking a long trip down, then set it up with some solar powered well pump and pump all that business into a collection tank.

Later on I got back to bush hogging and felling trees. It was slow going and really taxing my 66HP J Deere. So much so, I look down and see the engine temp gage in the mid red and all manner of red lights flashing. Well, I shut it down and checked only to find the radiator just packed with grass seed and dust. I cleaned it all up and went to restart and nothing...

It cranks but it won't start. Doesn't even sputter.

I have to say, I am getting a little tired of this John Deere junk! I have had very few work days where that machine made it all the way to COB without springing a leak, a tire popping off, a line blowing apart, springing a leak, having something shoved through something vital, a 3 point arm falling off (That happened today again) or some major sub assemble breaking off.

And now for the first time ever it just refuses to start, so i left it. Odd thing. All this happened when I was driving past that suspicious mound. And that's where it sits now! I threw in the towel and called it a day, I left it there.

[JR]

Well, nice find on the "well" LOL. That may solve all the water issues you keep bringing up as now you have a source.

I like the idea of a solar pump. In fact I just lent my neighbor a little HF 12v to drain his AG pool. Just the 1/2 hose moved lots of water.

There you go blaming the machines you abuse. But I agree, something breaking everyday is not right. Probably start fine in the morning, er next week. But whats up with sarge?

[KensAuto]

Hey Don, maybe the fuel got hot enough to "gas out'. bleeding it should get her going again.

[stlaser]

Don, pull some samples from the well & have it tested. I think that would be the first step, our pond well at last place that was drilled 50' into bedrock we tested it yearly. Hot tub chemicals usually did the trick to kill what little bacteria was in it.