Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2

[Flyin6]

I think I found my cutter!

After an exhaustive search that spanned John Deere, Frontier, Bush-Hog, Rhino, Land Pride and some off brands I think I landed on Land Pride.

For the cutter they have an affordable 6 foot unit designed to cut 3" stuff like cotton candy
Their RCF 2772 cutter for the low-mid $3,000's is at the top of the range and about all a 60HP tractor can sling.

I was also looking at an older L-9000 Kubota tractor, a 90HP with a shuttle shift with low hours which is used. I think what I will do is pick up, well order this heavy duty land pride cutter to fit behind the John Deere which will be small enough to cut out trails, and then work on adding something like that L-9000 tractor and a 10' bush hog to cut the fields when I get them "Groomed in"

[Flyin6]

I also ordered my post hole digger, a land pride medium duty unit with a 12" auger

[TexasRedNeck]

Don are sure that's not a M series?  The L series is a bit smaller and I havent seen one with 90hp
  Post hole diggers are awesome.  I love mine.  One suggestion, clear the hole often and dont try to dig the hole in one pass.  Depending on soil it can screw in and break your pin and leave you trying to dig it out.

[stlaser]

12" is the right size, it eats more sackrete than an 8" but when you're doing post holes by yourself you can't be accurate enough with an 8"

[Flyin6]

Don are sure that's not a M series?  The L series is a bit smaller and I havent seen one with 90hp
  Post hole diggers are awesome.  I love mine.  One suggestion, clear the hole often and dont try to dig the hole in one pass.  Depending on soil it can screw in and break your pin and leave you trying to dig it out.

RN, I've owned these things in past...not my first rodeo with em'

I know enough to buy a bag full of shear pins!

[TexasRedNeck]

:thumb. I should have known you know how to break stuff


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[JR]

I should have known you know how to break stuff

Wonder where that came from??

[Flyin6]

I should have known you know how to break stuff

Wonder where that came from??

Armor Corps...

Aviation frowns on breaking their expensive toys

[KensAuto]

Land pride seems to be quality stuff. my tractor came with a box scraper and a blade by them, and I haven't broken them yet!

[TexasRedNeck]

I should have known you know how to break stuff

Wonder where that came from??

Armor Corps...

Aviation frowns on breaking their expensive toys

No back scratching or tree tossing with a helo

[Flyin6]

I should have known you know how to break stuff

Wonder where that came from??

Armor Corps...

Aviation frowns on breaking their expensive toys

No back scratching or tree tossing with a helo

I cut down a couple pines with a Kiowa and a Chinook...Didn't turn out well either time!

[Flyin6]

Back on the Hide the last two days

Here's what it looked like before we started:

[Flyin6]

The weed killer did a good job around the building, and the mouse and bug traps had zero occupants!

Mut someone's gold club didn't survive the last grass cutting it would appear!

[Flyin6]

No flat tires, no leaks, or big snakes camping out on the engine deck. NOSSIR, things were all GTG

[Flyin6]

My brother in law chipped in yet again. Here he is removing the chimney pipe which I will reuse in the shed shortly

[Flyin6]

The shaggy-bark hickory tree was very dead. So we trimmed it up into a piece of "Art"

I'll mount a Martin house on it and a bird feeder

Mo Martins = Fewer bugs

Direction correlation there

[Flyin6]

We bucked the remainder of the trees that Sarge pushed over and when the area was cleared, I cut a drainage ditch from the road, down to the pond, which has been steadily filling

[Flyin6]

Starting to clean up!

[Flyin6]

More (lots more) Box scraper work

[Flyin6]

Not the greatest pics, but that road is leveled and the hill above now will drain into that little pond. Plan on seeing me use an excavator to both widen and deepen that thing

[Flyin6]

It may be hard to tell, but this is all after a bunch more hours. I am using the summer months to get the grounds in much better shape, and some outdoors construction in place.

That new Bush hog and post hole digger is maybe two weeks out at the most, which will mean I switch to cutting the fields and a bit more, and punch all the holes for the wrap around deck/porch.

