Hide Site/Bug Out Location Construction, Part 6

[Flyin6]

Does the forum have some kind of new censoring software? What’s the underlined word in the first barn post supposed to say?

Not censorin'
Just me
Can't remember what I forgot
Forgot the name, "Purlins"
so I kept on writing and posting, leaving a blank for me to go back and fill in...But I forgot to do that too
What were we talkin' about???
;-)

[Flyin6]

Does the forum have some kind of new censoring software? What’s the underlined word in the first barn post supposed to say?

Boss had a bad day and self sensored ?

If I did that, I'd have to get one of you knuckleheads to fire me...I've been cussing again, a lot, lately
I'm goin' to repent and get on with my day
"Father, Please forgive me for my mental weakness and lack of self control. I repent of this and will try to refrain from this, and to control my anger better starting right now!"

[Nate]

Does the forum have some kind of new censoring software? What’s the underlined word in the first barn post supposed to say?

Boss had a bad day and self sensored ?

If I did that, I'd have to get one of you knuckleheads to fire me...I've been cussing again, a lot, lately
I'm goin' to repent and get on with my day
"Father, Please forgive me for my mental weakness and lack of self control. I repent of this and will try to refrain from this, and to control my anger better starting right now!"

you must still be upset about the box mower breaking..........

[rpar86]

I just figured it was a lesson in reading comprehension and how to insert the right word based on the context of the sentence.

I was thinking purlins when I read it, so yay me.

[Flyin6]

I just figured it was a lesson in reading comprehension and how to insert the right word based on the context of the sentence.

I was thinking purlins when I read it, so yay me.

You're smart, Ryan
You get one get outta gettin' banned (or fired) card. Redeem as necessary when the occasion arises.

;-)

[cj7ox]

And here I thought Big D was inserting ad-libs to his posts. LOL!

[TexasRedNeck]

Don, check out the book of James.  James 1:1-4


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[Flyin6]

And here I thought Big D was inserting ad-libs to his posts. LOL!

You give me far too much credit!

[Flyin6]

Don, check out the book of James.  James 1:1-4


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Copy, Red

For everyone:

James 1:1-4 1James, a servant of God and of the LORD Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings. 2Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

[Flyin6]

We continue to have lots of rain and that with the normal construction delays, the barn build is slowly moving toward its eventual completion.

I am finally under roof for the most part and none too soon.

I just took delivery of the replacement Kubota SVL-97 which has new paint. My wish is for it to remain new so with the roof blocking the harsh sun, it should stay a lot better looking that the 2018 SVL-95 is. Both orange and both foreign, and both great machines.

Little Don in a rare guest appearance too!

[JR]

Is that the motorcycle Don?

Yep, keeping those toys under a roof will add years of life to em.

[KensAuto]

"little" Don not so little anymore.

Man you're getting old boss. :)

[Flyin6]

Is that the motorcycle Don?

Yep, keeping those toys under a roof will add years of life to em.

Why, yes it is

[Flyin6]

"little" Don not so little anymore.

Man you're getting old boss. :)

It happens

If you are so fortunate!

Here's hoping you get old too!

[Flyin6]

Wall tin is going up

[Flyin6]

Good room on the inside

[Flyin6]

Got the Titan cutter back, so I put that to work mowing. It lasted about four hours before the bolts loosened up so much that the blades started cutting the steel deck!

Ya...Nothing seems to work anymore.

I mowed a good bit with the tracked zero turn. Broke one of those blades in half, so I quit for the day...Back at it tomorrow

[Bob Smith]

Looking good Don. Be nice to finally have a roof over the working stock when not in use

[JR]

Any floor planned for it?

[Flyin6]

Any floor planned for it?

I think just dense grade gravel for now...but maybe a few squares of concrete where the cabinets and work benches will be installed

[Flyin6]

So today, I started out to finish the mowing of the fields and that darned Titan bush hog came apart! Before I started I tightened all four blade bolts. Then I found most of the gearbox bolts loose, some took 3-4 turns to bring up to spec. I thought all was well, but when I engaged the thing it was grinding and shaking, so i shut it down. The driveshaft on the other side grenaded. The U-joint is all broken up and the yoke is severely bent!!!

