Above 1200 Sq/FT building my BIG PARTY garage

[rmalkow2]

Awesome picking trip and some great treasures brought home for your display. Taking all back roads is my favorite kind of trip as well. More opportunity to see real America that way than on the turnpike or interstate.

 

[Grizz1963]

Just awesome trip and finds.

 

[don long]

That is one large vise! Looks like some pretty cool scenery...Can't wait to see what you picked up for The Big Party Garage

B.F.

I think that vice is as big as I've seen. The welding tank cap is a good reference point for the size. Due to the scenery the driving was very enjoyable. I still have a few pickin pieces to post. Enjoy, and thanks for checking in

Don,
Glad to see you out and enjoying the holiday.

Dwight

Thanks Dwight

It was certainly different than the past turkey days with a large family around. Hope yours was a good one.

Don looks like a great trip. The pole shed for the mill is coming along great. I got to see the Indian cliff caves when I was out there in 96 but not enough time to pick plus I flew. Some great pictures also. Did you buy the mill?

Bobby

Good to hear that your shed is coming along. Seeing that saw mill up close sure made me think of how much work goes with them.
no I didn't buy it. There were 2 of them in a mining camp. One works with a huge hit and miss motor and I have seen it cutting logs the other is powered by this monster (not sure what it is)

IMG_1952 by don long, on Flickr

It's always nice to have you drop in.

Don: thanks again for working my wife and I into yours and Ann's schedule. we really enjoyed our time with you and would love to stop by again if it's in the cards.

I wish i was closer so i could go on some of those picking trips and i'm guessing Ann likes them maybe as much or more than you do. also wish i was able to help you build that WESTERN TOWN you are talking about and have in your plans.

great looking big REED and was it bigger than your Wilton? i like the older REED vises a bit more than the ones with those type of jaws and huge name on the side, but i certainly would make an offer to buy that one if it wasn't being used. here's the big Reed that might be a similar size that i have sitting inside my storage unit in case i need to use a big vise there.

your PARTY GARAGE was more fun than UNIVERSAL STUDIOS that we visited the day before and of course meeting you and Ann in person while you showed us around was amazing.

THANKS AGAIN!!

Yes "D" it's a biggin

Ann and I look forward to your return for sure. As I can now call you "FRIEND" I'm happy that you enjoyed the garage and the time shared.

Awesome picking trip and some great treasures brought home for your display. Taking all back roads is my favorite kind of trip as well. More opportunity to see real America that way than on the turnpike or interstate.

rmalkow

You are right. There is a lot out there to see. It's up to us to find it. (and the treasures)

Just awesome trip and finds.

Thanks Grizz

 

[oldironfarmer]

Monster vise and monster engine.

That wasn't a blower on top was it? Just wondering if it could be an early Detroit Diesel.

Thanks for the pictures. Looks like you had a great time.

 

[IMCA38]

Here are some closeups of a few of the treasures.


We gathered lots of nice cans of all different kinds along with this nice small cabinet of drawers

IMG_1981 by don long, on Flickr[/QUOTE]

Nice cabinet!

 

[don long]

Monster vise and monster engine.

That wasn't a blower on top was it? Just wondering if it could be an early Detroit Diesel.

Thanks for the pictures. Looks like you had a great time.

Thanks Andy

I don't think the motor had a blower on it.
I thought of you when I picked up this can

IMG_1991 by don long, on Flickr

Here are some closeups of a few of the treasures.


We gathered lots of nice cans of all different kinds along with this nice small cabinet of drawers

IMG_1981 by don long, on Flickr

Nice cabinet![/QUOTE]

YAh 38
I thought the same thing, couldn't leave it behind. It will sit in the speed shop window.

