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« on: October 27, 2023, 11:40:39 AM »
I’m sorry & unfortunately can relate. My better half after evacuating Vista Adventist Hospital during the Marshall Fire ended up with PTSD from the event. Everything from thunder cracking to smoke and fire was a trigger. Her’s is considerably better now, I pray his does the same.
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« on: October 26, 2023, 10:19:11 PM »
 Weds night was first frost of the year for us, so it was that time again. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: October 26, 2023, 10:12:57 PM »
Snow flurries all day today. Started off splitting half a cord of larch and stacking it. The big rounds 24” ish took the maul to halve them. Apparently I’m out of splitting wood shape, 2-3 hours and that was enough.
Then I worked on organizing the machine shop. Plan is since it’s spray foamed and climate controlled with mini split is to store all my laser cut parts in there along with axle components. In another year I’ll move some of those to the low bay portion of the big shop but until then the machine shop will be a little cramped for space.
Third radiant tube heater shipped today. I offered to let them refund half the cost and I’d take the two damaged ones and make a good one. They didn’t like that and wanted to ship another that the freight company will most likely damage as the packaging is a joke.
The tmg industrial 94” snow blade showed up at freight terminal in Spokane today. I shipped a crate from Colorado up and it’s due in tomorrow with any luck. So Monday I’ll go grab both.
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« on: October 26, 2023, 09:22:50 PM »
Sweet, glad the move is over. I here Co is getting as bad as Kali?
Downtown Denver is reminiscent of Portland, the taxes are crazy. We went to Walmart one evening so wife could get supplies to make 200+ cupcakes for wedding along with the cake. The only bags they had were reuseable $$$ bags. Colorado now charges 10 cents per plastic bag but Walmart doesn’t give you that option or even have paper bags. The shop property taxes just jumped again. It’s nuts…..
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« on: October 26, 2023, 09:17:34 PM »
A good box scraper works really good for gravel road maintenance, and general leveling projects.
I really think you are making a good move Don. Once your wife gets used to being in the country it would be hard to move back to the hustle of more populated life. As for medical, leave a an area large enough for the life flight team to land.
Couldn’t agree more, so glad we’re out of the Colorado bustle. Being that we’re remote up here, we pay for life flight insurance and it’s an inexpensive annual cost. Congrats on the wise decision! Interesting read on where we may be headed. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/2-billion-could-die-current-war-cycle-charles-nenner-says-buy-gold-two-year-treasury
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« on: October 25, 2023, 08:53:06 PM »
Made it home late last night with final load, just shy of 18 hours. It’s official shop is out of Colorado! We even beat the winter weather that is finally settling in here between Colorado and Montana. I was able to get items which could freeze unloaded and in heated machine shop and then trailer in big shop which had me working until midnight. First frost came around 5am today. Then today was build and ship parts then start trying to get organized. Started first fire of the season this evening. I think all of that calls for a big pour of some bourbon…..  Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: October 24, 2023, 09:43:48 AM »
Too bad you’re not closer I’d sell you my grapple with solid bottom. I’m needing a skeleton style bucket instead.
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« on: October 24, 2023, 03:55:42 AM »
Yup, hauling costs are tough. The thing you need to factor is time. Do you have it because speaking from experience 5 yards at a time takes awhile……
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« on: October 22, 2023, 11:15:19 AM »
   Big day today, hoping for zero drama….. Guy in bottom pic is middle daughters bf, literally started dancing with her in kitchen at rehearsal dinner w/o music. The wife was enthralled, I just shook my head. Typical young welder w/o a serious bone in his body. Speaking from experience that’s Trouble. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: October 19, 2023, 09:26:28 AM »
Ken, I recon 500 resonates with you as it most likely is your gf’s weight…….
10mm, it’s a favorite of mechanics don’t act like you’re not aware!
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« on: October 18, 2023, 07:01:26 AM »
Nice job JR  Not much to those rolling platforms…….
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« on: October 18, 2023, 06:58:43 AM »
Forget the mill, if you need bring a portable guy in and pay him to cut the timber on sight. You don’t have the time and milling logs is time consuming and labor intensive. You already have a barn to stack and dry it in. If you want a mill down the road to continue with kids homes etc do it then when more time and help is present.
Sell the big house, get it on the market sooner than later. Sell or put into storage what you don’t need. By doing this it forces your hand and time tables. If you’re set on doing this pull the trigger. God will work the rest out for you two, yup there’s only two of you so that makes this easier.
