Ron's Project

[NoTrespassing]

Re: Ron\'s Project

Ron, that electrical setup looks identical to mine with the exception of 400 ft. between my pole and my box. It was the first time I ever did any wiring and included trenching in 400ft. of wire. The day we put up the meter pole and hardware it was 100 degrees in the shade. Thought I was gonna die out there.

Nice looking work!
Kevin

 

[RonL]

Re: Ron\'s Project

Kevin

The pole is going to be permanent. The meter box is connected to a 200 amp breaker which then feeds to the distribution box pictured next to it. The pole is reinforced with a 12 foot section of 8 inch channel that run 9 feet underground. my original intention was to use the distribution box temporarily until my barn/workshop was built. I would then disconnect the distribution box and run an underground line to the barn from the 200 amp breaker. The barn would then be the distribution point. However, after all the time, money and effort of installing the distribution box, I'm thinking of leaving it permanently and feeding the barn and other periferals from it. The house will have a seperate 200 amp service.
I was at one point thinking of putting in one 400 amp service in a seperate distribution building but the cost of a 400 amp box and its components shocked ( pun intended ) me.

RonL

 

[RonL]

Re: Ron\'s Project

Just got back from spending two weeks on my property. I think it rained the entire two weeks. If not, it may have just seemed that way. The culvert that feeds the runoff onto my property was pretty much silted up but it was still pouring water. The picture shows what used to be my fire pit in the center of the field. That's a pump in front of it. Pumping it out was pretty much an exercise in futility. When things dry out this summer I'm going to install the drain and cistern.

 

[RonL]

Re: Ron\'s Project

I started cutting in for the driveway. Cut in about 150 feet. Gotta set up the transit and stake it out now. I'll be going in 300 feet and then make a right turn. I'll cut several hundred more feet in a downhill direction to open up the view. A seventy year old gentleman from down the way came over with his chain saw to help me cut trees. He was a logger all his life. I pushed the trees over with the dozer. He cut them up. By the time I got off the dozer he had the tree cut up and limbed. He tossed me the logs and I stacked them. He's nineteen years my senior but he was running me ragged. We bundled the limbs on a chain and dragged them to a stockpile with the dozer.

RonL

 

[RonL]

Re: Ron\'s Project

The chip pile.
On edit the file was just a hair too big. I'll resize it and repost it.

RonL

 

[RonL]

Re: Ron\'s Project

This is a view of my property from across a small valley. The ridge of trees halfway down runs along the stone wall that borders my property. The area that is fairly level is the direction towards which I am cutting my driveway. I will then cut downhill ( towards the left in this picture). The top of my property is at about 2000 feet elevation. The picture was taken about fifty or sixty feet lower.

RonL

 

[RonL]

Re: Ron\'s Project

The view I expect. Taken at 5 AM on a cool morning.

RonL

 

[RonL]

Re: Ron\'s Project

Once again, the chip pile.

RonL

 

[EddieWalker]

Re: Ron\'s Project

What are you using for chipping? That's a great chip pile!!!

 

[RonL]

Re: Ron\'s Project

Used a Vermeer chipper that I rented. Powered by a 25 HP Kohler gas engine. The chipper had a sensor that stopped the feed if the flywheel slowed down. If you put in a large branch the chipper would grind and stop, grind and stop. It did chip a large pile in about 2 hours of constant work with two of us feeding it.

RonL