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Messages - kampfitt
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« on: November 16, 2016, 02:31:42 PM »
Hopefully it won't be as bad with the guards. Getting up on the barn is a pain!
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« on: November 16, 2016, 07:53:28 AM »
Took 1/2 day off to clean all the gutters on the house and installed gutter guards. Tired of climbing onto the roof each year!! Cleaned the gutters on my big barn and looking to see if I can put the same guards on these 5" gutters. Might need another 1/2 day off before the snow flies!
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« on: November 08, 2016, 11:34:45 AM »
Don do you still have battery hooked up in the camper? The converter in these campers are terrible for voltage output, they require the battery to act as a sink to stabilize the 12 volts out.
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« on: November 05, 2016, 02:45:09 PM »
Sitting in Ft Myers airport waiting to get home and back to work.Great vac.on the beach with my wife! No pics of her on the beach! She said no camera or no bikini!!
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« on: October 24, 2016, 07:45:17 AM »
Had a friend from work come out and sight in his new 300 Win. Mag. at 300 yrds  Here's another notice the Baby DMax in the back ground, He Loves it! He's goten 34 mpg on two different road trips.  No pics but moved back to 500 ydrs and got my little Savage 223 Woodchuck gun out , Son went 4-4 So I had to show him and went 4-4 and quit with a tie before I got beat!! Marv pulled out the 300 and went 2-3, He's never shot out past 200 So that put a smile on his face :D
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« on: October 23, 2016, 08:08:18 AM »
Put in back stop for our 500 yd range. Already have 25 yd and 100 yd all done. Good ol Massey backhoe!  Loading 72 Chevy Plow Truck  About 1 yd on truck and 1 yd in backhoe  EzDumper works great  Then ran out of fuel in backhoe :-[ That took an hour to get restarted! Someone forgot to check the fuel! No pics it wasn't pretty, didn't get done till dark! Finished backstop just need target frame put up 
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« on: October 21, 2016, 08:44:28 AM »
LOL!! ;D ;D
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« on: October 16, 2016, 10:27:22 AM »
I Hate it when I do something Dumb in front of my Wife!! When my boys were about 7-8 range oldest and I were on the quad plowing the pond without helmets!! Big NO NO for Mom. Finished up pond and decided to do one donut on the way back to barn. Well we hit the bank, both flew off hit the ice hard!! Boy is crying, I look up to see Mom in the window watching >:( Grabbed the boy and headed for the barn, trying to delay the wrath of Mom that I knew was coming! I limped for days, but nothing broken like Don. Hopefully you heal quickly, and the boys learn a lesson about Showing off!
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« on: October 11, 2016, 07:51:03 AM »
I just got the Bfg's put them on right before our trip south. Hauled 5th wheel fine then on some two tracks around Smoky Mts. and Shenandoah National Park. I'll have to wait for the snow to really try them out for me, but so far so good.
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« on: September 30, 2016, 05:01:38 PM »
I like the owb for the 1911.I think I'll likr it much better than my IWB i use now. I'm going to send my info to your email.
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« on: September 28, 2016, 04:58:44 PM »
Hiking in Smokie Mts to see a waterfall with wife, on our the back wife was running out of gas and turned to me and said we need to see a bear to boost her adrenaline, and we go 10 ft tops and here comes a Black bear down the Mtn about 25 yrds in front of us, across trail and down in front of us to the river!! That was a good hiking trip!
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« on: September 17, 2016, 09:32:34 AM »
Yea that's the main thing will your wife want to go hook it all up and flip breakers? Not mine so its me or the whole house auto route is the only way to go. BTW my Dad has the Generac 11 kw whole house when we out 2 yrs ago for 5 days after a big storm I'm on a portable gen filling up every 7-8 hrs going to gas stations 10 miles away to get gas and I stop bye His house the first night and his yard light, porch light and darn near every light in the house is on!! Looked like a UFO in the dark!! Told him he better turn off some of the lights, some of the neighbors might not like them too much sitting there in the dark for days!!
