so waht ya doin today?
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fiver
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put enough weight in one and it might as well have a flat.
the wheel barrow I have is solid metal and old enough to have square nuts, the kids forget it holds more dirt or cement than they can move efficiently or even very far.
step 2 of the new patio has the wood on the roof.
I have the wood all prepped, the hangars for the rafters and deck top are ready, and the hole is dug to cement in the post for step 3 tomorrow.
I will measure in and set the supported short post in the morning then support the floor joists and just build the bottom portion while the cement dries, then switch in the tall post for the shorter fake one and do the upper portion in the late afternoon.
the wheel barrow I have is solid metal and old enough to have square nuts, the kids forget it holds more dirt or cement than they can move efficiently or even very far.
step 2 of the new patio has the wood on the roof.
I have the wood all prepped, the hangars for the rafters and deck top are ready, and the hole is dug to cement in the post for step 3 tomorrow.
I will measure in and set the supported short post in the morning then support the floor joists and just build the bottom portion while the cement dries, then switch in the tall post for the shorter fake one and do the upper portion in the late afternoon.
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freebullet
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Bout/ 183$ day for the smaller bobcat @honeyman. They aren't hard to drive just takes a minute to get yourself acquainted.
I'd offer to haul it, but we are 7 days again this week. Wednesday afternoon I could likely do it. Can run 3-4ton in one trip. Paul don't look to happy about your production rate or something, Brad.
I'd offer to haul it, but we are 7 days again this week. Wednesday afternoon I could likely do it. Can run 3-4ton in one trip. Paul don't look to happy about your production rate or something, Brad.
smokeywolf
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When the masonry outfit I hired to replace what was left of the old asphalt driveway with concrete, brought in a guy with a Bobcat and truck to scrape & scoop out 7 inches of asphalt and dirt. The Bobcat owner/operator was so fast, it looked like someone had recorded him at 24 frames per second and was playing back at 34 FPS.
Never seen anyone throw a Bobcat around like that.
Never seen anyone throw a Bobcat around like that.
uncle jimbo
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Was out in the reloading room and found a couple hundred 38spl and 357 mag that were about six weeks old, so we had to shoot them up. My second granddaughter and I went up on the hill and shot them all up.
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freebullet
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After cleaning more than an acre of carpet & a half acre of tile & grout this week I smartened up & brought in couple labourers for the weekend shift. I'm feeling better already. If we complete the rest of this building tomorrow it will be a major sigh of relief.
Roger Allen
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Electrical tower fell down..........just getting the lights on
fiver
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today went pretty good.
I got out there fairly early and had a plan formed before I woke up the semi sorta help.
I had both front 4X4 posts set in place and hanging over the forms waiting for them while I started running the floor joists.
only 2 more posts to set which can wait until I get the rafters for the 2 sections I put together today in place and get the roof wood on.
I am not looking forward to doing the roof on this porch.
I screwed a 2X4 across the two sheets I put on yesterday so I could nail the second sheet on the rest of the way,,,, it was still sketchy up there.
anyway:
I decided to use the roof rafters to build the final part of the deck so I could get a firm count on the deck boards.
[read expensive plastic stuff I don't want to buy too many of]
I need 1 more 6' board and they only come in 8 or 16' lengths since I bought all they had on close-out and knew I'd be close.
oh well i'll do the stairs in them too and make the math work out.
I should have help tomorrow LOL but have no wood-cement-trim-deck material left for them to help with.
trip to the Valley tomorrow it is.
took a little time out and went over to the county fair today.
they have a short little parade and throw about 500 lbs. of candy, pencils, Frisbees, water , and popsicles out to the kids.
I was sitting back on the sidewalk and ended up getting pelted a couple of times with different stuff, like bit-O-honey, tootsie rolls, and otter pops.
the best part was when the fire Dept. got a call about 100 yds. into the start of things and just threw/dumped boxes of candy out the sides as they all rolled by at 40 MPH.
I got out there fairly early and had a plan formed before I woke up the semi sorta help.
I had both front 4X4 posts set in place and hanging over the forms waiting for them while I started running the floor joists.
only 2 more posts to set which can wait until I get the rafters for the 2 sections I put together today in place and get the roof wood on.
I am not looking forward to doing the roof on this porch.
I screwed a 2X4 across the two sheets I put on yesterday so I could nail the second sheet on the rest of the way,,,, it was still sketchy up there.
anyway:
I decided to use the roof rafters to build the final part of the deck so I could get a firm count on the deck boards.
[read expensive plastic stuff I don't want to buy too many of]
I need 1 more 6' board and they only come in 8 or 16' lengths since I bought all they had on close-out and knew I'd be close.
oh well i'll do the stairs in them too and make the math work out.
I should have help tomorrow LOL but have no wood-cement-trim-deck material left for them to help with.
trip to the Valley tomorrow it is.
took a little time out and went over to the county fair today.
they have a short little parade and throw about 500 lbs. of candy, pencils, Frisbees, water , and popsicles out to the kids.
I was sitting back on the sidewalk and ended up getting pelted a couple of times with different stuff, like bit-O-honey, tootsie rolls, and otter pops.
the best part was when the fire Dept. got a call about 100 yds. into the start of things and just threw/dumped boxes of candy out the sides as they all rolled by at 40 MPH.
Don't normally do the flea market thing but,a good friend called so met him yesterday morning at "the county line flea".
Got a Schrade folder in the box for 7$ as a EDL ( every day loser) that is pretty durn nice,non descript little lock back.Also got two 6 packs,new in their own little mesh bag,Dove decoys. All mine are those confounded hard plastic kind that are absolutely obnoxious sounding carrying them in a bag over the shoulder.So these are featherflex soft kind,inside the day pack..... much more sophisticated,haha.5$
Speaking of packs..... I put a nice arse shoulder strap on an old fanny pack a week or so ago for hike in CB varmint control.Only complaint was the lack of chest strap..... well,sewed one on. Ordered off epay two,MTM plastic ammo "wallets" for 223.... 2 1/2 days later,they arrived,yesterday.
Got a Schrade folder in the box for 7$ as a EDL ( every day loser) that is pretty durn nice,non descript little lock back.Also got two 6 packs,new in their own little mesh bag,Dove decoys. All mine are those confounded hard plastic kind that are absolutely obnoxious sounding carrying them in a bag over the shoulder.So these are featherflex soft kind,inside the day pack..... much more sophisticated,haha.5$
Speaking of packs..... I put a nice arse shoulder strap on an old fanny pack a week or so ago for hike in CB varmint control.Only complaint was the lack of chest strap..... well,sewed one on. Ordered off epay two,MTM plastic ammo "wallets" for 223.... 2 1/2 days later,they arrived,yesterday.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Been working on the "foyer" (entrance way) in the house. Fitting a rail and panel type of thing like SWMBO wants. Not a single level spot or square corner in our 1880's farm house. Every move is measure, measure, measure, rough cut, measure some more 3 or 4 more times, cut, trial fit, trim with block plane and try it again and again until it's as close to right as I can get it. Fortunately it's a small area, but unfortunately I haven't done this type of thing in a couple decades and I was never real fast at it. Beats laying tile, but not by much. After the walls are done it's onto fitting a sliding door system for her closet and pantry doors that I'm half inventing in my head using stock parts I can get locally. She comes up with good ideas, but has no clue on the details of making them come together to work right. I'm still trying to get her to grasp that a finished 1x4 is 3/4"x 3 1/2"!