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Our New Barn , In Picture Series. Enjoy!
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Thanks Nick, I did get the white part painted on the dutch doors today and they are done. I am not going to post any more pics of them as they look about the same as the other pics. A little brighter maybe is all.
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We are going to be buying some wood laminate flooring for the Tack Room pretty soon. My wife wanted to put carpeting in it but I got her talked out of that and we are going to use laminate.
We will be getting the base coat of paint spread on the walls and ceiling of it tomorrow and then it will be ready for painting with the beige colored paint on the walls with a white ceiling. It's really going to look good when it's all finished.
I still haven't mounted the sub panel to the other building yet but I wanted to get those Dutch Doors finished today. I will probably take a little time tomorrow and get it mounted up so we can get the electric back up out there.
The weather is getting cooler and the days shorter and I am starting to think we may not have much time left to get this done. But There is not much left to do on it now and as long as we keep plugging at it I think we will beat the weather.
We will be getting the base coat of paint spread on the walls and ceiling of it tomorrow and then it will be ready for painting with the beige colored paint on the walls with a white ceiling. It's really going to look good when it's all finished.
I still haven't mounted the sub panel to the other building yet but I wanted to get those Dutch Doors finished today. I will probably take a little time tomorrow and get it mounted up so we can get the electric back up out there.
The weather is getting cooler and the days shorter and I am starting to think we may not have much time left to get this done. But There is not much left to do on it now and as long as we keep plugging at it I think we will beat the weather.
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Update, we have had a slight delay in getting more done on the barn til yesterday. I got another stall coated with primer yesterday and then got about 90% of it painted today. Also done a bunch of cleanup work in and around the barn. I also got hay moved into the barn for the winter.
We are not going to be using the Wood Laminate after all for the Tack Room as we found that it will not handle the cold very well so we bought Armstrong Brand vinyl flooring in the "Gun Stock" pattern which is a wood pattern and looks really good.
I also got my new Blue Heeler puppy 2 days ago and he's keeping me a bit busy :laughing: , Got my story and pics on him here at TBN, here's the link for anyone interested:
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/photos/222397-my-new-heeler-pup.html
I am hoping to get the rest done soon and I will post up more pics as soon as I can. A lot going on around here right now as we are also trying to get prepared for winter. Stay tuned for more later!
We are not going to be using the Wood Laminate after all for the Tack Room as we found that it will not handle the cold very well so we bought Armstrong Brand vinyl flooring in the "Gun Stock" pattern which is a wood pattern and looks really good.
I also got my new Blue Heeler puppy 2 days ago and he's keeping me a bit busy :laughing: , Got my story and pics on him here at TBN, here's the link for anyone interested:
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/photos/222397-my-new-heeler-pup.html
I am hoping to get the rest done soon and I will post up more pics as soon as I can. A lot going on around here right now as we are also trying to get prepared for winter. Stay tuned for more later!
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USNative,
Sounds like you have a lot going on presently, same here.
It was interesting that you had to change the flooring material due to the cold. The barn is so nice I thought it would probably be heated and air conditioned. Ha-Ha.
Don't know what your rain and winter moisture situation is, but as you know here in north west oregon, we put the hay in as soon as it is baled. Being this close to the ocean the storms come in very fast and wasting time can cost you a field full of wet bales. We had our hay baled and in the barn by the first of July this year.
I noticed when I have been through the Dakotas they put the majority of their hay in round bales, they leave a lot of them in the field and just mow around them on second cutting. What they don't leave in the field and pick up as needed they appear to stack outside. They must not have enough moisture that is not in a frozen form to have a need to put the bulk of their hay under cover. That was so different from our situation here it was a little hard to believe. Apparently you need to store your hay inside, or is that a personal preference?
We are glad to see you back posting. Thought you might be getting so busy there wasn't time left to post. I have really enjoyed this thread in particular, but several other subjects have been extremely interesting as well. It has been amazing how much a person learns following these threads. Had a hydraulic problem on my backhoe and the same day somebody described a problem nearly identical to mine, helped me zero in on the stuck relief valve.
We did get the last field prep things done for the Hazelnut orchard, sprayed broad leaf weeds and drilled in forage perennial ryegrass to keep the ground in place and to provide a good ground cover that can be flailed down after the trees are planted in March. The day after we got the ryegrass planted, it started to rain off and on so we just squeaked that in. Things have turned wet very rapidly.