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« on: September 17, 2016, 09:15:10 AM »
Love It!! I still have the very same 86 trx350 bought brand new. mine hasn't move in 2 yrs! needs tires and carb work. Maybe I can make it a winter project, I'm going to watch yours closely!!
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« on: September 06, 2016, 10:33:32 AM »
Well been crazy here since last post. 90 yr old father in law has been in the hospital for the last 3 weeks! Darn near lost him twice. He has hairy cell leukemia that dr's are just letting run it's course at his age nothing you can do, then came down with pneumonia in both lungs! They live 80 miles from us in Cass City so my wife was up with her mother 86 yrs taking her to hospital every day. Then he got too sick for the small town hospital and was moved to Saginaw St. Mary's. That's 40 miles from our house, So Wifey has been staying home and going to the hospital in the morning to catch the Dr's and get any news while the other sisters bring Mom around Noon and take her back around 7pm. My Wife is there till at least 3pm every day. This has been very hard on her! And of course with 8 kids everyone has an opinion on what should be done! So everything she does around the house the boy and I have been doing! Dinners , Shopping, Mowing the grass, its been nuts! He's starting to show some improvement, very slow going. If his lungs don't start working better he won't be able to come home! On Oxygen mask during the day and bi-pap mach. at night to help him breath. It's day by day He's a tough old bird, so I'm hoping he can get strong enough to come home or it be a peaceful end to a good long life. Prayers for my wife Karen its been very hard on her. But I had Monday off, So I didn't like the corner where po backed onto a tree and covered it with caulk. I couldn't leve it alone! So I opened up this can of worms! Rotten wood on inside  Leak around bolts for lift asm  Had to take canvas down roof rack off, plan is to replace bad wood and make a 3' by 4' L bracket out of 1/8" to reinforce the corner and put all back together when I get some time!
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« on: September 06, 2016, 09:25:20 AM »
Yea 1 sheet of 3/4' cut in half, glued and screwed together, 4 x 4 legs 2 x 4 braces. This thing is Heavy! But works very well.
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« on: August 30, 2016, 11:16:42 AM »
Thought I'd do a little write up on my son's new rifle. Savage Mod 12 LRPV in 6 mm Norma bench rest 26" barrel Leupold VX-6 7-42x56mm scope Ken Farrell 20 moa one piece base and rings Harris bipod Lapua 105 gr hollow point boat tail about .472 bc 29-30 grains H4895 about 2800 fps  6mm round  100 yrd zero  Took him a few shots to get on target at 500 yrds.  After about 20 rds he had the dope just right, 6-9 mph of wind right to left no correction 10 mils up then he coul call head shots. 
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« on: August 29, 2016, 09:24:19 AM »
Son was home for a wedding this weekend and brought his new 6 mm br rifle to shoot! 6mm bench rest round. 105 Grain 30 grains H4895 100 yrd target Put the steel out at 505yds. couple shots to get the right dope then this! After 20 rounds He's calling head shots!
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« on: August 20, 2016, 08:06:39 AM »
Spent last 2 days moving younger son into his first house! At least he rented a stair climber for the gun safe that thing worked great!! Mostly in, just a lot of boxes left to unpack, don't know how you can get so much crap in a 1 bed apartment!
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« on: August 09, 2016, 11:20:35 AM »
Nice!! You can't have too much light!
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« on: August 08, 2016, 08:42:47 AM »
Got to finish up wiring on camp lights. Put switches for front, left and right sides up beside the bed for any bumps in the night.  Used Wife's multi tool to cut the hole, I love this thing I use it more than she does!  Switches and power outlet installed  Wire on top to junction box covered with the Eterna Bond tape  Then on to new LED tail and backup lights! Had to find out they never hooked up backup wire to rec. in the box! that took a while to find and fix then back to light install These things are great! Super Bright! Running Lights  Backup light and Running  Backup and Brake!  Now just have to do Pass. side tonight.
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« on: August 02, 2016, 08:38:16 AM »
The switches for the lights are all inside the camper, but I learned the hard way always get out and check for low hanging limbs! So while out checking campsite out the rear light switch is right at the door , I'll be able to just reach in and turn it on for additional rear flood lighting.
