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Took about 20 minutes and it all came back. Maybe just me

Im wondering if it’s just me. Starling is down. The speed test Shos.20 mbps download but nothing works. (Switched to 5g. 1 bar)

I finally got it adjusted properly, on monday. I would turn the nut that increases tension and the belt would tighten up but if you grabbed the pulley and gave it a wiggle some play would come into it. I ended ip having to do that on every turn of the nut, until it was actually tight and running...

My 7320 is almost 10 years old. it's a 2015 and I took delivery in late 2015., 5 or six years ago I had the actension pully break off in a field and I made a video repairing that and replacing the belt. I have had that belt need adjustment many times over the last few years and it will start...

Resolved here. Seeing reports of back on line across the globe

That looks like a nice ride. I need to get a rack that can hold the weight of two bikes. Wife and I both enjoy the Ebikes. My knees are not what they once were so I really enjoy being able to go out and ride without it becoming a grind. With all the work we get on the farm, I'm not looking...

I have some set to compound, some not. I like to keep a small batch of dry powder for dips. At one point I was down 23% as some of the othrs were. Now I'm 15% up for the year. Dry powder makes a difference.

I’m not sure what you mean.

Very dangerous. Pex tubing is rated to 180 degrees at 100 PSI

At 7:29 I got a message that The box was delivered to the front door or steps. I drove to the front of the property and the box was sitting in the driveway at the gate. Not perfect, but I’ll take it. (I still gave “Jose” a thumbs up review for being on time.) I came back and installed the box...

True , and I hope not. But the only way to know is to deal with the pump controller problem first. If the pump is bad, then that is a whole different level of suck

I ordered the whole box and an extra capaciter

Big storm. Lightning atrike that seemed like it was close maybe even hit the house. No damage to outside of house that I can see but wife was in kitchen he. And she got a shock. She was at the stove. Gfci outlet in utility room went bad. Gfci outlet that Starlink is plugged into went bad and...

At 4:12 this morning, my starlink rebooted. Took about 5-10 minutes to stabilize. I’m not usually awake at 4 but I noticed because I was up early. My download speed this morning is 210. Up load is 25. Latency is 22. That falls in line with most recent speed tests during the day. I’m noot aure...

Just download an odometer ap. I used one a jeep that was lifted so I would have an accurate spedometer

They are purported to contain no intoxicating products.

You can require background check for renters in Virginia

What is a province?

Steve, I built the house myself. Cement foundation, electrical sub panels, standing seam metal roof and drywall are what I subbed out. Everything else, for better or worse, my wife and I built ourselves. I had the well drilled in 2017 or 2018. I installed the pump myself, in 2022. I know most...

I am trying to get my tank installed but because I am putting in a filter and using expansion pex, I have had to order some specialized fittings and I managed to order cpvc adapter instead of pvc adapter and my local stores did not have anything I could use to bridge the gap. So I am waiting on...

The tank was delivered thursday. I picked up some parts and fittings need on the way home from a wedding today. Depending on weather, I may work on it tomorrow. That tank paint is definitely blue.

I don't think the CSV is bad. And replacing the Cyclestop valve would require pulling my pump, since it's hanging in line. I'm putting in the extra tank and I'll see if that helps. I'm ordering my tank now. I need a T to connect it, but obviously I don't need a second T kit with pressuer...

Share price is up. I know, because I’ve been watching and waiting for it to drop again

I have a csv 125. The plastic one. The kit I bought was 1x PK125 PSIDE-KICK Pressure Tank Kit - 4.5 gallon / 60 psi / CSV125-1n

My check valve is 195 feet down the well on the top of my pump. The csv is 4 feet from the top of that line, below the pitless adapter. The line from wellhead to house is almost 300 feet. Just before the line enters the house there is a t and 50 foot line to a yard hydrant. And about 80 feet...

Originally it was 40-60. I think the CSV was spec ed for that and for 60 psi. When we moved in I noticed fast cycle times. I contacted support and they suggested increasing pressure switch so I turned it up to 68-70 psi and that helped. But normal usage of water in the house still results in...

Maybe when planning everything, I just didn’t get things sized properly, but my pump is cycling too fast and frequent. I am about to put in a large spin filter because we have had sand in the toilet tanks and clogging diffuser on some of the faucets. I have a smaller spin filter before the...

