It has been a busy week with respect to the hide.

Have been working legal issues.

If you buy way rural land, expect folks to know you are coming. Further, expect them to resist your coming. People like things as they are and always have been and do not like change. I think that becomes a real consideration when buying land that has been in a family for generations. In my case the locals have not warmly received me, and some are actively resisting my being there. One hired an attorney to keep me off his farm, which I need to cross to gain access to mine.

I have a Kentucky prescriptive easement, but that will not prevent people from getting silly, protective and over reacting. I had to hire an attorney and will now have to sac valuable $$$ on defending what is legally mine.

So that has kept me occupied for a bit this week. Other than that I moved some more dirt, fixed the loader, pushed back the woods on the western side, and went active solving the water problem.

Much the same as one might homestead anywhere, you start at a rudimentary point and expand the capabilities of the place to sustain you. I am doing the same thing here. At first I had only the land. Then I started reclaiming it. Then with a camper down there I could at least stay dry. I added power via a generator, the added a shed. THe latter will grow into a camper support facility with storage, a shop to fix and build things, a laundry, frig and more room in case we want to crash out entirely in the top floor.

I am at the point now where I need to add water and then electricity. To start with I will have the simple water trailer I mentioned. I purchased a 210 gal plastic pickup bed tank that absolutely looks lost in the expansive Armee trailer. I might take it back and upgrade to the 325 gallon unit. That setup is complimented with a 12 volt water pump and some hose. With this I can refill the camper 50 gallon water tank whenever and have water to mix concrete with.

All the time we are getting healthier and better situated down there. I'l post pics tomorrow of the water trailer setup

Nice work Kenneth!

That looks to be well thought out and engineered...Kuddos!

Well, at least he mentioned SD,,,,,,,,,,,,

Sparks? do tell

No real story

He wired the thing

threw the switch

and Bang

Probably the only thing I ever saw him do incorrectly.

Now his daughter, driving off in a creek in his sequoia, that's a different story!

Bear does the same to XJ. But if those don't work out, Duluth Trading company has seat covers in different styles that are made out of the same stuff fire hoses are. So they should be able to handle GSD hair and dog claws. I'm thinking about ordering a couple things to try out.


http://www.duluthtrading.com/search/searchresults/sitesearchresults.aspx?pg=1&p_keyword=dog+car+seat+covers&p_utk=seat&p_search_sid=&gndr=&p_origin=mens-home&processor=content

I didn't know Duluth made any or I might have ordered them

Now, having said that, Duluth is expensive!

I paid $22 for the door covers and $36 for the hammock. I feel that was pretty reasonable and that's why I am trying it out

So I added some bungees to lock it all down

Next up, the seat cover and hammock thing

It has a no-slip rubber backing

Now all that piled on during one trip down and one back, about 2 hours and with a quilt spread out on the floor!

The front didn't fare all too badly. A quick touch-up and I was back in business

Why not build a filter from rock/sand/gravel and filter it all. Heck a good 5 gallon bucket would do that

Almost exactly what I am going to do, except all two different sizes of gravel and a layer of charcoal

I was thinking of a sem

I like that and sure it could be setup where it is not all above ground, but not buried eother. 1/3 the price is good to boot.

I was thinking of a submersible design myself

Was out and about seeing if I could find any culvert pipe.

THe one shown was 60" ID. The pipe comes in diameters all the way out to 96"

A 8' diameter tank some 8 feet tall of which we'll use 7 feet would equal 351 cubic feet

Area = py R2
Area = 3.14 (4)2
Area = 3.14 (16)
Area = 50.24 square feet
Volume = area X height
Volume = 50.24 X 7 = 351.68 cu ft.
1 Cu. Ft. = 7 gallons
351.68 X 7 = 2461.76 gallons

If you're in Tennessee you should head to KY, meet up with Don out at the farm, and deposit some of that fluid on the ground out there to add to what JD and Sarge have already put back into the earth.  :P

Sure, I'm OK with that

So I have changed the oil on the JD two times now out there.

Easy

Just change the filter, loosen the drain plug and let er' rip.

The oil flows out into a big circle

Kills everything for all time, into the centuries to come, right?

