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« Reply #200 on: July 22, 2017, 05:01:40 PM »
Now that I have the culvert I need to build some end walls/catch basin.  So I got busy with the mixer and some wood







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« Reply #201 on: July 22, 2017, 05:06:31 PM »


So got the basin unboxed and graded the soil and finished the rip rap on the uphil side of the drive



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« Reply #202 on: July 22, 2017, 05:08:31 PM »
And then I poured the base for the end wall on the other side and started the rip rap between the end wall and the pond.


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« Reply #203 on: July 22, 2017, 06:04:34 PM »
Excellant work Charles. Looks like it should work well.
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« Reply #204 on: July 22, 2017, 07:00:46 PM »
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« Reply #205 on: July 22, 2017, 11:41:14 PM »
Does look good.  :likebutton:
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« Reply #206 on: July 22, 2017, 11:46:18 PM »
Now get the garden hose and show us how it will work lol. Think you have enough volume?


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« Reply #207 on: July 23, 2017, 12:00:28 AM »
If you still have problems with the water moving too fast and cutting into the rock or driveway, you can add a few V shaped check dams to help slow it down. Just be sure to keep the height of the checks lower than the top half of swale and armored areas. Lots of work but better than fighting water problems when it is pouring out.

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« Reply #208 on: July 23, 2017, 12:00:55 PM »
Tex. Looks good and a lot of work. How do you like your mixer?  Is it electric?  Are you going to put any grate on the input side?


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« Reply #209 on: July 23, 2017, 03:34:53 PM »
So tex, is that your own redneck engineering or a lot of YouTube video watching?  Looks really good.
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« Reply #210 on: July 23, 2017, 04:02:03 PM »
Good looking work!
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« Reply #211 on: July 23, 2017, 10:14:21 PM »
Mixer is HF 3 1/2 cu ft. On sale and with a coupon was less than$200. It barely mixes two 80 on bags. Perfect mix is one 80 and one 60. 3 1/2 is completely upright volume which is worthless as a measurement.  So far so good. I've estimated that I have mixed about 3.5 yards of concrete total. And yes. My total red neck engineering. No YouTube. Got the inside form on the down hill side done today. Will take 20 bags of #80 to finish. The walls and base are 5 1/2 inch thick. It will give me 19ft between the culverts that will handle an H25 load.


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« Reply #212 on: July 23, 2017, 11:29:55 PM »
Ditto the "looks good" comments! Well done!

If this was a Big D project we'd see you hauling a batch plant in on a trailer and setting that up! Ha!

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« Reply #213 on: July 23, 2017, 11:40:45 PM »
Ditto the "looks good" comments! Well done!

If this was a Big D project we'd see you hauling a batch plant in on a trailer and setting that up! Ha!
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« Reply #214 on: July 24, 2017, 03:50:06 PM »
Mixer is HF 3 1/2 cu ft. On sale and with a coupon was less than$200. It barely mixes two 80 on bags. Perfect mix is one 80 and one 60. 3 1/2 is completely upright volume which is worthless as a measurement.  So far so good. I've estimated that I have mixed about 3.5 yards of concrete total. And yes. My total red neck engineering. No YouTube. Got the inside form on the down hill side done today. Will take 20 bags of #80 to finish. The walls and base are 5 1/2 inch thick. It will give me 19ft between the culverts that will handle an H25 load.


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Thanks. I have some small concrete jobs I need to do and that sounds like it will do the trick. All of the Craigslist tow behind mixers have been worn out and still expensive.

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« Reply #215 on: July 28, 2017, 12:52:06 PM »
Ok. Poured the final part of the downstream end wall. Bought a concrete vibrator which I should have bought a long time ago. $99 at HF. I had to take the form apart and wash all the mud out since we got a big rain since I poured the bottom.   Forgot to put my cross braces between the sides back in. Put concrete in form and all was fine. Then as soon as I dropped the vibrator in the form blew out. Took 20 minutes to get it back in line and re install the braces. Used by bottle jack and a sledge. Still a little bowed but good enough. Bottom line is the  vibrator works awesome. That concrete was mixed stiff and it just flowed as soon as I hit it with the vibrator. I wish I had it when I was pouring the footings for the casita.  If you use a vibrator make sure your forms are solid. It puts much more pressure on your forms.