I call BS based on all the other builders who have promised an EV truck at low price and come out with one twice the cost. Remember the $40k ford lightening? Or the $50k cybertruck? Part of that is just to create a buzz. Canoo was also gonna do it and had a limited amount of trucks actually hit...

Oh. And Ayi was not pregnant. We thought that she was but Hopper may have just been too young. Next go round will likely be different.

Dogs are doing great. Ayi is a little light right now. Hopper is 113 lbs and seems to be holding that for the last month. Apollo is still healthy and active. Ro is wild. I was putting in fence yesterday and walked back to the house for my pocketknife and Jefanna told me I walked right by two...

Half mile by road, less than a quarter if they went thru woods and swam the pond. They’ve never been on that side of the farm. I don’t have fence or water ip there. I’m working at it but I’m slow.

I have my goats on the front lawn right now. The grass there is lush and well established and the goats are pretty enthusiast. Three strands of poly braid electric holds them in, when they are trained to it.

If you intend to fence that field and put some animals there, eventually then it might be advantageous to you. But fencing is so expensive and so physically demanding to put in, it’s hard to justify just for the weed control. Now he could use poly wire and some pigtails and portable electric and...

How are you managing the briars now?

I wanted to come back to this because it is important, and in fact is my greatest concern with these sudden advancements. We have made life easier than at any time in history and many people are still unhappy. The overall level of comfort is much greater, food is abundant and most people have...

Every time technology or automation make it easier to do a task, people say it will eliminate jobs. Sometimes specific jobs or sectors are affected but jobs overall increase. We will have to change the things we train people to do and there are always people who work very hard at being...

There is a lot more to Tesla Corporation than cars and trucks. Cybertruck serves multiple purposes for the company. They are making a profit on cybertruck and it is a giant self funded experiment. Allowing them tonpush the design envelope and create things that no other company has done. They...

My concern with that, is the 80 PSI safety relief valve. Setting for 70 was already getting kinda close.

Thank you. Gonna dig into this after I work on the fence for a bit.

That is genius. I have some replacement items for other important things around the farm, in my connex that are ziplocked with identification of the parts. I think I need to add instructions. I kept the control box that failed and plan to replace the start cap. And the relay. I’ve been watching...

The goats are healthy. Time to sell the kids. They are eating us out of house snd home. We have been expanding the fenced area s bit. I have hopes of fencing off another field but the process is exhausting. It also requires a water line. My plan is to extend our yard hydrants system another half...

I think The check valve is good. It only cycles when a faucet is open. I moved in may of 23. The cycling was pretty fast. Shower on the other side of house would cycle every 9 seconds. The same thing happened when using yard hydrants outside to run a sprinkler. I wrote to support and they helped...

I turned off the breaker and pulled the pump wires and tested each leg for ohms. Nothing over 0. Put it back together. Incoming voltage to box, L1 is 123v and L2 is 123 v. turn the water on and when them pump starts, its 360 going out. It built to 370 and then the tank reached 70psi and turned...

Also I do not have a VFD. This box was $275. I do have a csv cycle stop valve in the line from pump to surface.

I didn’t replace any components. I replaced the entire box. This is a brand new Goulds xylem brand control box that I bought yesterday as replacement. The control box is 1 1/2 hp, 1Ph, 60hz, 230v MC control box My power is single phase. It replaced a similar franklin electric control box, but...

Big storm last night. Around midnight last night, there was a bright flash and loud electric pop in the house the. Thunder half a second after. I got up and checked around. Lights were all working and no breakers thrown so I went back to bed. Wife woke me up in the morning to say we had no...

They look identical

Thank you. I’ll get a better look at that and try to order one.

My batteries are not recharging properly, so I pulled them to charge and when I put them back in, I put the corner of the battery on this fuse looking thing. What is this? I would look it up in shop manual, but I can't find it (I think my wife "put it away") any help would be appreciated.

Agreed. It is compensation. I do have to pay taxes on the metered value of the kilowatts I use each year. As for driving distance, I am 90 miles each way, when I go to the main office. As for cold weather, it definitely has an effect. Before I got my charger installed I was using superchargers...

2024 Cybertruck sales were 38,965. I apologize if that was already mentioned. I saw some folks asking about cost to charge. I have a Tesla model Y. I drive about 2,200 miles a month. My cost wont stack up with other folks because my employer has chargers at work and I charge for free so half my...