Well, not quite right. 90% of the area is thick grass the next season! No frogs in the area of the "Spill" have grown two heads or three legs. No dead zones created that are detected from low orbital satellites. Nope, it seems to have little to no effect.

Another truth from the liberal side dispelled, or would that be dispersed?

And a thank you to each and every one of them. God bless them all

I believe you were one as well Bob?

You already have the meter box mounted to something you aren't planning on or have already destroyed? Partially or otherwise.....

That was one of the first things we blasted apart! It has been hit by so many 9mm rounds and 12 gage, and 5.56, some 7.62, a bunch of .22 and on and on.

It's more scrap copper and brass at this point than anything else!

Quote from: BobbyB on April 27, 2016, 02:38:55 PM

The only thing I can figure that's light in the Infantry is maybe sleep?

Some other things:
Food
Time off
Response to Excuses
Compassion from pilots
Showers
Warmth in the winter
Comfort anytime
Support from just about anybody when in the bush
Care from the VA
Replacement uniforms
Sympathy
Compassion from others
Normal language devoid of four letter words
Well, for that matter, intelligent conversation at all!
Dry feet
Chewing gum...I heard many a grunt complain about not enough gum
Cleanliness
vehicular transportation
Dates on weekends

But for all that, there are a few things they are heavy on:
Honor
Respect
Integrity
Feared
Sense of value
Knowing they did their duty
Self control of fear
Manning up
Being someone worthy of that dirty flag on their shoulders
Courage
Sense of Duty
They won't quit (Not smart enough to, I'd suspect  ;-)
THE RIGHT STUFF

That comic is hilarious to many industries! diggin' the blue Friday pic

I'm sure you would!

Must be the Chinook unit up in Tacoma, or possibly my boys 4/160, a new hook unit which was stood up there

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29:11)

Looking good Don!  I really like that 4 in 1 bucket.  I may have to look into that and get rid of the grapple on the front of my bucket

The 4-1 probably doubles the utility of the machine...Wish my loader had one. Think of it as a hand that can pick up trees. You'll need aux hydraulics, a simple kit, and the bucket. Probably under 5K for all

ranger almost looks like he is a pure bred black shepherd

Ranger is a pure bred AKC Shepherd. Daddy was black tall skinny, Momma carried a bit of weight and had some sable, like he does.

He works right around the machines. Tears up roots, clods of dirt or whatever falls out of the bucket

Is that Bobby on the aft rope?

The white one with the Chinese markings was a Boeing Demo bird built for China.

I actually flew that bird. Repainted and reissued to the Army, we named it "China Girl"

Red stripes = Fire fighting aircraft

A1E Skyraider

Could carry anything

Apparently a toilet bowl as well!

Also not a Chinook, but I flew S-Model Cobras for a short time...cool aircraft

Let me guess

A brokered sale with escrowed monies and all that Craigslist shenanigans...?

I'd peruse, though...Might be real...?

Either yr all slacking or you have all done nothing? LoL

This morning I spent arguing with a ornery pickup again *Patch  After temporarily winning the argument of man VS Np205 I went on to more interesting things.

I mowed again, which was relaxing save for hitting a steel fence post that materialized out of nowhere to mess up some blades. I was smart, and had old worn blades on for just such a surprise so...I changed to the new blades. I then washed my Exmark and jumped on the 4020JD for some retro bush whacking a few miles of dicthes. That accomplished killing the rest of the day and due to looming dark clouds and weather service promises of baseball hail and other such fun, I came home. I have now contributed nothing useful to a few threads, and intend to head out to the shop and try and accomplish something that seems project orientated. (likely prep a Np 205 to replaces patches metal filing filled version) I even brought my ear plugs to guard against hail noise on the steel roof.

Copy that on the hail!

I got clobbered with hail, four times driving back from the farm. I thought I was gonna lose my windshield twice. Really heavy rain, high winds...just as promised. NWS warning every 3 minutes on the radio.

I'll go out tomorrow and see if I have hail dimples on C-Max

Makes quick work of houses as well!

I punched a hole in the side of the house to get the wood burning stove out through

About then really big rain drops started falling. We were forecast for severe weather, so I ran like a frightened school girl to the safety of my truck and bailed out!