Between 705 & 1200 SQ/FT "DaBarn"

[Bigdukaaa]

I brought home my companies Vermeer trencher to help out a neighbor tonight, He is having a pole barn put up and I ran a trench from his house to where the barn is going up for the electrical conduit, it is 270' from the house, I tried to talk him into putting the barn a little closer to the house but this is what he wanted? The company putting up the barn will now have power available to them.

I swear I had nothing to drink before I started

how much did you have after you started

 

[upndown]

When I was a boy growing up in Chicago my moms cousin bought a farm around New Buffalo. They didn't farm, just wanted to move out of the jungle. They gave garden plots to relatives, so we were up there at least a couple times per month. Beautiful place, heavily wooded with a nice creek. Loved playing at the dunes, fishing with my cousins dad. Hell I even learned to water ski up there.

 

[Giddyup]

Wow what a great barn.... I have just read all 21 pages, I am in awe. Thanks for posting this snap shot of your efforts.

I wish I had your luck finding vintage garage gear....

 

[ff4500]

All that and you didn't go to Redamak's? Hell, we had our rehearsal dinner there many moons ago.

 

[Bears Fan]

Having trenching equipment like that available, must make you a very popular guy on the block, lol!

Looks like you had a great get away! I love being near the Great Lakes. My wife and I where just up at her families place Door Co., on the Green Bay side, a week ago. Warm weather, fine dining, cooking out, enjoying the new beer huts on the lake, and of course shopping for the wife.

I think your future summer home there will require a matching Bears Cave, lol! Great photos!

Power Sedan

I do have to be careful on how much help I can give out or I would never get my own stuff done, it is nice working for a company that has all the heavy equipment available to do almost any job.

I do enjoy being at Lake Michigan, There is something relaxing about being around a body of water that large, the food and wine was a nice bonus.

That house I posted pictures of is probably out of my pay grade One of the coolest place I have seen, hell I couldn't afford to keep gas in the mini yacht parked out back!!!

how much did you have after you started

Bigdukaaa

Yeah the trench did not come out to straight I don't normally run the heavy equipment, I just do the service work for the company. The guys that run that equipment make it look easy...

When I was a boy growing up in Chicago my moms cousin bought a farm around New Buffalo. They didn't farm, just wanted to move out of the jungle. They gave garden plots to relatives, so we were up there at least a couple times per month. Beautiful place, heavily wooded with a nice creek. Loved playing at the dunes, fishing with my cousins dad. Hell I even learned to water ski up there.

upndown

It was a really good thing going up to New Buffalo to get away and relax, it was a awesome place to get away for the weekend!

Wow what a great barn.... I have just read all 21 pages, I am in awe. Thanks for posting this snap shot of your efforts.

I wish I had your luck finding vintage garage gear....

Giddyup

Thanks for going threw my thread and the complements! I do enjoy posting to The Garage Journal. I also enjoy searching for vintage items to display in DaBarn, My wife calls them treasures

All that and you didn't go to Redamak's? Hell, we had our rehearsal dinner there many moons ago.

ff4500

Thanks for checking in! The wife and I did go to Redamak's for lunch one day, they are famous for their hamburgers, If you ever get back up there try The Stray Dog Bar and Grill, another good place to eat in New Buffalo...

 

[ff4500]

"DaBarn"

Thanks for checking in! The wife and I did go to Redamak's for lunch one day, they are famous for their hamburgers, If you ever get back up there try The Stray Dog Bar and Grill, another good place to eat in New Buffalo...

Yeah. Been there a few times. We live about 15 minutes away from New Buffalo, so we end up there quite often.

 

[Bears Fan]

Not much going on around here tonight, But my neighbor Kevin and his sons came over and baled my hay. He did purchase a new 100 hp John Deere tractor and he loves it, he was looking at new hay balers too, but they are $40,000 so he is still using his 1962 New Holland, it is immaculately maintained and makes the smaller 60 pound bales so they are easy to handle. When he is done at the end of the day he pulls his tractor under a tree at his house and hand washes with soap and water, the cleanest farm equipment I have ever seen, He also restores vintage John Deere garden tractors...Me I was sitting on the porch sipping some wine I picked up from The Round Barn Winery in New Buffalo

 

[Bears Fan]

Spent the entire day prepping my propane tanks for primer, it was really hot so I broke out the canopy to try and get some shade. The one tank was a little rough and it took a ton of work to get it ready for primer, but the other one was in really good shape. I used a 4" extra coarse grade silicon carbide Scotch-Brite disc to remove some of the heavy rusted and flaky spots, then I used some 36 grit sandpaper on the rest of it, made for a long hot day! but I got two coats of primer on them, I used three quarts, now we are ready for some paint...I probably will not get to it till next week since Sunday is fathers Day!

Happy Fathers Day to all

 

[1/2 Cup]

BF, Your tanks look great, well done.

I trust your fathers day goes well.

 

[Bears Fan]

BF, Your tanks look great, well done.

I trust your fathers day goes well.