Thanks to all who visit my thread

Don

 

[jbmatth]

Don,
Your trip looked very enjoyable and I'm sure it was a relaxing weekend. Nice to get to see some of your latest finds and pictures.
JB

 

[drivesitfar]

Don: if you get tired of that sunshine and 80 degree weather maybe a road trip up my way with your trailer and i'll see if i can load you up with some supplies and STUFF.

had you been to that rusty gold farm or business in the past or was it just a find on your trip that you just stopped at? i bet meeting some folks on the road and picking through their stuff can be a lot of work, but a lot of fun.

i know you'll find good spots for all of that stuff and after visiting your place i've got a better vision on how I'll GET ORGANIZED.

cheers

 

[don long]

Don,
Your trip looked very enjoyable and I'm sure it was a relaxing weekend. Nice to get to see some of your latest finds and pictures.
JB

Yes it was JB

We left Wednesday afternoon and spent Wed. and Thursday at the river where I sat on my but and put together a Jigsaw puzzle before heading out on the road.
It's nice to hear that you are enjoying what I post Thanks.

Don: if you get tired of that sunshine and 80 degree weather maybe a road trip up my way with your trailer and i'll see if i can load you up with some supplies and STUFF.

Big"D"
If I strapped a trailer to my truck and headed north It would be full before I got there lol

had you been to that rusty gold farm or business in the past or was it just a find on your trip that you just stopped at? i bet meeting some folks on the road and picking through their stuff can be a lot of work, but a lot of fun.

Yes I've been there before. The place is in the mining town of Jerome Az.
It's more of a museum than a mine with great rusty gold.

i know you'll find good spots for all of that stuff and after visiting your place i've got a better vision on how I'll GET ORGANIZED.

I've been rearranging the place all day trying to find places for all the new stuff

cheers

 

[56vette461]

Welcome home Don.

Glad you and Ann were able to get some road time over the holiday. Ruth and I got home from San Diego and got so busy with family stuff I didn't get a chance to say thanks for my annual tour of the party garage.

While I was in the Escondido area I ran across a winery that has a fairly nice collection of 40"s, 50's and 60's american made convertibles. But what caught my fancy was an original 56 corvette peddle car with the stick shift. I almost had to call you for bail money or a place to hide because the guy wouldn't sell it. Maybe next year.

Stay safe and best wishes for Christmas and the holiday season. Tell your bride hi for us.

 

[DynoDave]

I have a Sinclair 5 gal bucket like this one but 2 is always better than 1

IMG_1978 by don long, on Flickr

I commented on the jack in the vintage jack thread...but that Sinclair 5 gallon...I have one just like it. Are you leaving it as-is, or restoring it?

 

[drivesitfar]

Don: hope you are enjoying your weekend. are you?

i just got an Iphone so maybe I can figure out how to use it and have some face time calls until we meet again? made my first face time call to my son in California yesterday and i didn't know it was so easy to do. WOW i might start using my phone again cause i almost stopped when i retired as a Realtor 10 years ago when my cell phone bills had about 5,000 minutes per month on my old flip phones (I sort of used the UNLIMITED USE FEATURE ).

is that the same Sinclair can like the one you own that you showed me up on the shelf that you really liked? Are you ready to find and restore more stuff now that you might have found places for all those cool things you found on your picking trip?

raining and 50's so maybe if you can't drive a trailer up here empty and keep it that way until you get there maybe it's time for me to make a road trip full to your place and pick up a full trailer load on the way back?

cheers

 

[don long]

Sorry for the delay in responding
I've been bed riden for the past week with a strained back.
I'm getting back to normal again so work goes on.

Welcome home Don.

Glad you and Ann were able to get some road time over the holiday. Ruth and I got home from San Diego and got so busy with family stuff I didn't get a chance to say thanks for my annual tour of the party garage.

While I was in the Escondido area I ran across a winery that has a fairly nice collection of 40"s, 50's and 60's american made convertibles. But what caught my fancy was an original 56 corvette peddle car with the stick shift. I almost had to call you for bail money or a place to hide because the guy wouldn't sell it. Maybe next year.

Stay safe and best wishes for Christmas and the holiday season. Tell your bride hi for us.

Al
I enjoyed your visit last month. It was nice to catch up.
I don't think I've seen a vintage corvette pedal car before. you could have hid out here if you needed to cause I'd like to see the little car myself. lol

I commented on the jack in the vintage jack thread...but that Sinclair 5 gallon...I have one just like it. Are you leaving it as-is, or restoring it?