Keep the pictures coming when you get a chance, we will be waiting as we start yarding in logs for the sawmill and for fire wood.
Nick, North West Farmer
Sounds like you have a lot going on presently, same here.
It was interesting that you had to change the flooring material due to the cold. The barn is so nice I thought it would probably be heated and air conditioned. Ha-Ha.
Don't know what your rain and winter moisture situation is, but as you know here in north west oregon, we put the hay in as soon as it is baled. Being this close to the ocean the storms come in very fast and wasting time can cost you a field full of wet bales. We had our hay baled and in the barn by the first of July this year.
I noticed when I have been through the Dakotas they put the majority of their hay in round bales, they leave a lot of them in the field and just mow around them on second cutting. What they don't leave in the field and pick up as needed they appear to stack outside. They must not have enough moisture that is not in a frozen form to have a need to put the bulk of their hay under cover. That was so different from our situation here it was a little hard to believe. Apparently you need to store your hay inside, or is that a personal preference?
We are glad to see you back posting. Thought you might be getting so busy there wasn't time left to post. I have really enjoyed this thread in particular, but several other subjects have been extremely interesting as well. It has been amazing how much a person learns following these threads. Had a hydraulic problem on my backhoe and the same day somebody described a problem nearly identical to mine, helped me zero in on the stuck relief valve.
We did get the last field prep things done for the Hazelnut orchard, sprayed broad leaf weeds and drilled in forage perennial ryegrass to keep the ground in place and to provide a good ground cover that can be flailed down after the trees are planted in March. The day after we got the ryegrass planted, it started to rain off and on so we just squeaked that in. Things have turned wet very rapidly.
Keep the pictures coming when you get a chance, we will be waiting as we start yarding in logs for the sawmill and for fire wood.
Nick, North West Farmer
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:laughing: Yeah Nick, we have the heat in the Tack Room but we don't plan on running it over around 50f. unless we are out there during the winter. Trying to keep the energy bill down. The wood laminate has to be kept at 65f. or higher to hold up so we changed our plans for flooring.
We usually have our hay in immediately as well but we had to hold off getting it in until the new barn was ready for it. I still have about 500 bales of hay to move in here yet. And I need to get it in very soon. Also got to get the snow fence set up yet. Winter seems to be coming pretty fast and still a lot to get done.
You are right about how they do hay over here. Most everyone around here that does round bales leaves em' out. My neighbor said that we get so little rain here (usually) that the round bales can withstand and shed it off so it doesn't damage it. It can hold up for 2 or 3 years before it becomes cow hay. He usually has it sold before that ever happens he said.
I may eventually go to big squares or round bales but I will need a bigger tractor to handle them. Small squares will probably be a thing of the past before too long as everyone in the hay business seems to be either moving to or planning to move to bigger.
We are going to be cutting it close but I still am optimistic that everything will get done in time before the real cold weather hits us. It doesn't rain as much here as in Oregon but we get some bitter cold temperatures here. 20 to 30 below is common here in the winter with lots of drifting snow. I am in the process of restoring my three Ritchie automatic stock waterers with new heating and insulation. Got one done and two to go on those yet.
My goal is to have everything ready or close to it by the end of this month as the colder temps will be moving in on November. I will post up the finishing touches on the barn as soon as it's done. :thumbsup:
We usually have our hay in immediately as well but we had to hold off getting it in until the new barn was ready for it. I still have about 500 bales of hay to move in here yet. And I need to get it in very soon. Also got to get the snow fence set up yet. Winter seems to be coming pretty fast and still a lot to get done.
You are right about how they do hay over here. Most everyone around here that does round bales leaves em' out. My neighbor said that we get so little rain here (usually) that the round bales can withstand and shed it off so it doesn't damage it. It can hold up for 2 or 3 years before it becomes cow hay. He usually has it sold before that ever happens he said.
I may eventually go to big squares or round bales but I will need a bigger tractor to handle them. Small squares will probably be a thing of the past before too long as everyone in the hay business seems to be either moving to or planning to move to bigger.
We are going to be cutting it close but I still am optimistic that everything will get done in time before the real cold weather hits us. It doesn't rain as much here as in Oregon but we get some bitter cold temperatures here. 20 to 30 below is common here in the winter with lots of drifting snow. I am in the process of restoring my three Ritchie automatic stock waterers with new heating and insulation. Got one done and two to go on those yet.