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« on: August 01, 2016, 09:11:40 AM »
Got some more time in on the camper Sat. Putting on Camp site lights on all sides. Rear will have a switch near back door, Left side Right side and front will have switches up beside the refrigerator and bed so they are close if you hear a bump in the night! Made 90' brackets for the sides   Then bought tube mounts for the front and back  You can see factory seam in roof, so I used Eternabond tape to waterproof the seam and hold the wires down going back to the junction box on the roof.  And for all you Safety Guys here's how not to make your own pick!! Roof says no weight except on roof rack 100 lbs max! That leaves me out!  Still have to put switches in then back to rear carrier and truck wiring. No backup light on trailer plug?
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« on: August 01, 2016, 08:53:04 AM »
Went out after work today since we had an 1" of rain Sat. and worked up my spot for food plot. Ground is still hard as a rock!  Going to need more work after the next rain.
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« on: July 23, 2016, 08:31:46 AM »
Did some more on truck platform despite the heat! Tailgates off hitch tube is in to mark location of first upright  On the bench to weld up  Setting location on platform  Trying to get the angle and length just right. Wood is cheaper than tubing!! 
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« on: July 22, 2016, 08:56:20 AM »
Vent Fan works great! Got more done on the jacks, Put them together twice! forgot the mounting rings!! New Powder Coating  Rings installed!  Slide inner screw tube in, put roll pin in, Drive gear just sets over roll pin.  Slide drive shaft with spacer and gear in then put roll pin in to hold it all together. Without getting grease on white paint!!  Back on camper looking much better even if I had to do it twice!  And on to next step, took tailgate off and making platform that slides into hitch to support the back of camper. 2" x 6" main rails 2" x 4" tie rails  Put #1 son to work He's my welder if you need better than farm welding I do! 
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« on: July 11, 2016, 07:55:40 AM »
Yup, got a second chuck yesterday made a mess of him! I'm going to like this gun a lot!!
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« on: July 08, 2016, 09:10:58 AM »
Well got first wack at one of my woodchucks last night! What a job that 223 does compared to my 10-22 I've been using all these years!! Not a long shot only about 65 yrds but planted that chuck right in his tracks!! I Love this rifle!!
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« on: June 26, 2016, 12:20:00 PM »
Well speaking of Caddy Shack! here's one that got to his hole before I could get him with the 10-22 Dug him up Then BANG Fill in hole. Wife just shakes her head! 
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« on: June 26, 2016, 08:47:48 AM »
Little more time on camper Couch is in toilet done, Wife working on curtains 
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« on: June 26, 2016, 08:45:38 AM »
Well finely got time to sight in my new toy! 100 yds Factory reloads!  200 yds 2 touching at my finger 1 high and I called that one.  300yds 3 shots from me 3 from youngest Son. His it the smaller group!  Youngest Son  Son shooting 200 yrds  Then we thought what the heck! 450 yrds!!  Of course his is the best! Right in the middle, mine are top to bottom on the right. I was laughing too much to hold tight, not bad for $600 gun out of the box!
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« on: June 23, 2016, 09:14:55 AM »
Well got more done on the camper. Interior Lights and plugs done, on to new flooring.  Wife laying it all out for the right color match!  Before!  After! She did a Nice job while I was at work! 
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« on: June 23, 2016, 09:08:15 AM »
New Woodchuck Gun! Savage Mod 16 Trophy Hunter XP 223 NIKON BDC Scope Now Just need some time to shoot this and tune up a load for it. #2 Son has all the reloading equipment. 
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« on: June 23, 2016, 08:55:30 AM »
Yes it's a Functional hood scoop!! Nobody will spill the beans, I've been trying! They are only saying Bigger and Better Numbers. Only Single Turbo on the one's I've seen.
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« on: June 23, 2016, 08:43:58 AM »
Well I finally got my plane out!! [Wifey was out with the Girls]  From the air  Hard to do 1 handed!  North South runway 1200' East West about 700' 
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« on: June 22, 2016, 07:40:34 AM »
Working at the truck plant, we've built pilot 17's but still no firm numbers yet? have heard 425 hp and 1000 lbs but no one will confirm.
