Hide Site/Bug Out Location Construction, Part 6

[KensAuto]

I knew what you meant!

Looks like an MRAP

[dave945]

I think that is the suburban with some mystery upgrades Don had been working to complete before the trail ride. It looks like it involves 56 inch tires, and articulated front end for steering and a few other items and it is wearing the camouflage wrap the manufacturers use to hide their new models.

Or it could be a really big dump truck.


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[Flyin6]

Looks good what size rock did they put down?

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The base stuff was big and rude. Not sure what "number" you'd call it but like half football down to softball sized. That got tracked in flat with that D6 Cat, the something we call "dense grade" over the top, perhaps 4" thick. Hardens up almost like sandstone, and very durable. Will wash out if a subjected to a steady stream, though.

[Flyin6]

What’s the large white blur in that photo Don?


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Articulated rock truck

[Bigdave_185]

What’s the large white blur in that photo Don?


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Articulated rock truck

They let ya drive it?  The amount of low end torque those have is so awesome to drive!!


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[Flyin6]

What’s the large white blur in that photo Don?


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Articulated rock truck

They let ya drive it?  The amount of low end torque those have is so awesome to drive!!


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I'm sure they would if I asked...Told me I could drive the dozer(s) around, and offered to do some "Fixing" of the road on my property. I'll drive it to help if I'm asked, but other than that, naw, it will stay untouched by me.

[Flyin6]

It's finally barn building time

Site prep is the theme of the day which means piling and sorting and getting things out of the way.

Plan is to start laying out the building Monday morning. The road is very muddy/barely impassable in places, but never the less, improving

[Flyin6]

The building will orient on the sawmill, with it lying maybe three feet inside a big 20X10 door

[Flyin6]

Stacking up material for the mill:

And soon the little out house will no longer feel lonely

[Flyin6]

The irregular embankments are going to take up a lot of my attention soon. While the barn is going in, I plan to come in and cut out the sides of the road and stack up those big flat boulders to form a wall, backfilling it with dense grade gravel

[Flyin6]

I moved the excavator so that soon, hopefully, the mechanic can get the crane truck in there to yank and repair that leaky upper dipper-stick cylinder

Because

After the barn is up

I am going to fix that pond. Drain it first, then get in there and dig it all out correctly, track it in, and set a wall of stones all the way around, and maybe a gazebo and fountain if I get the time

[JR]

Heck, I still need a permit.

Do I see an auger there?

[Flyin6]

Heck, I still need a permit.

Do I see an auger there?

Yes you do, a Blue Diamond severe duty/9" auger bit

[Flyin6]

OK, so let's build a pole barn

We will be erecting a 30W X 50L X 12 high pole building with a 6/12 pitch roof, a 20 foot wide door on one gable and two 12W X 10H doors on the opposite gable. Either side will have a man door and there will be windows arrayed around the remaining perimeter.

Presently I have contracted to have a 8X8 cover over one man door to serve as a comfortable entrance/porch, and I am now considering a 14' wide lean-to on the opposite wall to allow more out of the sunlight storage. The latter TBD

Today was all about site cleanup to be ready to lay the badder boards

[Flyin6]

With all the trash lumber removed and set to fire, the front eve wall was set up five feet inside the eve/wall

[Flyin6]

The thing laid out well. Here we are midstream squaring the building. The first pull had it 12" out of square, but with care, at this point it was within an inch of square

[Flyin6]

And, the final product, measurements had the layout exactly on square!

Tomorrow is boring holes and setting posts. I however get to go play with a local hospital at another appointment, which seem to stack up like cord wood these days.

[Bigdave_185]

What is a eve wall and a badder board?


Are you able to use any of your timbers for the posts? That would just be sweet in my mind


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[TexasRedNeck]

Since when did the Amish start driving duallies?


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[Flyin6]

Since when did the Amish start driving duallies?


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The Amish guy failed to make an appointment, then didn't return a call. so I called him up and after a long lesson on keeping your word and appointments, I told him he was fired. Corey is a Captain at the fire department that I serve as a board member.
The Amish guy came out in a Duramax truck. Around here as long as it's black, I guess it's Ok to own a truck if you're Mennonite and even some Amish.

[Flyin6]

What is a eve wall and a badder board?


Are you able to use any of your timbers for the posts? That would just be sweet in my mind


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I stacked up some long 6X6 posts for the lean-to if we decide to build it, and if so, perhaps I will mill some of the timbers. Jury is still out on that

Change to: Gable wall

Badder board:

[rpar86]

And isn’t it batter?

L-shape or diagonal boards as Don has them used to square the construction site.

[Bigdave_185]

And isn’t it batter?

L-shape or diagonal boards as Don has them used to square the construction site.

I guess I have never had to do any building other then with strings and lasers. 


So you set the height and the straight corners from that then?


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[rpar86]

And isn’t it batter?

