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#1 grandson showed up right on time (10am), things looked like this by noon -
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FIREWOOD............whats the hurry, oh your grandson showed up, send him over my way next month I have to get in 8 cord by myself, my sons didn't help me with a grandson just a grand daughter, ok for KP but not firewood, doubt she'll be much help in my sons shingle mill either tho he's gonna try........

 

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After those containers containers are all set you should do a sound check, you should stand on the inside and have someone on the outside using a needle gun...........

 

[BukitCase]

Terry, maybe you'll get lucky and your girl (AKA "Little Barn" ) will bring a young guy home that knows SOME things can NOT be done on yer PHONE - if so, it's worth a bit of mentoring time :thumbsup:

OP, "stand on the inside and have someone on the outside using a needle gun" - Holy Crap, I get ENOUGH reverb just clapping my hands inside; using a needle gun inside I'd probly end up with ear plugs AND MUFFS

Grandson - if you survive long enough for your granddaughter to start bringin' BOYS home, just pay attention to any that ask you what loads you use in your shotgun (instead of runnin' away SCREAMING) - he just might be "apprentice material" for an "honorary grandson" :laughing:

Firewood - no trees I'm quite ready to drop just yet, too many OTHER projects + things that need attention BEFORE it rains fer the next 8 months (with the possible side benefit of a few inches of snow)


That was 2003; had about TWICE that in '79 right after we moved here, but normally if we get ANY snow it's a couple inches - usually just rain, followed by rain, followed by MORE rain, then rain, followed by rain, followed by MORE rain, ad liquidium...
- upside (I guess) is I'll only need to decide which INDOOR projects come next

Did I mention I'm usually GLAD our place is on a HILL??!?

Been kinda lazy today; guess I'm not quite in the shape I wuz 30 years ago - odd, just 'cause some of those "lego blocks" weigh over 100 lbs with no obvious way to get outa movin' 'em by hand (er, I mean BACK ) ...Steve

 

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That was 2003; had about TWICE that in '79 right after we moved here, but normally if we get ANY snow it's a couple inches - usually just rain, followed by rain, followed by MORE rain, then rain, followed by rain, followed by MORE rain, ad liquidium...
- upside (I guess) is I'll only need to decide which INDOOR projects come next

Did I mention I'm usually GLAD our place is on a HILL??!?

Been kinda lazy today; guess I'm not quite in the shape I wuz 30 years ago - odd, just 'cause some of those "lego blocks" weigh over 100 lbs with no obvious way to get outa movin' 'em by hand (er, I mean BACK ) ...Steve

2003???????so that dump truck hasn't been moved in, wait let met do the math, 15 years.......... Guess you dont have much use for a snow plow, one good thing about rain you have no danger forest fires like California, plenty of water to drink, helps the garden grow, helps the Redwood trees grow, helps the grass grow, wow that's more then one thing, isn't you lucky..............If the Lego blocks are to heavy it's not to late to make new ones out of aluminum, just think how much fun that would be, cuts easy welds easy moves easy and the best part it'll gives you something more to do while your resting.............. Old or Old-ish? You know your getting old when you start thinking about the here after, you walk into a room and wonder what the heck your here after...............

 

[BukitCase]

"so that dump truck hasn't been moved in, wait let met do the math, 15 years" - nope, not true; that's just been its normal out-of-the-way parking spot since I got it - if you look at the container pics in post#519, you'll see the dump truck's to the LEFT of the two ADDED containers down on that flat area - that's about 40 feet further south than it is in my "collectors' item" SNOW pic :laughing:

And you're right, I DON'T need a snow plow - I mostly only use the dump if I'm tryin' to move several yards of material more than a few yards, then I'll load it with the 1 yard bucket on the 580 and dump it where the material goes - besides, that truck has the truck version of Chevy's big block, it's a tall deck 366 with 4 bolt mains, similar to the tall deck 427's only smaller... It runs really good, has a 5 speed and 2-speed axle, and the dump cylinder is DOUBLE acting - I've put heavy square tubes under the bed when it's up, and lowering the bed will jack the front wheels off the ground :laughing:

Probly not gonna be a lot of action here for a while, my insurance just told me I need to do some "MAJOR" repairs to the place by Dec 8, or they won't renew my policy in January - real nice of 'em to WASTE three MONTHS of nice weather before telling me

Oh well, guess it's true that "life is the crap that happens while you're busy makin' plans"... Steve

 

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And you're right, that truck has the truck version of Chevy's big block, it's a tall deck 366 with 4 bolt mains, similar to the tall deck 427's only smaller... It runs really good, has a 5 speed and 2-speed axle, and the dump cylinder is DOUBLE acting - I've put heavy square tubes under the bed when it's up, and lowering the bed will jack the front wheels off the ground :laughing:

Probly not gonna be a lot of action here for a while, my insurance just told me I need to do some "MAJOR" repairs to the place by Dec 8, or they won't renew my policy in January - real nice of 'em to WASTE three MONTHS of nice weather before telling me

Oh well, guess it's true that "life is the crap that happens while you're busy makin' plans"... Steve

First three words might be an accident or an unplanned phenomena due to the coming of fall, yippee,,,,,,,,,Is that the norm for dump trucks? I thought dump beds came down by gravity.
Major house repairs aren't really major til you have to replace the roof shingles, more major if you have dormers, if I had to do it all over again I would never build a house with dormers, more angles, more shingle joints, more measuring, more cutting which all leads to more mistakes which is only important when it rains which is important if you live in a rainy climate, but if you need Maine cedar shingles my son can help you out with that............ Maine Made Cedar Shingles - CKShingle.com - YouTube

 

[BukitCase]

"Is that the norm for dump trucks? I thought dump beds came down by gravity."

Most of 'em do; but this is the SECOND one I've had that had power both ways, the first was an electric over hydraulic, a stakeside 1-1/2 ton Chevy, 350 small block - if I hadn't found out THAT one was both ways by ACCIDENT, I would never have checked the one I have now I know the FIRST dump I had was only power UP, it was a '65 Chev C60 chassis with a 292 six, 4 speed, single speed axle when I bought it and I put a 2 speed in it. The 2 speed came out of a junkyard donor that had been a delivery truck, so the low range was same as the ONLY range in the single speed - that gave me an overdrive which was what I wanted, cuz we were moving back to Oregon from Calif. at the time...

Shingles - don't need 'em, house and shop were re-roofed about 8 years ago, with 35 year rated comp shingles. I just gotta tear off ALL the siding on the two weather sides, and get it painted before the rains set in (I hope)

I just finished getting it all off the short end (26 feet + gable, 1 3x5 window) - 'sposed to rain some tonite then 8+ days dry. Then I got the South side to do (62 feet, one man door, one 6'- slider and 2 4'x4' windows.



Here's the East end partway done, notice the tinker toys AND the "super plank" in use here, plus a patio umbrella AND a fan (did I mention I likes me comforts??!?

The guy that built the place should never have had access to tools. Everything I've ever worked on left me asking WTF??? - in this case, I don't think he knew about Z strip for between rows of siding, so on the gables he put an EXTRA layer of siding on (grooves INWARD) then a layer the normal way, but lapped like shakes So I ripped all THAT off too, it'll get sided the regular way with Z strip between courses.

My trick for getting Z strip to work right; nail the strip down over lower course, then lay a yardstick on top of the Z strip for a spacer, upper course on THAT, then once a couple nails are in the upper course pull the yard stick. Otherwise water will bead up between bottom of the upper course and the metal, and ROT...

I KNOW the guy that built the house either didn't have, or at least know how to use, a tape measure (no two trusses the same spacing, same with a lot of the studs) a square (bathroom vanity built in place, no square corners) a level (some of the drain plumbing used to run UPHILL)

Just to make it MORE fun, I found out my airless sprayer had finally given up (Campbell-Hausfield, bought new in 1979, cheap crap just don't LAST anymore :laughing: sooo, since I have the house and shop and 4 containers to paint I bought THIS one

Amazon.com: Graco 17G177 Magnum ProX17 Stand Paint Sprayer: Home Improvement

I figger if the new one lasts HALF as long as the old one did, it'll outlive ME

My plan for the south side of the house - go til I get rained out, then I have some 12' 2x4's and some heavy tarps - clamp the 2x4's to every other rafter tail, hang tarps on the 2x4's, (makes a little lean-to with about 7 feet to house) then the rain'll run down the OUTSIDE of the tarps :thumbsup: instead of the INSIDE of my NECK :thumbdown: - that'll let me get the 62' side done 1/3 at a time, even if it rains the whole time (not a challenge, Ma Nature, if you're listening )

