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We have had a few day warm spell here. I checked on my ladies and I only have 1 living hive... Sad day.

2 Weeks in and we are loving it! So far there is nothing we feel like we really messed up on, or big things wished we would have done differently. But, I did have the bottom of a box fall out while I was carrying it and 2 bottles of nail polish exploded all over the floor and wall... I was that...

I had plugs handy. I don't have anything at home to patch with, and I wouldn't have had to break down the tire if the bead hadn't been leaking. Patches are better I'm sure but plugs are mucho easier.

I've had ducks for a while. Ain't no way I'd raise them permanently in a small enclosure. They are so messy. If I start little ones, I fence off an area by the pond and down into the water for them. I tried using a kiddie pool a few times before I got smart enough to just use the pond. I would...

I am a lazy person that did not put in tape... I ran the conduit for my underground utilities on my property. I bought the tape and had it handy. It ended up being such a pain in the butt on 450' of trench that i just said heck with it and covered it up without the tape... It's hard to get 6" of...

I did some mudding in mine a couple weeks ago also. As heavy as they are, they sure feel light when on the snot.

Sounds like to me you need to first establish what my state calls a 911 address. I don't remember what department does that but the water company would be able to tell you. Then I'd call the county road department and see if they can help you establish a driveway at that address. Assuming it's...

This is Duck. She almost refuses to drink water any other way.

This is today's price here.

I don't hate 'um. But I also wish I had that access. I got an ugly, expensive, propane tank hanging out in my backyard. I tried to get the natural gas company to run a line to my house but they said the closest trunk they had was over 4,000' away. The said it cost them $20,000 to run the last...

There would be widespread panic with that forecast around here. Schools would already be announcing closures, electricity would double in price, grocery stores would be empty. Weeping and gnashing of teeth type of thing...

A couple of low and high pics.

Everything else is doing good. Have a gas fireplace and whole house tankless water heater that has run 3 showers and dishwasher all at the same time at least once since we have been there. It's 199k BTU. Propane guy said what he did should supply 1.5million BTU. I take that with a grain of salt...

I left a message for the service manager. That is going to be my request. I don't mind changing jets if that's it but I don't really want to mess with the regulator if I can help it.

I'll get some pics tonight. The vendor said they changed it over before they brought it, and I called today and they confirmed with their notes. let me know what i need to check to confirm. I do have a card of burner jets, because i can't spell the o word... It seems to me that i have flame...

I've got propane and it's been converted to propane. The flame looks nice and blue.

I just moved into my new house and one of the things I've been excited about is using my new gas cooktop. I've got a Whirlpool wcg55u56hs if it makes a difference. I seem to always need to have the burner cranked up as high as it will go to get the same heat as about medium on my old electric...

My neighbor has one. It's hard to find differences between it and the old CJ I used to have, except it's new so everything works like it was intended. They don't come street legal, It sounds like some people are somehow converting them to make them street legal. It is not what I would consider...

I'm losing track with upper bolt and lower bolt. What I think you have are 2 bolts and a coupling nut. There are a couple ways to skin that cat. First thing I would try would be to loctite the nut onto the bolt you want to remain "stationary". Then I would I think the term is peen, I'm not...

Have you checked with the Coast Guard yet? 😁 I'm just a fly on the wall with this one. I'm sure all that load calculation has been done by some company or another. Just a quick Google search shows a $945 one that is calibrated by operator to a known weight lifted. I would think the width of a...

I probably need to do the same. I split mine too aggressively last year and ended up loosing several because of their populations being too low.

I would say at minimum volume of forage at the right time has a part to play in keeping you from needing to feed. I would also argue that you do feed, just not with sugar water like some of us end up feeding. You provide good forage for them with the plots you plant. I wish I was able to plant...

Truck is still at the shop. Improvisation!

Thanks! It's a monster steel door. I couldn't move it very far by myself. The frame is built into the blocks as they are laid so it's locked in. I'll have to look back through invoices but it's an official storm shelter door.

