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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #650 on: June 09, 2016, 10:39:11 PM »
What city is your farm out of Don?


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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #651 on: June 09, 2016, 10:40:24 PM »
I sanded that stove down with an orbital and some #80 grit. I then used a flap wheel on the more heavily pitted areas.
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #652 on: June 09, 2016, 10:40:57 PM »
I sprayed two heavy coats, doing the underside first
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #653 on: June 09, 2016, 10:44:32 PM »
Then after taping the information plates, and cleaning liberally with laquer thinner, I sprayed the rest of it. All total, I used nearly 4 cans of paint on it, reinstalled the asbestos gasket, rehung the door, and called this little project mission complete
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #654 on: June 09, 2016, 11:00:44 PM »
Prayers for safety of CudaKidd needed.

Tomorrow he's venturing up into God's country to visit me at the farm.

The Illinois plates are gonna stick out...

I told him to wait for me at a local general store. If he isn't kidnapped, or worse, I'll guide him back into the back country...him with that purdy white Illinois truck, towing a camper...with the Chi-town accent...

Banjo music aplenty, we'll see how this works out for him! I'll watch over him if he makes it ;-)
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #655 on: June 09, 2016, 11:05:29 PM »
I've got a banjo, overalls and white contacts- ill be tough to pick outta the crowd unless I smile!  Besides, I only have to outrun my buddy Ray.... :)
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #656 on: June 09, 2016, 11:20:33 PM »
^^^^This is getting scary. ^^^^

Only here would you get a picture of leaf springs and a wood stove in the same picture.

I do like the stove, needs some kinda trim. 

I need to add a leaf to the front of Spartan before I lift it just for general driving.
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Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #657 on: June 10, 2016, 01:03:52 AM »
I was just curious how many hours the drive would be is all


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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #658 on: June 10, 2016, 01:41:13 AM »
Type in Lexington & you'll be close, not like hand grenade close but close enough to get an idea......
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #659 on: June 10, 2016, 02:44:43 AM »
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!


How deep is the well? Rough estimate? Most cameras you'll see won't have a long cord. However for a cheap alternative:

1. Go to your local sporting goods store
2. Go to the section that has the waterproof pelican cases, or their comparable competitors
3. Buy a small one about IPhone sized with a clear lid.
4. Put IPhone into video mode, tape to inside of clear lid, secure lid ensure proper seal
5. Attach 550 to case
6. Slowly lower case, as an added bonus if you lower slow enough it won't spin very fast and give you a 360* view of the inside of the well. Once it gets to water level you'll have video of what's down there.


Repeat steps in reverse order to retrieve videographic evidence of well's interior. Added bonus, you have a new case to store something in.
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your standard grunt level CQB is just putting rounds and rounds on scary stuff till it stops scaring you!

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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #660 on: June 10, 2016, 02:47:03 AM »
Heck, plastic bag on kite string.
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #661 on: June 10, 2016, 07:30:33 AM »
^^^^This is getting scary. ^^^^

Only here would you get a picture of leaf springs and a wood stove in the same picture.

I do like the stove, needs some kinda trim. 

I need to add a leaf to the front of Spartan before I lift it just for general driving.
Trim is for girls!

Just needs a stove pipe and some split logs!

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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #662 on: June 10, 2016, 07:35:10 AM »
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!


How deep is the well? Rough estimate? Most cameras you'll see won't have a long cord. However for a cheap alternative:

1. Go to your local sporting goods store
2. Go to the section that has the waterproof pelican cases, or their comparable competitors
3. Buy a small one about IPhone sized with a clear lid.
4. Put IPhone into video mode, tape to inside of clear lid, secure lid ensure proper seal
5. Attach 550 to case
6. Slowly lower case, as an added bonus if you lower slow enough it won't spin very fast and give you a 360* view of the inside of the well. Onceit gets to water level you'll have video of what's down there.


Repeat steps in reverse order to retrieve videographic evidence of well's interior. Added bonus, you have a new case to store something in.


^^^NCO right there...Smart!

Good idea!

But I was thinking of lowerin' CudaKidd on my winch cable. That way I get audio as well!

Mostly screams and some cursing I suspect, but would make one heck of a story...Especially if there are snakes down there.
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #663 on: June 10, 2016, 07:50:59 AM »
Why don't you get a deacon from on of those little churches down the road from the hide, they love handling those nasty things!
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #664 on: June 10, 2016, 07:58:34 AM »
Why don't you get a deacon from on of those little churches down the road from the hide, they love handling those nasty things!

No joke, ain't that the truth......
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #665 on: June 10, 2016, 08:06:03 AM »
Why don't you get a deacon from on of those little churches down the road from the hide, they love handling those nasty things!
Ya know, funny thing is, that's probably true!

So you up for a little spelunking?
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #666 on: June 10, 2016, 08:28:30 AM »
My birth was my last time my entire body spent in a confined area I couldn't easily move around in!  ;D
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #667 on: June 10, 2016, 10:06:06 AM »
Fishing pole? A lead weight? Drop a rock and listen? Lower a Dixie cup on a string?