I cannot believe that a new mower has had two major breakdowns where parts have literally broken up in just four hours of mowing!

So with that out of the picture, I dug two borrow pits and buried all the metal from the house and the barn when I burned those down. I filled and smoothed that all out then graded around them.

I cleaned out the out house some, but ran into a bunch of buzzing noises when i pulled out a tarp I had stored in there...I just left it.

I moved the Army trailer off the hill where it was a bit of an eyesore, and also because tomorrow, I am going to dig that all up and smooth out the ground to make mowing possible

[Flyin6]

More metal added and one of the two man doors

[Flyin6]

Stuff fits good in there!

[JR]

The right stuff on the floor will be as good as cement. Underlament, base rock and DG will be darn nice and you can always lay slab down.

To bad about the mower. Seems you either break them or run over something.

Think my trailer might get the fire fighting setup for up the. At least one will that I can grab and go with.

[Flyin6]

Will be tearing into this long berm tomorrow to round some areas, and stack in stones in other places

[Flyin6]

The right stuff on the floor will be as good as cement. Underlament, base rock and DG will be darn nice and you can always lay slab down.

To bad about the mower. Seems you either break them or run over something.

Think my trailer might get the fire fighting setup for up the. At least one will that I can grab and go with.

It's handy. 100 gallons of fuel and 350 gallons of water...I was using it just today

[Flyin6]

Kubota picked up a nail...Track went flat!

Any believers???



Proof that anything can pick up a nail from just about anywhere

[Flyin6]

The guys were steady at the metal today...

[Flyin6]

I got all set up to install that used cylinder onto the excavator...But no one brought it down!

I picked up an electric grease gun and a half dozen or so tubes of moly grease. I also brought down 20 gallons of AW-46 hydraulic oil and a box of rags. Add to that, I picked up a set of large wrenches up to 1 1/4" and two new hammers, a 4 lb shorty and a 10 pound sledge to help bang that pin around when I finally get the cylinder topside.

I charged up both of my jump-start lithium batteries to help push those old batteries, but it was all for nothing. At least, I have all the "stuff" sitting on the machine awaiting the missing part.

I took some whacks at the dented area and I didn't budge it at all, so I'll have to get a lot more serious if I want to straighten out the lower body work.

[Flyin6]

I started the retaining wall construction alongside the road near to the new barn. I started with cutting in the steps, then got more and more aggressive throughout the day. I am now over 26 hours on the new Kubota!

The steps sit a little proud of the road because the road will get a fill of 3" of larger stone, like 1 1/4" chased over with a layer of dense grade which will fill all those gaps in nicely.

[Flyin6]

Instead of building a 100 yard retaining wall, I decided to just lay back the drop-off to make it tractor and mower friendly. I am about half way done with that at the moment.

[Flyin6]

What you can't see is a myriad of holes and ditches out in the field that got filled up with all the extra dirt.

Hopefully the cylinder will show up soon, so that I can get the big boy running. Once that happens, draining the pond to re-dig it will be job one for probably a pretty long time.

[JR]

 

[Bigdave_185]

What difference can you feel between the two skids?


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[Flyin6]

What difference can you feel between the two skids?


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None at all
Both are jerky and super powerful
Takes a ton of technique and patience to get them to run smooth
97 is just a 95 with improved DEF and something called telemetrics, and a built in back up camera (which I almost never use)

[Nate]

So it has a back up camera and the telematics let it connect to a smart phone app?

[TexasRedNeck]

Big brother is watching :-0


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[KensAuto]

Big brother is watching :-0


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And they can shut it down if Don farts........ probably.

I have a hard time running a skid steer with the huge rearward blind spot. I would like the camera, in theory.

[Bob Smith]

Back up camera just might decrease the run over problem though. If he used it.

[Nate]

Back up camera just might decrease the run over problem though. If he used it.

you are correct bob, but we all know that don CANNOT just leave things alone.   

[KensAuto]

Back up camera just might decrease the run over problem though. If he used it.

