My Industrial Cabin Build
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With diesel fuel that is not a concern.
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Diesel is just much less explosive than gasoline. And also, a plastic welder is just a soldering iron, basically, and there is only heat and no 'spark' involved. I'd definitely drain the fuel tank and keep the cap open when doing the work but with a diesel tank that seems pretty low risk.
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What do you think the wind speed was when your goat barn blew over and out?
Do you think it blew over, then self destructed, or did it just blow apart?
Do you think it blew over, then self destructed, or did it just blow apart?
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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 our area) I had just bought a weather station but had not put it up yet. And it might not have pickednup that gust anyway. I would guess an isolated gust type of wind happened and came in, just right. My guess based solely on previous wind storms is about 60+.
It looks like it came in from the front of the building, tipped it back, the. Shot it thru the fence and into the woods as a whole unit. I base that on the fact the goats appeared uninjured and were still in the pen, and things that were on the shelf inside the barn were with the wreckage.
It looks like it came in from the front of the building, tipped it back, the. Shot it thru the fence and into the woods as a whole unit. I base that on the fact the goats appeared uninjured and were still in the pen, and things that were on the shelf inside the barn were with the wreckage.
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Personal weather stations are nice for recording things such as windspeed overnight.
EddieWalker
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It's been a couple of months. How are the goats doing?
buckeyefarmer
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I was wondering also. Drove down skyline drive yesterday and wondered how things were going.
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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 mile. If I manage to do it, I am sure that it will take two years. Im not really sure why I’m doing it sometimes, but every time Im out there I think about how it will look with fence and field and some animals. And that motivates me.
Work has been tougher as of late. So more energy there. I still have trim to do in the house but Jefanna kerps asking me to do projects outside.
Eddie, I wish I had a feeding setup like yours. My goats mob me when I take grain out there. I absolute have to come up with a better system.
Work has been tougher as of late. So more energy there. I still have trim to do in the house but Jefanna kerps asking me to do projects outside.
Eddie, I wish I had a feeding setup like yours. My goats mob me when I take grain out there. I absolute have to come up with a better system.