It's been raining nonstop for 2 weeks or so. The cold snap we got held up the last box of tile so we are still without a toilet in the master. But, we are starting to move stuff in today. Here is a short walk through of the mostly finished product. Ignore my heavy breathing i tell myself it's...

This is really far from you, but it's my first thought. Another thought would be building a "road" where you say you can get the pickup truck the removing it when you are done. I'm sure you know any way you slice it, there will be some serious expense...

I think you two are saying the same thing, maybe. College absolutely opened doors for me that were previously closed. Around my area, the school you got the degree from doesn't really play into selection. For the biggest part even the type of degree doesn't really matter, as long as it's from an...

My property is the red rectangle. It's semi rural. I'm not at all surprised the 'yotes are around. Lots of room to run and hide and my poor ducks were just.... sitting ducks.... There's lots of wildlife around.

Believe it or not my wife wants a pair. Once we get moved in to the new house and the trailer off the property we will put the fence back up. Shortly after that we will probably end up with a couple donkeys and at least 1 Llama.

I wish it was safe enough to shoot at my place. There are just too many houses too close for it to be safe. My neighbor a few houses down does have the room but I'll have to do it around his time.

There were coyote tracks all over the pond ice. I also heard a big group of them in the evening last weekend.

The whole college "experience" irks me. I think it's irresponsible to make kids believe college is required. By and large k-12 education pushes the college route with little regard for career planning. The thought process is go to college to get the education and find out what you want to do...

All 11 ducks got eaten this weekend 😩. The pond was frozen over so they didn't have anywhere to get safe.

We just did LVP in our new house build. From my limited knowledge gained from that project, I found that the wear layer thickness is not directly correlated to scratch resistance. The one we eventually chose has a 12 mil wear layer with ceramic coating for scratch resistance. Time will tell if...

Looks like you are right.

I'm slightly out of the line of the conversation here. But, I've had my '13 Ram 1500 w/ 5.7 Hemi since new. 2 weekends ago it started loosing power and I got a check engine light. I took it to a shop and I called to check on it yesterday. My heads, cam and lifters are at a machine shop. Sad day...

Oh. I didn't think about that. Good call. I don't get off for that day so it didn't even register.

I'm pretty sure I'm going to get a SawStop panel saw when I get tools for my new shop. I've heard of lots of accidents involving table saws between people I know personally and stories like this one. My FIL has put his finger in his 3 times in the last 8 or so years. Luckily no lasting damage...

Update on the fan. I think it moves plenty of air. We spent a couple hours in the great room talking to some friends over the weekend. I turned it on in the "reverse" direction and i could feel warm air coming down the walls and mixing at floor level. That is exactly what i was hoping for. It's...

Neat place for a light... The middle is also a light...

My panel has GFCI breakers in it. So none of the receps have the test buttons, same process though. Anything else I need to be looking for other than just obvious stuff missing or not functional? Electrical or otherwise.

Now that we are getting real close, we may be able to move in by the end of next week (yay!). Please give me some pointers of what I need to check for my own personal "inspection". It should be inspected by a pro but I want to double check to keep them honest. I'm going to grab a GFCI recep...

The fan is REALLY high. The peak of the vault is about 22'. I got the biggest fan that I could fit between the trusses for a reasonable price. It's 80" dia. It only came with a 2' down rod so I had the center beam made 10"x10" so it would get the blades far enough down to clear the vault by...

Big happenings at the house today! Ignore the red arrow, i was showing my builder where a light is missing.

It sounds like the picture doesn't do it justice then. I would not enjoy being a passenger on a heavy equipment ride like that...

As smooth as that looks can you use your MX now and just go up and down the slope?

The girls' bathroom is about done! Also got the house trailer sold today! Really nice couple came by and gave a deposit. No problem with us staying until the house is ready and knows it needs to move quick when we get out. It's gotta be off the property before we can close on the mortgage.

