I ran a jackhammer for a day once and it was much easier on the body than I expected. I would go that route. Or hire a young man with a big sledge (be sure to have very good eye and face protection and hang blankets over nearby windows).
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Says he was last here 1/3/24. Hope all is well.
That is what I said to my younger brother when he told me about them.Where are the feathers?
I love it
I've done my share of rock busting when I was in my late 20's when we rebuilt a 24 foot long wall under the inlaws barn. The wall was caving inwards from ground frost. We couldn't get a machine under the barn to put the rocks back up on the wall. One of my older brother's and I went to work making them manageable with a 15 pound sledgehammer. We made them small enough to be able to lift up on the wall. My FIL and I rebuilt the wall using concrete and crushed sand mix along with the rocks. That was a long project that lasted a few months due to my working full time.
My neighbor would love that.
Good morning guys.
We had rain last night and temps in the high 20's overnight. Surprisingly roads were good.
Busy day here. Work then I am cooking team dinner for the girls basketball team. Each parent is responsible for cooking one team dinner a year. Cast iron may be used. Meatballs, marinara. grilled chickenm, homemade alfredo, salad, and pasta will be served.
Have a great day.
We had rain last night and temps in the high 20's overnight. Surprisingly roads were good.
Busy day here. Work then I am cooking team dinner for the girls basketball team. Each parent is responsible for cooking one team dinner a year. Cast iron may be used. Meatballs, marinara. grilled chickenm, homemade alfredo, salad, and pasta will be served.
Have a great day.
WoodAbuser
aka WoodchuckAbuser
WoodAbuser
aka WoodchuckAbuser
Are they cast iron.
How many of you guessed I would ask that?
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Yeah the little corners of concrete like to shear off and fly at light speed!
No silly.Are they cast iron.
Here's an old piece of cast iron we had over at the farm. That house dates back to 1735 - 1750 era depending on who you talk to. I believe it is a muffin pan but not sure. It is encrusted heavily with dried hard black gunk. I chipped it off gently from one of the ends. (Update) Google informed me that it is an 1800's vintage corn muffin pan
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I'm ecstatic with the mileage. If I took the trailer I'd have to charge more than a cord is selling for around here, not worth it. But, if I take a load on the PU every time I go up, I could stock up enough to have 10 cord for next year, plus what I get local.
The pulls on the old kitchen cabinet? I actually looked while I was up there to see who made it, but didn't write it down. I'll get it next time. Years ago I had a big Hoosier Cabinet and all of the hinges and latches had a big "H" on them. I think a search of kitchen cabinet pulls will find some similar?
My Vet friend had an animal clinic. She bought the Heat pump in 2018, used it half a year and retired and sold the clinic in 2019. It's a GE. My building is 12X40 and it keeps it toasty. We had it on 68 when we went to bed and it was too warm. Set it down to 65 and was very comfortable. Went down to 40 at night and the emergency heat didn't kick on. All walls and ceiling are R13.
Mark, I skid whole trees with my F150 in 4X4. I use 17,000 pound test Bull Rope. Don't let people stand anywhere near the rope, I have popped a couple of them. I have a 6' step ladder that I use to wrap a chain around another tree as high as I can reach, to hang a snatch block. Make sure that tree is in a straight line with the lay of the log. I have several snatch blocks, if I need to zig zag the log out. Pull it up to the first tree, back up a little for slack, open the snatch block and flip the rope out. The ropes I've broken were always wrapped, half a turn, around a tree because I didn't have my snatch blocks. The bark is too much resistance. These trees I pulled up to the trailer in one piece, then cut them 8' to load. They weren't all that big. My friend got us this side job for $500 a day to remove them from the peoples woods. A tornado touched down and cut a path through their property. We got 4 or 5 loads out each and Covid hit, and they stopped us. Never called back?
I guess I could have . This area was about 1/2 mile from the house in the woods no road just navigated through the trees and brush Was years before I added thisMark, I skid whole trees with my F150 in 4X4. I use 17,000 pound test Bull Rope. Don't let people stand anywhere near the rope, I have popped a couple of them. I have a 6' step ladder that I use to wrap a chain around another tree as high as I can reach, to hang a snatch block. Make sure that tree is in a straight line with the lay of the log. I have several snatch blocks, if I need to zig zag the log out. Pull it up to the first tree, back up a little for slack, open the snatch block and flip the rope out. The ropes I've broken were always wrapped, half a turn, around a tree because I didn't have my snatch blocks. The bark is too much resistance. These trees I pulled up to the trailer in one piece, then cut them 8' to load. They weren't all that big. My friend got us this side job for $500 a day to remove them from the peoples woods. A tornado touched down and cut a path through their property. We got 4 or 5 loads out each and Covid hit, and they stopped us. Never called back?
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Not terrible really. Not like it was an atlas copco air hammer. Had a little Honda engine on it. Worked well. Think it had adapters for driving a few different posts as well. Neat little thing.
Video link would not transfer from a Facebook post, but you get the idea.
Might be a good activity for GTGs?
Philbert
Might be a good activity for GTGs?
Philbert
