Hide Site/Bug Out Location Construction, Part 7

[Sammconn]

Now that’s too funny.
My boy finally got a good shot on the third one.
First two were likely a bit of that there fever too.

The last one was money.
30 yards and bled out.

[Flyin6]

A 2X6 is at the top, although a 2X4 is all that is called for. When it is all screwed together it is more of a monocoque unit which reaches ultimate strength with the final screw.

I couldn't flippin' believe it but three 36" sheets fit perfectly. I did not, however get the length correct. I will need to trim off the excess length

[Flyin6]

Now that’s too funny.
My boy finally got a good shot on the third one.
First two were likely a bit of that there fever too.

The last one was money.
30 yards and bled out.

Yea, its the adrenaline
Same with soldiering
I have seen men do crap like that on their first time out in a gun fight. They get so amped they can't find the trigger. Had two gunners one time who were unable to fire their machine guns when a .50 started shooting at us. You get too much into the moment and there goes the whole shebang!

[Flyin6]

Anyway, The doors finished out square, a bit too long, but only needing to be trimmed and have the trolley system installed

[Flyin6]

This is cool. One of the door sides is fitted with a "U" channel to slide over and capture the opposite door

The bottom "U" is meant to be a rust proof bottom that can be fitted with a board or something to make it more weatherproof

[Flyin6]

Some details of the trolley system and the hanger that attaches all that to the wall

[Flyin6]

I blocked in the area on the inside of the wall where the overhead trolley tube will attach:

[Flyin6]

On the outside, unfortunately, I will need to add in some spacers to clear the 3/4" tall ribs made into the steel. I'll place some 3/4" pressure treated decking board over those to provide for a place to mount the trolley tube

[JR]

Heck of a place to leave the build!!

Funny, my father did the same on our first. Just got an 06, sighted in a new scope and we stop way past Placerville looking for a spot to camp. I said take you rifle, I hear a boom 2 minutes later, hit the dirt,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[stlaser]

This is cool. One of the door sides is fitted with a "U" channel to slide over and capture the opposite door

The bottom "U" is meant to be a rust proof bottom that can be fitted with a board or something to make it more weatherproof

It’s meant to engage a metal unit piece in center of opening & at end of doors so door bottom doesn’t kick out when windy. When you have concrete pads they can be installed into the crete. Unsure how it works with gravel etc. a lot of guys drive a stake and then wedge a wooden block between stake and door just don’t run over stake then.

[Flyin6]

This is cool. One of the door sides is fitted with a "U" channel to slide over and capture the opposite door

The bottom "U" is meant to be a rust proof bottom that can be fitted with a board or something to make it more weatherproof

It’s meant to engage a metal unit piece in center of opening & at end of doors so door bottom doesn’t kick out when windy. When you have concrete pads they can be installed into the crete. Unsure how it works with gravel etc. a lot of guys drive a stake and then wedge a wooden block between stake and door just don’t run over stake then.

OK, thanks for the clarification

[TexasRedNeck]

Great progress Don.  Congrats on the football season.  Ours ended this weekend with a loss in the first round of the playoffs. 

I think I was too young for buck fever when I shot my first at 14.  Hammered him dead.

Some years later when a 300 lb hog was knocking my feeder over at night and I tried to take a shot from an open window in the house with the SBR and PVS14 from 70 yards, yeah.  Total miss.


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[Flyin6]

Quick update.
Weather changed a little for opening day of white-tail gun season.
A bit of ice there I think

[Flyin6]

I spent the day cleaning up and repairing the saw mill. There wasn't really anything wrong with it, but I took the carb and intake off and cleaned it, changed the oil, replaced the gasoline, and lubed everything. It started on the very first pull.

I cut a few test logs into cants, then re-sawed them into boards

[Flyin6]

Definitely some pretty wood inside those old logs

[Flyin6]

That one log produced enough lumber to cover 30" of deck flooring 10 feet long!

And that's exactly what it is going to do!

[Flyin6]

Next I opened up a couple of ancient Oak logs.

Trying to date these things, I think they were felled in 1833. That's the date my farm was first registered and recorded as an Amish farm. My theory is that while they were clearing the fields, they were using the trees to put up the original barn. Since the logs were worked with an axe mostly I have at least one amateur historian in the area who specializes in barns who said the barn definitely predated the Civil war, as the technique to erect the barns after the war changed. If that is the case a 15"-18" diameter oak would take at least 100 years to get to that size. That means those logs were thriving trees when Daniel Boone was walking around the countryside and at least half a century before the American revolution!

As you will see in another thread, I have started building a desk from those boards to gift to my grand daughter for Christmas.

