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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: January 14, 2023, 03:43:04 PM »
Another year to look back on. Way to go, nice looking couple in that photo for sure.
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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)« on: January 14, 2023, 03:43:04 PM »
Another year to look back on. Way to go, nice looking couple in that photo for sure.
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Faith Discussion / Re: Prayer Request thread« on: January 11, 2023, 05:44:09 PM »
May God bless both the partners and help resolve the problems they are fighting.
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Hide Site / Re: Elbow Room« on: January 10, 2023, 01:06:12 PM »
Very nice, you have to be happy with the progress.
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Construction and heavy equipment / Re: Cat 305cr Excavator« on: January 07, 2023, 12:29:53 PM »
Yup hot water heat in the floor with larger wood fired boiler sitting outside. Solar with propane fired generator. Get a couple log truck loads of firewood logs. Only need to split larger pieces to cut down the weight and for fire starter stuff. Set the deck up for heat in winter so he can enjoy it year round.
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Build Threads / Re: AEV Gladiator Rubicon« on: January 07, 2023, 12:05:46 PM »
So before you cut the hood for the snorkel, shoe horn a HP Chevy motor/tranny in there and set up as large as possible wheels and tires and you won’t even need the snorkel. Once you get all that in there, make up a hitch and you can pull that fancy home built trailer and not have to setup a camper or tent on top. It’s a jeep, might as well build the baddest around.
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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)« on: January 06, 2023, 10:29:58 PM »
I hope that tarp damage just happened and the engine isn’t sitting in a tub of water. When the plug is in the bilge it can fill with water quickly.
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Share Your Recipe / Re: whats for dinner tonight« on: January 06, 2023, 09:00:25 PM »
How long does it take for them lambs to swim across the straights
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Hide Site / Re: NWMT Cabin« on: January 05, 2023, 08:07:37 PM »
Looks good Shawn. I used OSB at my other place and never got around to painting it. It looked fine.
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Hide Site / Re: NWMT Cabin« on: December 31, 2022, 03:02:30 PM »Nice and steady progress S It wasn’t the supplier of electric that slowed the progress for me as much as shortages of parts to set it up. Blame the COVID game. 110
D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)« on: December 26, 2022, 01:12:28 AM »
Hope you all had a wonderful day with family and friends. Thanks for another great year here on Real Man. Regardless of timeframe, it is a time to celebrate the birth of Christ and I am just fine with it. God bless you all, I have grown so much following you all.
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Hide Site / Re: NWMT Cabin« on: December 23, 2022, 02:26:40 AM »
Hopefully you are able to find the blockage and it is easy to get it opened again. Not the ideal way to spend Christmas in a new home.
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Hide Site / Re: NWMT Cabin« on: December 20, 2022, 07:48:06 PM »
What a nice photo, warm and welcoming.
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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)« on: December 20, 2022, 07:39:11 PM »
Welcome back Tate,! We will be passing through southern Oregon next week.
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Hide Site / Re: NWMT Cabin« on: December 19, 2022, 11:00:37 PM »
“As far as that goes for MT it doesn’t get that cold here due to lower elevation. “
[/size]That is a sentence from your first post in this thread. How is that new addition coming along anyway? 115
Build Threads / Re: 2018 F250 6.7L grandpas tow pig« on: December 15, 2022, 06:54:37 PM »
Shawn, will that Ford hold all the extra weight in front of the wheels?
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Everything Trailer, Camper, or RV related / Re: Flip top camper project« on: December 12, 2022, 09:30:07 PM »
Well Don, he does have a point. Camp trailer maybe, canopy not so much
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Everything Trailer, Camper, or RV related / Re: Flip top camper project« on: December 12, 2022, 07:10:53 PM »
And, you can still post up all the inside changes you make. I think she is right on this one.
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Hide Site / Re: NWMT Cabin« on: December 11, 2022, 10:12:03 PM »Shawn, you should look into snow guards for the upper roof and doorways. They kind of hold the snow where it is but let the snow melt run off. If the builder got plans approved before building there should be enough snow load built into the roof. I do know you don’t want the snow to slide off the roof while someone is under it. A few years ago, a friend in Powell county MT built a new home and did not need a building permit or inspections so don’t know if your place was inspected or not. 119
Hide Site / Re: NWMT Cabin« on: December 09, 2022, 09:56:19 PM »Sounds like it will work. Lots of areas around here do not allow residents to operate a business. Limiting visits to three a day would stop most beauty shop type business operations all right. Majority of yours is off site dealings. Hope it all works out for you, without having to scale back your outbuildings too much.Hopefully the area is zoned for commercial use and not residential only. Would it help you to include a letter from neighbor when you submit the package to the developer? 120
Hide Site / Re: NWMT Cabin« on: December 09, 2022, 08:45:08 PM »
Hopefully the area is zoned for commercial use and not residential only. Would it help you to include a letter from neighbor when you submit the package to the developer?