Must be guys named Bob(by). Like a sniper lying in wait. Lol

[Flyin6]

Big brother is watching :-0


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And they can shut it down if Don farts........ probably.

I have a hard time running a skid steer with the huge rearward blind spot. I would like the camera, in theory.

Never use it Ken

Hard to use

very small picture, hard to focus in

And Kubota has one of the best rear views. I think a man disappears from your view around 30 feet, whereas in a Cat 299, it's like 108 feet.
In a Cat, you couldn't see my Chinook helicopter parked right behind you (well maybe that's an exaggeration, but in the yellow thing you are blind.)

[Flyin6]

So, me n de mrs(isses) seem to be moving ever closer to building our permanent home down at the farm.

The objective this summer was to create that pretty little spot where she may be happy. But recently she is coming to the realization that:
1. Taxes are going up here
    and if you doubled the taxes at the farm the taxes there would still only be 1/6th of what they are here
2. Constant growth, and more people
    None of that down there, just big tracts of land with no jobs anywhere nearby
3. Privacy is going away here. HOA, nosey people, surveys, signs everywhere..
    None of that at the farm.
4. Traffic getting very annoying in NKY
    No traffic to speak of at all. Rare is the time when you see another single car on the road down there.
5. Need a permit to take a pizz in the yard
    Farmside you don't even need a building permit to build a house, pond, barn, Nuke power plant.
6. House values going up fast here
    Build at the farm, then rent our current home for mortgage pymt + 50-60%
7. Solar panels not allowed in our neighborhood
    Farmside, use cardboard soaked in gasoline if you want
8. Chicken coup: Are you kidding???!!!
    Will be my first addition down there
9. Hippy neighbors, partially
    Farmside: No neighbors at all.
10. Here: Increasing costs for everything
     There: you won't need as much, no one to impress
11. Here: 5 dogs getting annoying
     There: I plan to build a dog breeding kennel where the camper currently sits so she can breed her mountain dogs.
12. and really...You're just free there

So, we have some pleminary agreements:

   I can build my pole barn home...Outside is mine
     Inside is hers!

   Thinking around 3,000 square feet

   3 bedroom,

   Kitchen open to living, dining room area, office, big closet for the MBR

   2.5 bathrooms

   Not as much vaulted space as we have now

   No attached workshop, only a real garage.

   Thinking about a swimming pool...Possibly partially/fully enclosed

   $300K ish budget

So

I am thinking about a pole barn with some metal exterior, and some board and batten

Polished concrete, heated floors, some wooden flooring

big porch for a big view

Basement??? Even possible???

[JR]

I pizz anyway, will NEVER be in an HOA.

Breed me a farm dog!

[Flyin6]

I pizz anyway, will NEVER be in an HOA.

Breed me a farm dog!

Buddy, these things sell for $3K-$5k ea.

And I own exactly zero of all that

Her deal

Get to be friends with her and maybe she'll cut you a deal...

Best I can do

[JR]

Another reason I have no dog, prices are stupid. I don't want/need a AKC, mutt is good (no dis to her)

All there are at pound are pitts, mex rat dogs or lap dogs, no REAL MEN dogs!!

[dave945]

We bought our greater Swiss mountain dog in Belgium when we were over there. She was a beautiful dog. Wish we would have bred her when we came back, it would have been a new bloodline for the US at the time.   Great dogs, smart and loyal.


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[Nate]

How did you like being stationed at shape?

[Flyin6]

Man, this thread is turnin' into a chat thread too!

Is it just me

I look like the kinda' guy who needs his stuff all junked up??

Screw it, nothing stays intact and pure around here

;-))

[dave945]

How did you like being stationed at shape?

Did you hear something?……guess not. 

I liked SHAPE, nice area. Unfortunately I wasn’t actually stationed there, I was there as a NATO contractor. And with the way the SOFA agreement is written, it meant that I received exactly nothing and no support from either SHAPe or US military. Oh well, it is what it is. I enjoyed it, our oldest two were born there in the local hospital and made some good friends. I’ve definitely been in worse locations.


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