[JR]

That is some pretty wood.

[Bob Smith]

Too bad you are so far from here. My neighbor is rebuilding a 1941 chevy woodie and is having a hard time finding the right wood in the right sizes so more of using what he can find rather than replacing with like kind.
Nice looking product you are ending up with.

[Bigdave_185]

Are you going to get a planer of industrial size to finish that material or leave as is? 

I think I remember you having a dewalt planer at the home shop?


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[Flyin6]

Too bad you are so far from here. My neighbor is rebuilding a 1941 chevy woodie and is having a hard time finding the right wood in the right sizes so more of using what he can find rather than replacing with like kind.
Nice looking product you are ending up with.

Put him in-touch with me, perhaps I can help

[Flyin6]

Are you going to get a planer of industrial size to finish that material or leave as is? 

I think I remember you having a dewalt planer at the home shop?


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Yea, that Dewalt is handling it just fine. It's making some pretty boards!

[Flyin6]

So, I put up the spacers and the plate, I guess I'll call it over those for the door track

[Flyin6]

Then the door track.

It still needs two posts to support the ends, and the two doors

[Flyin6]

Oh, and the new tractor is helping out pretty well

[Flyin6]

Fast forward a few days and the power company arrived to finally install the poles and hook my electricity...

But

I told them not to come when it was wet outside, but they did...

And got stuck

And got nothing at all done!

[Flyin6]

It snowed in the county where I lived, but apparently rained like hades down at the farm. Look how far the water came up

And it all got my truck pretty dirty

[Flyin6]

On the interior we build the framing for the knee wall separating the saw mill from the rest of the shop area

[JR]

At least you have roof up!! GRRRR

[Nate]

....

[stlaser]

I guess I didn’t realize the mill was going in that barn. I thought you had or were putting a roof structure over it where it was last located. Sorry, not keeping up on things lately.

[Flyin6]

....

Not me man, I swear!

Now the other Kubota is beginning to look like a couple of privates drove it around in some battle somewhere, but the new one is still GTG
;-)

[JR]

Don't feel bad Don. Did the same to mine putting a jerry can up there. Even had a piece of wood so as not scratch the paint!

[Nate]

....

Not me man, I swear!

Now the other Kubota is beginning to look like a couple of privates drove it around in some battle somewhere, but the new one is still GTG
;-)

HAHAHAHA

[Flyin6]

This is just hours after the tornados struck about 100 miles south west of my place. There were some high winds and so much rain!

Sky still looks angry here.

[Flyin6]

Those water tanks went from 2/3 full to running over in one event!

Over 6,000 gallons of water just like that!

[Flyin6]

The pond gained a bunch of water and depth:

[JR]

How are the ponds feed, just run off or a stream?

[Flyin6]

How are the ponds feed, just run off or a stream?

Run off only
But
If you look at the road carefully, you will see I actually use it to collect water from way up hill and channel it into the pond

[JR]

Just wondering if you could filter the intake better using gravel or rocks? Water from the pics always looks dirty.

[Flyin6]

Just wondering if you could filter the intake better using gravel or rocks? Water from the pics always looks dirty.

I probably could, but that's due mostly to all the construction

Some day the pond and intake ditch will be full of grass...and...the road will be covered in gravel...and...the area that is draining will also be grassy.

[Flyin6]

Power company showed up yesterday, while the ground was frozen and finally got the pole installed and power hooked up!

[Flyin6]

That pole down on the pond will be replaced, although we agreed to have it done in the summer when the ground is hard. The one there now is fine, but not as tall as the new one coming in soon.

Meanwhile, here is the new service pole, wires, and transformer. I think I'll have plenty height to stay away from tall things like the Kobelco.

[Flyin6]

The water tanks are now completely full and have been running over. I may just find another big tank and fill it. or perhaps dig a small pond/hole, then line it with PVC and use it to raise minnows or something. I'll have an abundance of rain water it seems, to use however I wish.

Speaking of water, the pond is approaching full depth. I like how it is coming right up to the edge of the stones I placed in the part of the bank where water flows into it from the south field

[Flyin6]

It will rise another foot, but then recede to about where it is now I think

[Flyin6]

While we were poking around there, a quick snow shower blew in and put about an inch down in just minutes

[EL TATE]

Glad to see you weren't "REALLY" impacted by the storm at all Chief. she's really taking shape up there.

[Flyin6]

Glad to see you weren't "REALLY" impacted by the storm at all Chief. she's really taking shape up there.

Seems we get a pass on a lot of the crazy weather these days

[Bigdave_185]

What happened to the fish clearing up that water? It looks like a mud pond


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[JR]