We have had long nights of wind gusts that were in the mid 40’s and 50’s and it always was fine. Two nights begore it happened Jefanna was away on a business trip and we had some pretty bad wind storms, but, The night that it happened, was relatively mild (reports said 40 was highest recorded in...

These plastic welders. How do you not blow uourself up, when welding a fuel tank?

When we built the goat shack, we were being reactive. We didn’t know where we wanted to have the barn or what size we would need so I built it on six by six posts cut as skids… so we could pull it somewhere else if we wanted to. But wind is much more powerful than most people can imagine. I’ve...

That is Ayi’s house. She has a thinner coat than Hopper. She was getting very ribsy so we got the doghouse to give her a break from the cold. The boys have epic fur coats.

Storm Destroys Barn It rained a lot right after that wind storm so I was hesitant to move the excavator over there. Finally got it there this week but was so busy with other things this weekend that I didn’t even start on it. I did bring over the small A-frame that night and stuffed it with...

I’m willing to give those a try. Even if they just buy me some time

I have a crack in my kioti Fuel tank. Was getting prepped for the storm last night and saw a trail of diesel after I filled up. It is on. the top and May have been there a while. I don’t always top off the tank. Leaking Fuel Tank

Thanks Buckeye. I’m so freakin glad it’s done. Only a few thousand items left on my list.

Built in an old fireplace surround to frame the woodstove.

It looked easier when I watched other people do it on their videos. Persistence is the key.

I finally got it fixed. Video, if interested. Fixing my Broken Excavator - Track fell off

Sorry, I just saw this. It is located near the manual fuel pump that you would use to prime the engine if you ran out of fuel. I believe thatbit is shown at 6:00 minutes of this video

Fixed the Excavator Fixing my Broken Excavator - Track fell off

Putting the new grease cylinder onto the idler wheel was surprisingly easy. Getting the idler back on the excavator was less so. By the time I got the idler in, the track was mostly off and I was working alone. Luck and persistence won the day but I’m still not done. Yesterday was eaten up...

Last weekend I got the track on but my grease gun broke, so I ordered a new dewalt 20v grease gun. Just got that this weekend so I will be pumping it up this week. Looking forward to getting back in some of these land projects

Thanks. We have 7. All four had twins, but one didn’t make it. I think the mother was overwhelmed and didn’t clear it’s face and it suffocated. The “matriarch” of the herd turned out to be the least enthusiastic mother and I spent several hours down in the barn keeping an eye on them before we...

New Babies in Da House! New Fence for Baby Goats

I was at a party in the early nineties and met a guy who was on the crew that wired up the chair when it was moved from Richmond to Greensville va.

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A few more pictures of the fence. There are Extra gates to add on a sorting area out front. Much like Eddie’s two years of fencing, I have a bunch of fence to build in the next year or so

I thought I had answered your question. We are doing a high tensile stranded electric fence. Your fence is beautiful, by the way. So is the pasture. It took me 5 weekends just to put new fence up around d the barn lot. I had hoped to be faster to get everything ready for the kids that were...

We have been working on a permanent fe ce to replace the temp fence we have been using. I have pregnant goats that will be kidding in the next couple weeks so I am focused on getting ready for that. Hoping to have most of that squared away this weekend.

It adjusts the speed for the speed limit but you can hit the accelerator and hit the yoke again and it will set in where you left it, or you can roll the right scroll wheel on the steering wheel and it will increase or decrease 1 mph for each tick on the wheel. So basically you can adjust it...

You should ride in one. The Full self driving is amazing. I have had mine drive me home, 90 miles. Changing lanes on interstate, taking exit ramps, stopping at traffic lights. Almost all the way. The last two miles are dirt road, so I take over.

They sold over 28,000 so far.

The cybertruck has outsold every other EV truck this year and they reached the point of making profit on each vehicle sold. It is expensive and at this point more of an exotic purchase. But it is definitely not a flop. With economy of scale, profit will increase and price/ availability will...

Found a replacement part. Estes just delivered. Wont likely get to it till next weekend

I surfed around and found Conequip.com. Called them and they had the part for $850. Free shipping. Estes truck just left. I have fence to build this weekend so I will probably be picking at this here and there truing to get the nuts loose and separate the old one. Then next weekend, go after the...

excavator down

I believe it is bearings. I’ve never seen a zerk, and it rolls pretty well. A parts washer would be interesting but I’d be afraid to cut into a fuel tank.