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Everything Trailer, Camper, or RV related / Re: Flip top camper project« on: December 09, 2022, 11:45:07 AM »
A couple army blankets and a blue tarp would work and not weigh much.
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Hide Site / Re: NWMT Cabin« on: December 08, 2022, 07:56:03 PM »
Always someone who wants answers and also asks way to many questions about local rules and regulations. How do you expect them to take extended coffee and lunch breaks when you are being a pain in their backside asking silly questions?
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Hide Site / Re: NWMT Cabin« on: December 07, 2022, 10:55:43 PM »Being free standing I doubt you will need any mechanical help staying warm. Nice looking stove. If anything a small fan in the corner blowing on the stack.Fine Looking fire place! 124
Hide Site / Re: NWMT Cabin« on: December 07, 2022, 07:13:33 PM »
Should be a very good feeling knowing the chimney is installed right. How do you plan on cleaning the chimney when the time comes? I started using very dry presto logs to extend the cleaning time.
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Everything Trailer, Camper, or RV related / Re: Forklift trailer hitch receiver« on: December 07, 2022, 02:08:18 PM »
The forks adapter worked good. Room enough to open slides too.
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Everything Trailer, Camper, or RV related / Re: Forklift trailer hitch receiver« on: December 07, 2022, 02:07:13 AM »Interesting concept, I’ve got two options in mind. First blowtorch a hole in the end of a single fork which is what I’ve done menu times. Or the other is a buy a quick attach plate and add a hitch receiver to the front of it.I thought about buying a plate and having a receiver attached to it but the welder/fab guy thought he could build something that fit the forks I have and work fine. He wasn’t interested in putting a mounting hole in these forks either. 127
Everything Trailer, Camper, or RV related / Re: Forklift trailer hitch receiver« on: December 07, 2022, 01:26:55 AM »
Because of the 2,200 lb weight rating of the forks and the weight on my travel trailer hitch I needed both forks in the game. The pallet fork attachment is not nearly as heavy duty as the fork lifts I have been around.
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Everything Trailer, Camper, or RV related / Forklift trailer hitch receiver« on: December 06, 2022, 10:36:41 PM »
When I bought my tractor a couple years ago, I also bought a pallet fork attachment. This past week I bought a hitch receiver for the pallet forks to make moving pull trailers a bit easier. Should make getting the travel trailer in the garage much easier.
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Adventure / Re: Truck Box Camping« on: December 05, 2022, 09:38:25 PM »
So are you planning on taking your lovely wife along on these trips. Me thinks driving to local area motel would be in order. Just saying.
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Hide Site / Re: NWMT Cabin« on: December 03, 2022, 07:23:51 PM »
Better than on a sheet of plywood in a snowbank
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Shops Garages and Barns / Re: Bob's Garage Build, with chainsaws thrown in thread« on: November 30, 2022, 01:08:51 AM »
The heater will be gas fired forced air. I usually set the temp to around 45-55 to help keep things warm and dry. unless working out there, Then turn the thermostat up to 65-70 depending on task at hand.
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Build Threads / Re: AEV Gladiator Rubicon« on: November 29, 2022, 11:18:50 PM »
That is a very nice outfit, hate to see you damage it while out showing off the new wheels.
Wish I had held out for a Rubicon model when I bought my Jeep. Running on the frozen snow going uphill would be so much easier with the front lockers. 133
Shops Garages and Barns / Re: Bob's Garage Build, with chainsaws thrown in thread« on: November 29, 2022, 10:19:22 PM »
Used R-30 batts, need to get Reznor propane heater installed and insulate the walls.
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Shops Garages and Barns / Re: Bob's Garage Build, with chainsaws thrown in thread« on: November 29, 2022, 10:04:02 PM »
Had the ceiling of garage insulated and covered with WMP. Four guys with two sets of scaffolding and one day.