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« on: June 15, 2016, 09:34:26 AM »
Finally got a little time back on camper. Wifey wanted another plug to rear of camper for tablet or heater when we have power. Looking at power center found it has Main 30a then 1 20a and 2 15a breakers, 1 15 a for the existing plugs another for fridge and 20a ? So I pulled it all apart and found the 20a breaker prewired to the back but unused! Perfect for the plug I'm putting in.  Ran my wire down pipe chase to the back.  Cut a hole to put GFCI Plug in, need to stop and get cover plate on my way home from work today. 
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« on: June 11, 2016, 09:43:04 AM »
Everything I have read says bottom Aeration works best for the fish and reduces the muck, also stops the water from getting as much algae. Go to The Pond Guy lots of good info. The valves are flow controls, the pump is dual output up to 4 heads. If one head is in shallower water it would flow more air than the deeper one so you adj that one to balance out so both heads flow the same. I'm using 3 heads so my longest run is on one output from the pump to waters edge then spliced to self weighted line to air head. The other 2 are shorter runs 85' and 75' compared to 150' for long run.
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« on: June 10, 2016, 08:36:24 AM »
Took a day off of work to get my pond Aerator done. Now I need a day off to recover from my day off! 125' trench from barn. Going to mount pump in barn, then air lines to wife's garden outhouse with flow valves inside, then to pond.  Pump inside.  Lines into trench.  Outhouse Control Room!  Valves.  Covered Trench and ran over with backhoe!  Bubbles!   3 heads, 1 in small end and 2 in big side all self weighted air line in the water, 1/2" 125 psi plastic from barn to waters edge.
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« on: June 06, 2016, 08:37:47 AM »
Hate too spoil your fun But single place no license , 2 place and up to 1320 lbs. Sport Pilot required over 1320 lbs. Private Pilot. Feds don't care if you kill yourself but not your passenger !!
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« on: June 03, 2016, 01:49:59 PM »
Experimental kit build, Indy Aircraft T-Bird II  My boys and I built it in 06  
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« on: June 03, 2016, 09:04:39 AM »
Spent the weekend moving yard light from up between house and pond, back to pole barn.  LED light from Lowes works great. Also had a bad freeze proof hydrant that took twice as long trying to find 8' of 160 psi 1" plastic everyone wants to sell you 100' roll !!   At least wife has water now for garden and to power wash lawnmower!!
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« on: May 23, 2016, 08:29:12 AM »
We plan on going in July-August, so temps 70-40 range. We'll have a good comforter and the camper has a furnace to take the chill off in the morning.
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« on: May 22, 2016, 10:41:34 AM »
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« on: May 20, 2016, 09:35:46 AM »
Finished the top for solar wires. Need 10" square to cover all the holes from the Ant.  Then I put a few screws back to hold it all down!  Finished with sealant. 
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« on: May 19, 2016, 09:42:19 AM »
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« on: May 15, 2016, 10:28:31 AM »
Thanks Guys, Wife and I work pretty good together. She has good ideas on interior stuff, I work on outside and systems. We got a little more done this weekend, I removed the jacks and mounting brackets took them to have them sandblasted and powder coated.  Then got back in time to run up to our towns Railroad Days Parade, to watch my son driving our townships new Tanker 1!  Proud Dad!!  Then back home to do a little more. Got my led bulbs from M4 Products, changed out old yellow bulbs!  Before  After Much Whiter and Cooler the olds bulbs made the lens hot to touch!  Waiting on new taillights, Vent fan, and solar kit.
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« on: May 10, 2016, 09:55:58 AM »
Well we have a little more progress. While I was at work my Wife remove the dinette riser so we have a flat floor to lay down the new vinyl.   Left me the bathroom! Removed toilet, then started on the carpet. What a job, they must be paid by the staple!! 1000 per board!  Also had to remove door on fridge so I could get the board out right under the front. Wifey took door and all the racks and drawers in for a good cleaning!  Off to Home Depot tonight to check out new flooring.
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