Also I've never seen this many folks at a jobsite. Even more parked around back. We have concrete, trim, paint, countertops, electric, insulation, and appliances going today....

I eagle eyed the whole pour. They pulled up the vast majority of it.

I can put as much rebar as I want. I've got a handful of sticks left from footers that i will use around the perimeter and in front of the doors. The issue is the expense. I'm already paying a pretty penny. Enough wire for the whole thing is WAY less than #4 rebar. I'm wanting to say 40-60...

Pipe installed.

She likes her pantry.

The wife and I pulled wire to the shop yesterday and got the panel ready to go. Also threw a pic in of the garage door in the shop. I had them do a 4' high lift so the door will hug the cieling as close as possible. It will have a shaft drive motor on it next week.

Before everything was formed up, I rented a trencher and got water pipe and conduit to the shop.

The driveway and sidewalks are formed up. I trenched under the driveway by the house and added a 4" pipe just in case i need to go under the drive with power or water at some point in the future. Going to do the same with the sidewalk at the house. Also adding a pipe at the bottom down from the...

I'm leaning towards getting a roll of 3 or 4" corrugated pipe and putting it under the driveway so it's there. Then if i can't get the grade to take the water over the driveway at least i have a backup.

I did actually have them slope the whole driveway downhill on the cross slope section. I'll throw the laser on it to see how much fall it's got. I'm thinking an inch or so over 20'.

I would love to do that but it's not an option. There is more fall than it looks like and I'm handcuffed by the pad mount transformer.

Morning all. I have a question for the brain trust here. I got my driveway formed up this week. There is a decent fall from the house side to the shop side of the yard between the house and shop. When I did my dirt work I had envisioned the rainwater just running over the top of the driveway...

I don't have anything to help you. But... I did see something funny once about playing one conspiracy theory against the other. It was something about the 9-11 deniers saying that jet fuel doesn't burn hot enough to effect steel so the planes couldn't have taken down the towers. Then questioning...

Lookin good!

The fireplace got bricked yesterday and we got enough material plained that the trim guys should be able to finish their part up.

Thanks! It's defiantly a focal point. We were pretty nervous about wood in general, then it didn't take stain so we were nervous about just clear coating it. I'm really happy how it turned out.

I have nothing to add except for if you are only cutting once a year, and you don't have another use for a larger cutter, I would just keep the 6'. The 10 foot would be faster but that's a lot of expense to shave half a day off a 2 day annual project. But, you may have more disposable income...

The interior is looking better and better. The decorative trusses will be wrapped with the plained cypress from one of the posts above. Those, the island, and a decorative wrap around the vent hood area will all be stained the same color as the outside wood. The island is turned 90 degrees from...

I'm not sure we picked the right stain.... We had initially planned for black siding and soffits. But, it was about $5,000 more so we changed to clay. I'm not sure how I feel about the really dark stain next to the clay... I'm hoping it grows on us. I can't exactly stain it lighter.

One of the many ways I've tried to save money on this project is with the stain grade wood we are using for accents. We have some exterior features, posts and decorative trusses. We also have some decorative trusses inside and a couple faux beams. I found a sawmill that cuts a lot of cypress. I...

I moved the conex out from what will be the front yard. I expect the equipment to leave any day so I moved it loaded.... Was a non issue with either piece of equipment. I started with the dozer but the nose of the box was digging and I didn't want to mess up the driveway any more than necessary...

I 2nd the Kawasaki. Although the Briggs Vanguard Big Block 36hp I have has been just as trouble free so far.

We almost built before we sold our old house in the neighborhood. But, I got nervous. So, we ended up buying a mobile home, moving out to the property and selling our old house. There was one on the property before so we just put ours where the old one was. The septic and water service were...

Little update. I'll post some more pictures before too long. Painting is mostly done. HVAC was hooked up yesterday, so now we have a little heat. I ran water and power out to the shop from the house last weekend. Garrage doors should install this week, driveway and sidewalk should pour this...