If you can push it down, you can pretty much cut it, but yes, it can be abusive to the machine. 1 inch is easy pickings. 1.5 inches is not too bad. The issue is usually how many at a time you are trying to g to tackle. That can make a difference. When going after 2 inch popler i usually push...

Oh no. Not messing with those. I’m also gonna have to figure out what to do with the old piece. While I’m at it, I have an old fuel tank from this excavator that I need to get rid of.

I do. A kobalt that has served me pretty well on the tractor and my pickup truck, so far.

Quotes for work on this part were coming in from $650-1500 just to work on it. I was able to order the spring and piston assembly for under $900 and it should be delivered next week. I’ve already started soaking the nuts in penetrating oil so I can try to get this done.

It was amazingly over grown. He has a neighbor who rides 4 wheelers thru the area and that keeps the trails open but a few years back there were some storms and some trees fell. Without the riders, the saplings went crazy.

Did some trail cutting with the Ventrac. Excavator is not fixed. Haven’t been able to find anyone who can repair the part. There is one more place to check in Richmond. I put it on pause because of the car/deer/ new car. This weekend I’m trying to get my charger ready for installation.

Excavator is still broken (waiting on replacement part). Yesterday discovered the “small leak” in the Tractor’s hydraulic system is a lot bigger than I though. Filling the reservoir to try to find the source of the leak today.

I was asked by a friend what to expect for a survey. I know it depends on the size of the property, terrain and market. My last experience was a single property border approximately 1/3 mile long, in 2019 with some tough terrain in the middle. Price paid was approx $400 But if anyone’s had it...

After two weeks of test driving every car I could imagine as a replacement, Yesterday I picked up a New Tesla model Y. After I move the goats this morning, I’m gonna drive into town and figure out how to use the supercharger while my daughter gets groceries.

I can fully understand your satisfaction at getting the fencing done. No I’m not burning these just burying. I’ll pile dirt a little higher to account for settling and sinkholes. And I am gonna use the extra dirt to repair some roads and trails. Keeping the fields cut down is essential but...

I’ve set my sights on clearing a scrubby piece of land that keeps growing back. I want to use it for livestock. This is one of those things I should have tackled when we first had the land cleared. If I had cleared the stumps the , all we would have had to do was keep it mowed a couple times a...

I was not injured and nobody else was injured except the doe. I expect the insurance company to disappoint me but that too will pass. I came home to my dogs wagging their tails, my daughter telling me about her day at work and my wife made me dinner and drank a glass of wine with me. My life is...

Im planning to have it repaired. Just holding off till next payday before I take it in. I hit a deer on the way home from work tonight. I am hoping they can fix it and dont try to total it.

Got notice of a change in terms of service, but it didn’t include details. An updated Terms of Service will go into effect on 10/10/2024. No action is required on your behalf. Based on your location, changes may include a new name for your service plan. Thank you for being a Starlink...

Big nut is undisturbed. I’m not trying to get hurt. I have a short list of shops to call tomorrow to try to find one to handle it.

No. If you pull on the piece that has the wheel, it should come out of the spring piece. Mine is stuck. That nut would require a substantial hydraulic press to remove. I am not trying to get that unscrewed. I’m trying to get that wheel assembly and rod out of there

I drove into the Valley with the Idler assembly. The guy was nice. Told me if they can pull it apart and it isn’t bent, they can rebuild it for $650 unless it’s a real bear to tear apart. Said if I can get it apart the seal kit is $250. I brought it home and tried to get track cylinder arm out...

I drove into the Valley with the Idler assembly. The I bought my excavator is a bobcat dealer now. The Komatsu dealer across the road used to be a Risch Komatsu but apparently they’ve changed names three times in the last few years. The guy was nice. Took a look at it. Told me if they can pull...

Called and talked to shop. They will look at it but suspect bent rod. Part starts at $850 and is out of stock. Not what I was hoping. He also told me “dont go unscrewing that big nut or there will be some sad singing on a hill in a couple of days.

At least a couple. Fortunately I was able to get the truck out to it.

I tried pumping grease into the hydraulic cylinder of the idler a few days ago. I could hear it building pressure and it became impossible to pump more grease. But it didnt move the wheel. Today I removed the valve and lifted the excavator up and pulled the track to the side and pushed on the...

I tried pumping grease into the hydraulic cylinder of the idler a few days ago. I could hear it building pressure and it became impossible to pump more grease. But it didnt move the wheel. Today I removed the valve and lifted the excavator up and pulled the track to the side and pushed on the...