Plan is to show up with a trailer load of sack-crete. Have the posts pre-sanded to smooth them somewhat, then over one long day auger all the holes and set all the posts. From that point there will be clear framing with the goal of having overhead cover and a porch before the fall rains set in

[Bigdave_185]

Looks like a lot of really good progress. 


Raising boys into RealMen!!

[JR]

Cmax looks good just sitting there. Did the 1101 trailer shrink? The picture makes it look really small!

I really have to install my HD front bumper. 3 times at the same intersection some idiot has made a u turn, then turns right in front of me. I need to "adjust" their failure to yield,,,,,,,,

That will look great when it grows back in around the road. Do you really want the water to drain using the road, or do you plan on a culvert or pipe?

[stlaser]

Not the greatest pics, but that road is leveled and the hill above now will drain into that little pond. Plan on seeing me use an excavator to both widen and deepen that thing

Pond= thing large enough to hold at least one fish & keep it living

Mud puddle = thing that is approx width of two track path that even c-max can't get stuck in & that's saying something w/o me mentioning mall mulch beds.....

 ;)

[cudakidd53]

Really shaping up there Don!  Having spent some time dealing with post-in-concrete rot as of late, you might consider coating the below grade portion of the posts with tar before they go into the hole and concrete is poured?

[stlaser]

Didn't he say he had a stand of black locus trees? Maybe this was another friend, anyhow if you use black locus as posts say find a stand of ones 6-12" in diameter you only need set them once in a lifetime. It's what the Amish use for everything from fences to porch posts......

[Flyin6]

Cmax looks good just sitting there. Did the 1101 trailer shrink? The picture makes it look really small!

I really have to install my HD front bumper. 3 times at the same intersection some idiot has made a u turn, then turns right in front of me. I need to "adjust" their failure to yield,,,,,,,,

That will look great when it grows back in around the road. Do you really want the water to drain using the road, or do you plan on a culvert or pipe?

Well, the water has always drained down that road. since it was put in there well over a hundred years ago. I merely redirected it! ;-))

[Flyin6]

Didn't he say he had a stand of black locus trees? Maybe this was another friend, anyhow if you use black locus as posts say find a stand of ones 6-12" in diameter you only need set them once in a lifetime. It's what the Amish use for everything from fences to porch posts......

Shawn,
I have a couple stands of Black Locust. I plan to harvest the straight sections of the trunks to make the framework around the raised Texas Red Neck style plant beds.
I'll also keep a lot for fence posts.

On that note, I'm not rich, but I may bet that way

If so, I think I'm going to pick up a Cat 316 Excavator. There is a cool fixture that just pushes the posts into the ground. No fuss, no mess. Get your hippie cousin to hold it, then push down on the dipperstick and voila, either a set post or a crushed hippie! That's a win/win in my book!

[stlaser]

Still think you need to buy a skid loader with all the attachments (they have post drivers too btw). Ditch all the mowers with loaders & rent or lease the excavator......

[Flyin6]

Still think you need to buy a skid loader with all the attachments (they have post drivers too btw). Ditch all the mowers with loaders & rent or lease the excavator......

Like I said, I'm working on a plan to own one. A cat or a Case 160

My mower with the bucket is doing quite nicely thank you very much ;-)))

[cruizng]

Looking good... Like a real homestead!  :)

[Flyin6]

Knocking out some more projects on this end, then I transport them down there and assemble. That Farm is one big Lego set!

So the first thing I wanted to do is get the constant stack of lumber off the floor. My right side is still good, but I have tripped and fallen on the left side I am getting a bit skittish on that side of the bod-ee!

Concept of the operation here is to attach 4ea. uprights to the base and wall framing on four foot centers. Then pile the various 2 X somethings in there so they can bet properly warped and eaten by carpenter bees.

The slanted part is for the roof, which it will have to keep the wasp nests and spiders who will move in up there nice and dry!

