Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2

[Flyin6]

Well, nice find on the "well" LOL. That may solve all the water issues you keep bringing up as now you have a source.

I like the idea of a solar pump. In fact I just lent my neighbor a little HF 12v to drain his AG pool. Just the 1/2 hose moved lots of water.

There you go blaming the machines you abuse. But I agree, something breaking everyday is not right. Probably start fine in the morning, er next week. But whats up with sarge?

With Sarge, I don't know
What makes sense is a low hydraulic fluid level. I may not have poured enough into that vast tank. Problem is the sight glass windows used to check the levels are all clouded up and unusable.
I'm going to measure and mark a stick to check the fluid level to solve that problem until I can replace those unsightly
( ;-)  ) sight glasses.

The other thing is a bad charge pump. That thing has been making a singing sound which in the hydraulic world is not a good sound. If it is going bad, then I'll have to pull it and have it rebuilt.

Could be something simple like a linkage coming loose or a snake tangled up in the manifold (again)...dunno.

All I know is that no matter how hard the devil tries, all he can destroy is my physical being. My spirit is God's alone and we already know who wins the final battle...

Moral of the story: Its all good!

[Flyin6]

Hey Don, maybe the fuel got hot enough to "gas out'. bleeding it should get her going again.

Ken, Could be. It was very hot, and the clogged air cleaner light was on too!

I did a fault code dump.

It showed codes 04, 79, 81, 82, 84

That's for a 2012 JD 4720 tractor if anyone can decode that, I'm working on it.

Code 79 in other JD Tractors means it's out of fuel. I had topped the tank off 15 minutes earlier, that's not it.

But one of the codes, I think, means fuel too hot! Logic being that fuel that is too hot will not properly lubricate the injection pump, so the ECU shuts down the engine...

Did I mention it was pretty hot?

[Flyin6]

Don, pull some samples from the well & have it tested. I think that would be the first step, our pond well at last place that was drilled 50' into bedrock we tested it yearly. Hot tub chemicals usually did the trick to kill what little bacteria was in it.

Going to Shawn.

Here's my pleminary plan:
Pull water samples and check for depth of the water.
Assuming it isn't a breeding pool for Ebola, next clear out around the opening. THen use a grapple hook to fish out whatever is down there...hoping not to find any bodies!
Next, I am going to build a partition around it out of 6X6 PT posts laid flat and bolted together that will have a halo for a pulley/bucket and a place to mount electrical/mechanicals.
Next install a several thousand gallon holding tank beside it, install the well pump and plumbing and a solar/battery array.
I'll coarse filter the water going into the tank and then run the output through a potable filtered and a non potable outlet for tractor washing, critter cleanin' and generally makin' a mess of things.

That should do that for the interim. Later I can run a 3/4" pipe up to the casa to be able to scrub up the body parts after covering myself with dirt, dust and dirt, along with ticks, chiggers, and more dust...

[Flyin6]

I think we are getting this figured out.

Code 79 is: engine hours not reporting or hobbs hours mismatch

Code 04: engine speed information missing

Code 81: Engine speed information missing

Code 84: Engine coolant hot

Code: 82: Not known yet...

Codes 79, 04, and 81 seem to point to a cam or crank sensor that broke, failed, or came unplugged!!!

So I'm getting J Deere to come have a look, and I'll change the oil and coolant again and start new again...hopefully

Now, why does the loader not raise up on Sarge???

[EL TATE]

This is starting to sound like a Tate Family vacation! Glad no one was hurt!

[cj7ox]

You sure are hard on equipment, Don! Wasn't there a country music song about that? Did Corb Lund write this song about you???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwGrC0KicSo

 :o
 

[Bigdave_185]

Oh man that's great^^


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[Flyin6]

Hmmmm...

[cj7ox]

Oh man that's great^^


Raising boys into RealMen!!

Corb Lund is great. Here's one of my favorites (yes, I'm a Cavalryman):

I Wanna Be In the Cavalry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1V3JW4HeBs

[Nate]

don, how is the ranger memorial site lookin these days?

[Flyin6]

don, how is the ranger memorial site lookin these days?

Needs some work Nate

I have a lot of excavation to do around it so I am not going too far right now. Have flowers in and the big rocks, but the rock surround will come after some leveling and after I bury the electrical line

[Flyin6]

Well, as of today, the tractor is still ka-put!

Going to get a roll back and get it hauled to the dealership tomorrow

[Flyin6]

I got the mound of earth that must have come from the well dig leveled and spread about

[Flyin6]

Talk about a Chinese man-trap!