Mulching kits seem to be personal preference. I don't like them but I also know people who like them so much the have them put on before they take delivery from the dealer. I also prefer the foot lever for deck raise. I use it to lift over bumps that I know will scalp, or if i see gravel in the...

It was just a joke. But i have used one to pull out a crape myrtle stump for a neighbor of my parents. Had one end on my truck in the road and the other on the stump. I pulled for a while not getting anywhere, took a short rest and saw that I had pulled my truck sideways over the curb and into...

My uncle put a receiver hitch mount on his bush hog and front bucket. Keeps the hitch mounted winch on the bush hog while he's working and if he needs it he moves it to the bucket, plugs it in and off he goes. He mostly uses it bush hogging trails at the deer lease and sometimes gets stuck in...

I figured out the power problem all together! No battery, hydraulic, or direct PTO drive. Mobile use for any vehicle, including mowers and bicycles!

Yeah I've got a problem with the garden also. Mostly deer. We planted probably 600 feet of okra and didn't get a single pod. About a 50' square of watermelons and only ended up with about a dozen. etc, etc

Hopefully! Turkeys have been my favorite. Before we got birds I thought ducks would be the most fun and the chickens would just be stupid. My experience is the opposite, the ducks have no personality, don't interact with people, and they are super messy until they can be released out on their...

The turkey is safe! She was back home this evening like nothing happened. Maybe she was visiting a neighbor?

The turkey really has me scratching my head. It's a big bird, and for it to be completely gone with no feathers around is really odd. I have seen all manor of predator except for bobcats and foxes. There is a hawk that I've seen very regularly for the 2.5 or so years I've been here. It's a...

This is not a bad thought. I'm not prepared for that yet, It will take me a few days to get everything set up to make that happen. I am going to set up a cage trap baited with tuna tonight though. If I can find my game cam I'll set it up around the pin also.

I live on a handfull of acres in a somewhat rural area. I've got several chickens, ducks, and turkeys. I'm having a problem, within the last 2 weeks I've lost 2 little bantams, a giant orpington, and a turkey. All gone with no evidence left behind. I'm really upset about the orpington and the...

I think there is a little grey area. I have been the customer and the contractor position in the past, as you have. I would agree that there is the unwritten understanding that equipment will have an impact and I would expect that anything in the "normal scope" of the job would be the implied...

You just sold me and I don't even need one! that is some beautiful grass/ stripes/ land.

We don't get much snow to speak of around here. But the Polaris Ranger does get its share of year 'round use. Both pleasure and work. 833367 833368

Oof, I looked at pneumatic winches...

Hmmm... I'm just thinking out loud, feel free to tell me to stop... I like thinking outside the box. Maybe a 12V hydraulic pump and hydraulic winch would use less power than an electric winch...

If you are looking for high duty cycle I wonder if you could find a way to plumb in a hydraulic winch? That would require a tractor or the dump truck though.

260 tons is a lot. Is there ever a point that the ground just doesn't support good hay production? Even with fertilizer applied it seems like that much mass leaving an area on a regular basis would have an impact. Real question not trying to be a jerk.

It seems like I can never get my part of this house build caught up. Entergy just came and ran power to the house, yay! Since that is in now, I have to trench water from the front of the house around to the shop, trench power from the house to the shop and finish grade where I trench including...

I could have misunderstood. I thought post 1 said cell service was not good and the internet service is more reliable than the current land phone line. I was just throwing out an alternative to try in the mean time, to make OP's cell phone potentially more reliable than the land line or at least...

I jumped in to say this also. I've used WIFI calling before in the same situation and it worked well. Doesn't cost anything, just have to turn on the setting on your phone and be hooked up to the wifi.

I'm curious on why you chose a 5500 over a class 6 or class 7 truck. Big pickup vs smaller big truck. I have looked in the past and the used market for the medium duty trucks seems to be more affordable than the heavy duty pickup trucks in a lot of cases.