My goal is to have everything ready or close to it by the end of this month as the colder temps will be moving in on November. I will post up the finishing touches on the barn as soon as it's done. :thumbsup:
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USNative,
Every time I read comments about the winters in that heart land country I am very glad I am located where most of the winter and the summer, for that matter, are generally quite mild. We do get quite a bit of rain in number of days, but not a lot at one time. Flooding due to a passing rain storm is extremely rare. Our rain is spread out over a long time. Things stay fairly wet much of the time, but not to the point of flooding.
In the months of December, January and February we do get hit with some snow where I am located, but usually not more than a few inches to a foot or so and it is usually gone in three days to a week, the Pacific Ocean is a very moderating influence over into the Willamette and the Tualatin Valley where we are located. On the other hand, in the Cascades, west of us, they get a bunch of snow, over 100inches is common. If they don't get good snow production that makes irrigation tough east of the mountains the following year.
Evey few years if the right combination of snow melt and a good warm rain storm comes through, the rivers get up and the low land and some lower roads flood for a few days, usually there is not much damage in that flood plane area.
Hay, an interesting subject. Around here the folks that have big herds of beef cattle or dairy cattle put up the one ton 4X4x12 or 3X4X12, sometimes a little longer. The round bales are very popular, but my neighbor, who runs around 150 head of beef cattle (Herefords) started to notice that he was having difficulty keeping weight on his critters even though he was feeding quite a lot of grain.
He share crops about 30acres on our place and noticed that Our big old Semintals grew like crazy and gained weight, even in the winter and even the cows with calves held up good. He was very aware that we don't feed any grain, unless an individual has health issues or something. We feed from 14X18X42 inch bales because our hay goes into a lofted barn, all 100 tons of it. We do pick the bales up via stack wagon, but we still need to have a crew to run the hay up the elevators and stack it in the loft, not a great situation, but we do not have a nice big tall long pole barn that we can stack directly into. The other reason is that our primary off farm market is people with horses that feed the horses themselves, usually in stable facilities of not more than 30 to 40 animals that are mostly being boarded or are used for ridding lessons or scheduled trail rides, tourist adventure stuff. They need the smaller bales because usually a wife or gal is doing the feeding and when they take feed with them on trail rides and to shows, the small bales are needed to load into their horse trailers. This market likes bales that don't exceed about 65lbs per bale so we watch our baling close so we don't start kicking out 100 pounders.
Back to my neighbor and his cattles weight problem. He started to wonder about the way round bales put up the hay. The hay is rolled up full length, is not chopped up at all and thus other than crimping in the mower conditioner the hay apparently was not doing well at releasing nutrients to the cattle. When he examined our hay it was chopped up in short lengths and was also crimped. The next season he rented a big baler, 4X4X whatever you want up to a point. He made the bales 4X4X8 so he could drop them into his round bale feeders and guess what, his cattle stopped having weight loss problems and he reduced feeding grain significantly. All we can figure is it must have something to do with the hay being chopped in the baling process and that must improve the Hays release of neutriants. We both raise and feed a lot of fawn tall fescue hay, some orchard grass, some rye grass and timothy, but most of the timothy goes to the horses due to it's high market value.
I am getting very lengthy here so I will wrap this up by encouraging you to keep forging ahead with that barn, which hopefully is possible, with all of the remaining winter prep items you need to deal with. Here's hoping things go well, the chores get done and so does the new barn.
Nick, North West Farmer
Every time I read comments about the winters in that heart land country I am very glad I am located where most of the winter and the summer, for that matter, are generally quite mild. We do get quite a bit of rain in number of days, but not a lot at one time. Flooding due to a passing rain storm is extremely rare. Our rain is spread out over a long time. Things stay fairly wet much of the time, but not to the point of flooding.
In the months of December, January and February we do get hit with some snow where I am located, but usually not more than a few inches to a foot or so and it is usually gone in three days to a week, the Pacific Ocean is a very moderating influence over into the Willamette and the Tualatin Valley where we are located. On the other hand, in the Cascades, west of us, they get a bunch of snow, over 100inches is common. If they don't get good snow production that makes irrigation tough east of the mountains the following year.