I’ll give that a try later today

4x would be a blessing. I pulled that larger bolt out and pushed against the front track and idler with the bucket. Nothing g at all. No movement. So next , I guess I can get a log around 405 feet long. Grab it with the thumb and bucket and push a little harder against the idler. If that doesn’t...

Yes, that is the one that I am going to get loosened some more tonight. Have to take that bracket off.

I went back out there. No relief hole. Maybe I just got a blob of grease on the threads when I pulled the Zerk out. I think I may have to remove the two small bolts and the lock plate. Then open that 27 mm nut some more

There is so much value in taking pictures along the way, when doing something like this. I am reviewing my photos and I think I was incorrect about the bolt. I also see some grease coming out in a later picture. This is the assembly diagram I dont think the 27 mm nut that I was turning is...

Recoil spring assembly. I found it in the disassembly and assembly section. I definitely don’t want to remove that 27 mm nut. It is the nut on the cylinder. Every page seems to have a warning that the adjustment ccylinder is under extremely high preasure “never loosen the lubricator more than...

I have had the machine since 2016. I’ve pumped grease in there several times over the years and it will tighten. I have not done so this summer and that is probably why This happened. I am going thru my shop manual trying to get more in on that tension cylender. I cant seem to find an exploded...

I did. I’m going thru the manual tonight looking fir some info on that tensioner. Something isnt right

I was unable to get grease to come out of the idler tentioner. I removed the zerk but nothing came out. Pushed on front with bucket. Still nothing. I worked on it for 4 hours and called it at 6:45. I will go out there tomorrow after work and try again. I just couldnt get enough play to get it on...

No success. We felt like we were close at one point and I tried to rotate the tread but it slipped away. I may have to remove those two small bolts that seem to be holding a flange in place, that in turn is holding that large 27 mm nut. The front idler did not move back at all.

I don’t think so. I have to pump grease into it to keep them tight

Removed the zerk and nothing came out. Pushed against front of track and idler with bucket. Still nothing. Loosened the 27 mm nut that zerk sat in and nothing. Gonna get my wife to bring her jeep out and see if it helps to pill tread with winch. I have the tread under the small idlers and just...

Do I remove the zerk or do I turn the larger nut that it is sitting in?

It was just too loose. I was pulling a stump. i watched that solo video last night. I’m tempted to try the cut wood to prop it ip. Just seems impossible that a couple logs could hold it upbut I’m willing to givenit a try. I am at 30k with mine.

The nice thing about the excavator is you can lift yourself up to get the track positioned. It isnt all the way off so I have a chance.

Looks like you have some active chickens in there too. Those are cute kids. We will make some temporary little areas in the barn with gates. Probably two stalls. I have a 5x10 dog run in the barn so I could even use that as one of the stalls. It would make things easier. Actually I just decided...

Thank you for the link. Is Loosening tensioner the same as releasing grease from the cylinder? I watched a few videos last night and have a rudimentary plan. I couldnt find my pinch bar last night, or any prybar longer than 18 inches, so I may have to go to the store first.

I was pulling a stump. I was a little off balance after I got it out and I backed up to get better “footing”. Very loud grinding and it felt different. I turned and looked down and could see it was off track. I believe it is the front idler that is off. I’m hoping to find some videos that...

Eddie we had two Bucks in there with the girls for two months. There was a whole lot of mischief. We expect kids in November. As such we are trying to figure out how we are Going to set up some kidding stalls in the barn. As for equipment , I have fallen behind on all of them. The excavator...

At the very top of the rear hydraulic remote stack, there is a cap with two bolts. It has been lightly seeping for a couple months. My wife was moving some firewood today and I noticed it is leaking a lot more. I had sprayed down the back of the tractor several hours earlier to remove a large...

Some light tractor work I Keep Breaking Things

Your system is set up better than mine. I like that copper manifold. Are you on city water or well water. I ask because I needed to get a spin down filter for my water feeding g the heater. I’m on well water and whilenit is clear and tastes great it appears to have somenparticulates some times...

I appreciate all the ideas. I still haven’t settled on a method but I will update when I do it.

I need to put a towable wood splitter on a trailer and move it over 100 miles. I’m trying to figure out how I am going to get it up on the landscape trailer. I was thinking an atv winch mounted on the trailer hitch. But I’m not sure how to power it. I was also thinking possibly a portable winch...