Just moving the bottom run up high enough to run your cutter under it would be a huge improvement. The area I did was less than 600' and it was right on the road. When I raised up the bottom row I ran my mower deck under it and it worked fine. It pushed down the high spot for the most part. The...

I've been living on my little piece of property about 2 years. I had exactly the same thing. I ended up pulling that strand off and re-setting it higher. Then I got tired of the ground being uneven around it so I pulled the whole fence and graded the whole area with the dozer.... I'll put it...

I'm the opposite on the mulching kit. I prefer the highest lift blades I can find. I want to lift the grass as much as possible and throw the clippings as far as possible. I used to have a lawn service and have had many different brands of mowers. I have found that the JD's have the best cut for...

Ceiling in the great room is mostly done! The T&G will probably just be clear coated. The decorative trusses will be wrapped in Cypress and stained a dark chocolate color. There will be a decorative beam in the peak that will match the trusses. The master bedroom will have the same ceiling minus...

I don't have a battery powered chain saw. But I have used my little 1 handed Milwaukee Hackzall with a pruning blade on many occasion. That's what I typically grab when just cutting a few limbs or other small odd cutting jobs. So much easier than getting the big saw out and smelling like 2...

The wife just wants to seal coat it with a shiny finish. The decorative trusses will be wrapped with 1X cypress and stained dark. I offered for them to use the shop to pre-finish the tongue and groove but they didn't want to. The painters are one heck of an efficient group. There's a bunch of...

That may be the case, but this week has been a whirlwind of action. Today I have painters, cabinet people, ceiling installers, and septic installers at the house. If I can just get the last little bit of trim done I would feel a lot better.

Ceiling is finally started!!!! It's finally going to fell like a house for me once this part gets finished.

I also say prusik knot for the win. You can get one already set up on a rope 30' for $40 if you don't want to gather the materials separately...

Afternoon all, I ended up purchasing the connex box I have been renting. I'm in the process of building a house and don't have a lot of time or money to commit to building and elaborate pad. I've got equipment to move it right now but not for long so I went ahead and got it about where I want...

We got one.

I went home for lunch yesterday and I had electricians putting the meter receptacle on the house, cabinet guys working in the kitchen, half a dozen people caulking/ prepping for paint, and a dump truck spreading gravel on the driveway!

The end does seem exceptionally slow. But we broke ground June 15. So if we get in by mid Feb that's only 8 months. I expect that we will beat that by as much as a month. Overall I think that's pretty good for what we built.

Sadly no. Trim should finish this week. They are taking their sweet time. The trim guy is the slowest one of the bunch so far. I've never accidentally walked in on him working. Always playing on his phone or sitting in his car. That said, all the doors are in and cased except for the one going...

Also, Goose helped me do the dirt work this weekend.

Current exterior status. Cypress columns are installed. The decorative truss and faux beams are going to be wrapped with 1X Cypress and it will all be stained a chocolate color. Then gutters and concrete and the outside will be complete.

It's a DEF line heater and/ or line heater relay showing no or low voltage. Intermittent issue that is either 100% fine or completely shuts down the machine.

Grrr i can't win with this thing!

Starting the dirt around the front. Got the bulk done with the dozer then the minor stuff with the 1025

Finally feeling like I'm making a little bit of progress. Driveway is close enough until time to form. I'm getting better with the dozer.

Cleaned up all the brick and scrap around the house and started grading. We got an all day soaking rain Monday so the driveway material is saturated. I knocked down the piles but it's gotta dry quite a bit before i can really smooth it out. Also having problems with the dozer still. It's got a...

Thanks. The clouds rolled in and looked crazy. The house is for the ducks. We had a momma hatch some this week.

Use what ya got right?

I cleaned up around the outside until the rain stopped me. I also re-graded around my pond. I had originally made the banks too steep to mow.

Same. It should be easy right now.