1/2 Cup

Thanks for checking in! The tanks ended up being quite a lot of work, but they turned out pretty good, Now I just need to get some paint on them. Its like a monkey has been lifted off my back just getting this far with them, I was tired off looking at them and was not looking forward to working on them...

 

[Bears Fan]

I had a great fathers day! Went and visited my dad and my father in law...When I got home I had a really cool surprise waiting for me from my son Cody, a bottle of Cabo Wabo Tequila (the good stuff), and my daughter Emily had toured the Dum Dums factory this week and for fathers day she bought me a whole box of root beer Dum Dums suckers (my favorite), at the tour they said they make 10 million Dum Dums a day or about 2.4 billion a year

 

[ctgoodman]

1/2 Cup

Thanks for checking in! The tanks ended up being quite a lot of work, but they turned out pretty good, Now I just need to get some paint on them. Its like a monkey has been lifted off my back just getting this far with them, I was tired off looking at them and was not looking forward to working on them...

Oh, wow... I have a 260 gallon tank and cringe when I call to have it filled. How much do those two tanks hold? How often you filling them?

 

[Bears Fan]

Oh, wow... I have a 260 gallon tank and cringe when I call to have it filled. How much do those two tanks hold? How often you filling them?

ctgoodman

Thanks for stopping by! The tanks are 500 gallons each, but you can only fill them up 80% of what they hold because of heat expansion, so I need 800 gallons at a time. If I wait till July to fill them up I get a summer fill discount, propane is always cheapest in July, Last July I got propane for .71 cents per gallon, and that is enough to last me the whole year. Unless we have a really cold, windy winter, I only need to fill them once a year...

 

[Bears Fan]

My overhead door on DaBarn faces due south, it doesn't happen to often but when we get a hard rain directly out of the south I get water that comes in underneath the door. Most of the time all our weather around here comes in from the northwest. I was trying to figure out how to stop it from running in under the door when I came across this door seal, so I ordered one to try. Its called Tsunami door seal made in the USA by Auto Care Products. It came with a caulk gun and a tube of liquid nails, it is appears to be made of some good quality rubber and was easy to install, Just cut it to length, lay it out and mark it where you want it to go, then lay down three beads of glue. Pretty simple...

 

[upndown]

Not a real big seller here in AZ.

 

[1/2 Cup]

BF, now that is something I really need to do in the Shed Downunder, my rollup has never sealed real well.

Regards

 

[Bears Fan]

Not a real big seller here in AZ.

upndown

Oh that's funny

BF, now that is something I really need to do in the Shed Downunder, my rollup has never sealed real well.

Regards

1/2 Cup

Yeah I hope it keeps the rain out now

 

[Bears Fan]

Got my propane tanks finished this weekend, got two coats of paint on, assembled the lines and valves and put on the tank lids. They turned out pretty good, but the pictures make them look better then they are, I got a bunch of dust, fuzz and bugs in the paint! but hey they are just propane tanks. I'm just glad to be done with the damn things

 

[eba3317]

Propane tanks look brand new! Great job!

 

[ryanp77]

I just found this thread this morning when I got to work so I spent part of my morning and most of my lunch going through it, what an amazing "DaBarn" keep up the good work

 

[Homebody]

That trench woulda taken 2 weeks at my place. Solid limestone 10" down.

Those tanks do look nice but I'd have to paint something on em to spice em up. Too vanilla...lol

 

[Bears Fan]

Propane tanks look brand new! Great job!

ebe3317

Thanks for checking in! The tanks did turn out fairly good, the old one that had the rust on it, has some pits in it that I could of filled in with some body filler and the paint has some dirt in it, but hey they are just tanks that sit outside...I only had to pay $250.00 for the rusted one and $350.00 for the one in better shape and they both had around 30% of propane left in them, not to bad considering reconditioned ones in this area are going for around $1,000.00...

I just found this thread this morning when I got to work so I spent part of my morning and most of my lunch going through it, what an amazing "DaBarn" keep up the good work

ryanp77

Thanks for checking out my barn and the complements! My yard and my barn are my hobbies, I enjoy working out there and posting it on The Garage Journal...

That trench woulda taken 2 weeks at my place. Solid limestone 10" down.

Those tanks do look nice but I'd have to paint something on em to spice em up. Too vanilla...lol

Homebody

Yeah the dirt around here is pretty good I only hit a few small rocks, I made my neighbor Ron really happy. He asked what he owed me and I told him nothing, But paybacks are a *****

My wife is thinking the same thing you are, she would like to do something else on the tanks too, I do have a friend that has a lettering shop that could print some vinyl decals out...any suggestions?

 

[Bears Fan]

Homebody
A coworker was just playing around with photoshop and added this to the tank

 

[1/2 Cup]

BF, that adds a nice touch.

 

[Bears Fan]

BF, that adds a nice touch.

1/2 Cup

Having some fun with Photoshop, How about this one

 

[upndown]

DaBarns got my vote.

 

[Power Sedan]

DaBarn

DO IT!