Evey few years if the right combination of snow melt and a good warm rain storm comes through, the rivers get up and the low land and some lower roads flood for a few days, usually there is not much damage in that flood plane area.
Hay, an interesting subject. Around here the folks that have big herds of beef cattle or dairy cattle put up the one ton 4X4x12 or 3X4X12, sometimes a little longer. The round bales are very popular, but my neighbor, who runs around 150 head of beef cattle (Herefords) started to notice that he was having difficulty keeping weight on his critters even though he was feeding quite a lot of grain.
He share crops about 30acres on our place and noticed that Our big old Semintals grew like crazy and gained weight, even in the winter and even the cows with calves held up good. He was very aware that we don't feed any grain, unless an individual has health issues or something. We feed from 14X18X42 inch bales because our hay goes into a lofted barn, all 100 tons of it. We do pick the bales up via stack wagon, but we still need to have a crew to run the hay up the elevators and stack it in the loft, not a great situation, but we do not have a nice big tall long pole barn that we can stack directly into. The other reason is that our primary off farm market is people with horses that feed the horses themselves, usually in stable facilities of not more than 30 to 40 animals that are mostly being boarded or are used for ridding lessons or scheduled trail rides, tourist adventure stuff. They need the smaller bales because usually a wife or gal is doing the feeding and when they take feed with them on trail rides and to shows, the small bales are needed to load into their horse trailers. This market likes bales that don't exceed about 65lbs per bale so we watch our baling close so we don't start kicking out 100 pounders.
Back to my neighbor and his cattles weight problem. He started to wonder about the way round bales put up the hay. The hay is rolled up full length, is not chopped up at all and thus other than crimping in the mower conditioner the hay apparently was not doing well at releasing nutrients to the cattle. When he examined our hay it was chopped up in short lengths and was also crimped. The next season he rented a big baler, 4X4X whatever you want up to a point. He made the bales 4X4X8 so he could drop them into his round bale feeders and guess what, his cattle stopped having weight loss problems and he reduced feeding grain significantly. All we can figure is it must have something to do with the hay being chopped in the baling process and that must improve the Hays release of neutriants. We both raise and feed a lot of fawn tall fescue hay, some orchard grass, some rye grass and timothy, but most of the timothy goes to the horses due to it's high market value.
I am getting very lengthy here so I will wrap this up by encouraging you to keep forging ahead with that barn, which hopefully is possible, with all of the remaining winter prep items you need to deal with. Here's hoping things go well, the chores get done and so does the new barn.
Nick, North West Farmer
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Another Update! For all interested, I will be posting a few more pics in a day or two. I managed to get another stall painted so I only have one left to go. Still got to get the inside of the Tack Room painted yet. I did get quite a bit of work done on two corrals and the outside of the barn. We ordered up 36 yards of 3/4 minus road mix gravel so we could get our barn banked up on the outside to prevent moisture and snow from blowing in. I took my tractor and dug out some high spots for drainage away from a couple of corners of the barn as well.
Cleaned up all the rocks and leftover materials from outside the barn and the corrals by hand raking into piles and then moving it all out with my tractor and it's really lookin' good out there. Used almost all the dirt and rock to fill in two cattle guards in the pasture just as a precaution so I can get our horses out there to graze for a few months.
I am also working on getting low spots in the driveway filled in and I am going to be moving the rest of our hay into the barn tomorrow. I put down a gravel base and packed it down with my truck to stack the hay on. I will get some pics posted up later tomorrow to show the progress on the exterior of the barn. Also been working on getting the new insulation and heating done on the automatic stock watering troughs.
The previous owner of this place had some of the irrigation gates rebuilt and he left all the torn out concrete and steel pieces in piles out there in the hay field and I went out with my tractor and got that cleaned up. Trying to get all I can done while I can as it's starting to get pretty chilly outside now and winters on the way.
Went on a 270 mile trip yesterday to pick up our two horses from our trainer and had two trailer tires start to fail on me. Was lucky to make it home. Took the tires off today and got them to the tire shop to get the worn stems replaced. Been a very busy couple of weeks for me and still a lot to get done yet. I am still optimistic that I can get the barn finished though as I am virtually done. If I can get the rest done on the stalls by the end of this month then I got it made. I have the heat in the Tack Room so I can work on that through the winter if need be.