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« Reply #216 on: July 28, 2017, 10:06:20 PM »
And mowed my new patch of land


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« Reply #217 on: July 28, 2017, 10:46:54 PM »
Looks like a pretty good chunk , triangle or not.
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« Reply #218 on: July 28, 2017, 11:10:30 PM »
Flat!

I don't quite understand the concept...Anything I know of as being flat has a house or corn on it!
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« Reply #219 on: July 28, 2017, 11:33:09 PM »
LOL, yeah its only 1/2 acre but it squares up my property nicely at the road.  And its the only cleared area around, so first order is to fence it. My fence runs along the tree line to the right.  I'll take that down and move it out to the R.O.W. line which is 50ft from the center of the road.  Then I'll start prepping it for a larger garden.  Have to do 8ft fence around the garden for the deer.  Probably also plant a few fruit trees.  Gonna also run electric and water out there for irrigation.
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« Reply #220 on: July 29, 2017, 12:30:26 PM »
In a previous post you said something about how it squares up your property at the road but the road cuts through... I'm having trouble picturing that. ;)
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« Reply #221 on: July 29, 2017, 05:05:40 PM »
See  if this helps.

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« Reply #222 on: July 29, 2017, 05:07:41 PM »
Took the forms off and graded around and put down more rip rap



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« Reply #223 on: July 29, 2017, 06:06:18 PM »
Bro,

That is some work to be proud of

I and, well, everyone else, I'm sure has noticed the absolute fine quality of your work RN! I see workmanship like this and I'm reenergized to pick up the pace farmside.
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« Reply #224 on: July 29, 2017, 06:15:37 PM »
Ha. Don you hold your own my friend. It just takes me a whole lot longer with my dinky tractor

I'd get a lot more done if I was retired.

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« Reply #225 on: July 29, 2017, 06:40:49 PM »
Very nice, where are the pics of the broken equipment like in Big D's thread?
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« Reply #226 on: July 29, 2017, 07:03:20 PM »
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« Reply #227 on: July 29, 2017, 08:41:28 PM »
Ha. Don you hold your own my friend. It just takes me a whole lot longer with my dinky tractor

I'd get a lot more done if I was retired.

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My wife says retarded

I guess its the same thing???

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« Reply #228 on: July 29, 2017, 08:42:46 PM »
Very nice, where are the pics of the broken equipment like in Big D's thread?
Nothing, well, not very much was broken the other weekend

Come on...That's at least one in a row!
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« Reply #229 on: July 30, 2017, 01:08:42 PM »
TRN, that does complete the land nicely. Is there a house in that lot somewhere?

Time for a bigger tractor?
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« Reply #230 on: July 30, 2017, 01:38:36 PM »
Yeah. House, shop and soon to be a guest house believe it or not.


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« Reply #231 on: July 31, 2017, 01:06:59 AM »
Ah ok that makes sense now :)
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« Reply #232 on: July 31, 2017, 07:53:05 AM »
yesterday i got a lesson in fence building....thank you Youtube, Mother Earth News and other sites.

Put the post auger on the tractor and marked the fence line (50ft from center of the road) and put up a sting.  Its difficult to get the hole exactly where you want it with an auger.  Its more like getting it in the same zip code....and the auger will only effectively reach down 3 ft, when I need a 4 ft deep hole.  enter the old fashioned post hole digger....and enter shoulder soreness this morning as a major slap in the face that I aint the boy I was in my teens that could rock a post hole digger for hours in the heat....So in go the posts and I used a 3/4 iron pipe with a cap on the end as my tamper for the backfill, adding a few inches at a time and tamping solidly.  Posts are rock solid thanks to heavy clay soil.

In any event I now have the posts in the ground at each end for the classic H frame configuration.  Next up will be to add the horizontal portion and start stringing wire.  I think I will buy a T post popper to go with the fence stretcher so I can reuse the posts in the section of fence I am taking down. 