Hi Dave
The Sinclair can is my second one. The first is in better shape than this one so I can put a custom paint job on it and put it in my Sinclair gas station.
I found one early on during my last road trip but my offer was not taken (no sale) So I was very pleased to find this one (same road trip) for 1/2 the price I offered on the first one.

Don: hope you are enjoying your weekend. are you?

No I didn't (laid up in my bed)

i just got an Iphone so maybe I can figure out how to use it and have some face time calls until we meet again? made my first face time call to my son in California yesterday and i didn't know it was so easy to do. WOW i might start using my phone again cause i almost stopped when i retired as a Realtor 10 years ago when my cell phone bills had about 5,000 minutes per month on my old flip phones (I sort of used the UNLIMITED USE FEATURE ).

I'll have to investigate that . Sounds like fun.

is that the same Sinclair can like the one you own that you showed me up on the shelf that you really liked? Are you ready to find and restore more stuff now that you might have found places for all those cool things you found on your picking trip?

Yah Big "D" Same kind of can.
I need to stop finding projects to work on and start finishing up some of the ones I've already go. LOL I did get all those treasures put into the party garage waiting for me to spiff up

raining and 50's so maybe if you can't drive a trailer up here empty and keep it that way until you get there maybe it's time for me to make a road trip full to your place and pick up a full trailer load on the way back?

cheers

Drives It's the chase that is the real fun part about collecting. If I headed your way I would drive my truck and rent a trailer in WA. then we could go fill it together before I headed home (Better plan)

Thanks for the visit

Don

 

[DynoDave]

Hi Dave
The Sinclair can is my second one. The first is in better shape than this one so I can put a custom paint job on it and put it in my Sinclair gas station.
I found one early on during my last road trip but my offer was not taken (no sale) So I was very pleased to find this one (same road trip) for 1/2 the price I offered on the first one.

I hope you have a chance to document a little of that process here. I bought my in an antique store 20 some years ago in Kentucky. The dealer had started to "restore" it, which consisted of a too shiny, not the proper shade green paint job, and a shaky job of trying to hand letter the name, with paint too thinned out for the job.

It needs to be redone.

 

[drivesitfar]

Don: i've got an even better idea for the ROAD TRIP cause i'm thinking of buying an aluminum trailer and i bet you could drive up and buy one too so you could have that to take home full of goodies from the PNW. it's a joy to use an aluminum trailer if you haven't yet cause the 5x10 i'm going to buy weighs less than 500 pounds. A Uhaul one way might cost about half of what a new aluminum trailer would cost and i bet you'd love owning one.

We'll talk about that as we maybe get closer to this happening, but in the meantime i hear you on the bad or sore back and here's what i just wrote on Bobby's thread cause he was complaining about his too.

might I suggest buying and using an inversion table made by Teeter ups and hanging 5 minutes a day to give your back some relief? i've had mine for almost 10 years now and haven't taken an advil for back issues since using it. it's not a perfect cure for a bad or sore back, but i've had many friends and clients even cancel back surgery after using it. also my 85 year old mom was taking pain pills and had an MRI for her sore back and all the Dr. offered was a shot so she came over to my place every day for a week and was off the pills and after a month she hasn't been back to just hang and that was almost 3 years ago now. sometimes you just need to stretch out what gravity and all the work we do does to our old bodies.

i'll also invite you to join our GET HEALTHY thread cause i know you'd like to lose a few pounds that will also help with back pain and we don't just eat tuna fish or DIET FOOD. here's the link and please stop in and post even if you just want to just help us while you listen and learn a few things.

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=298568

i'm like you because i love good food and portion control is what we both need. my bride mentioned that those avocados you gave us were maybe the best she's ever eaten when we ate them at my son's house a few days later. I love guacamole and maybe you do too.

back to your garage and the cool things you picked up and placed in their new homes. any pics?

cheers

 

[don long]

I hope you have a chance to document a little of that process here. I bought my in an antique store 20 some years ago in Kentucky. The dealer had started to "restore" it, which consisted of a too shiny, not the proper shade green paint job, and a shaky job of trying to hand letter the name, with paint too thinned out for the job.

It needs to be redone.