I’m late to the party. This just popped up on my feed of topics. Is there a thread talking about his boiler setup? Is he already done and all is well? I was sitting down for a quick late lunch. I broke a blade off my Ventrac and can’t find it. Getting ready to take my metal Detector out there...

Good morning. Just got back from driving around and checking on roads and neighbors. 8 inches of rain in the last 24 hours. Most of that fell last night. Roads are a bit chewed up but passable. Pond looks rough. Lots of debris got washed down the mountain. I’m gonna need a nap today. Rain kept...

Hope the pill and the kitten take the edge off and you can get some sleep. Glad the surgery went well. Hang in there.

She’s doing very well. She had her feeding tube removed a week ago. It’s been 3 months since she had a pacemaker put in for her stomach and has only eaten solid food since. She had testing done soon after that showed the Alpha Gal numbers had gotten low so she also started eating red meat again.

I have my grand kids this week and the have been loving the puppy. Poor guy’s getting spoiled.

New member of the Farm Rescued Puppy comes to the Farm

I try to keep an eye on the wire to make sure it’s running hot. Keeping the grass down under it is very important. It’s amazing how quick a little bit of grass touching it can drop the voltage.

Goats are stupid. Goat rescued from temporary fence

If it’s “thin” enough to use a dozer without having to knock down trees and haul them out, you might also consider renting or hiring a forestry mulcher to punch the initial hole. It would make it much easier to see your work area, the obstacles and targets, and also would eliminate much of the...

I only have 50 acres and mine was wooded when I got here. But I’ve done some of the things you are talking about so I have some questions and comments that might help. First, how deep is the wood line that separates road from fields? Are you taking shortest route, or most desired route? How...

You are rude and you come off as a Troll. Lots of people ask opinions of folks here because there is a great wealth of experience among the members. He obviously has no problem making decisions. He is purchasing 150 acres and has an active horse boarding business. He’s asking questions because...

New goats. New Goats have arrived - Building our KIKO herd

I think the dogs fit in here very well. Neighbors might not. There has been a lot of coyote pressure the last few days and Ayi is barking thru the night. I think the yotes are probing to see if they can get to the goats. We’ve found scat within 100 yds of the pen. My Dr is a good guy who...

I put up that pigtail fence around the barn. So far so good.except the charger I bought.

I would love to get a drone shot of their barn area. What they have done is pretty slick, using g existing buildings as corners and boundaries for a couple interconnected fence and gate areas. I tried to draw it out, but didnt do it justice. They have done multiple changes as they saw...

Not tractor related. But farm related. Buying Goats for Farm

The last year that I was renting, befor moving into my house, I was able to get T-mobile 5G modem. For 50 bucks a month it was about 130 mg/ second it got faster as the year went on. If that was an option here, I’d consider it. But I’m far out in the sticks. Starlink is an absolute game changer...

Go to 9:36 on the video and you’ll see him putti g one of the mobile home anchors in. They also have two-three foot rebar spikes driven thru the frame into the ground every 4 feet

Yeah I had the video loaded up and set for 8 am since yesterday. And when the storms rolled in I thought about changing the title. Storms last night were the first test but didnt phase it.

Storm last night. Daughter was walking to the neighbors house to check on their dog and sent me a picture of our driveway. I’m in a sling but if I can get the excavator started, I’ll just lift it to the side. My wife has a little handheld 6 inch chainsaw for pruning but she doesn’t follow...

Barn has been built.

My Metal Carport Style barn. I tried to include some of the interesting things for DIYers like window installation.

Had a barn built three weeks ago. Still getting things set up so I can move the animals over to it.

Still a month and half behind on editing , but I’m catching up. Getting Ready for the BigBarn

Thanks. That was a bad time. We were young so it was unexpected. But as you get older it becomes more normal. No one here gets out alive. Thats why we need to live a little harder while we can.

January 1999 I fell off the top of a 5 ton truck in Graffenwoer Germany in an ice storm. The thin ethernet line we had strung up along the top of a line of trucks had broken and I was trying to replace it. Big wind pushed me off and my arm got hung up. Tore the front two rotator muscles...

It’s doing so well that I’m wearing the sling to keep myself from using it. They want me out of the sling for periods of time but my fear is I’ll try to push myself up out of a chair. 25 years ago when I had this same shoulder repaired it was far more painful and took a very long time to heal...

