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Winter is right around the corner. I plow snow with a 97 full size Chevy K3500 pickup and an 8.2 Boss V plow. The truck is kept in a heated garage. When I get done plowing, there are times it takes close to an hour to melt and squeegee the resulting water into a drain. If I let the snow melt...

Matt, Probably no gutters. We have a bit of a problem with the ground elevation in the front being too high. With the lay of the land, it is hard to get the elevation lower without changing the driveway height. Right now we are planning to dig a trench about 18" wide and a foot or so deep in...

Well, its been over a month since anything exciting has happened on the barn. Looking at our schedule, and hoping to actually use it this summer, we decided to pay the contractor to build the basic deck. Took them half a day.. Already had our official "First beer initiation" night. :beer...

Well, my contractor called today and said he would not be coming back... ......They are done!!!! :rocker: Yesterday working on the shingles... Today working on the shingles... Thankfully , all they had to finish was ridge cap. Dedication!! ..that and the lift goes back tomorrow...

Nice offer! I'm in NW IL. Where are you? I do have a couple of leads on some flooring.. some already out and for sale(dont know the price yet). Another guy dismantles old barns for the salvage rights. He has flooring and some square lime foundation stone I'd like to have for a retaining wall...

LOL.... Yep, we kept all of the old barn wood, altho some of it is in pieces. Our plans are to build a new wall and keep the cow stanchions in about the front 1/3 of the barn. This portion will get finished with the old exterioir barn boards. There will be a new stairway to the haymow. The...

>>>>>>>>>>>>THE STEEL IS DONE!!!! :) <<<<<<<<<<<<<< After two days of not working because of wind, they were able to get back at it today! Picture from a couple years ago. Here is where they started exactlly ONE month ago!.. Today....East and South (front) sides,all finished, trim...

btw, ...after 2 days of wind and no work, the contractor is planning to start the roof repair on the barn tomorrow. He hopes to be completely done with his portion of the work by the middle of next week!

"Quite Aware" LOL ....Here's one of my other toys ... a 37 Chevy. It is housed in what my 5 year old grandson calls "Grampa's Hot Rod Garage". Until this day last spring, he had only seen the car thru a window. It hadnt been driven in over 4 years. I had the overhead door opened and he...

You do know - you CAN have more than one toy! lol . What are you actually looking for? I am currently looking for a 67 or 68 shorty 4x4 for a future project. I do have a 70 short 4x4 basket case in another barn of ours. Originally from AZ. Will change front clip if needed! :D

"Just" a plain jane.. lol. NICE!! ..the avitar looked like a split bumper. I used to have a Hugger Orange 70. I am still stuck in the 70's myself.. my 72 4x4, 355, 700od, 3:73's.. my daily summer driver.. (getting the itch to get it out) My other "construction project"... 70 LS5 ...

Work continued today. :) She has come a long way in a few weeks. pic of back wall a couple years ago.... Today, same wall...they started hanging steel on the back wall. Slow going every piece needs to be cut. Got white corner trim on one front corner. West wall almost done.. Hope to...

Sounds good! LOL ....btw, is that a 70 rs in your avitar?

We will have a barn warming party....or two..or three :lol: .. Only problem I see is -after paying for this, is finding enough money to buy the beer. lol ...Might have to be a BYOB party... :beer2:

They got quite a bit of work done today, considering the wind was blowing 35-45mph by mid day. Got the house wrap on (looks like I was to the end of a lot of rolls lol ) , all but the 3 upper windows set, and all the aluminum soffit and facia on! Plans are for a 14" x 9" deck outside the...