'Sposed to rain tonite, got the open end tarped just in case - then at least 8 days straight no rain (maybe) - I'll take all I can get... Steve

 

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"The guy that built the place should never have had access to tools. Everything I've ever worked on left me asking WTF??? - in this case, I don't think he knew about Z strip for between rows of siding, so on the gables he put an EXTRA layer of siding on (grooves INWARD) then a layer the normal way, but lapped like shakes So I ripped all THAT off too, it'll get sided the regular way with Z strip between courses. "<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Fan, had to really look hard for that, you know it's bad when you have to use a fan outside, the umbrella must be for that sun that comes out one hour a day but mostly for rain protection since every whether report you give it's raining, to bad you have to work in the rain. I'll have look into that siding you plan on using, not familiar with it.

I re-sided the front side of my house with cedar shingles 7 years ago or should say my son did and I helped. Was going to do the north side to but when my son took those old white pine shingles off, the back side of them still looked new. So I sanded the old paint off the north side and re-painted, those white pine shingles was sawed on my fathers mill 35 years ago, the old stain was faded bad, so I used those thick sanding wheels, worked fast but used about dozen of those wheels. Then I started spray painting with my electric sprayer, went through a gallon so fast and got no ware I decided to brush the rest on, at $60.00/gal didn't want to paint the air.

Then Couple years ago wife wanted a pantry added on, 8'x16', I used hemlock shingles for siding on that and same on my garage, with paint they'l last til the next land owner takes over, they'l probably say WTF about that, sometimes I do about the stuff I did 30 years ago. Since I got so sick of hammering I put the shingles on with a Ryobi stapler, 1/4 narrow x1-1/2 SS.
It's a boring 2 min video but shows how fast it goes and no freeken air hose, a nailer would be better but couldn't find 1-1/2" nailer without an air hose, I've cut the cord ten years ago and not going back. Now I wait to see if the shingles blow off, shouldn't because the top layer is keeping the staples from backing out, the top last row is stapled hard.
Ryobi staple gun - YouTube

 

[BukitCase]

Shakes look good, I always liked that look - all my nailers are air, Senco framer and coil roofer, Hitachi stapler, and a Porter Cable brad nailer - one thing that makes the hose a LITTLE less irritating is to use a smaller (1/4" ID) hose - the nailers have enough of a built-in reservoir you don't need a lot of continuous flow, and the smaller hose is easier to drag around...

The siding I'll be using is called 5/8" T1-11, looks a little like "reverse board and batt" - I've had 2 full units of the stuff sitting in the shop (still banded) for about 15 years, guess I gotta quit plannin' so far ahead and actually DO stuff

If I was to buy siding NOW, 99% chance it'd be 4x8 Hardi-plank - doesn't matter now tho, I'm pretty sure the plywood stuff (and a good coat of paint) will outlast ME anyway...

Picked up a roll of house wrap and a case of paintable caulk at the blue bucket store today, 'sposed to be dry for about a week so should make some headway.

BTW, about HALF the reason for the fan was the dang yellowjackets, fan on high aimed at me kinda screws up their flight plan, plus whenever it isn't raining it's muggy and warmer than I like, so WIN-WIN...

When I'm NOT "goin' airborne", my super-plank makes a real solid 3'x10' work bench - gonna come in REAL handy when I get to cut all those siding pieces to fit the gable.

Bedtime, I always sleep better if I know what I'm gonna do the next day... Steve

 

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("Picked up a roll of house wrap and a case of paintable caulk at the blue bucket store today, 'sposed to be dry for about a week so should make some headway.")

Lets hear it for the blue bucket store!!!!!!!! Whats the update is the house all rap up yet, any before and after pics? I want to make sure there aren't any runs or streaks on this professional paint job.

Just a reminder it's almost firewood season, dont know if your ready I know I'm not, gonna start slicing and dicing this weekend, 8 cord of tree length staring at me............