Anyway all, more pics coming very soon so stay tuned!
Cleaned up all the rocks and leftover materials from outside the barn and the corrals by hand raking into piles and then moving it all out with my tractor and it's really lookin' good out there. Used almost all the dirt and rock to fill in two cattle guards in the pasture just as a precaution so I can get our horses out there to graze for a few months.
I am also working on getting low spots in the driveway filled in and I am going to be moving the rest of our hay into the barn tomorrow. I put down a gravel base and packed it down with my truck to stack the hay on. I will get some pics posted up later tomorrow to show the progress on the exterior of the barn. Also been working on getting the new insulation and heating done on the automatic stock watering troughs.
The previous owner of this place had some of the irrigation gates rebuilt and he left all the torn out concrete and steel pieces in piles out there in the hay field and I went out with my tractor and got that cleaned up. Trying to get all I can done while I can as it's starting to get pretty chilly outside now and winters on the way.
Went on a 270 mile trip yesterday to pick up our two horses from our trainer and had two trailer tires start to fail on me. Was lucky to make it home. Took the tires off today and got them to the tire shop to get the worn stems replaced. Been a very busy couple of weeks for me and still a lot to get done yet. I am still optimistic that I can get the barn finished though as I am virtually done. If I can get the rest done on the stalls by the end of this month then I got it made. I have the heat in the Tack Room so I can work on that through the winter if need be.
Anyway all, more pics coming very soon so stay tuned!
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USNative,
Still following this thread closely, hoping things keep moving along in good shape. Winter doesn't close down as fast or to the same degree here as in your area so we are not usually so time pressed as the days and nights get colder.
Had our first frost last night, got the stack wagon cleaned up (pressure washer), lubed everything, checked for possible needed winter maintenance and ran the old girl into the machine shed. Only farm machinery still outside is the Lely Tedder rake. Should have that in tomorrow.
Our weather has dried up and gotten colder, right on schedule for the first frosts of the year. We have really been concentrating on yarding logs out of the woods while the weather holds up. As soon as the rain sets in we are done in the woods. Just like your situation we are very close to getting the logs out and the weather for casts are looking o.k..
I did loose all hydraulic pressure to everything except the brakes and steering on the backhoe right at the end of our driveway the other day. Guessing the main pressure relief valve has something hanging it up, broken spring etc.. If I get stuck on resolving this situation I see there are a lot of real good hydraulics folks on TBN so I may get to start a new thread, hope not!
Listening to the urgency in the sounds of yours posts we are starting to get a little nervous for you. The weather seems to be changing quickly and a bunch of weather dependent activities remain before you can hibernate in that tack room for winter. On the other hand I also hear reports of good progress and even some excitement as the final outside work falls in place and project completion approaches.
On this end we are beginning to feel your excitement and can't help wishing we were much closer, just in case you decide to have a new barn warming party. We have great new building warming parties out here, kind of a fire department tradition, they still invite us old retired guys to these great events. Somebody usually sets off a four stick of dynamite charge to begin the house/building warming event. It is always a surprise party where the neighbors plan the party at your place and you know the party is about to start when the dynamite nearly blows the windows out of the building.
I am a pilot so I could fly in for a special event, but not to worry, I sold my old 172, due largely to not using it enough to keep my flying skills sharp. If you don't use it you loose it and in flying that is a very bad situation. My neighbor had a 185 he would lend to me, but he sold it for the same reason. Best keep my feet on the ground and concentrate on getting the logs out of the woods.
Have gotten way to long again. Every time we get notified of your thread posts in the e-mail we jump at them to see how things are going. Continue being impressed with your progress and will be looking forward to pictures when you get around to them.
Nick, North West Farmer
Still following this thread closely, hoping things keep moving along in good shape. Winter doesn't close down as fast or to the same degree here as in your area so we are not usually so time pressed as the days and nights get colder.
Had our first frost last night, got the stack wagon cleaned up (pressure washer), lubed everything, checked for possible needed winter maintenance and ran the old girl into the machine shed. Only farm machinery still outside is the Lely Tedder rake. Should have that in tomorrow.
Our weather has dried up and gotten colder, right on schedule for the first frosts of the year. We have really been concentrating on yarding logs out of the woods while the weather holds up. As soon as the rain sets in we are done in the woods. Just like your situation we are very close to getting the logs out and the weather for casts are looking o.k..