We get winter weather so infrequently that schools close down with a winter weather forecast before it even hits a lot of times. Hardly any equipment to clear roads, lots of hilly and narrow backroads that stay frozen for days after, and bus drivers that don't have experience driving in it makes...

Like the others have said. Water is a good thing. If the deep end was mostly filled in one lift it needs lots of water to help compact. On my big pad I watered it as much as I could and when we got rain I loaded up the dump truck and drove back and forth over the whole thing. I overlapped tire...

I'm doing pine t&g in mine. It should look awesome but it's pricy. Sheetrock is something like $0.20/sqft and the wood is near $2.00/sqft.

I did vaulted ceilings in my place also. There is quite a bit of hidden expense in that. LVL or GluLam beams, and bigger lumber are the known quantity. Higher SQFT cost for framing. More material and labor for drywall, extra lighting, depending on the space available in the attic more than...

I can't tell anything about the jacket from the picture but it does not look vented. You are going to want a vented one. You are mostly going to be in the direct sun and it gets hot hot, even with a vented jacket. I got the fencing veil like this one and I'm planning on getting the one with the...

I'm currently building a house. Well, paying someone to build me a house... I have not found a lot of areas where I felt like I was able to do too much that would save me any considerable money. You could probably demo the adjoining wall. I did do the dirt work for the building pad and built the...

I've got one of those at my house.... No mosquitos though. ***cough cough***

Timothy Turkey might actually be Timothina? He sure still looks like a girl and is about 6 months old.

Oh yeah. I forgot about buyer's and seller's fees. More and more I'm seeing buyer's fees. If there is a 10% buyer's fee that means you will have to pay an additional percentage on top of the bid that won the auction. a 10% buyer's fee on $10,000 would require $11,000 paid to settle your winning bid.

I have bought several things at auction. Usually the auction company is not going to say more than runs and drives because anything more could potentially be held against them. If they said it was a great piece of equipment that will last you a long time and something happens that they were not...

I just had a shop built with 12' walls and 4/12 pitch. I noticed they missed a short row of roof screws so I climbed up to shoot those in. I was immediately glad I hired it done. Heights don't really bother me but even at the lower pitch I was not sure footed at all. I would not even consider...

Eddie's explanation is the same for my area also.

Oh, Timothy turkey said to tell you guys hi.

My 1025R is my first tractor. I was impressed at the work it could do but it's not a "Big John" Deere. It's just a little bitty one. I also like old music.

When it's painting time the house is not really under construction. The only thing left to do will be flooring, that way the floors don't have to be covered and risk getting paint on them. At this point the only reason it looks like a house under construction right now is because the big vault...

House painters around here charge by the square foot including cabinets.

Almost looks like a house now!

Yummo!

I picked up the porch columns and outdoor trim for wrapping the decorative trusses and faux beams.

I've never known of custom cabinets being delivered finished. I'm sure there are some that are but it's not expected around here.

Some cabinets got dropped off today.

Bricks are working their way around to the front of the house. And we got the first interior door!

I got a 131 a while back. I decided to save the money and not get a Kombi, figured I would never need anything but the tri-blade. I kick myself for that now. I would like to be able to add a pole saw.

That website is all kinds of fishy. Subtle English errors, prices all over the board. https://equi-stockinc.com/

I've got a couple dozen chickens, half a dozen ducks, 2 turkeys (they are the most fun to have around), 7 bee hives (right now, that number changes a lot up and down), and my neighbor and I grow a couple gardens together. He's older and enjoys playing in the garden but needs help, so we do it...

Most of the crews leave happy. During summer they had fresh watermelons and the finishing crew left with fresh eggs. They asked how much for a chicken but I shut them down 🤣.

I've been really impressed with the crews that have been here so far, including the sheetrock hangers and finishers. I'm sure it was honest. The hangers left more of a mess than the finishers. Look at the picture of the pile of trash in the garage above. The dumpster was not on site so they...

