My Place: a CAT, Mahindra, and Ducks

[Redlands Okie]

Neat pictures of the old Texas. Got to tour parts of it a few years ago. Would really be neat to be able to see more of it after the repairs.

 

[bindian]

I was 6 or 7years old on my first visit. I made sure to get my kids on the Texas before they got much older than that. Luke might have been 12 then. When he enlisted in the navy, he told the recruiter he wanted to be on a Iowa class battleship. The recruiter said we don't have any active Iowas'. To which my son replied............."None active today"!

When we last went, the engine rooms were blocked off. But now I am hearing they are installing lighting in the rooms. So hopefully, in about 1.5 or 2 years, we will be able see more of her. She'll be in drydock 10 to 12 months, then she sails to her new home on the upper Texas coast. I sure hope it is Galveston!

It's not too often you get to see the only WWI and WWII surviving battleship float by. So we plan on making it a family trip to see her come out of drydock next year.
hugs, Brandi

 

[oldballs]

Where was the Texas BB35 when Pearl was struck?

Thanks for the photos

Cheers,
Mike

 

[bindian]

Where was the Texas BB35 when Pearl was struck?

Thanks for the photos

Cheers,
Mike

Texas was in Casco Bay, Maine at that time, preparing to go on another Neutrality Patrol in the North Atlantic, watching for German U-boats.​

hugs, Brandi​

 

[bindian]

Got my girl new rear boots. I won 4 of them with Mahindra rims in a Big Iron online auction. Now I got to sell 2 of them.

hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

Made some sawdust Saturday. Turned this 20 foot SYP log

into 25 2x6s.

hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

Thanks Peace. Where are you located. Also, can you post a photo of your Ferguson TO30 here, please?
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

I was busy, in the sun, getting logs from the clay pit. At least I get to unload in the shade. I thought my log supplier said just a handful of logs. These logs are all 16-19 foot.
Well, here is the handful.....

Those took 6 trips with the gooseneck. The pit is only 10 miles from me. In total, I have 6 of these stacks to be sawn in cooler weather. In 2 stacks other stacks, all the logs are over 20 feet in length.
The grapple is large enough to load 5 medium logs at once, but this way lets the log ease onto the trailer.....

hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

Which reminds me of a joke............
Lumber store guy..........."How long do you want the 2x4s?"
Customer................"Oh, for a long time, I want to build a garage out of them." lol
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

Got these built...

Now if these two did it right...

and these two did it right....

I'll have lots of rabbit meat for the freezer
hugs, Brandi