[Flyin6]

I'll get the boys to get a little bit of paint on them when we get down there. You know, whatever is left over after slinging it at each other, bugs, and the dog...

Next up, the firewood has been staying reasonably dry, however, with the autumn coming right up and the flood conditions which exist only on the days which I visit, I wanted to get that burning stuff under some sort of shelter.

This will become that shelter, a 8 foot long and 4.5' tall wood rack and black widow nesting retreat.

[Flyin6]

I built the bottom in such a way, as to permanently screw and glue in a pretty good twist from the onset.

Why build anything straight or square, I always say!

[Flyin6]

Next step was to add the ends and install the four uneven post pieces

[Flyin6]

It will get an OSB (Outside Board) top with some low quality shingles. I think I'll try and find some spray on mildew and black mold and poke some holes in it so it rots pretty quick too!

[Flyin6]

Well, I did one thing right, I think, then after I left the bathroom, I resumed the process of building yet another parallelogram!

Oh, the section on the right is for Kindling. I wanted to do something that showed some forethought, since nothing that preceded that all day was pretty much plan, precision, proper fit and finish, free!

[JR]

Is the bottom frame pressure treated? Looks good for a days work.

I have something a little smaller, but 16 across with corrugated for the roof.

[Flyin6]

Is the bottom frame pressure treated? Looks good for a days work.

I have something a little smaller, but 16 across with corrugated for the roof.

Yep, Bottom only is PT

I'll throw a goodly amount of stain on the rest. Should hold up

[Sammconn]

A buddy of mine just replaced a shed.
It was all untreated, no shingles real ugly piece of work.
I'd guess in the 20 years plus or minus age range.
OSB was the roof.
So if you're going to look after it a bit I'd agree it will last plenty long.

[Flyin6]

A buddy of mine just replaced a shed.
It was all untreated, no shingles real ugly piece of work.
I'd guess in the 20 years plus or minus age range.
OSB was the roof.
So if you're going to look after it a bit I'd agree it will last plenty long.

Over the years/decades the composition of PT pine has changed. It is less rot resistant now than it was in the past. Conversely, I remember running out of PT pine and finishing this or that outside project with rot-o-matic pine. When I later tore that thing down, seems the regular pine was just as good as the PT stuff...

[Dawg25385]

No more arsenic lol


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[Flyin6]

No more arsenic lol


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...And isn't the copper sulfate of a different concentration?

[Flyin6]

Well, spent a few more daze (yea...Daze) down at the farm.

Working without a shirt I redefined the local sweat bee training manual. But beside that I learned how to work through direct sunlight which, no kidding, is pretty good training and conditioning. If one can work and be productive when in direct sunlight, I'd say you have to be in pretty cardio-vascular shape...Or, maybe I'm dead and typing this from my mansion in heaven ;-))

Well, starting off, the fields have been steadily growing and look to be in pretty good shape finally. I think I could support some critters, which I may start to test in the not too distant future with a few goats. Hey, if it works for Haji, then why not a hill-billy?

Oh, and that new drainage ditch is filling the pond nicely

[Flyin6]

I have 38 of the largest turkeys I think I have ever seen. The hens are just huge. Apparently they approve of the new watering spot

[Flyin6]

I usually start with some STT (Small Tractor Time) where I cut the grass in what is evolving into the lawn area. Noting that the old house is still an eyesore and standing, and burning it will burn up the lawn, but for the time being, it looks good!

Oh and the big tractor remained Charlie-Foxtrot! (Carnage-Free)

[Flyin6]

Not in any particular order, I stained my crooked picnic table. That table has ween some pretty tasty eats in it's short life!

[Flyin6]

Thinking I had purchased a brown stain and not "International-Emergency-Orange" I stained up the racks and mounted them up on the shed

[Flyin6]

And finished the assemblage of sticks with mis-matching shingles!

[Flyin6]

The fire wood rack got the emergency-Orange treatment as well

The dirt on the shingles is from where I bumped it and caused it to roll down the hill...