My 2 cents from a guy who pulled the trigger little over a year ago and is taking final load north this coming week.
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« on: October 15, 2023, 09:55:02 PM »
Glad to see you’ve come to your senses. The world hasn’t changed it’s just speeding up pace……
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« on: October 15, 2023, 09:54:16 PM »
Nice job Charles Have you float tested the tractor yet? 
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« on: October 14, 2023, 10:51:30 PM »
 Dropped in another culvert back in behind the cabin. Giving myself access to the wood shed year around and this drive will hopefully lead to back parking and a carport / cabin addition in a few years. On another note, soffit and facia complete with exception of two small trim pieces I need to cut from facia. I had just enough facia to cover and none extra for trim pieces. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: October 13, 2023, 09:56:48 PM »
Everyone is a critic……
Plenty of grizzlies dropped with a 10mm & more rounds can’t hurt unless you shoot your buddy in the shoulder during the mayhem. Which happened over in whitefish last month. Two hunters scouting ended up between a momma grizzly and her cub at 15’. They got her put down in the ruckus but one ended up with a friendly fire wound.
From all the recent accounts I’m hearing the bell is a good idea and trying not to startle them. The wife typically carries the bear spray when we’re out.
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« on: October 12, 2023, 07:59:52 PM »
I have a Remington tac 14 too, or I did but the middle daughter has it for home defense atm. You could easily carry that and be one and done.
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« on: October 12, 2023, 07:56:54 PM »
Don, get a Marlin 45-70 guide gun and a bfr in same caliber….. then we can twin when you’re out here.
I carry a Glock 29 in 10mm which is what all the hunters up here carry with Buffalo bore hard cast bear loads (sorry Charles nobody is carrying a sw 500). Get a good chest rig and then whatever for camp. I like 45-70 but that 12ga is good if not better. We have a bear every sq mile up here.
I love a 45-70! But want the pistol to carry the same caliber for commonality of loads. I already carry a 12 gauge with slugs and buckshot which I feel would get the job done.
Bfr in 45-70…….. https://www.magnumresearch.com/bfr-biggest-finest-revolver/
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« on: October 12, 2023, 07:08:35 PM »
Don, get a Marlin 45-70 guide gun and a bfr in same caliber….. then we can twin when you’re out here.
I carry a Glock 29 in 10mm which is what all the hunters up here carry with Buffalo bore hard cast bear loads (sorry Charles nobody is carrying a sw 500). Get a good chest rig and then whatever for camp. I like 45-70 but that 12ga is good if not better. We have a bear every sq mile up here.
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« on: October 12, 2023, 07:03:11 PM »
Yes we do, cat scat on neighbor bear lot. Same lot the wife saw a good sized black bear on in august.
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« on: October 12, 2023, 08:54:38 AM »
Don & I have been discussing this for a bit now. Initially I agreed it may be time to throw in the towel. I threw him some idea’s yesterday evening about how to help the site evolve while staying the same. We’ll see where this goes but I think it needs packaged differently as times are changing and as much as we hate social media it is a necessary evil I think in order to reach those whom could use this site. As Don stated, let’s use the enemies infrastructure against them. Teaching an old dog a new trick, with that said if you value this place now is the time to speak up and maybe volunteer to be a bit more involved. That could be ten minutes a day. The core group is good and no one wants to lose that. My 2 cents
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« on: October 11, 2023, 10:00:21 PM »
At dusk tonight we didn’t have outside lights for cabin on yet. One dog had to do his business and was dancing by front door. I grab leash and pistol and hurry out front door to see a bobcat sized black animal at end of our new wrap around driveway. It turns and runs but instead of running low and in a straight line it’s booping down the road. I come in scratching my head. Tell wife maybe it was a wolverine and she’s like no way? So I google wolverine running videos. The link below is the same speed and style this animal was moving. How cool is that!?! https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/wolverine-running-over-frozen-water-in-the-forest-h8xwdduulixvzh6w0Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: October 11, 2023, 09:23:43 PM »
Was sunny & 75 high until a day ago. Now it’s 60 and overcast / rainy
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« on: October 11, 2023, 08:04:20 PM »
Sean, make the leap to onboard air. A compressor, 5 gal tank and a few solenoids and you can air up and down with the push of a button from the cab.
Happy to point you to parts I used to build my own.