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Hide Site / Re: NWMT Cabin« on: November 25, 2022, 09:39:08 PM »I understand I guess. If you don’t like the work don’t do it. I really liked the snow and ice times of the year, never a dull moment. I bought 3 one ton 4x4 pickups and put sanders and Meyer’s hyd. plows on them. We were able to open roads that never got plowed in years past. Yes even though they were 4x4 rigs we still had to pull them back onto the roads from time to time with the graders or front loaders. Yes we knocked over some rotten mail box posts and a few signs but man we cleaned up lots of roads and the commissioners liked it.You going to set that pickup up with a jointed snow plow? Keep your place plowed out and hire out. Should be plenty of work clearing snow for people. Those smaller jointed plows can really get around in small areas. 136
Hide Site / Re: NWMT Cabin« on: November 25, 2022, 11:13:09 AM »
You going to set that pickup up with a jointed snow plow? Keep your place plowed out and hire out. Should be plenty of work clearing snow for people. Those smaller jointed plows can really get around in small areas.
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Wild Game / Re: Heading out« on: November 21, 2022, 07:50:57 PM »
So this year was too dry and too smoky for both me and the deer. Saw a couple does and one small buck in the week I hunted. Another year for tag soup. Anyway that’s my story and I am sticking to it.
Still enjoyed being out in the hills, but didn’t get very far away from the roads this year. Have seen three legal bucks here at home, people feed them apples so they really are pretty tame. General season is over now, a couple hunts for the feather flingers and smoke tube guys, but modern rifle is done for the year. 138
Build Threads / Re: AEV Gladiator Rubicon« on: November 20, 2022, 10:44:28 PM »
And I stand corrected.
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Build Threads / Re: AEV Gladiator Rubicon« on: November 20, 2022, 07:40:09 PM »Darn!!!!!!!! Well, St. George is quite a ways out of Washington. But then who is counting miles. I thought your oldest son lived around Yakima Wa. 140
Build Threads / Re: AEV Gladiator Rubicon« on: November 14, 2022, 01:14:44 PM »
If those things get to you soon enough have them sprayed when you do the bed liner.
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Hide Site / Re: Raptor Ridge, the build.« on: November 12, 2022, 09:49:06 AM »
Well, the material is on your pad now. Nice when a driver gets involved with the unloading. Long overdue but on-site finally. Happy for you JR , now the work begins.
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Hide Site / Re: NWMT Cabin« on: November 10, 2022, 11:12:51 PM »
We picked up a County Line log splitter from Tractor Supply two years ago. Very well built and good price point. Don’t even have a wood stove so the neighbors are happy. Given away around six cord of mixed fir, Madrone, and maple so far. Have about a cord for an fire down by the water on a nice summer evening watching the sunset.
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Hide Site / Re: NWMT Cabin« on: November 10, 2022, 10:15:18 PM »
Shawn, you must have a small firebox in your stove if the wood needs to be split so small.
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Hide Site / Re: Raptor Ridge, the build.« on: November 09, 2022, 10:39:23 AM »Solid confirmation for this Friday, about 0900. Youngest coming up with me to. Get that thing off the truck and laying on the pad and tip back a drink or two. Really happy for you. 145
Build Threads / Re: AEV Gladiator Rubicon« on: November 06, 2022, 09:33:12 PM »
Just wondering, my jeep trots around in the hills from before daylight till darn near dark and includes around 15 paved road miles getting up to them. I have never used more that 1/2 tank of gas with a tank about the same as yours. Are you sure you need to spend that much money for capacity you most likely won’t need.
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Build Threads / Re: AEV Gladiator Rubicon« on: November 05, 2022, 08:24:10 PM »
Man, you traded the EV in for a Jeep. Who would have thunk it.
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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)« on: November 05, 2022, 12:31:19 PM »
Shawn, once you find boots that have the proper support, fit, and the right construction for your needs, I think you need to take a deep breath and make the purchase. Those good custom boot makers can do wonders for your feet and they can repair or rebuild the boots as needed. And living next door to the place doesn’t hurt either.
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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)« on: November 04, 2022, 06:19:45 PM »
Guy I worked with in Moses Lake wore Whites which are also made in Spokane. As an operator, he was very hard on boots but those Whites held up.
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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)« on: October 29, 2022, 11:38:38 PM »
Good taste young man, good taste.
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Hide Site / Re: NWMT Cabin« on: October 25, 2022, 11:32:40 PM »Lol And that count includes the chickens and ducks |