ak diesel driver
6.5 driver
One of the things you guys in warmer climes need to realize is that you can never have too much covered storage. That's why Simon's shop looks crowded. Anything he doesn't want ruined has to stay under cover.
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Now a worst farm shop tread
- Thread starter bison
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trouttrooper
Big Blocks ROCK!!!
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My lot is so small an aerial shot of my place would be almost nothing but rooftops and tarps.
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My lot is so small an aerial shot of my place would be almost nothing but rooftops and tarps.
ROFL! That there is a statement I can relate to!
Marauderer
Grumpy Old Cur***geon
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My lot is so small an aerial shot of my place would be almost nothing but rooftops and tarps.
Mine would be similar except for the county I live in and it is the burbs and not rural. Muttermuttermumblemumble!!!
x2 me too very nice!! :thumbsup:
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Shipshape Barry, shipshape. Absolutely no offense taken. My shop(s) have to have everything where it should be or when I need something right freaking now I'll go nuts. Anyone who farms part time like I did for years knows that the more time it takes you to fix something is less time for field work and you DO NOT have the extra time! You have to go to your regular job so you can waste the money :mad2: farming part time...Oh, come on Mike, admit it.
bison
Well-Known Member
AK is right,if i dont keep it under heated cover it'll be all rusted up,under snow and ice or grown in in grass and weeds.
The shop is getting too narrow and low for what i need.I spend a huge amount of time there,rebuilding,repairing and fabricating my own equipment and whatever my neighbors drag in the yard to get done.1/2 the stuff i fix wont fit trough the door and needs fixing outside.
Not too enjoyable in subzero or rainy wheater to say the least:nonod:
What the pics dont show is that the ceiling is about to cave in,the insulation in the walls are riddled with mice and squirel nests and full of holes and the footing is rotted away.
Sure, i can go get a loan and build new,but aint to keen on going deeper in the hole i'm trying to climb out.
But it beats doing without
The shop is getting too narrow and low for what i need.I spend a huge amount of time there,rebuilding,repairing and fabricating my own equipment and whatever my neighbors drag in the yard to get done.1/2 the stuff i fix wont fit trough the door and needs fixing outside.
Not too enjoyable in subzero or rainy wheater to say the least:nonod:
What the pics dont show is that the ceiling is about to cave in,the insulation in the walls are riddled with mice and squirel nests and full of holes and the footing is rotted away.
Sure, i can go get a loan and build new,but aint to keen on going deeper in the hole i'm trying to climb out.
But it beats doing without
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I have made a number of friends in the same (shop) boat as you Bison. If they needed to use my shop for a repair in bad weather it was all theirs as long as it went back to it's neat normal self when they were done. Most times I was more than willing to lend my mechanical/fab skills and materials to help them get back to work. I knew they would return the favor if I ever needed help.
You keep cats around your shop? They sure keep the mice down by me.
You keep cats around your shop? They sure keep the mice down by me.
bison
Well-Known Member
I used to farm fulltime(stupid beef) and work parttime to make ends meet,wich never did anyway.Shipshape Barry, shipshape. Absolutely no offense taken. My shop(s) have to have everything where it should be or when I need something right freaking now I'll go nuts. Anyone who farms part time like I did for years knows that the more time it takes you to fix something is less time for field work and you DO NOT have the extra time! You have to go to your regular job so you can waste the money :mad2: farming part time...
now i farm parttime,still same acreage(bison,best thing since sliced bread) and have plenty time to fix and fabricate to my harts desire.The ends finally meet with a little room to spare.
I hate cleaning up,thats obvious:smile5: But i know where everything hides(more or less
)One often find things he thought he did'nt have:thumbsup:IMO cleaning up takes just as much time as fixing,thats when a dirtfloor comes in handy):h
bison
Well-Known Member
I found i always pulled the short stick helping neighbors using my shop to fix their own,missing tools,using supplies(bolts,nuts ,welding rods etc)without replacing them.Only "favors" in return where the use of pieces of equipment that i had to fix first before it could be used.:rolleyes5:
Cats somehow dont like my cute little mices,they want processed food.When I tell them no,go catch mice,they bugger off to the neighbors:rolleyes5:
bison
Well-Known Member
Thats the beauty of living out in the bush.
I can build where,what and how ever i want,sure, the county want me to buy a permit,but i never even bother.
ak diesel driver
6.5 driver
Here's a pic of what I have to work in right now. At least until I get moved into the house. 16x30 plus it has my standby genset inside too. I had to open the door to get this pic. Put new ball joints on the pass side and tie rod ends on both sides. I had to roll the front of the truck sideways with a floor jack to get enough room to work on one side then roll it back to work on the other
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When I was a young man I had a smaller garage than that. Old house I bought with a garage built for a Model T or A. Had to struggle to get anything done in there! Cold winter weather I would work outside with an old truck tarp stretched between the garage and the side of the car or truck to block the wind and every so often I'd warm my hands on an old 2 pot kerosene stove I had inside with a pan of hot chocolate sitting on top.
ak diesel driver
6.5 driver
well it -15 here now pretty hard to work without gloves very long.
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Windy and -5 here this morning. Cuts right through ya. Going through alot of wood to keep the shop above freezing. I always wanted to do one of those wood burning furnaces in there but didn't have the 1200 bucks or so for it.
bison
Well-Known Member
somehow i dont feel so bad now
ak diesel driver
6.5 driver
Ahh yes but it is warm. Nice little woodstove that if I'm not careful will cook me out.
Marauderer
Grumpy Old Cur***geon
Wow, you guys have some cold weather. I am feeling the 24*F here in the Atlanta area this morning and I feel like a woosy. This is a heat wave compared to what some of you have.
Since we are on I remember. I remember laying in the snow removing the starter out of my car, repairing it, and reinstalling it. I didn't have any garage and that really cost me a serious case of pneumonia.
Since we are on I remember. I remember laying in the snow removing the starter out of my car, repairing it, and reinstalling it. I didn't have any garage and that really cost me a serious case of pneumonia.
bison
Well-Known Member
If being in the cold would cause a pneumonia,i would be sick all winter long.:smile5:
Its a virus causing that.
Marauderer
Grumpy Old Cur***geon
I think not being warm and laying in the snow exhausted my body and made it susceptible to the virus.
The virus is always there. It is the bodies immune system that keeps the body from letting the virus get in control.
Anyway, I survived to get pneumonia again.
The virus is always there. It is the bodies immune system that keeps the body from letting the virus get in control.
Anyway, I survived to get pneumonia again.