Bonus is having a Milton coupler at the hitch to use to run tools
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Charles, while I agree & should probably bite the bullet it’s not gunna happen for some time. Too many irons in the fire and already own that 12v portable unit. I bought the better half a new kitchen stove, we had looked at it several weeks ago on clearance. High end almost $5k stove for about 65% off. I called last night and they still had it (because it’s ford red!) and so that just opened up a can of worms. New countertops and back splash now too……..
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« on: October 10, 2023, 09:40:51 PM »
   Replacement heater showed up today, slightly better than first unit. The small box was actually intact and unopened! The big box not so much, they still can’t figure out how to strap them to a skid…. Insurance inspector is due out Thursday morning. He needs to look at first shipment. I turned in a claim on this second shipment as well as from what I can see there is some damage. Unknown if missing parts yet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: October 10, 2023, 09:37:26 PM »
Yes sir, almost as hot as black locust (had quite a bit of that in Indiana). The two main ones up here are red fir and tamarack aka larch.
We have a wedding in less than two weeks. Just trying to get a few things accomplished here yet. I’m sure it will be here when we return.
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« on: October 09, 2023, 11:01:53 PM »
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« on: October 09, 2023, 10:28:25 PM »
  3 cords of seasoned tamarack, yeah I forgot to inflate the bags… Other than that I’ve been working on the north side upper soffit and facia over the weekend. The lower steel roof which is covered with gravel road dirt made it interesting. I finished up the facia this afternoon. Bored some 2” holes in the bird blocking in preparation for ceiling and the soffit and facia that will go up by weeks end. Hauled crushed for driveway over the weekend, skid steer threw a code. Warranty tech who fixed it today said it’s a common issue (10# of chit in 5# box) where the hydraulic hoses pull a cable connector apart in the arm. He adjusted how cables lay in there and secured the connection out of the way a bit. Should be gtg now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: October 07, 2023, 07:06:15 AM »
   It was a Montana campfire kinda evening. Open burning now thru end of November. Last of the old dried out stumps being burnt. I had taken a load prior to the dump. They tried to charge me $40 as they were too big and not rotten. On a separate prior occasion had told me as long as they were dry (mine were out of ground at least 4 years I estimate) there would be no charge. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: October 05, 2023, 10:39:11 PM »
Going to try and get the soffit and facia done this weekend. Then it’s on to setting rear posts for rv lean to. Still a lot of work to do but at least when we get rainy days I have inside work to complete.
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« on: October 05, 2023, 08:27:50 PM »
  In case any of you were wondering if I was ever going to finish sheeting and wrapping the shop. Well, today was the day. While I had the man lift I taped all the wrap seams with tyvek tape. Lift goes back now and I only need to finish soffit and facia on north end which the lower I can do off a ladder and the upper from the lower roof deck. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: October 04, 2023, 11:16:52 PM »
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« on: October 03, 2023, 09:17:39 PM »
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« on: October 02, 2023, 10:45:35 PM »
Finished wiring up the machine shop today. I decided with winter approaching that I needed it functional. So I have not hung wall sheeting. At this point I believe I will be repurposing the 2 car detached garage pine exterior board & batton and use it as a sort of interior paneling which I’ll then paint. But that will be next year.
I started finishing the door surrounds for the overhead doors on the big shop. The small door is finished along with the door seals hung. I rented a man lift and that showed up late today. Going to get all the soffit and facia hung over next several days.
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« on: September 28, 2023, 12:03:26 AM »
 Truck got new shoes today, same 275/70R18 coopers as before. I was able to get 42-44K out of last set (can’t recall if truck had 24 or 26k) on it when installed. The old tires probably had 5-7k left on them but not acceptable going into winter weather and traveling again south in a few weeks. I had the upper pan fixed. Worth noting service manager claimed it might have started leaking because of a plugged pcv filter. When I went to pick it up I asked if it was in fact plugged, it was not. The reality is the non oring 15-19 pan is a pos design. Glad I did the leg work to get a used oring version. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: September 25, 2023, 09:22:19 PM »
I haven’t looked at it that close yet but it’s metal as it’s fairly heavy.
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« on: September 25, 2023, 08:00:27 PM »
Not a lot done today, several other things on my schedule. I did however get the top of the windows taped in.   Then started prepping to install this vented lp wall heater in the low bay area. I laminated two pieces of this drop of 1/2” plywood together. I’ll hang it on the inside of the wall and cut a square hole for the heat shield & intake / exhaust to go thru to the outer wall.    Finished day assembling treated laminated posts to the perma column bases for the back rv lean to. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: September 24, 2023, 08:29:43 PM »
Chicken Nuggets?
