Waiting on a whitetail...
It's been a busy day, I'm glad to be out. Gotta restock the venison supply! 
It's been a busy day, I'm glad to be out. Gotta restock the venison supply! 
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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View attachment 1211230View attachment 1211231It's been a busy day, I'm glad to be out. Gotta restock the venison supply!
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Thank you!Hope you get a nice one
But it's not leaning on the wall. If I recall, it uses a half truss (which, yes, is using the shared wall as support). I might see if it was just a rafter, but even then, it shares a roofline and sheathing, so it would not be fully leaning on the wall. Maybe that makes my barn two lean to's leaning against each other since it's a clear span with no trusses at all.
But hey, you can call the outside bay Sally if you want to. 
You can even call your future expansion lean to lean to a lean² (trademark pending). I do hear people refer to open horse pasture sheds with a slanted roof as a lean to, and they don't lean on anything! I guess some people are just more liberal than me (in their interpretation of what defines a lean to that is.) 
I agree that it is a darn nice barn, whatever it's called.
Being dry and warm today required that I fire up the OWB. I think the new self- loading feature is going to work great! It seems the wood just can't wait to be used.
Why does it have windows ?
depends in what you consider a lean-to. By definition it's just a structure that rests against another building or wall. Doesn't really matter if it's rafters or a half truss so long as it's hung off the side of the load bearing wall.But it's not leaning on the wall. If I recall, it uses a half truss (which, yes, is using the shared wall as support). I might see if it was just a rafter, but even then, it shares a roofline and sheathing, so it would not be fully leaning on the wall. Maybe that makes my barn two lean to's leaning against each other since it's a clear span with no trusses at all.
I agree that it is a darn nice barn, whatever it's called.
Temps got down into the 30s at the cabin this WE, so the wood stove was lightly used, but that insulated upstairs gets hot fast, even with a window open.
To transport the gravel, we built a ramp out of whatever was available. Remember, we are off the grid, so my HF generator made all the power. Started on the first pull!
The concrete is under the tarp, and after moving the gravel we built a platform for the concrete mixer and dumped it right in.
My water capture system worked flawlessly, as we needed more water than was in one barrel for this project! Weather was beautiful on Saturday, but it rained very hard Sunday morning (before daylight), then started again after noon time (for the rest of the day). The only good thing about that is it filled the water barrels again! Reminder, I transfer the water from barrel 1 to barrel 2 with an $18 HF pump that is powered by my DeWalt 20V drill. Works perfectly and does the whole barrel is less than 10 minutes.
You see Matt's helper in picture #2!
To transport the gravel, we built a ramp out of whatever was available. Remember, we are off the grid, so my HF generator made all the power. Started on the first pull!
The concrete is under the tarp, and after moving the gravel we built a platform for the concrete mixer and dumped it right in.
My water capture system worked flawlessly, as we needed more water than was in one barrel for this project! Weather was beautiful on Saturday, but it rained very hard Sunday morning (before daylight), then started again after noon time (for the rest of the day). The only good thing about that is it filled the water barrels again! Reminder, I transfer the water from barrel 1 to barrel 2 with an $18 HF pump that is powered by my DeWalt 20V drill. Works perfectly and does the whole barrel is less than 10 minutes.
You see Matt's helper in picture #2!
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We also enjoyed our new "beautiful view" that the logger did at my request. This is visible from the second floor of the cabin and from ground level 50 yds in front of the cabin.
We cut a few more trees to improve it a little more, but every time you do that there are a few more behind them that you also want to cut. It is not easy to do. I know the mountains in the West are far taller, but some of our slopes get just as steep, and the terrain is very rugged. You have to be very careful when descending with a saw, even if it is not running.
Hate ruining good "future lumber" but it is only a small portion of my trees, and open areas are good for game.
Unfortunately, the pictures do not do justice to the nice fall colors that were out there.
We cut a few more trees to improve it a little more, but every time you do that there are a few more behind them that you also want to cut. It is not easy to do. I know the mountains in the West are far taller, but some of our slopes get just as steep, and the terrain is very rugged. You have to be very careful when descending with a saw, even if it is not running.
Hate ruining good "future lumber" but it is only a small portion of my trees, and open areas are good for game.
Unfortunately, the pictures do not do justice to the nice fall colors that were out there.
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And that there are the definitions we agree on. The upper end of a lean to roof abuts into the wall. Nobody would walk up to Brett's barn and say it is main building with two lean to's. But call it whatever you want. Just makes me laugh.
Water barrel, take water to my camper at work every other week.
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Given the consequences of going unchecked, I’ll take the liquid **** every few years instead of colon cancerWhat about the bowl prep? Did you enjoy that?
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Some pics I took of the weekend projects
I need to bring more gravel to finish the patio
I need to bring more gravel to finish the patio
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Have had the woodstove lit for two days now . Rainy cool and damp
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Built my first fire today. The girls wore me down lol.
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