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« Reply #668 on: June 10, 2016, 12:02:44 PM »
Are you sure its a well and not just an old cistern from the original homestead?  The reason I ask is that the bottle-shape you describe is consistent with cistern construction techniques used prior to the plastic or poured-in-place ones built today.  I think the old cistern behind the house is of the same bottle-shaped, brick construction. 

A weight on a string will allow you to determine the depth...
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« Reply #669 on: June 10, 2016, 06:33:45 PM »
But I was thinking of lowerin' CudaKidd on my winch cable. That way I get audio as well!

Mostly screams and some cursing I suspect, but would make one heck of a story...Especially if there are snakes down there.

Tape the camera to him, remote control!!!!

Plus we get entertainment.,,,,,,,Just sayin
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #670 on: June 10, 2016, 08:01:01 PM »
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!


How deep is the well? Rough estimate? Most cameras you'll see won't have a long cord. However for a cheap alternative:

1. Go to your local sporting goods store
2. Go to the section that has the waterproof pelican cases, or their comparable competitors
3. Buy a small one about IPhone sized with a clear lid.
4. Put IPhone into video mode, tape to inside of clear lid, secure lid ensure proper seal
5. Attach 550 to case
6. Slowly lower case, as an added bonus if you lower slow enough it won't spin very fast and give you a 360* view of the inside of the well. Onceit gets to water level you'll have video of what's down there.


Repeat steps in reverse order to retrieve videographic evidence of well's interior. Added bonus, you have a new case to store something in.


^^^NCO right there...Smart!

Good idea!

But I was thinking of lowerin' CudaKidd on my winch cable. That way I get audio as well!

Mostly screams and some cursing I suspect, but would make one heck of a story...Especially if there are snakes down there.

I would agree with this plan of action, then mike could honestly tell people that he is koalafied.....!
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« Reply #671 on: June 10, 2016, 08:01:57 PM »
I can see it now lowering him into a dried up crap hole!!! Lol video yes please


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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #672 on: June 11, 2016, 11:08:13 PM »
Are you sure its a well and not just an old cistern from the original homestead?  The reason I ask is that the bottle-shape you describe is consistent with cistern construction techniques used prior to the plastic or poured-in-place ones built today.  I think the old cistern behind the house is of the same bottle-shaped, brick construction. 

A weight on a string will allow you to determine the depth...

It's a well! And a spring fed one at that!

And it's got a ton of water in it

And the water was cool and clean.

Let me get through the gun play stuff and I'll show you and everyone just what we discovered
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #673 on: June 11, 2016, 11:11:28 PM »
OK, so Mike and Ray made it down for a couple days. I asked mike to take a winch cable ride and he was having NOOOO part of that!

He came in with his Silvy and a nice camper and set up operations next to that nasty house!

He drove Sarge around the patch to check it out. Sarge was running well, no loader issues at all...Now I'm scratching my head!
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #674 on: June 11, 2016, 11:13:48 PM »
Then he and Ray sent some rounds down range. Shooting what I estimate to be 250-300 meters, my M1A was sounding great. I love that old school gun.
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #675 on: June 11, 2016, 11:17:31 PM »
I took a turn on my AR, then tried Mike's. Mile has that gun that Bobby recommended to him with an Aimpoint. Mike made the best shot of the day with his AR. Hit a beer can at about 275 meters with his first shot!

Ray came with his Smith MP-15 and did a good job with that as well. Both these guys shoot well and know their weapons.
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« Reply #676 on: June 11, 2016, 11:22:29 PM »
My M4 with its ACOG acted up on me. I've been shooting it at 50 meters, and accepting baseball size groups, because it is a combat gun to me. When I settled in for some long range precision, I found it was shooting low. Mike ran a mag through it and we all figured it out as you can see on the vid
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« Reply #677 on: June 11, 2016, 11:25:33 PM »
Any day at the farm shooting is better than a day there with Don wreaking havoc on equipment! ;D

Looks like a good time......
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« Reply #678 on: June 11, 2016, 11:28:03 PM »
Any day at the farm shooting is better than a day there with Don wreaking havoc on equipment! ;D

Looks like a good time......
It was!

And I haven't even mentioned the bacon wrapped quail Mike cooked on the barbie that night...or the bourbon...
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #679 on: June 11, 2016, 11:29:08 PM »
Ray was knockin' it out!
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #680 on: June 11, 2016, 11:31:10 PM »
We pulled the weeds away from the well opening and what I have there started to reveal itself
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #681 on: June 11, 2016, 11:34:27 PM »
We tied a big 1" nut to the end of some twine and mike lowered away.

The steel or iron ring appears to be part of a wagon wheel. The bolts had mostly square nuts and rounded heads like a carriage bolt
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« Reply #682 on: June 11, 2016, 11:39:16 PM »
Those things in the bottom are a bunch of plastic bottles, as in clorox 1 gal sized bottles. So we started wondering if this water once fed a still???

The nut touched the surface of the water 46 feet down!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And the water is a bit over six feet deep!!!!!!!!!

Mike tied a knot on the twine which reflects ground level with the nut just touching the top of the water, and another knot when the nut touched down on the bottom.