Look how well concealed this well is. Step in the hole and it's a long way until sudden stoppage

[Flyin6]

I started on the wood burning stove. First up was a disassembly and a cleanup

[Flyin6]

It had a foot of compacted soot in it still, a bunch of dead birds and also the missing door handle!

[Flyin6]

It started out pretty rough looking, and the door was a long way from being straight, so out came the hammers!

[Flyin6]

Oh goody...Asbestos rope!

[Flyin6]

With some hammering, and a repair of the latches on both sides the door fit properly again

[Flyin6]

I disassembled the thermostat, cleaned it and lubed it up with graphite spray then reinstalled it with two additional screws. When I was done it was operating freely

[Flyin6]

I hammered the large cracks on the inside flatter. They were all twisted up, but after examining them, I decided not to patch them up as that area is the air intake from the backside. I cleaned and lubricated the flapper topside

[Flyin6]

I think I'll weld up two trays to sit on top of the fire brick ledge and maybe a couple new pieces of angle and just set them in there. Will make removal for cleaning easier.

Next up was the repair of several cracks in the front

[Flyin6]

I welded around on it as well to strengthen it up some

This thing is really heavy!

[Flyin6]

I pressure washed the whole thing and started removing the rust. It cleaned up nicely!

[Flyin6]

I sanded down the top only and test shot it with the stove paint. I picked the Hunter Green color to make it look a bit better without getting too gaudy. Kind of wish I had gone for the red now!

[stlaser]

im thinking the green top will burn off the first time you over fire that stove. It'll kinda be a memorial at that point to the moving on from JD's if you will...... ::)

[KensAuto]

How in the heck did you know that well was where it was? Wow

...lucky no one took the plunge, although I bet there would be a JD in the bottom if you could make it fit!

[Sammconn]

That is one stealthy hole in the ground.
And I agree with Ken, if it would only fit..

[Bigdave_185]

I missed something.  I thought your JD equipment was down and out? But you moved the stove with a green tractor? How many front bucket tractors from JD do you own


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[Nate]

nice attempt on repair of that stove, boy that thing is in some really rough shape still..........

[TexasRedNeck]

Red?  Would've had my vote. Nice job rehabilitating an old piece of equipment instead of removing and replace


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[JR]

You could have lost a son in that hole, maybe even a man!!

Love those old stoves, maybe I'll get one for upatairs and it would keep the coffee warm.

[Nate]

dave, he has several of them.  that was the tiny one that he kept at the casa for spreading mulch

[JR]

Must be nice.

[Flyin6]

How in the heck did you know that well was where it was? Wow

...lucky no one took the plunge, although I bet there would be a JD in the bottom if you could make it fit!

I drove over top of it and the tractor tire plunged in!

Now it is a curious design, more of a bottle shape. The top tapers, then curves into a smaller opening with hewn stone arranged around like the capital dome. Neat ancient engineering in that thing.
So I was peering down there yesterday while the John Deere guy was loading up the 4720. There is movement down there!

Like I hope that is water trickling or flowing and not some Loch Ness creature or a pit of snakes? Whatever it is, I'm going  to be finding out PDQ. Since it's discovery, I an accelerating the building of some structure over it to both protect it and to develop it as a drinking water source.

[Flyin6]

I missed something.  I thought your JD equipment was down and out? But you moved the stove with a green tractor? How many front bucket tractors from JD do you own


Raising boys into RealMen!!

I own two JD tractors

A 4720 and a 1025

The little guy moves the ever dangerous mulch and heavy wood burning stoves around and the big one breaks down. That, in retrospect, seems to be their actual purposes

[Flyin6]

nice attempt on repair of that stove, boy that thing is in some really rough shape still..........

YESSIR it is, but it'll make heat in about 5 months!

[Flyin6]

So, got another work day in yestertag.

Mowed the two front fields, arranged tools on one of the peg boards, got the 4720 towed back to the shop, and did about a hundred other small things.

CudaKidd553 is showing up tomorrow for a couple days. We will be camping out and shooting down there. He is on some KY bourbon tour which includes some shootin' up Don's farm...

I'd like to offer an open invitation to all my friends and even the DOTs (Which for some reason are also my friends) to come down and visit if they are in the A.O.

[cj7ox]

So, got another work day in yestertag.

Mowed the two front fields, arranged tools on one of the peg boards, got the 4720 towed back to the shop, and did about a hundred other small things.

CudaKidd553 is showing up tomorrow for a couple days. We will be camping out and shooting down there. He is on some KY bourbon tour which includes some shootin' up Don's farm...

I'd like to offer an open invitation to all my friends and even the DOTs (Which for some reason are also my friends) to come down and visit if they are in the A.O.