Oh, also my walkthrough video already came in handy. I used it to find 2 lights and 1 recep that was covered by the drywall. Did that early enough that I was able to have the finishers cut them out so the electrician didn't have to.

I've got shale already staged up ready to go. But the turbo went out on the dozer (short runaway diesel...) so I'm waiting on the new turbo and bricks before I can get it in place. I was not impressed that the garage entrance was so high either. But, there is a slight rise that the house sits...

We finally got bricks going up after a few weeks of them sitting on site. Also sheetrock is finished.

I'll preface this by saying I'm not an engineer. The closest I beam I found to your dims will hold about 7K lbs midspan load each. I would say 2 beams with no concrete would probably hold it. If it were me I'd roll on.... Probably...

WOW! Around here that would be immediately turned into an event venue. I've been to several weddings lately that were in "barns". I can't believe they are just storing hay and equipment in something that nice.

My sister has the flat nose cats. She did have one that tore its ACL. She had it repaired and it seems to be doing fine.

That would have been some from Turk's group.

I keep quite a bit but there is a balance. My balance is probably keeping less than some but more than others. My go-to is, if it gets to the point that it takes me longer to find what I need than to go buy it again, then it's time to cut back.

I pulled a whole bunch out that was big enough to be useful. I do see a few in the pictures that I probably should have kept. But, I do have a few big piles of useful scrap in the shop. Clutter tends to stress me out. If I would have kept everything that had a potential future use I'd have so...

I've ridden with a few FJR guys and gals lately. Do you ever go to any of the FJR get togethers? I've been to one in West Virginia and a couple south of Birmingham AL.

Thanks! The attic is not nearly as confusing in real life as in the pictures. It's impossible to get everything in a picture so I'm sure they don't make much sense. The only odd spots are because of the vaulted areas.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Yeah this is scary. I like each piece of the construction to be strong enough to hold the entire project. If I ram it full speed with a semi, the truck better come out in worse shape than the project! I had to buy the hardware also. My framing crew was not shy about using all I could get them...

Mostly burned down.

It's 150 yards or so away. I also made my piles long and flat so they aren't burning but 6-8 feet high. They are wet so they are burning slow. I'm being a safe as i can be.

My wife just sent me a pic. It must be bigger than i think it is...

It rained enough today to soak everything. The weather is dead calm and heavy with humidity. Calm drizzle is in the forecast for tomorrow. Figured it was a good time to light up the lumber scraps. Here's to what's left of tens if thousands of dollars of lumber.

I went ahead and did the nuclear option. I think it will look fine with the glass framed out like that.

I think i see what you are saying. I'll try that first.

Any idea how to stiffen up this little short wall without having to add an upright to the cieling? I plan on adding an upright if i can't figure out a better solution. I added some concrete anchors and it's still not stiff at all on the exposed corner. This is the only pic i have of the inner...

I've been doing to screw thing so far. It just seems to take longer and screws are so expensive. But, I guess they are a lot less expensive than a nailer...

Morning all, I've been considering getting a cordless nail gun for a while now. I have a couple projects on my new house that would be a lot easier with it than without. I've got several Milwaukee M18 tools and batteries so that is what I would get if I end up with one. Anyone have advice yes or...

It is. It was new for me too. I guess it's a thing they do? I assume they did it that way because i really don't have an attic connecting both sides of the house. If the bricklayers ever get here it will all be hidden in the void between wall and brick.

Also added it around the safe room.

I never really got any solid info here or in real life if the foam around the foundation would be beneficial enough to justify the cost. I went ahead and added it. It stops below where the final dirt grade will be.

Is running a wide tiller over it an option? I have good luck with that most of the time.

I think once they are big enough that you can't move them with a big pickup they get less expensive. Then when they get big enough to need disassembled to move they get even cheaper. I've had a big track hoe and a medium dozer at my place for several months. I think I could come up with jobs...