Dave

Do you have any experience or the skills to restore things?
I don't know when but for sure it will be reconed some time and I'll post about it when it happens. I will be working on several cans needing help later this month.

Don: i've got an even better idea for the ROAD TRIP cause i'm thinking of buying an aluminum trailer and i bet you could drive up and buy one too so you could have that to take home full of goodies from the PNW. it's a joy to use an aluminum trailer if you haven't yet cause the 5x10 i'm going to buy weighs less than 500 pounds. A Uhaul one way might cost about half of what a new aluminum trailer would cost and i bet you'd love owning one.

We'll talk about that as we maybe get closer to this happening, but in the meantime i hear you on the bad or sore back and here's what i just wrote on Bobby's thread cause he was complaining about his too.

might I suggest buying and using an inversion table made by Teeter ups and hanging 5 minutes a day to give your back some relief? i've had mine for almost 10 years now and haven't taken an advil for back issues since using it. it's not a perfect cure for a bad or sore back, but i've had many friends and clients even cancel back surgery after using it. also my 85 year old mom was taking pain pills and had an MRI for her sore back and all the Dr. offered was a shot so she came over to my place every day for a week and was off the pills and after a month she hasn't been back to just hang and that was almost 3 years ago now. sometimes you just need to stretch out what gravity and all the work we do does to our old bodies.

i'll also invite you to join our GET HEALTHY thread cause i know you'd like to lose a few pounds that will also help with back pain and we don't just eat tuna fish or DIET FOOD. here's the link and please stop in and post even if you just want to just help us while you listen and learn a few things.

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=298568

i'm like you because i love good food and portion control is what we both need. my bride mentioned that those avocados you gave us were maybe the best she's ever eaten when we ate them at my son's house a few days later. I love guacamole and maybe you do too.

back to your garage and the cool things you picked up and placed in their new homes. any pics?

cheers

Drives
You are pushing pretty hard for a road trip. I'm starting to consider it next spring then one to the mid west in the summer if I still have room for more stuff lol

I have a box of avocados ready to ship so send me a pm with where you would like to pick them up

Yes we could all shed a few pounds before Christmas.

 

[don long]

Doing 3 things at once is common place around here.
My wifes B. day was last week and she wanted a shed to store her linens for the party garage "SO" That's my #1 priority so this weekend I prepared a pad and poured 3 yards of cement

THE place before

IMG_6876 by don long, on Flickr

The pad

IMG_2070 by don long, on Flickr

The slab

IMG_2072 by don long, on Flickr

Tonight I'm ready to start framing

IMG_2073 by don long, on Flickr

 

[oldironfarmer]

Glad your back is better!

Wife wants a shed.

Bam! - level a place

Pow! - pour a slab

Wham! - frame it up



We'd love to see you actually take a road trip to the flyover states! There's not very much there, you know, so it won't take much time.

Sure hope that becomes a reality!

 

[shortykorte]

Larry’s Linen Emporium-we’re always 3 sheets in the wind.
I know California loves its taxes so how much does an out building affect property taxes?


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[drivesitfar]

Don: not pushing just HINTING AWFUL HARD to get you to drive up to your old stomping grounds in the PNW.

OMG you've been busy. so how many yards of cement and did you just have your guy do it or do you have a local cement contractor on retainer?

if you might need a little cedar here's what i was doing yesterday. first of 2 3 hour drives to the mill to pick up my decking and fencing projects next spring and summer.

good luck on the framing and i'm guessing it will be done tomorrow?

thanks for the avocados and i'm sure we'll love it. I sent you a text and if you'd like our guacamole recipe just ask that i've been using for maybe over 40 years. i have to warn you though it isn't low calories, but it's pretty tasty on chips and almost any Mexican dish.

cheers and hope your back is feeling a bit better.

 

[Zippercat]

thanks for the avocados and i'm sure we'll love it. I sent you a text and if you'd like our guacamole recipe just ask that i've been using for maybe over 40 years. i have to warn you though it isn't low calories, but it's pretty tasty on chips and almost any Mexican dish.

Hey, please excuse the interruption but, if you’re willing to share, I’m sure many of us would like your guacamole recipe! Who doesn’t like good food in/around the garage?