L-shape or diagonal boards as Don has them used to square the construction site.

I guess I have never had to do any building other then with strings and lasers. 


So you set the height and the straight corners from that then?


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You string mason line between them to create your footprint and then square diagonally to get it square - moving the strings in/out as necessary.

[KensAuto]

And isn’t it batter?

L-shape or diagonal boards as Don has them used to square the construction site.

I think it's better. Depending on the angle of the dangle. :)

[stlaser]

Since when did the Amish start driving duallies?


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Uh 30 years ago? You been living under a rock? I know one with his own plane and pilut too..... 

[Flyin6]

And isn’t it batter?

L-shape or diagonal boards as Don has them used to square the construction site.

...Depends

Standard boards are batter

But the Armee uses "Badder" boards

Poor attempt at some EMHH (Early mornin' Harward humor)

[Flyin6]

And isn’t it batter?

L-shape or diagonal boards as Don has them used to square the construction site.

I guess I have never had to do any building other then with strings and lasers. 


So you set the height and the straight corners from that then?


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Yes

First you set a wall, that being the front Gable that squares off the sawmill in this case. Then using that, square the rest of the building...corner to corner measurement must be the same to equal "squared-up."

Then pick a point up/down to set grade.

Unbelievably, we were only 4" off from level. Once the top soil is removed that will be nutz-on. A simple backfill with some Dense grade, 4"-5" below the top of the base board and I'm ready for the burned limestone.

So who here knows how to make concrete from scratch, from only natural stuff??

[Flyin6]

And isn’t it batter?

L-shape or diagonal boards as Don has them used to square the construction site.

I think it's better. Depending on the angle of the dangle. :)

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[Flyin6]

;-))

[Bigdave_185]

And isn’t it batter?

L-shape or diagonal boards as Don has them used to square the construction site.

I guess I have never had to do any building other then with strings and lasers. 


So you set the height and the straight corners from that then?


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Yes

First you set a wall, that being the front Gable that squares off the sawmill in this case. Then using that, square the rest of the building...corner to corner measurement must be the same to equal "squared-up."

Then pick a point up/down to set grade.

Unbelievably, we were only 4" off from level. Once the top soil is removed that will be nutz-on. A simple backfill with some Dense grade, 4"-5" below the top of the base board and I'm ready for the burned limestone.

So who here knows how to make concrete from scratch, from only natural stuff??

I believe Charles has that stuff around his place lol


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[TexasRedNeck]

Since when did the Amish start driving duallies?


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Uh 30 years ago? You been living under a rock? I know one with his own plane and pilut too..... 

I guess its like any religion.  There are those that are willing to compromise and still try to name the name.  Like the Muslims that don’t fly planes into buildings and still call themselves Muslims.


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[Flyin6]

I had a busy day that precluded my driving down to the farm, so after the Dr. Appt. in the AM, I went to work on the Suburban.

I called the crew to see what progress looked like. They had already stripped the top soil from the site, laid out the holes and were boring them as of just past noon.

The goal was to bore all the post holes and have some/all of them stood up by COB. I don't know for sure, but I will have eyes on tomorrow.

[Flyin6]

The builders had to cancel. Problem was, they could not see their mark out lines and paint marks to drill holes!

Snow late in April. Now I know how Samm always feels.

[Flyin6]

I guess we are really looking at day three of the barn-build.

Walls all up, holes backfilled with loads of concrete and everything looking pretty square and well aligned.

[Flyin6]

The top cylinder is removed for repair on the Kobelco SK-250. I think I lost around 40 gallons of fluid out of 65. Replacing that is going to hurt!

[Flyin6]

Pure gold these days!

[rpar86]

Measure twice, cut once! Can’t afford to mis-cut any of that gold! Don’t think a board stretcher will work either.

[JR]

Looks like a good spot for it.

Why not get 55gl drums since you use so much (maybe less after this)

From what I am learning its the mills that are making a killing. Transportation is up some (Blame Dave) Stores have the same margin as always, loggers are the same or less. Mills have modernized, pushing out more for less.

[Bigdave_185]

Hey now!!! I don’t move wood, steel only


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[Flyin6]

Looks like a good spot for it.

Why not get 55gl drums since you use so much (maybe less after this)

From what I am learning its the mills that are making a killing. Transportation is up some (Blame Dave) Stores have the same margin as always, loggers are the same or less. Mills have modernized, pushing out more for less.

This time I am getting a 55 gal drum...
So, interesting story about that. The builder quoted me a price for adding a 14' or 16' wide lean-to to one side of the barn, which I want to build. But with the price gouging lumber cost, it will set me back $6,500. So I offered to just cut up the material and provide it. He was all over that, so that is the plan going forward, just add the wing later in the summer after the Wyoming trip. He then asked me if I could saw up timber for his barn building business...Cool!
And
I think we may have found a rich source of income from the boulders I am pulling out of the ground by the dozens. Turns out retail on them is $1-$2 per pound! A lot of those rocks are 500-2,000 lbs. We are in the middle of seeking a wholesale buyer at 50% retail. I easily have millions of pounds of rocks in the ground. Should this fly, I think I'll dig up that far field, pull the rocks out of the ground, then simply replace the dirt, re-grade, plant grass and drive on.

