Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Delivered another cord this morning, and the customer is happy with the wood. She also wants me to take down two dead Ash trees for her, they are on a steep hill above her house. Luckily, both can be dropped in safe directions. Never hurts to score some addl work!
And best of all, I was given permission to hunt the property. It is in a high end area of horse farms and estates, lots of deer, but a tough place to find permission to hunt. I'm stoked!
On the home front, too much going on! The garden has been producing beans, broccoli and tomatoes on a regular basis. I installed a new sliding door off the deck, but the trim inside & out needs to be reworked. We are replacing the old Formica counter tops with granite on Monday, and the well has been erratic, so that is also going deeper on Monday, a big expense, but I figured it was coming so I planned for it. We are currently down 605', So I will have them go to at least 1,000 and see how things are. Two neighbors have very good wells between 1,000 & 1,200 ft, another scored well at 600 ft, but another one had to go 1,600 to hit. Very expensive to go that deep. Most drillers don't like to go past 1,000, and won't go past 1,200.
Keep your fingers crossed for me, this ain't gonna be cheap and there is no guarantee of success!
My son in law started rehab today to help recover from his heart attack, and things seem to be going as well as could be expected on that front.
I get a yield like this from the garden every two days. The Plumb tomatoes are near endless, and the Beefstakes have been yielding recently also.
And best of all, I was given permission to hunt the property. It is in a high end area of horse farms and estates, lots of deer, but a tough place to find permission to hunt. I'm stoked!
On the home front, too much going on! The garden has been producing beans, broccoli and tomatoes on a regular basis. I installed a new sliding door off the deck, but the trim inside & out needs to be reworked. We are replacing the old Formica counter tops with granite on Monday, and the well has been erratic, so that is also going deeper on Monday, a big expense, but I figured it was coming so I planned for it. We are currently down 605', So I will have them go to at least 1,000 and see how things are. Two neighbors have very good wells between 1,000 & 1,200 ft, another scored well at 600 ft, but another one had to go 1,600 to hit. Very expensive to go that deep. Most drillers don't like to go past 1,000, and won't go past 1,200.
Keep your fingers crossed for me, this ain't gonna be cheap and there is no guarantee of success!
My son in law started rehab today to help recover from his heart attack, and things seem to be going as well as could be expected on that front.
I get a yield like this from the garden every two days. The Plumb tomatoes are near endless, and the Beefstakes have been yielding recently also.
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1000'! Does the water taste like rice? That's almost to china!
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Good luck with the well Mike! Hopefully my well keeps behaving. I signed a contract last night to have a new heat pump put in. The air handler from 1979 and the outside compressor unit from 1989 probably need replaced before they leave me high and dry. They still work just fine but I feel like I am flirting with disaster every year.
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Reminds me of an old spaghetti western, "The good, the bad, and the ugly". Us firewood hacks know when it piles up high we have overload springs. Steady as she goes and don't jerk too hard or you'll break a chain.
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Spent some time playing at work today. I brought home a few more skids.
USMC615
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You got way too many toys Cantoo...ya gotta stop at some point...
...I should say way too many 'envious' toys. Ya got it going on bro. Good deal.
Did some cutting and splitting today for our church. They sponsored the local national guard school for kids that are working on staying in school. Good kids the 6 I had were hard workers by the end of the day and took some short breaks to talk about life and the important stuff. Some photos are from halfway through and the pile we ended up with. Was approx 12'x10'x4' so a good amount.
OK, if anyone watched "Counting Cars" tonight, you saw the Blue 440 Road Runner Convertible and the Purple 440 Coronet Convertible that were done for Bruce and his wife Jennifer (from NY).
The project I worked on last Fri with my brother is to enlarge their garage to accommodate those cars! I will be working with my brother again next week when we pour the floor (did the footings last time). It is a difficult to access site, and we had to wheelbarrow some of the concrete for the footings.
The project I worked on last Fri with my brother is to enlarge their garage to accommodate those cars! I will be working with my brother again next week when we pour the floor (did the footings last time). It is a difficult to access site, and we had to wheelbarrow some of the concrete for the footings.
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All kinds of cars around here the past week or so.....the dream cruise on woodward was today
Chris, that cropped pic of your saw in your avatar almost looks like a knife in a sheath, cool looking!
USMC615
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Nice, my man.
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you can scrounge the fence row but it comes with problems mowed a bank owned property today has not been mowed all year and i though i would scrounge on the property for any wood. all i found was this and they were not happy with me.
Doesn't matter what you're driving, when you find a nest like that, you can't get away fast enough!
That's a monster! I took down a youth basketball sized one from my eave yesterday.
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Yikes!
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