 

[drivesitfar]

Zip: i'll put together the guacamole recipe and post it here if Don asks or it will be on the GET HEALTHY THREAD and here's the link in case you want to check it out. some of the guys on that thread gain weight, lose weight, quit smoking, quit drinking (some lurkers probably start drinking, smoking or gaining weight reading all our posts) and it's a good thread to maybe learn something or teach what you know.

here's the link: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=298568

stop in and make your guacamole recipe request over there if you don't see it soon. i love guacamole on homemade quesadillas and tacos BTW.

cheers

 

[don long]

Glad your back is better!

Wife wants a shed.

Bam! - level a place

Pow! - pour a slab

Wham! - frame it up



We'd love to see you actually take a road trip to the flyover states! There's not very much there, you know, so it won't take much time.

Sure hope that becomes a reality!

Well Andy

You know how it is. When (SWMBO) asks one must jump into action.

The road trip I hope to make reality and I'm looking forward to it.
Thanks for the invite

Larry’s Linen Emporium-we’re always 3 sheets in the wind.
I know California loves its taxes so how much does an out building affect property taxes?
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Shorty

The old saying goes (what they don't know won't hurt um)

Don: not pushing just HINTING AWFUL HARD to get you to drive up to your old stomping grounds in the PNW.

OMG you've been busy. so how many yards of cement and did you just have your guy do it or do you have a local cement contractor on retainer?

if you might need a little cedar here's what i was doing yesterday. first of 2 3 hour drives to the mill to pick up my decking and fencing projects next spring and summer.

good luck on the framing and i'm guessing it will be done tomorrow?

thanks for the avocados and i'm sure we'll love it. I sent you a text and if you'd like our guacamole recipe just ask that i've been using for maybe over 40 years. i have to warn you though it isn't low calories, but it's pretty tasty on chips and almost any Mexican dish.

cheers and hope your back is feeling a bit better.

Drives

You know me No Contractors here.
I hauled the mud myself with a one yard mixer from the local rental yard.
5 miles away It took 3 trips while I drove my helper spread it out.
After the last trip we worked together to finish the slab.
And yes we frame it today.

Got the text and your package will be sent today.
You can share your recipe here if you like. We all love guacamole.

 

[don long]

This is all the farther in managed to get today. 3 walls sheeted and one truss built.

IMG_2081 by don long, on Flickr

IMG_2089 by don long, on Flickr

 

[DynoDave]

Dave

Do you have any experience or the skills to restore things?
I don't know when but for sure it will be reconed some time and I'll post about it when it happens. I will be working on several cans needing help later this month.

Not sure how to answer that. Perhaps? I have some skills, but am no expert, and have no experience with a project of that type. Mien isn't worth much...pitted, painted wrong, etc. So I don't feel like there's a lot to lose for trying.

Reconing? As in replacing the cone top on the can?

 

[drivesitfar]

Don: only 3 walls and a cool looking truss today?

I like it and keep up the good work since it doesn't look like you are just supervising your helper as you stand on top of your lift.

how did you bolt down the sole plates or did you just use a Ramset and nail them?

thanks for the box of Avocados and here's the guacamole recipe you might already have something similar to.

Driveitfar’s guacamole recipe

1) Cut 3 Avocados in have, de pit and scoop out into a large bowl and mash into a paste
2) Dice 3 good size tomatoes and put them and juice in bowl with avocados
3) Dice ½ onion (Walla Walla sweet is my personal favorite) and put in bowl
4) Dice a clove of garlic and put in bowl
5) Squeeze a lemon or lime into bowl (no seeds please)
6) La Victoria salsa bravo maybe 1/3 of a bottle or if you have a favorite hot sauce use it (more or less depending on the way you like it)
7) Salt and pepper to your taste
Sometimes I add a cup of shredded chedder cheese to the bowl and mix it in if we’re eating with plain chips, but not with nachos.
This usually feeds 3 hungry people with a bag of tortilla chips or if you have leftover which is rare at our house I squeeze a lemon on top of the guacamole after its in a container to keep it from turning brown and it usually lasts for another day maybe 2.
Lots of options for eating this even between a couple slices of good bread sort of like egg salad and you’ll figure out the calories or how often you like it.

cheers and enjoy and let me know if you like it!!