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« Reply #233 on: July 31, 2017, 08:38:23 AM »
TRN I had to relocate some of my garden fence and I've always just fought getting fence posts out. Grabbed a t-post puller at Tractor Supply and darn that is slicker than snot. Wish I got one years ago. Best $25 or $30 I've spent in a long time. Have used it other places too when I need a little leverage applied just right.

And I'm with you on post hole augers....im happy if any part of the hole is within my original planned circle. It's like I'm a "boulder diviner" when I use those things.  :rolleyes:
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« Reply #234 on: July 31, 2017, 10:16:54 AM »
yesterday i got a lesson in fence building....thank you Youtube, Mother Earth News and other sites.

Put the post auger on the tractor and marked the fence line (50ft from center of the road) and put up a sting.  Its difficult to get the hole exactly where you want it with an auger.  Its more like getting it in the same zip code....and the auger will only effectively reach down 3 ft, when I need a 4 ft deep hole.  enter the old fashioned post hole digger....and enter shoulder soreness this morning as a major slap in the face that I aint the boy I was in my teens that could rock a post hole digger for hours in the heat....So in go the posts and I used a 3/4 iron pipe with a cap on the end as my tamper for the backfill, adding a few inches at a time and tamping solidly.  Posts are rock solid thanks to heavy clay soil.

In any event I now have the posts in the ground at each end for the classic H frame configuration.  Next up will be to add the horizontal portion and start stringing wire.  I think I will buy a T post popper to go with the fence stretcher so I can reuse the posts in the section of fence I am taking down. 

Pics to come next week.
TRN, Here's the deal with three point augers

They use the weight of the thing to dig down, followed by the friction of the loose "dug" earth pushing against an advancing helix. So they meet a point of resistance of the hard pack vs the available downward force

Solution to all that?

If you have another tractor, you can push down on the auger and drill to hong-kong. Bigger tractors than our utility sized units have power down three points and they WILL do the trick. If you ever get to tractor next keep that in mind.
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« Reply #235 on: July 31, 2017, 06:10:29 PM »
Thanks Don,

Getting it to bite is not the problem (in my clay soil with no rocks).  If anything I have to remember to pull out every foot or so or it will screw all the way in to the heavy clay and shear a pin ( been there, done that).  My issues is getting it located exactly where I want the hole and then because the arc of the arm, it never creates a perfectly vertical hole, its a slight angle so the bottom of a 3 1/2 ft hole the bottom can be off vertical by 5-6 inches.

I like accuracy....this auger is the equivalent of a 4 moa rifle.  Good enough but not going to punch the same hole in the same location twice.....
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« Reply #236 on: July 31, 2017, 09:41:25 PM »
Thanks Don,

Getting it to bite is not the problem (in my clay soil with no rocks).  If anything I have to remember to pull out every foot or so or it will screw all the way in to the heavy clay and shear a pin ( been there, done that).  My issues is getting it located exactly where I want the hole and then because the arc of the arm, it never creates a perfectly vertical hole, its a slight angle so the bottom of a 3 1/2 ft hole the bottom can be off vertical by 5-6 inches.

I like accuracy....this auger is the equivalent of a 4 moa rifle.  Good enough but not going to punch the same hole in the same location twice.....
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« Reply #237 on: August 01, 2017, 02:15:31 PM »
I found that if you pre-dig a starter hole, a few inches down by hand, it keeps the auger from jumping around, then move the tractor forward about half way down to keep her straight(ish).
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« Reply #238 on: August 01, 2017, 09:28:16 PM »
Good advice Ken.  will give it a try
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« Reply #239 on: August 04, 2017, 11:20:28 PM »
So today was a lesson in  fence building.  I have a new found respect for ranchers....

96 degrees and 106 heat index.  No breeze.  dismantling an existing fence and rolling up the wire and then stretching and splicing barbed wire and driving t posts.

Pics tomorrow. soreness and scratches from barbed wire and mesquite trees tonight....good thing my tetanus shot is good to 2018
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« Reply #240 on: August 04, 2017, 11:32:04 PM »
Too bad I'm not closer, I'd be glad to help out with the fence. It's a royal butt whooping type workout! Wife and I did ours, only a small 4acres but was a great work out!