 

[PugetDude]

ebe3317My wife is thinking the same thing you are, she would like to do something else on the tanks too, I do have a friend that has a lettering shop that could print some vinyl decals out...any suggestions?

Hmmmm...

 

[1/2 Cup]

1/2 Cup

Having some fun with Photoshop, How about this one

BF, it has to be a winner.

How about a compromise, one side DaBarn and the other the GJ..


Nice touch..

 

[Grumblebum]

And your orange and blue pin stipe on the ends ???

 

[Bears Fan]

Hmmmm...

PugetDude
This one is for you My wife would probably move out of the house

 

[Bears Fan]

DaBarns got my vote.

DaBarn

DO IT!

BF, it has to be a winner.

How about a compromise, one side DaBarn and the other the GJ..


Nice touch..

And your orange and blue pin stipe on the ends ???

Thanks for all the comments on the tank! I will probably leave them alone for now, I do like Grumblebum's idea of a few classy stripes on the ends...I better leave Photoshop alone too or I'm going to get in trouble It is fun tho

 

[Bears Fan]

After finishing up my propane tanks last week, I decided to start a new project in DaBarn (something a little more fun than propane tanks). About four years ago I was at a auction and I bought a old dual parking meter, then about two years ago I picked up a Duncan parking meter fine box off Ebay, Well last week I was on Craigslist and found a pedestal grinder base that a local man was selling, So I picked it up, finally! now that I have all the pieces for my new project, I'm going to bring my idea together, A piece of Americana to display in DaBarn...


Here are the two main items

Here is the base that I will use for the display, It had a piece of 1 1/2" pipe welded on it, I cut that off and picked up a piece of 2" pipe for it...

The base after cutting off the old pipe, the man I bought it from said it was part of a John Deere tractor axle...

This thing is so heavy, I was curious so I got the bathroom scales out and weighted it, The base alone is 96 pounds, I will not have to worry about this thing tipping over

Got the new 2" pipe leveled and welded on...

I had to cut the taper off the end of the meter so I could mount it inside the new 2" pipe...

Then I made a bracket to fit inside the 2" pipe and welded a nut to the bottom side of it...

I tacked it into place and made sure it was straight and welded it into place...

Now I can mount the parking meter onto the pipe with a bolt down threw the parking meter coin box...

Got it all together and I'm really happy with the way it turned out, this thing is solid as a rock, I don't thing a hurricane could blow this thing away...

I need to figure out a replacement lock for it this week since it was destroyed, I had to drill it out, then I can tear it down and start the prep for some paint...

 

[jon72vega]

Cool idea with the parking meter!

 

[1/2 Cup]

Sweet, BF.

The base really suits the meters, well done.

Regards

 

[Bears Fan]

Cool idea with the parking meter!

jon04

Thanks for the visit! I'm real happy with how the parking meter is going, had some of the pieces for along time and just glad they are finally coming together

Sweet, BF.

The base really suits the meters, well done.

Regards

1/2 Cup

Thanks Cup! I'm really excited this thing is finally coming together, I got lucky on this base and all the pieces to this project...One of those projects that just works out? The base is a beast weighing in at 96 pounds

 

[Bears Fan]

Went to Home Depot today and picked up a lock for the parking meter, they are advertised as file cabinet locks, They just happen to work out perfect for old vending machines, I have used several of these in the past for my vintage candy machines, they come in a veriety of sizes and I got lucky and picked one up that fit almost perfect in the parking meter, I only had to do a little modification to it to make it work Not original equipment, but the originals are impossible to find and these are a cheap alternative, only costing $5.00...

 

[Bears Fan]

While researching online the Dual parking meter I'm restoring, I found these old ads for it, I thought they were cool enough to post them up!

 

[Bears Fan]

I haven't posted for a couple of weeks, I was working on the parking meter stand and got distracted when I picked up a new vintage Sun Peanut Machine from a old basement earlier last week, So i decided to just work on it, I was real excited on how it turned out...I'm posting some before and after pictures of the progress on the peanut machine as I went along...The salt from the peanuts really did a number on the inside of this machine over the years.

Old vs New

Got the machine tore down and all the pieces sandblasted and repainted, then I polished all the remaining parts, the only part I needed to replace was the lock, I had to drill it out as I didn't have the original key, I did find a new replacement for it on Ebay...

Now for the fun part, reassembling it

I painted it with some left over turquoise paint I had from doing the zombie stick for the wife, I really like this color and it turned out great for this vintage peanut machine. The cork gasket was totally shot so I picked up a roll of cork from Hobby Lobby (my wife's favorite store) and cut two new gaskets for the top and bottom, this is what the glass sits on so its not sitting directly on the metal...

Here is a picture of the company's logo on the top of the machine.

Here it is all finished, I'm just waiting on a 5 cent decal I ordered for the front of the machine, now I will get started on the stand for it, I picked it up a few years back and it has been in storage just waiting for this machine

 

[Sunbimmer]

That is great stuff you got going on there, oh and my vote for "DaBarn" on the tanks