Saw a P47 today with invasion strips flying up to Nutt Tree. See P51's all the time first 47.
Frozen? You’d have thought they would have at least heated them up…..
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« on: September 24, 2023, 12:37:11 PM »
https://youtu.be/W4a_j0Sikxw?si=0f5BAn9Dva67MaP5This is worth a watch & watch it all the way thru please. He’s our former pastor from Colorado whom I must admit I had a falling out with about a year or so ago because I felt like he was soft against evil. He admits in this video that he was that soft pastor. I believe the spirit has shook him and he’s calling out the demonic in our society. Amazing sermon
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« on: September 23, 2023, 07:38:58 PM »
 The better half and I started this morning de-weeding this area. The in-ground propane tank “hood cover” was originally installed incorrectly and pushing up against the shut off valve. So it was dug up and set correctly then I back filled the exterior of it in pea gravel. Next we brought in more fill and leveled then seeded & fertilized this back area. It will eventually get two sections of fence in an L-shape to semi secure this back area between east side of cabin and the south side of machine shop for the two little dogs to do their business.  The wife then proceeded to stain the new horizontal slats on the wood shed. I’ll put a second coat on them tomorrow. Then I need to install roof supports between the two and roofing steel. Hang a couple lights (ran underground to it when I had trencher) & call it done.  This fill is what was left of the roughly four truckloads we were given for free back in the spring. I need to rake it in and let it settle for a month or so. We have a truckload of good top soil I need to try and lay in before winter. Plan is to fence that area for a garden in the spring. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: September 22, 2023, 10:09:07 PM »
No pictures but the high bay lights are hung & wired along with garage doors. Started wiring for a couple ceiling fans, guess I should order those. On another note I finished emptying the newer wood shed and power washed the side boards prepping it for stain. Then went to farm store and bought seed & fertilizer for the yard I’m putting in tomorrow between east end of cabin and south side of machine shop.
Next up is a plug in big shop for welder and start moving some stuff out of garage and to the shop, mainly excess building material and the dirt bikes to make some room in garage.
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« on: September 22, 2023, 06:48:06 AM »
Both great additions
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« on: September 20, 2023, 10:43:05 PM »
LP, I don’t think they make them in electric to my knowledge
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« on: September 20, 2023, 09:25:32 PM »
After dealing with that debacle I decided to start cleaning up the old stumps and a dead tree around the property. Truck is at the shop getting the seeping pan swapped out. I probably have another trailer load after I dump this one.    This picture ^^^^^ is from south & east portion of our property  Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: September 20, 2023, 09:22:36 PM »
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« on: September 19, 2023, 12:23:45 AM »
But officer…” I identify as someone who was driving the speed limit..”
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Meh, it was more like…. Officer: Do you know why I pulled you over? Me: I do Officer: Why were you speeding? Me: H scares me and I hear she hangs out here with Ken…..
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« on: September 18, 2023, 11:30:38 PM »
Must have been the Biden sticker that made him pull you over….
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Well, ya know that’s Ken’s area and he wouldn’t be anywhere that isn’t fond of H and the Democrats. I’m thinking the lack of Biden sticker was the issue.
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« on: September 18, 2023, 10:49:32 PM »
JR, yes I did and commented on it a day or two ago even.
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« on: September 18, 2023, 10:24:45 PM »
   Spent a long weekend in Bozeman with all three of the kids. Hooked up fifth wheel and pulled it down there. First time we’ve had the whole family together in about a year and a half. Next month is the oldest daughters wedding & then we get everyone together for Christmas. So today was garage door installation day, finally. I picked up the wainscoting steel this morning and ordered garage door trim pieces along with the soffit and facia pieces. Should see those in about a week. Ran to Ponderay, ID this afternoon and got sidetracked by Ken’s buddy in Clark Fork. Guy must have had a quota to fill as he was hot on a second truck as we can back thru this evening.  On the way over I stopped at Trout Creek Truss which is near Noxon, MT not Trout Creek and picked up my treated columns for the rear rv lean to. No pics of those but they’re now in the shop along with perma columns. While in Ponderay I picked up my newly cleaned upper oil pan for the 6.7L from M & S Engine Works. They don’t advertise it but he will machine diesels too. Older guy, seems very knowledgeable on just about anything motor related. FYI Ken….. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: September 17, 2023, 01:57:16 PM »
Coming along nicely, I approve and agree with the last few comments / critiques.
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