 

[don long]

Drives.
I will use the ramset to secure the shed to the ground but not for another week or two. I want the cement to cure a while longer.
I do use my helper on these project. He does most of the lifting, carrying and fetching so I don't have to climb up and down all day

I'll share the recipe with Ann Thanks

Don

 

[don long]

Not sure how to answer that. Perhaps? I have some skills, but am no expert, and have no experience with a project of that type. Mien isn't worth much...pitted, painted wrong, etc. So I don't feel like there's a lot to lose for trying.

Reconing? As in replacing the cone top on the can?

Dave
It's very easy to Recon (Recondition) a can Just sandblast it and put putty over the pits and prime it then choose a color you like and rattle can spray it.

 

[drivesitfar]

Don: while a Ramset might do the job if you have a hammer drill i'll add a handful of cement bolts to the box i'm sending you that might work better. I think i have some that are 6 to 8 inches long i can send you if you don't have some in your inventory and want to use them. nice looking shed and hope the aches and pains go away.

http://www.fastenersplus.com/5-8-x-...MIwp3S7JD41wIVjvhkCh2P6gS-EAQYASABEgKHyfD_BwE

speaking of aches and pains i have a few this morning myself and my hip was throbbing (surprisingly not my back) so i took a couple Aleeve and i'm good to go to start another day. i usually took advil for muscle aches and almost by the handful years ago, but since i bought and started using my inversion table i haven't needed Advil for back pain.

I hope your friends out near the coast are ok with all the fires and wind going on. no more fires in close to you is there?

cheers

 

[oldironfarmer]

I want to reinforce that my invitation is genuinely sincere! I look forward to finalizing plans.

 

[don long]

Don: while a Ramset might do the job if you have a hammer drill i'll add a handful of cement bolts to the box i'm sending you that might work better. I think i have some that are 6 to 8 inches long i can send you if you don't have some in your inventory and want to use them. nice looking shed and hope the aches and pains go away.

http://www.fastenersplus.com/5-8-x-...MIwp3S7JD41wIVjvhkCh2P6gS-EAQYASABEgKHyfD_BwE

speaking of aches and pains i have a few this morning myself and my hip was throbbing (surprisingly not my back) so i took a couple Aleeve and i'm good to go to start another day. i usually took advil for muscle aches and almost by the handful years ago, but since i bought and started using my inversion table i haven't needed Advil for back pain.

I hope your friends out near the coast are ok with all the fires and wind going on. no more fires in close to you is there?

cheers

Drives
I have a hammer drill ,cement bits and red heads in the shop.
hadn't considered them before. Always just shot the sil plate to the ground with the ramset.
Always use the red heads on securing equipment to the ground.

I have a bottle of Aleeve and Advil on my bathroom sink just in case I need help!!! Don't know which one works best lol

I want to reinforce that my invitation is genuinely sincere! I look forward to finalizing plans.

I respect that Andy

I do most of my planning by the seat of my pants but would truly enjoy a road trip out your way. I'll make it happen this spring!!

Don

 

[don long]

I fought the roof pattern on the shed most of yesterday afternoon. I went to bed last night thinking I needed to find a company that would build my trusses for me. When I woke up this morning I had created a plan in my head how build them my self. So I took on the task. I've decided that I could build the roof on the ground and by using my fork lift and a set of extensions for my forks I could lift the assembled roof and set it on the shed and with my manlift I could secure the roof to the top of the walls.
And this is how far I got with that plan tonight

IMG_2101 by don long, on Flickr

 

[1949 caddyman]

Good idea, easier to work on the ground!

 

[drivesitfar]

Don: your truss build on the ground looks AWESOME and did it go up on the new building's walls like you thought it would?

yep I know you probably won't get a lot of wind blowing over your shed if you put a few ramset nails in the bottom plate, but 2 to 4 red heads (cement bolts) in the floor plate for each wall would be a lot better since it sounds like you have them available.

crossing my fingers your area doesn't get any of these awful fires that are devastating your Southern California neighbors. OMG this year with the flooding in Houston, the hurricanes in the Carribean and Florida and the fires in California are really testing our good old American resolve.

keep up the great work and i'll check back in again tomorrow or soon. sorry i didn't get your voicemail sooner cause still trying to figure out my new phone, but i did send you a text last night that might answer your question.

cheers

 

[don long]

Good idea, easier to work on the ground!