These two guys are holding the points that represent the ground level and the bottom of that insane hole!
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #683 on: June 11, 2016, 11:40:31 PM »
It wasn't cool at all, but just like always there was a nice breeze (Windmill) blowing across us
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #684 on: June 11, 2016, 11:42:09 PM »
That well is so cool! 
So, you and Ray did all of the manual labor, while Rhinestone Mike was playing jump rope with a large nut? Hmm, some friend he is. :)
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« Reply #685 on: June 11, 2016, 11:46:21 PM »
I finished out the day with another 5+ hours of mowing, and leveling of the main road in, and I cut a trail which is probably a mile long.

I zig zagged it all over the place, going along the stream and up into this area in the woods which is littered with stones all wearing an inch or better of rich green moss. It looks picture worthy there.

This trail I cut has a purpose. I have wanted to do this for some time, but the trail is going to be called "Ephesians Trail." My plan is to get someone to carve Paul's head into a tree along the way, and I will have the entire book of Ephesians carved into plaques, backrests of benches, into concrete or stone or whatever. The idea is that you can walk along on this cool and shady path and talk to God. While you're walking there will be benches, stools, chairs and also exercise stations. But most importantly, if you read along the way, you would have read the entire Gospel of Paul's letter to the church of Ephesus...

How cool is that???!
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #686 on: June 11, 2016, 11:46:49 PM »
Gunna throw this out there otherwise I'll forget to say it, possibly a dumb idea. That steel ring, was zooming in at the picture & thinking you need to repurpose that somehow as it's technically part of the farm. Anyhow, thinking you need to build a sundial. Maybe you could use the ring as the clock face of sorts......
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #687 on: June 11, 2016, 11:47:13 PM »
That well is so cool! 
So, you and Ray did all of the manual labor, while Rhinestone Mike was playing jump rope with a large nut? Hmm, some friend he is. :)
Well, he did bring a bottle of bourbon and cook me some quail he shot!

That has to count for something!
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« Reply #688 on: June 11, 2016, 11:47:35 PM »
Sounds like a great time had by all.  Makes me want to make a road trip now!
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #689 on: June 11, 2016, 11:48:59 PM »
Sounds like a great time had by all.  Makes me want to make a road trip now!

Ditto.
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #690 on: June 11, 2016, 11:49:20 PM »
Gunna throw this out there otherwise I'll forget to say it, possibly a dumb idea. That steel ring, was zooming in at the picture & thinking you need to repurpose that somehow as it's technically part of the farm. Anyhow, thinking you need to build a sundial. Maybe you could use the ring as the clock face of sorts......
HOL-LEE CRAP

That's it!

We were talking about that ring. I wanted to repurpose it somehow into the well mechanicals, but nossir, Shawn...It is going to be a sundial

Thanks!...Great idea!
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #691 on: June 11, 2016, 11:50:17 PM »
Glad I could help!  ;D
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #692 on: June 11, 2016, 11:51:52 PM »
Sounds like a great time had by all.  Makes me want to make a road trip now!
Well RN, at the rate of transformation I will have something substantial in the not too distant future which could host all of us for a good meet n' greet

We need to do that. Every RealMan on this site that can make it. Would be a great time. Bath it with worship, good food, shooting, and trick you boneheads into doing some work for me, and it would be a time to remember!
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #693 on: June 11, 2016, 11:54:56 PM »
Glad I could help!  ;D
Better than this:
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #694 on: June 11, 2016, 11:57:01 PM »
If you have a 50 amp hook up, I can live high on the hog, baby!

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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #695 on: June 12, 2016, 12:05:49 AM »
Glad I could help!  ;D
Better than this:

I agree, use some of that stone on the property & you can have an interesting useful tool that can last generations. That ring will not be rusting away anytime soon. If memory serves me correctly there were some pretty cool builds online of people making their own......
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #696 on: June 12, 2016, 12:32:27 AM »
Man that all looks like fun. And work? Thats not work with doing all that.

Did you get a sample of the water? Does it have a alcohol content??
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #697 on: June 12, 2016, 07:11:01 AM »
That well is so cool! 
So, you and Ray did all of the manual labor, while Rhinestone Mike was playing jump rope with a large nut? Hmm, some friend he is. :)

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Have you ever tried to play jump rope with string? It was really hard, I almost fell in the well!?  I did get Don to show me some of the infamous mowing carnage- chunk of chain saw engine block
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #698 on: June 12, 2016, 08:06:20 AM »
If you have a 50 amp hook up, I can live high on the hog, baby!


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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #699 on: June 12, 2016, 12:43:38 PM »
I cut a trail which is probably a mile long.

I zig zagged it all over the place

This trail I cut has a purpose.

exercise stations.

How cool is that???!

Make an exercise trail around the whole perimeter of the property.


Poison ivy doesn't play nice with my skin! 

It doesn't like me either.
So, Bobby...being the calculating trained warrior NCO that you are.  Take the appropriate action, Execute!
your standard grunt level CQB is just putting rounds and rounds on scary stuff till it stops scaring you!

 

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