Backpack blowers showed up after the fire was mostly out. They were from a volunteer FD and the operators were apparently brand new. They just started blowing any direction. I had to go behind them and put the new fires out they started. But yes it was not hard to put out. The leaves were still...

That was the actual fire. It was lucky the wind was working against it.

I got a call from my father in law Friday evening. Come quick I got a fire! Turns out the neighbor had started a brush pile and it got out. The fire department was already there when I got there. There was a ribbon line about 1/4 mile most of it in the woods. I got the disc on his Allis 170...

I like the signage idea too. Something warning of impending trail maintenance stoppage with a number or FB page to contact for informaton.

Same, I might cut the chunk off if it looks like it might pull open more. Otherwise I'd run it like normal. It's not like a car where you have to worry about running off the road at 70 due to a blow out.

I got a forward rotation tiller for my place a couple years ago. I have not been disappointed with it. Don't base too much on my comments but I feel like the forward rotation is a bit easier on the equipment. If you encounter a big enough rock to be a problem, forward rotation makes the tiller...

I keep 100% road, sport touring tires on my adventure bike. I do the occasional gravel, and have found that I am not missing anything offroad that the 80/20-90/10 has to offer. But, the sport touring tires are much better on the road than the road oriented dual sport tires. On my KLX dual...

Awesome! We've got about 35 or so injection molding machines where I work. From about 500 ton to 1500 ton, most are 750-1000 ton machines. LOTS of molds. The engineering of the molds is really interesting to me. Not only do you have to get the part right, but you have to figure out the...

More insulation.

Insulation!

I just saw something for sale on FB marketplace that made me think of this thread. Not sure if you will be able to see it but I found the manufacturer's website. Looks like it just may be the tool for the job. Minus all the thorns in the face obviously...

I foamed all the gaps that were big enough for the foam straw to get to tonight. I have foam all over me...

So I really just need to make a small air dam, not try to fill the whole void?

There will be brick all the way down to the footers, so dirt will not actually contact the blocks at all. Not sure if that makes a difference or not.

What about canned spray foam around windows and doors?

I wrapped it with Tyvec, taped anything that looked like water or wind could get through, and foamed all gaps, cracks, and holes. Bottom plates on the walls will be caulked before insulation.

Does anyone have any thoughts on blue board (foam sheets) insulation around the blocks before bricks are laid? Not sure if it's worth messing with or not. Theoretically it *could* help insulate the floor from outside temperature?

I've always been of the mind that the right animal finds you at the right time. I, personally, don't feel good about buying a dog that was bread for the purpose of being sold as a pet. Working animals, or farm animals for food or sport sure. Just my opinion though we all have a free choice in...

I think it's illegal to smile on a cruiser.

As long as I don't mess up and delete the video I can pause, screenshot, zoom etc. The video should hopefully provide unlimited pictures in the future. I figure the 1 piece tub on the guest side of the house will be just fine. We have almost grown kids, so they will not be using it for long...

I did a little walkthrough video just a bit ago. This week should be insulation and sheetrock. I'm hoping the video will help if any questions come up after the walls are closed.

It only ran away for a few seconds and stopped on its own. There is still plenty of oil. It's showing low now but nowhere near dangerously low. I did re-start it (like an idiot) at low idle for a few seconds after and it sounded fine. Hopefully it was not long enough to cause more damage.

Uh oh.... anybody ever hear about a million RPMs from a dozer? Apparently the turbo has blown the seals and force fed engine oil into the intake. Had a bit of a runaway situation. I don't think the engine blew but it scared the mess outa me.

I got taken for a couple hundred last year. A friend of a friend that I know almost well enough to call a friend had some stuff for sale on his facebook page. Looked legit and I know him ended up claiming some stuff and using one or the other paypal type of accounts to send him the money. Then...

I have an unlimited supply of dirt. Topsoil, heavy clay, shale... I'm only limited by imagination.

Started grading around the shop yesterday. Got a short enough slope to mow safely. It's not smooth yet, but I think I like the shape.