We are warming up to the idea of moving down there full time. I have long wanted to produce all the $$$ needed for the next home from stuff the farm/land already offers...We shall see. Meantime, I had a thought that I could add in some RV parking near the pond. Start renting/leasing say, 20 spots to folks to create another income stream.

[Flyin6]

Measure twice, cut once! Can’t afford to mis-cut any of that gold! Don’t think a board stretcher will work either.

Not me this time
Can't you tell?
This building is going up square!
Definitely not me!

[Sammconn]

I was going to say it wasn’t gold but could agree as long as we are considering plywood platinum.

The ridiculousness of lumber pricing dumbfounds me.
I have been purchasing all through this dempanic.
Not once, not one time, has there been this “shortage” of anything they are claiming to have to bring the price up. I cried a little at $60 3/4”, but made a bit of a scene to hopefully awaken the sheep when it was $96 last week. I wasn’t buying it, but made it quite clear folks are being screwed.

Barn looking good boss, and I can’t believe what the snowflakes will pay for a rock. That shocked me.
And nice that you’re making the connections to self sufficiency.
 

[Flyin6]

I was going to say it wasn’t gold but could agree as long as we are considering plywood platinum.

The ridiculousness of lumber pricing dumbfounds me.
I have been purchasing all through this dempanic.
Not once, not one time, has there been this “shortage” of anything they are claiming to have to bring the price up. I cried a little at $60 3/4”, but made a bit of a scene to hopefully awaken the sheep when it was $96 last week. I wasn’t buying it, but made it quite clear folks are being screwed.

Barn looking good boss, and I can’t believe what the snowflakes will pay for a rock. That shocked me.
And nice that you’re making the connections to self sufficiency.
 

Dumfounds me too, Samm
Like some mad hatter movie and I'm actually in it.
That farm should be nearly self supportive by years end. Stored veggies/veggie garden. Couple of beef cows walking around. One pond of eating fish, another producing hippie pets. Rocks flying out the front gate making momee to build in my house there, and removing a forest of cedars to produce timber for fence posts, siding, flooring, material for my hippy annarondeck chair thing, and maybe even my roof of solar panels if I get that far.
The idea of the camper/RV slots makes money and offers a refuge spot for savvy campers fleeing the growing violence in other settings.
Ya, and rocks are expensive! Go figure, planet is made of them and they cost big money. My boulders have that river carved side look and are orange in color. With the rectangular shape and 12" thickness, they stack up well and the landscapers love em'

[dave945]

Those rock prices are intriguing to me. We’re considering flattening the top of our ridge out the back of the house to give more flat area for playing/messing around. Based on how good my aim was with fence posts last year when pounding them in, I’ve got me a few of them large rocks as well.


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[KensAuto]

Like JR, the research I've done comes up with the same conclusion. It's the mills. No one else. (Lumber gouging)

[Flyin6]

Those rock prices are intriguing to me. We’re considering flattening the top of our ridge out the back of the house to give more flat area for playing/messing around. Based on how good my aim was with fence posts last year when pounding them in, I’ve got me a few of them large rocks as well.


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So note that the squared off natural occurring ones are those that are fetching the coin. Broken edge flat stones will sell, but not for very much.

[Farmer Jon]

We had to order a specific type of hydraulic oil for our Kobelco so make sure you got the right stuff. We were topping ours off with the regular stuff we use on the farm equipment.  Turns out that is wrong.

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[Flyin6]

We had to order a specific type of hydraulic oil for our Kobelco so make sure you got the right stuff. We were topping ours off with the regular stuff we use on the farm equipment.  Turns out that is wrong.

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AW-46 is fine/recommended for my machine. Thing is, it never lasts long! Problem with older machines... I would love to buy a newer machine in the 55,000 lb range, but problem is I'd have to follow the purchase with payments!

[Flyin6]

So, total fail on providing pics from yesterday.

I took delivery of the RX-7320 tractor, and WHOA!!! What a machine. I have to wonder how I deserve something this nice. Ever heard of a cruise control for the PTO? Well I own one, which also has manual and auto modes, along with normal PTO, Econ PTO, and an overall Auto or manual PTO modes outside of cruise.

It cools great, sounds quiet inside, has tunes, is a glass house on wheels, and so far unbroken!

Next up, all the grading around the new barn is now complete. All purlins are up for all walls. Looks we are holding just short of a top plate. Front large entrance is framed in as well as some of the other parts of the building. It won't take nearly as much gravel as I thought to finish. We are looking at two days of rain, so will be taking a break on that for now.