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« Reply #241 on: August 05, 2017, 12:44:35 AM »
I can honestly say...I'm glad I don't live closer!!
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« Reply #242 on: August 05, 2017, 02:24:06 PM »
after stretching the last of the barbed wire and driving 2 more T posts, I have decided that I am going to rent a powered post driver.  The soil is as hard as concrete and that manual driver is taking about 300 blows or more to get the post in the ground..


I contacted the rock yard and they are going to come give me an estimate on laying the rock on the 700ft of driveway. 

Done for now with the fence until I get back from San Diego.  I'm looking forward to relaxing in 78 degree weather and 68 degree water.....
We rented a house in Carlsbad/Oceanside area overlooking the beach and plan on relaxing and checking out the San Diego Zoo and a few other attractions
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« Reply #243 on: August 05, 2017, 03:00:58 PM »
My old playground. Check out the wild animal park and all the military museums.
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« Reply #244 on: August 05, 2017, 07:18:14 PM »
Have fun TRN. One of my favorite cities. If you can check the Del Coronado Hotel. They don't care if you walk around. I used to stay there when we did Beta work for Qualcomm. I would also be curious what you think of the Mexican food at Old Town Mexican Cafe where the ladies in front make the tortillas by hand. I thought it was good but I might have just been a tourista.


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« Reply #245 on: August 05, 2017, 07:37:03 PM »
Mike,  love the hotel Del.  Stayed there before.  Thought I was a navy seal until I tried running down the beach in the sand.....its harder than it looks and the water is cold.......

Tidbit.  It is the largest stick framed building in the US. Built in  by Chineese immigrant laborers.
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« Reply #246 on: August 06, 2017, 12:24:00 AM »
TRN. It is definitely cool. I ran to the buffet.


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Sold the DMax in MN and am currently vehicle less.

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Re: Hide site, retirement site.
« Reply #247 on: August 31, 2017, 09:26:23 PM »
Ok so here is an update. First: lesson learned. Never ever attempt to reuse old fencing.  It's just not worth it. Fence materials are cheap compared to the labor. I was pulling posts after fighting all that barbed wire and finally said "forget this" and went and bought new t posts ($3.89 ea).  Rented a rhino industries gas powered post driver which is worth every stinking penny. Insert post, place bottom on mark, tilt to vertical and pull the throttle trigger.  Same with trying to reuse the clip wires that hold the wire to the post. Just get new.

Pics of finished fence to come.

Then I evacuated to the hide to escape Harvey.....more about that shortly.


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Re: Hide site, retirement site.
« Reply #248 on: August 31, 2017, 10:24:18 PM »
So one of the reasons I have this place is for events just like Harvey. Living in the middle of 4M people presents a challenge to evacuate in the event of an emergency.  In this case, knowing when to leave is the real key.  You must have an early warning system and multiple routes. See my concentric circle philosophy.  Keeping both trucks full is also a key. On the Bus I run 75 gallons and when the needle comes up off full, indicating that I've used 40 gallons, I fill.  That means I never have less than 35 gallons. On the dually I always have the 60 gallon tank full and fill the main tank when it gets 1/2 full.  That means I never have less than 75 gallons. I also keep at least a months worth of food at the hide in the freezer and pantry, not to mention a years worth of long term food. So the plan worked well.  If I had to say there was a lesson to be learned it would be to have a bigger generator and more gas stored.  I really need a mil surplus trailer mounted diesel gen set so I can power the entire house,  either the Houston or the hide house.


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« Reply #249 on: August 31, 2017, 10:32:47 PM »
So I'm on the schedule to have another 90 tons of granit brought in and my driveway re surfaced. I spent a month or more of weekends replacing a culvert and grading for drainage. While we didn't get torrential rains here it was steady light rain for 6 days. It required 4wd to get out and in and now my drive is very rutted. I attempted to drag out some material from up near the shops to mix with the clay mud and it helped with traction but still deep ruts.   Did as much as I could in these wet conditions.  So i moved on to the casita, attempting to get back on schedule. Installed Simpson joist hangers and hung 2x12 on 16" center. At 12 ft span that will carry plenty of load. I will say the best tool purchase in recent memory is my palm nailer to drive the short galvanized nails into the hangers. I now need to cut X braces for the joists before laying the 1 1/8" t&g plywood subfloor.


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