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DM
09-11-2009, 04:05 PM
Digging sand,

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And moving it, one bucket load at a time,

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Then packing it in!

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DM
Deberosa
09-11-2009, 06:35 PM
Oh wow! I really really want a tractor again! We have a half acre that the neighbor came and went over with the ripper but it is now piles of loose sod that we have to get off before we can cover crop it. Wonderful soil, but still lots of work. Could be done in a morning with a PTO tiller.

Still shopping...

Thanks for the pictures!

Debbie
Deberosa
09-11-2009, 06:36 PM
By the way - what are you going to do with all that sand and is it there naturally? Other than a REALLY big kitty box! ;-)
Anon001
09-12-2009, 09:43 AM
Debbie,

I wondered if maybe he was just bored and moving sand to stay busy....lol

....or to get out of doing some "honey do's"! LOL

he says, "Sorry, honey... gotta get all this sand moved so that I can move it back."
stilltryinat50
09-12-2009, 10:16 AM
With the markers in place, it kinda looks to me like a pad for new construction of some sort. A shed/workshop maybe?

Deb
DM
09-15-2009, 07:35 PM
I managed to get a couple more hours in moving sand,

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And, with all the sand in place, i once again used my tractor to "pack it", one more time.

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I'll let this "pad" sit a while, before giving it it's final "leveling", adding more sand where needed... :)

DM
MooseToo
09-17-2009, 11:24 AM
next comes waterproof enclosure walls, water, and voila - the first mud rasslin pit in town -
DM
09-17-2009, 03:37 PM
OK guys, it's time to saw out some lumber to go over my "new build". lol I even found myself a "helper", to make my day more productive than usual!

So, i got started by loading a really nice white pine, a friend gave me,

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Boy, this was a nice log, and i didn't need it as long as it was, so i chainsawed off the crooked end, and milled this log into 2x12's, as i need headers!

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Next log on the mill, was a soft maple,

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And this log became 2x6's for the rafters i'll need!

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DM
09-17-2009, 03:38 PM
With those two logs out of the way, it was time to get started on a pile of old red pine logs, that my neighbor gave me. These logs came out of a powerline, that the utility guys sawed out. So, i started loading them TWO at a time, and got to sawing,

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Some of them i milled into 5/4 x 4" lumber,

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And some of the better ones,

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I sawed into 2x6's,

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DM
09-17-2009, 03:40 PM
I split some of the logs, and then lay all the pieces on the bunks, to saw out, four 5/4 x 4" boards at a time,

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Until we FINALLY ended up with a nice pile of "construction" lumber,

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As i have time, i still will have to "saw out" more lumber, so stay tuned!

DM
cinok
09-18-2009, 02:46 AM
I am jealous he has more toys then me
DM
09-24-2009, 08:47 PM
Today i hired two of my nephues to help me get the post in, lucky for them i have a post hole auger for my tractor... lol So, all they had to do is make the bottom of the hole a bit bigger for the cement post pad.

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The auger makes a nice 12" hole, here's what the hole looks like with a cement post pad in the bottom for the post to sit on,

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I used 4x6 PT post, 10' on center, so the back wall is 30' long.

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With the back wall post in place and braced, we got started on the front three post,

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Until we had all seven post in place,
DM
09-24-2009, 08:48 PM
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So, i cut some 2x12's that i milled last week, to length.

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And we got started nailing them up on the back wall, for the back wall header.

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Until we had them all in place,

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DM
09-24-2009, 08:49 PM
Then i cut some 2x6's to length that i also milled last week, for side and front braceing.

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Next i'll have to cut those front post to length, build the header to go over the 26' door opening, and get more sand in place to level the floor, but that's not going to happen for at least a few days yet!

DM
Deberosa
09-25-2009, 04:00 AM
Thanks for the pictures! It's great to see how something like that goes together and that's a "new" tractor in those pics drilling that hole too!

I see you put two vertical boards at the top of the posts and then attached the header to it. Are they fastened with bolts or nails? That must be going to be one huge header board to span 26 feet!

Thanks again!

Debbie
DM
09-25-2009, 07:40 PM
Thanks for the pictures! It's great to see how something like that goes together and that's a "new" tractor in those pics drilling that hole too!

I see you put two vertical boards at the top of the posts and then attached the header to it. Are they fastened with bolts or nails? That must be going to be one huge header board to span 26 feet!

Thanks again!

Debbie

Hi Deb,

That tractor may be new to you, but i bought it nearly 25 years ago, and it's been a GREAT tractor! :)

As for the vertical boards. They are nailed up with pole barn spikes made for treated lumber. I put them up to get more nailing surface to the header, as there's a joint at each pole, and also i wanted that header up as high as possible, to get MAX pitch in the roof.

As for the header over the big door, i'll get it built as soon as i can find the time, and i'll take some picts. as i build it!

Glad you like the picts.... :)

DM
DM
10-01-2009, 04:02 PM
Well, today i went back to my friends house for more logs, as she had more white pine taken down, and asked if i would come get them, and make sure they go to good use! As i need more lumber for my building project, her timeing was perfect!! Anyway, i had stopped over there the other day, and saw that there was at least 7 saw logs, so for this trip i took my wagon that's rated for 10 ton MAX loads.

So, i got the tractor and wagon ready, and headed out for the 11 mile drive, and as it was a pretty nice day, i didn't mind the drive at all...

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Once there, i started loading logs,

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Some 3 at a time,

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A couple of these logs are pretty big!

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DM
10-01-2009, 04:03 PM
This bad boy at 34" in diameter, was a full load for my tractor/loader!

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And kept after loading the trailor,

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Until i had it all loaded,

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And on the way home, i could feel just how heavy that load was, as my tractor would slow down on the hills... lol

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Well, that's it for this "sawmill shed" update!

DM
Deberosa
10-01-2009, 05:23 PM
What great pictures! Thank you so much I really like to watch the progress. I can see the back tires of your tractor were a bit off the ground when you lifted that big log!

Thanks again for taking the time to document your progress. It takes alot of extra work to get such great pictures of the progress!

Debbie
Deberosa
10-29-2009, 04:48 PM
How is your building coming along?
DM
10-29-2009, 06:15 PM
Hi Deb,

I need to saw out more pine lumber for the build, but i had "other" logs to mill first, so it may be a bit before i get back to it...

I "thought" i'd get some of it milled today, but other things came up, and i only managed to get "one" log milled, and i milled that into blocking to stack lumber on...

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DM
Deberosa
10-30-2009, 04:07 PM
Didn't want to miss any of this story!
DM
11-09-2009, 04:39 PM
I needed some 2x4's for my sawmill shed build, so today i "finally" got to milling some out. Here's a few white pine logs i milled today, that i had set aside just for this purpose,

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First i took the slabs off, and then i milled each log, getting the "cants" down to where i could mill them down the center. Then flipping them "up" and side by side, so i could mill off two 2x4's with each pass,

http://www.fototime.com/70A3ED55BAC36E2/orig.jpg

And, here's the 2x2's, 2x4's and even a few 2x6's that i milled today...

http://www.fototime.com/F3ACADDD8172FD5/orig.jpg

Now, i need to find some time to nail that lumber up!!

DM