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July 3, 2006 Big!!

June 29, 2006 Concrete - a floor! Woo Hoo! That truck inside my barn always amazes me, that's when I finally believed the motorhome would fit in it. The stubbed off PVC runners actually come up through the floor in the NE corner of the barn. In 20 years, I've only used one (for (shhh) power...

June 29, 2006 Shingles done Starting to feel like a real building. We could hold picnics under this shelter!!

June 27, 2006 Roofing started! I don't think the 14' sidewall looked that high until standing in front of the it after the roof decking was on and looking up at it. The last view is from the corner of my property.

June 22-23, 2006 View from the basement door. The truck is setting in the 30'x40' 14' high main part of the barn. Probably polluting the drainage ditch from 40' away. The last photo is a detail of the buried part of the back/side wall. Predictions of early failure by some still have not been...

June 20 2006 Framing done, first trusses being placed, pretty good workk for a crew of two! I built the shed in '79 with help from the next door neighbor (we used his Allis Chalmers CA with a 12' 4x4 lashed to the front end loader to place the site built (by yours truly) trusses. It wasn't in...

June 20, 2006 This was the day that an employee from the Drain Commission stopped by. I was there and could tell something was up. Next arrival was from our township who was immediately in deep conversation with the Drain guy. I finally interrupted and asked what was up. The DC guy said we were...

June 15, 2006 This shows the back side, the depth was roughly 24" into the bank. Treated T&G lumber, tarred with styrofoam over that on the exterior (my idea, probably dumb). Only water issues I've ever had were from plugged eaves-trough. In the upper left you can see the "friendship bridge"...

June 15, 2006 I just dug out the receipts from the building supply.. This was a "package" 30'x40'x14' with a 16'x40' lean-to on the north side, blended into the roofline of the main structure (See second post for view of roofline). This gave me an internal set of posts which I planned on using...

June 14, 2006 Enter the rest of his heavy equipment - a retired Consumer's Energy boom truck with hydraulic powered auger and a detachable boom. It was not licensed, leaked hydraulic fluid by the buckets and must have run him at least 300 bucks. Lynn got his money's worth out of everything (he...

June 13-14, 2006 What he did with nothing more than that Bobcat Toyota was amazing (he'd swapped engines in it IIRC, probably worked to death). The Cub is mine ('74 129, I've owned it since '85, still working almost daily)

June 13 ,2006 My Builder, Lynn, was a local guy and his son (Rob iirc). He was recommended by my building supply company. He was small time, one job at a time, minimum equipment, (as you'll see) and willing to meet my needs. I was still working, my late wife (Sandy) took a lot of the pics, she...

June 6,2006 Getting ready! The Barn fund looked good, my better half said "good", my retirement was looking good (about a year away). It was time! More to come.....

Turning the Wayback machine today on to 2006. I finally have found some photo management software that seems to meet my needs (Tonfotos). Thought I'd start sharing pics from the build of my barn in 2006.. May 20, 2006 - Gonna be some changes..

Bob: Speaking of your TP Cruiser -

Had a dachshund who would go down to the last step when there was snow on the sidewalk and take a leak right there - it wasn't his feet but other parts of his undercarriage that were sensitive to the cold....

It's NOMFB, but I'm going to speak my thoughts anyways: be cautious in making large, serious decisions in the next few weeks. If there are things you feel must be done, seek council from a relative, close friend or maybe get legal opinion. In my situation, I was physically and mentally drained...

No pump jack experience; I have driven several shallow wells in Michigan and used a hand pump during testing, but not with a pump jack. Will be following this.

Mac - I am sorry to read of the loss you and your family are going through. The best personal advise I can offer is to take life one day at a time. This forum is a good place to be, you are among brothers and sisters with experience in losing a mate. We are here if you need us, just to listen or...

"anarcho-syndicalist" ? You are spending too much time reading and not enough time changing oil on the van or assessing German strut design..