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| From 2012-12-17 |
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Latest Obsession
I've found my latest obsession.....Cordwood construction! I'm going to build one of these at the prop for storing the generator and other stuff. More updates to come.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Moving the Carport
I was finally able to get a Saturday to work at the prop for the first time in a couple months. As a result, I went overboard and worked myself to a frazzle.
My first project of the day was to prop up the header on the 4-wheeler shed. It's been hanging ever since we bought the place and I finally got sick of it and decided to fix it.
I was kind of hesitant to put a post in the middle of the entry, but the quads seem to have enough clearance on either side and it'll give me a great spot to latch doors to.
I had an old, treated 4x4 that has been sitting around for about year, so I thought it would be the perfect chance to put it to use.
While I was waiting for the cement to dry, I decided to finally tackle the major project of moving the carport. When I originally set it up, I'd always considered it to be temporary. We just had nowhere else to put it and I really needed to somewhere to put the gear, to get it out of the weather.
It wouldn't have been the end of the world to leave it there, but since we decided to leave the camping area where it is for now, it made sense to move the carport to where I'm going to put the pole barn. Plus, it didn't look real pretty sitting there in the middle of our camping area.
The shot below shows how it looked right after I disassembled it. Time to load it on the trailer now, ugh, why did I start this project?
I've been working hard for the last year to clear out an area to put a pole barn and the carport. Relocating the carport was phase four in executing the plan, with phase 1 being finding a site, phase 2 - clearing it, and phase 3- laying down some gravel.
The pic below shows the ribs being set up and the base being leveled.
The boys were busy with their airsoft war, so I ended up doing most of it myself. It turned out to be a lot more work than expected and I was pretty worn out by the end of the day.
It was nice to not be rushed though, and to be able to take my time and do it right. The first setup was hurried and I ended up making a lot of mistakes. This time I'll be able to put anchors down and put screws in all the support posts as well as spending a lot more time leveling it.
We were out at the prop during a big rainstorm last week. It's always interesting to be there in a big storm and I was happy to see my water collection system was working exactly as planned. I'm sure the goats were happy too, to have fresh rainwater and a nice warm barn to shelter in.
My first project of the day was to prop up the header on the 4-wheeler shed. It's been hanging ever since we bought the place and I finally got sick of it and decided to fix it.
I was kind of hesitant to put a post in the middle of the entry, but the quads seem to have enough clearance on either side and it'll give me a great spot to latch doors to.
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| From 2012-12-17 |
I had an old, treated 4x4 that has been sitting around for about year, so I thought it would be the perfect chance to put it to use.
 |
| From 2012-12-17 |
While I was waiting for the cement to dry, I decided to finally tackle the major project of moving the carport. When I originally set it up, I'd always considered it to be temporary. We just had nowhere else to put it and I really needed to somewhere to put the gear, to get it out of the weather.
It wouldn't have been the end of the world to leave it there, but since we decided to leave the camping area where it is for now, it made sense to move the carport to where I'm going to put the pole barn. Plus, it didn't look real pretty sitting there in the middle of our camping area.
The shot below shows how it looked right after I disassembled it. Time to load it on the trailer now, ugh, why did I start this project?
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| From 2012-12-17 |
I've been working hard for the last year to clear out an area to put a pole barn and the carport. Relocating the carport was phase four in executing the plan, with phase 1 being finding a site, phase 2 - clearing it, and phase 3- laying down some gravel.
The pic below shows the ribs being set up and the base being leveled.
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| From 2012-12-17 |
The boys were busy with their airsoft war, so I ended up doing most of it myself. It turned out to be a lot more work than expected and I was pretty worn out by the end of the day.
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| From 2012-12-17 |
It was nice to not be rushed though, and to be able to take my time and do it right. The first setup was hurried and I ended up making a lot of mistakes. This time I'll be able to put anchors down and put screws in all the support posts as well as spending a lot more time leveling it.
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| From 2012-12-17 |
We were out at the prop during a big rainstorm last week. It's always interesting to be there in a big storm and I was happy to see my water collection system was working exactly as planned. I'm sure the goats were happy too, to have fresh rainwater and a nice warm barn to shelter in.
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