Wish I had the time to come to the Tuck for the weekend! It would be great to hang with some RMTS folks in person. Hope you guys have a good time!

[Flyin6]

So, got another work day in yestertag.

Mowed the two front fields, arranged tools on one of the peg boards, got the 4720 towed back to the shop, and did about a hundred other small things.

CudaKidd553 is showing up tomorrow for a couple days. We will be camping out and shooting down there. He is on some KY bourbon tour which includes some shootin' up Don's farm...

I'd like to offer an open invitation to all my friends and even the DOTs (Which for some reason are also my friends) to come down and visit if they are in the A.O.

Wish I had the time to come to the Tuck for the weekend! It would be great to hang with some RMTS folks in person. Hope you guys have a good time!

We've talked about this, but we might need to have the first annual RMTWS camp and shoot about soon.

Charge $1000 a person

Soldiers, Police, and patriots enjoy free admission of course. We'll let the confused fence straddlers pay for the burgers and ammo!

[moto123]

So, got another work day in yestertag.

Mowed the two front fields, arranged tools on one of the peg boards, got the 4720 towed back to the shop, and did about a hundred other small things.

CudaKidd553 is showing up tomorrow for a couple days. We will be camping out and shooting down there. He is on some KY bourbon tour which includes some shootin' up Don's farm...

I'd like to offer an open invitation to all my friends and even the DOTs (Which for some reason are also my friends) to come down and visit if they are in the A.O.

That's an awfully gracious invitation for those of us you haven't actually met yet.  For all you know, we could bring a whole bus of Hillary supporters.  Or is that someone else's job that always gets targeted for hillary jokes?

I am about 9 hours away thou which makes it close enough to dream about but far enough to not be a realistic drive with a 5 year old.  Hope you all have a good time!

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[stlaser]

Ken is in charge of all things Hillary........

[cruizng]

Kinda on my bucket list.... Go See Don Farm... One of these days... Hope Y'all have fun! 8)

[OldKooT]

At this rate my door greeter job will have to be full-time to afford hanging out with you all.

That wells rather cool....be interesting to see how that develops.

So wait.... you have two lawn mowers with bucket attachments?? I missed that somehow...

[KensAuto]

So wait.... you have two lawn mowers with bucket attachments?? I missed that somehow...

Bahahahah

[BobbyB]

There is movement down there!

Like I hope that is water trickling or flowing and not some Loch Ness creature or a pit of snakes? Whatever it is, I'm going  to be finding out PDQ. Since it's discovery, I an accelerating the building of some structure over it to both protect it and to develop it as a drinking water source.

Easy way to find out, drop a line down there with a bucket and slowly haul the bucket up. Just clear the brush away and stand back away from the hole as you pull up line. You'll soon see.

Unless you have a camera you can lower down that will record nice video.

[Flyin6]

At this rate my door greeter job will have to be full-time to afford hanging out with you all.

That wells rather cool....be interesting to see how that develops.

So wait.... you have two lawn mowers with bucket attachments?? I missed that somehow...

Yessir!

One light duty mower and one medium to no duty mower!

On a positive note, I just got back from a ride on the DR over to the J D store. My tractor is up and running!

I would never have found the problem. It was a broken wire INSIDE THE WIRING HARNESS!!!!!!!!!!

The bundle going into the ECU sits under the seat, well protected by my ample posterior. The harness with no sign of damage must have wiggled about enough to break a wire, because repairing that (How did he find that???) fixed everything. No more codes no more funny stuff, just a good running tractor.

I have a guy, brick layer with a farm interested in it at the moment, so we'll see what happens. But after all the feedback I am getting from folks more knowledgeable than I, the choice will be to go up to a 75-90 HP tractor with a shuttle shift transmission and I'll fetch a better bush hog as well. Probably a 10 footer or better.

[Flyin6]

There is movement down there!

Like I hope that is water trickling or flowing and not some Loch Ness creature or a pit of snakes? Whatever it is, I'm going  to be finding out PDQ. Since it's discovery, I an accelerating the building of some structure over it to both protect it and to develop it as a drinking water source.

Easy way to find out, drop a line down there with a bucket and slowly haul the bucket up. Just clear the brush away and stand back away from the hole as you pull up line. You'll soon see.

Unless you have a camera you can lower down that will record nice video.

Bobbe,
I was thinking about door numba two. I was wondering if HF had some deep well exploration camera for $19.99...going to check!

[Bigdave_185]

What city is your farm out of Don?


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[JR]

Lots of cameras on ebay for well under $10. I used one on a wire to look at the house vents.

Lots of USB cameras too. Plug into the laptop and you are set.