Much!! Caddyman
I'm getting too old not to work smarter lol

Don: your truss build on the ground looks AWESOME and did it go up on the new building's walls like you thought it would?

yep I know you probably won't get a lot of wind blowing over your shed if you put a few ramset nails in the bottom plate, but 2 to 4 red heads (cement bolts) in the floor plate for each wall would be a lot better since it sounds like you have them available.

crossing my fingers your area doesn't get any of these awful fires that are devastating your Southern California neighbors. OMG this year with the flooding in Houston, the hurricanes in the Carribean and Florida and the fires in California are really testing our good old American resolve.

keep up the great work and i'll check back in again tomorrow or soon. sorry i didn't get your voicemail sooner cause still trying to figure out my new phone, but i did send you a text last night that might answer your question.

cheers

Hi Drives

NO the roof didn't get lifted up today.
I did get it sheeted then the man lift ran out of juice so I plugged it in.
Went over to the fork lift and rehurt my back climbing on it. I started it anyway but only got about 10 Feet before it ran out of fuel so I hobbled into the house and called it a day (before lunch)

The last fire burned all the fuel on the mountains so it is very unlikely that we will see another fire here for a while.

I agree that Mother nature is on a rampage this year.

I got your message on the anvils Thank you

Don

 

[drivesitfar]

Don: i'm not sure if Teeter Ups inversion tables are less expensive online or at Costco cause Costco only gets a few each year to sell (or they used to only get 10,000 per year) or check Craigslist and i'm sure you'll find an almost brand new one being used as a clothes rack.

only issue to look for other than condition is the side supports can sometimes get bent and are the weakest part of their design. if you find a good deal on a nice one that has bent supports i'm sure you can make better ones to upgrade it.

anyway start slow and maybe don't go fully upside down at the start until your head and body get used to hanging. don't hang more than 5 minutes per day and i bet you and Ann will love using yours. i play suduko when i'm upside down or I read GJ threads on my cell phone. i moved this pile of wet cedar to my backyard the last few days and even though my back was talking to me i'll just hang and move more today without taking any pills.

nice work on the shed and hope you feel better. also happy to hear you are out of mother nature's wrath this time.

cheers

 

[BaronVonVVankel]

The last fire burned all the fuel on the mountains so it is very unlikely that we will see another fire here for a while. I agree that Mother nature is on a rampage this year.

LA burns and theyve got Snow in Laredo Tx!! Crazy!

Lets hope youre right about the low fire risk where you are, the footage we are getting on the tv is horrific.

 

[don long]

Don:
nice work on the shed and hope you feel better. also happy to hear you are out of mother nature's wrath this time.

cheers

Thanks Drives

I'm good enough today. Don't need any more fire scares this year.

LA burns and theyve got Snow in Laredo Tx!! Crazy!

Lets hope youre right about the low fire risk where you are, the footage we are getting on the tv is horrific.

Hi Baron
Thanks for checkin in today.
It seems like all of So. Cal is on fire but it's not. The TV shots are unbelievable and I feel bad for those who are in the fires path.

 

[don long]

I had to get my driveway cleared so my wife could go shopping so I managed to get the fork lift moving again and lift the roof up on the shed.

IMG_2108 by don long, on Flickr

IMG_2107 by don long, on Flickr

IMG_2109 by don long, on Flickr

IMG_2110 by don long, on Flickr


Looking back I see things I would do different but it's coming together.
I need the man lift inside to finish off the trusses so I can't build the front wall yet

 

[shortykorte]

Thursday I was looking at a site that showed all the fire locations. I’m glad they mostly north and west of you. It’s sad that a lot of folks won’t be having the Christmas they had planned.
On the shed, with that high ceiling you could call it Shorty’s shed. Take care of that back.


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