I’m sitting on about 4 video worth of footage from before the Surgery. I had a week of downtime after the surgery so I put together a few videos. I’m back at work now (remotely) so play time is over. I’m still in a sling, although I did tie My own shoes two days ago.

I installed a door. It had been in the bedroom, leaning on the wall since we moved in

Soon as I have two arms to arms to work with.

I haven’t been making many videos this year but had plenty of material so I put together a few update videos. Got some light tractor work in this one.

That sounds like a very nice visit. Now I have to find something to read on corn cob heat. Never heard of it.

I’m 10 days out from surgery. I have been doing g my PT exercises every day and I’ve also been working around the farm. For the first week I slept a lot and took pictures of the barn build. my daughter was my chauffeur. But when the goats got sick I had to step up. We did not have any of the...

Water line is planned. when I get rehabbed from the shoulder. gonna tap off the one in front yard and make a bline to the barn area

I have been thinking about the metal building and lightening. It has 2.5-3 foot rebar stakes thru the metal frame, into the ground every 4 feet. So in the structure there are over 40 of them. 32 in the main building and 11 in the overhang. Should I still put in grounding rods? It doesn’t have...

We spent the weekend fighting poisoned goats. They got into some Mountain Laurel. Foaming mouth, vomiting. Zombie stagger. Grinding teeth. Jefanna saw it in Margot when she was moving them back to the pen Friday. Two doses of pepto 15 mil. Each induced vomiting. Then 30 ml activated clay paste...

2004 Dodge Ram1500 Hemi V8 with 280k. Starting to get quirky. The sides are rusted thru over the back wheels. Use it to pull 16 foot landscape trailer, haul farm stuff. Will be getting a livestock trailer soon. As long as it stays reliable I will keep running it. Hoping for two more years.

When you till it, ask her what she plans to plant then go buy starter plants. Much easier than seeds. It will use up a portion of that money. Save enough for a sixpack. You deserve it.

There are 3 foot long rebar spikes every 3-4 feet holding it in place and 9 two foot mobile home anchors holding it down.

Paid and done and gone. I am very happy with the way it came out. They cleaned up but Im sure Ill find more than enough bits of metal, to make it worth my time to roll the magnet over it for an hour tonight.

Horizontal cost less. For vertical they have to install purlin-like bands to give strength. I went with vertical roof to avoid water sitting on the roof every time it rained. I played with the quote generator in dozens of configurations making a list of my must haves and my wants and even gold...

It’s 8:30 at night. I’m gonna go inside soon. I’ve been watching the progress. They are putting purlins on the overhang framing. Watching all the little things that they have done, I am really glad I hired this out. That doesn’t mean I wont try to tackle some more big things in the future...

Last night they stayed till 11, getting the purlins on. I imagine they get paid per job so they are trying to make up for lost time. The metal sits on the dirt. It’s galvanized and the soil drains pretty well. But goats go to the bathroom anywhere and all the time. Time will tell how well it...

They should be done with framing snd near done with siding. The switched fabrication shops recently. The pieces don’t slide together like they should. The foundation frame pieces should slide up into the upright. There is 1/16 inch difference in size. They are struggling.

Im pretty sure it’s the same company. All the contracts come thru CustomBuilt Structures I wouldn’t be surprised to find there were only a couple parent companies over a bunch of smaller ones in the south east./ eastern seaboard The guy I dealt with was Mickey Hayes...

This is the site I started it with https://www.mrcarports.com The price on the site was consistent with the quote and the guy I worked with gave me some feedback that kept me from spending money that was not necessary.

Tube frame metal building. 24x40x12 with a 12 foot overhang. (36x40 footprint). 10x10 roll up door on front and back. This is to expand the goat operation. Allows us to grow without incurring debt. I’ll probably line inside walls with plywood to keep them from beating it silly.

Construction of barn is/was supposed to start today. I called a contact number and they ssid they were “working in the area” and were still planning to come today. Maybe they will be staging materials later today. I have PT this afternoon so I was hoping they would arrive before I left.

The front of the cart has two holes at the base and it came with two stakes to hold it down. Catching the wind is a concern. Especially since we have uneven terrain. But I think I can use a pigtail stake to stabilize it. I will probably attach a small pvc pipe to one of the uprights to hold the...

