Hide/bugout site build thread Part 1

[Wilbur]

Looks great! I am sure the women will appreciate the work you put into it.

[Flyin6]

Bit more done today after the church. Wife and kiddies went to the pool, I made a pool of sweat on this thing!

Lower part of enclosure installed:

[Flyin6]

Then a trim piece on the bottom to help "Weatherize" it some

[Flyin6]

Next I cut out all the corner trim pieces and painted them with two coats, and while all that was drying, screwed up the roof trim boards

[Flyin6]

Looks kind of Christmas-e doesn't it?

Have to build the door, and do something to the floor, add in the vent pipe, and roof it, then it will get deployed to it's new spot on the farm.

[Flyin6]

Not too far off the design Nate found the plans for...

[cudakidd53]

Just a thought, but you might want to wait and shingle it on site- tar paper and shingles might last longer if not flapping in the breeze hauling it down there.

Looks really nice Don, might not be so nice if the much talked about Chili Cook-off ever happens....

[Flyin6]

Looks really nice Don, might not be so nice if the much talked about Chili Cook-off ever happens....

That might push it's limits

If we had a get together at the farm, everyone would have to visit the "Little Red House," Drive Big Red, Drive Square D, shoot that shotgun we all own, maybe drink some shine from Larry...OOH, did I say that...??

[TexasRedNeck]

Get you a couple pieces of R Panel cut and roof it once and forget it.  I have green R panel on my weekend place roof and the shop walls.  Its not that expensive and they cut it to your exact length

Also, I expect to see a holster on the right hand side of the privy.....

[JR]

Well, with that split door you can at least see while your leaving your load and have a place to rest the barrel!

Very nice work, but would SD really be running??

[cudakidd53]

Looks really nice Don, might not be so nice if the much talked about Chili Cook-off ever happens....

That might push it's limits

If we had a get together at the farm, everyone would have to visit the "Little Red House," Drive Big Red, Drive Square D, shoot that shotgun we all own, maybe drink some shine from Larry...OOH, did I say that...??

And that is WHY we want to have a chili cook-off......we want you to go all Tom Sawyer on us....."um' I don't think you knuckleheads can clear them woods there, nor are any of you very good at mowin' or driving a dozer......can't cook......you'll never eat all that.....bet you can't take a pull of that shine without blinkin'" [Challenges from The Book of Don]

[Flyin6]

^^^Funny!

[Nate]

May i recommend putting a piece of flashing on the inside of that front covering to help protect the wood from urine and to help direct it to the hole.

[Flyin6]

May i recommend putting a piece of flashing on the inside of that front covering to help protect the wood from urine and to help direct it to the hole.

Good idea Nate
I just primed the heck out of it. but I think a longer piece of plastic should do the trick.

[cudakidd53]

May i recommend putting a piece of flashing on the inside of that front covering to help protect the wood from urine and to help direct it to the hole.

Good point there Nate- might go one further and make an oblong sleeve two foot down or so to keep the Brown Recluse population below the zone of the under caridge- those are nasty, necrotic wounds!

[Flyin6]

May i recommend putting a piece of flashing on the inside of that front covering to help protect the wood from urine and to help direct it to the hole.

Good point there Nate- might go one further and make an oblong sleeve two foot down or so to keep the Brown Recluse population below the zone of the under caridge- those are nasty, necrotic wounds!

Yea...
I plan to use a soil bound persistent insecticide around the perimeter, and glue traps here and there just out of sight. I hope to seal it well to the ground to keep insect infiltration down as much as possible

[TexasRedNeck]

ohh, man you didn't just go there did you??  I had a friend who had a BR bite on the inner thigh right next to the jewels.  He had a heck of a time with that bite and it scared him being so close to the jewels.  In hind site, the world would probably be better off had he NOT procreated....the benefit of 30 years of hindsight.

BTW, Don, did the bumper get painted and installed....?

[KensAuto]

Haha. You guys are ruthless.


So, does it run yet?

[Sammconn]

BTW, Don, did the bumper get painted and installed....?

I seem to think it did.
I'm a little out of the loop for the next coue weeks so will be checking in when I can.
At the national shoot again!

[Flyin6]

Not running yet

Will be when I get back on it.

Hide site work today, starting painting Big Red tomorrow. After that sucker gets painted I'll be back on the truck and the engine and getting it running is next up.

[Flyin6]

Woman is not happy with the Christmas colors of the Privy. I have to admit, I went to get a hunter green and ended up with the evergreen thing. And, the wife donated the gallon of red which she just used to paint the door on the give-away house. It was Way too red. I was going for pastels but got neon instead. She says she'll repaint it...COOL!

So back down there again today hammering away at the main road in. Got some graded in and a ton of more trees torn down.

I can't say enough good stuff about having a 4-1 bucket and a tractor with enough oomph to yank stuff around. I started just yanking those cedars out of the ground. First I break them in half about eight feet up, then lower the pack-man mouth over, close the jaw and reverse out, yanking the whole thing out of the ground

Oh, BTW, the epoxy intercooler repair turned out great. Works fine!

[Flyin6]

Kat snapped some pics of me wasting the old overgrown chicken coop

[Flyin6]

^^ Cell phone pics all sideways lookin!