I did loose all hydraulic pressure to everything except the brakes and steering on the backhoe right at the end of our driveway the other day. Guessing the main pressure relief valve has something hanging it up, broken spring etc.. If I get stuck on resolving this situation I see there are a lot of real good hydraulics folks on TBN so I may get to start a new thread, hope not!
Listening to the urgency in the sounds of yours posts we are starting to get a little nervous for you. The weather seems to be changing quickly and a bunch of weather dependent activities remain before you can hibernate in that tack room for winter. On the other hand I also hear reports of good progress and even some excitement as the final outside work falls in place and project completion approaches.
On this end we are beginning to feel your excitement and can't help wishing we were much closer, just in case you decide to have a new barn warming party. We have great new building warming parties out here, kind of a fire department tradition, they still invite us old retired guys to these great events. Somebody usually sets off a four stick of dynamite charge to begin the house/building warming event. It is always a surprise party where the neighbors plan the party at your place and you know the party is about to start when the dynamite nearly blows the windows out of the building.
I am a pilot so I could fly in for a special event, but not to worry, I sold my old 172, due largely to not using it enough to keep my flying skills sharp. If you don't use it you loose it and in flying that is a very bad situation. My neighbor had a 185 he would lend to me, but he sold it for the same reason. Best keep my feet on the ground and concentrate on getting the logs out of the woods.
Have gotten way to long again. Every time we get notified of your thread posts in the e-mail we jump at them to see how things are going. Continue being impressed with your progress and will be looking forward to pictures when you get around to them.
Nick, North West Farmer
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Should have more pics up tomorrow, my good friend who helped me wire my barn is going to be helping me get that old hanger building wired up in about a week. He is elk hunting now with his family. Looks like the rest of the painting is on hold for now but I am getting a lot done on the outdoor cleanup and also got two 20' flatbed trailers of hay loaded and in the barn now. about two more loads will have all my hay in the barn for the winter. I don't have any large haying equipment so all this hay is loaded & stacked by hand. But hay, a little hard work never hurt a man! :laughing:
I am glad to be getting all these chores out of the way and I was a bit worried about getting them done as they are very important as well. After the hay is all in I am going to get the driveway finished up as it is in need of repair before the snows come. (YAY, more seat time!) After that I will get back to painting the two stalls and getting them finished up. We are going to have to get it done soon as the nights are getting a lot cooler and I can't leave my paint sitting out to much longer or it will start freezing on me. It got down to 29 degrees last night but it's warming up a bit again for now. It's going to be in the 50's for the weekend so if all goes well I might just get this project wrapped up yet! (Knock On Wood) :laughing:
Thanks again all TBN'rs for checking out the thread and your nice compliments (Wow, over 7500 views) and thank you Nick (North West Farmer) for your encouragement and support. Keeps me motivated to get this project finished. If I don't get it completed I won't kick myself because I know I am giving it my all and now that I look back on it all, we did get a heck of a lot done in the time we had on it. Something to be proud of for sure. Not loosing hope yet though, still very optimistic that it will come together before the Winter sets in. I will keep plugging away at it and see how this pans out. Pics coming tomorrow!
I am glad to be getting all these chores out of the way and I was a bit worried about getting them done as they are very important as well. After the hay is all in I am going to get the driveway finished up as it is in need of repair before the snows come. (YAY, more seat time!) After that I will get back to painting the two stalls and getting them finished up. We are going to have to get it done soon as the nights are getting a lot cooler and I can't leave my paint sitting out to much longer or it will start freezing on me. It got down to 29 degrees last night but it's warming up a bit again for now. It's going to be in the 50's for the weekend so if all goes well I might just get this project wrapped up yet! (Knock On Wood) :laughing:
Thanks again all TBN'rs for checking out the thread and your nice compliments (Wow, over 7500 views) and thank you Nick (North West Farmer) for your encouragement and support. Keeps me motivated to get this project finished. If I don't get it completed I won't kick myself because I know I am giving it my all and now that I look back on it all, we did get a heck of a lot done in the time we had on it. Something to be proud of for sure. Not loosing hope yet though, still very optimistic that it will come together before the Winter sets in. I will keep plugging away at it and see how this pans out. Pics coming tomorrow!
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