Physical therapy starts Monday. Here is the mobile solar cart I was going to use a bluetop Optima battery that I have been hanging on to, but it appears to have died and I cant get it to take a full charge. I will be using pigtails and powerflex super poly braid 9 wire mixed conductor. No...

thanks. They tell me it went well. Check in was 6 and they had me on the road coming home at 3. Everything was top notch and the people were great. The down time is gonna be hard on me. Jefanna is a hard worker and I’d be hard pressed to pick up the slack if she was down so I know its gonna...

Barn scheduled for Monday and Tuesday next week. Had shoulder done yesterday. Was still finishing the mini split instal for my bedroom at 6 the night before. And doing some tractor work till 8. Cut down the septic stack to ground level as per Jefanna’s request. It released a cloud of black flies...

Wife took son to airport this morning. He was home on leave. Short visit but we were able to see him on his 25th birthday. I had my shoulder replaced yesterday. Had a great experience with the entire medical team at UVA ortho. It’s gonna be cool most of today, topping out mid 60’s. Im gonna try...

These days, there has to be some other job. Not sure if there was a time in the last hundred years, when you didn’t have to have something else going on to keep a farm going.

The process of building this place has given us educational opportunities that we never imagined before. We see things with new eyes. Fields and homes and barns that we might have driven past hundreds of times but never really noticed are now interesting. I find myself wondering “what made them...

Well, you guys warned me, that I would be working on things for years after moving in. It’s been almost 10 months and yesterday I hung a door on our bedroom. A lot of the tasks take longer now because we are running multiple projects at once and picking at the inside stuff a little bit at a...

Buckeye, I was looking at your thread yesterday wondering what was new. Eddie, I definitely plan to, after I recover. We are thinking of putting plank fence walls on the overhang outer wall and using cattle panels or gate on the ends at first. We can also use that for additional dog space when...

Yes. Yesterday, after we moved the goats I told my wife I’d get her a cider. She said she was a cheap date. I laughed at that. I think I actually caught that on video.

We visited some folks who we want to buy heard stock from and they had a similar metal building in a classic Barn configuration, much bigger than this one. They had about 100 does and 80 kids when we visited. It worked amazingly well so I took that concept. Listened to what they said they would...

The state says no building permit required for ag building. The county has a 15 page application for the barn. State dept of health is included to make sure you that it wont affect septic or well. County wants to know proximity to property lines, stream buffers and to clamp down on...

This weekend we are pretty lowkey. Lauren had surgery Friday. Two procedures that will allow her to eat again. There was a pacemaker for her stomach, and a procedure to remove the pyloric muscle. She hadn't tasted meat for over a year, and yesterday she was able to eat a few bowls of bone...

Put a down payment on one this past week. I’m sure they are tired of me already. I asked a million questions and had him change the quote 5 or 6 times. But I went with Mr Carports and I’m pretty excited about getting it put in. The state doesn’t require a building permit for a barn. But my...

I’ve had a bit more time to enjoy it. Watched a few episodes of 1883 with my daughter, and I watched the Masters of the Air series. A lot more tv (movies, etc) than I usually watch but it was nice. The ariel combat scenes were amazing. I’m holding off on the soundbar till I get my goat barn built

Took a walk with my wife last night. Talking about where we are planning to put some livestock. As we were walking down to an area that I did some cutting, I saw glass. The heavy rains had cleaned one side of the bottle so I dug it out with the toe of my boot, expecting to find a broken liquor...

I was looking at the Sonos. The “move” seems like a decent solution but the new model is “tree-fiddy”. I tried to pair my airpods but the TV never saw them. I’ll do some reading and try it again.

It’s the central room. Kitchen, dining, wood stove living room and my work space(office was supposed to be mine ….Wife stole that when she started working from home. ) Room is 44x22. House is 2550 sf. Not tiny but not huge.

WalMart just purchased Vizio. Google Tv. Amazon Fire. Walmart TV. These are all avenues to farm and market information. I will be interested to see how advertising and streaming play into the plans for Vizio

Someone asked why I didnt buy at walmart. I looked. They didn’t have what I wanted. I could have chosen any tv that was a good size and I’m sure I would have been happy. But as I did some research about whats available, I found some things I liked more than others. I wanted 120 hz refresh rate...

Ive had a chance to watch a few things on the TV. I am pleased. Even when the sunnis shining in the windows, its bright enough to see well. It’s a rainy day today and I just pulled a few double shifts so I’m gonna drink coffee and watch something before I get into my chores for the day. I am...