[Flyin6]

Still clearing stuff out

Here goes an old stacked stone grill

[Flyin6]

We had a good day

[Atkinsmatt]

Coming right along. Nothing like working on your own stuff at your own place.  Especially with big tools and equipment.

[Flyin6]

Coming right along. Nothing like working on your own stuff at your own place.  Especially with big tools and equipment.

Yessir

[moto123]

That's a real nice swiss ski chalet you built there!

[BobbyB]

Woman is not happy with the Christmas colors of the Privy.

She says she'll repaint it...COOL!

This going to be a simple repaint, or a repeat of the house painting you've mention a few times before?

[cudakidd53]

I was thinking that it was starting to look a bit like the guard shacks outside Buckingham Palace- Don needs a big black fuzzy hat and a shiny bayonet for his "post"

[KensAuto]

I, for one, really like it. I just wish I had the property to go with it.

[Wilbur]

I was thinking that it was starting to look a bit like the guard shacks outside Buckingham Palace- Don needs a big black fuzzy hat and a shiny bayonet for his "post"

HAHAHA!!!!

[EL TATE]

Looks really nice Don, might not be so nice if the much talked about Chili Cook-off ever happens....

That might push it's limits

If we had a get together at the farm, everyone would have to visit the "Little Red House," Drive Big Red, Drive Square D, shoot that shotgun we all own, maybe drink some shine from Larry...OOH, did I say that...??

It's all shined up and waiting for the day sir. looking good there.

[TexasRedNeck]

we want to see SD start up, not the maiden voyage of the christening of the privy....just to be clear.

[cudakidd53]

I'll clarify that one further- we want to personally christen the privy, after the chili cookoff!

[Flyin6]

I, for one, really like it. I just wish I had the property to go with it.

Thank you Kenneth!

You are a wise man with vision floating about in a sea of debauchery and foolery!

[Flyin6]

we want to see SD start up, not the maiden voyage of the christening of the privy....just to be clear.

RN, what exactly are you saying? ??? :-\ ;)

[Flyin6]

I'll clarify that one further- we want to personally christen the privy, after the chili cookoff!

Of course!

Just remember to use the beach bucket and spade to sprinkle in some charcoal over the business!

[Flyin6]

I was thinking that it was starting to look a bit like the guard shacks outside Buckingham Palace- Don needs a big black fuzzy hat and a shiny bayonet for his "post"

Yea, sorta agree on that one,

Except for me it looks like it should be at the Kris Cringle Market with a life-size "Nutcracker" soldier standing outside. Maybe I'll add one to the inside somewhere.

[Bob Smith]

Don, way too much time wasted here that could be spent firing up an engine.

[Flyin6]

Don, way too much time wasted here that could be spent firing up an engine.

I'm gonna get to it, don't worry

I need that crawler down at the place to get the pond dug in and a berm pushed up in a couple spots to get the rifle and pistol ranges up and running.
Wife wants this big pond with what will look like the grand coulee dam impounding the million acre-feet of water!.
But as soon as Sarge gets finished and shipped, I'll see what it takes to get the built P-Pump to make some noise.

[TexasRedNeck]

First it was "as soon as the bumper gets painted and installed", now its "as soon as Sarge gets finished and shipped"  Next it will be as soon as Obama becomes a conservative....

[KensAuto]

I actually had to quote him in my sig on that last one

                           V V V V V V V V

[Flyin6]

First it was "as soon as the bumper gets painted and installed", now its "as soon as Sarge gets finished and shipped"  Next it will be as soon as Obama becomes a conservative....

Sorry to mislead, not intended
I look at things as linear, however segmented. So the SquareD project which is dormant at the moment, pick right back up where I left off. There are several things needing attention, like getting the hide site more livable, new toilet seats, pulling weeds around Casa number momma and so forth. So when I get done with this ankle biter, I am right back on Square D and it will run!

Weird how all of you are so anxious to see that truck run...and I'm not...weird!

[TexasRedNeck]

Think of it as a big stick poke Don...

[cudakidd53]

COME ON, we gotta give Don a break, he was in the military, where the concept of "Hurry UP and Wait" was founded........Square D-Day will come and we'll all be liberated, and have to go back to entertaining ourselves by junking up some other thread!  LOL  :o

[KensAuto]

Yeah, I don't know what we will do when he actually fires that thing off. Probably get the zanex script refilled, then start bugging norm on his build.

[Nate]

you might have to actually go back to work at your own shop ken?

by the way, what was the final outcome of your radiator issue?

[KensAuto]

Found a new one at a dealer 30 miles away. I made a list of tools, was going to change it out in the woods, got lazy, then paid the dealer to change it, drove to camp, and fixed everything they did wrong. Cost me a grand...that's how it went.

Oh, no one in the mountain towns had the fan shroud piece that started this mess, so I had to take it (mostly) back apart when I got home, and replace the engine mounted shroud (another $100). uggg

Good news tho, got efi live this week (I had H&S). :)

[JR]

can you imagine sitting down to do your duty and having that looking back at you?? Get done quick,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Now as there something about an engine running somewhere?