Above 1200 Sq/FT Shorty's Shed

[cbacres]

Hey Shorty, thanx for stopping by on Thursday. was great to meet you, I thought that table would never be more than a dog house but it looks like you have other plans....

My heeler keeps looking around for her shelter!

Did you check Shortys truck before he left?

 

[harley jim]

I've seen some rust in my day, but that some rust right there

 

[cbacres]

I've seen some rust in my day, but that some rust right there

It’s a southern thing Jim.

 

[harley jim]

 

[shortykorte]

Pa said a little elbow grease goes a long way. Boy does it. Wa-la!!!

Ready for service.

Elbow grease was the 5 minutes to find this picture online. mine won’t be as nice but it will be functional. Due to the rust, I will downgrade capacity from 2200# to #500.

 

[shortykorte]

Hey Shorty, thanx for stopping by on Thursday. was great to meet you, I thought that table would never be more than a dog house but it looks like you have other plans....

Thank you for the tour. Enjoyed talking with you and hopefully visit again.

 

[Chrisb62]

Pa said a little elbow grease goes a long way. Boy does it. Wa-la!!!

Ready for service.

Elbow grease was the 5 minutes to find this picture online. mine won’t be as nice but it will be functional. Due to the rust, I will downgrade capacity from 2200# to #500.

You can replace some of the rust with new metal and with your welding skills ummmmm..........never mind.

 

[cbacres]

Shorty, from my quick once over, I think once you scape the rust off, you’ll find it to be fairly sound.

You could scrape and wire brush it, coat with Ospho.


I would drill a hole through the pipe legs to check wall thickness, worst case you might have to replace those, at least thatd keep you out of trouble from a collapse.

I’m having flashbacks to the large object that had you pinned to your shop floor.

Have fun with it, look forward to what you do with it.

 

[cbacres]

You can replace some of the rust with new metal and with your welding skills ummmmm..........never mind.

Is this his JB Welding skill you speak of?

 

[xtremek]

Dang Shorty, they're harsh on you.

 

[Chrisb62]

Dang Shorty, they're harsh on you.

Actually no we are not ..... We just treat him like the OLDER brother that he is.

 

[shortykorte]

Dang Shorty, they're harsh on you.

Yes they are. They’re just jealous of my shoes.

 

[cbacres]

Yes they are. They’re just jealous of my shoes.

Your sock and sandle combo? Not hardly

 

[racer-john]

...just to get you back on page one.

 

[Chrisb62]

You sure that is a good idea ?!?!

 

[shortykorte]

Cold dreary day makes for a day of lumberjacking.
No blood, imagine that.
Free lumber, must pick up.

 

[xtremek]

Cold? Buffalo is cold, Strouty is cold, we're a little chilly here, you're tepid at worst. No blood shed?!?!?! What are we going to do for this weeks safety meeting?

 

[rmack898]

He's a lumberjack and he's OK...................

 

[zanyad]

He's a lumberjack and he's OK...................

Sleeps all night an' 'e works all day! *





* allegedly

 

[Toolfool]

I don't want to know any more .

 

[PugetDude]

I don't want to know any more .

Too late, John.

 

[Chrisb62]

Sleeps all night an' 'e works all day! *





* allegedly

We are NOT talking about Shorty anymore........

 

[Toolfool]

Too late, John.

****, I was hoping to avoid that.

 

[shortykorte]

The big guy (a 9# toy mini schnauzer) is feeling sh1tty so the morning was spent at the vets.

Put the new lift cart to use.


Speaking of lumberjacks (not left coast kind)
built a saw buck. Now if I can get Buck to saw.
Got to get some sleep, lumberjack by day tomorrow.

 

[Chrisb62]

Pressure Treated lumber you did use a full respirator ???

Safety guy ??

 

[shortykorte]

Safety First.


Buck didn’t show so we’ll see who saws.

Dropped another tree. I watched a video on this technique and so far so good. You cut the wedge , then on back cut straight in trying to keep the center as parallel as possible.

I’ll attempt the largest tree that needs to come down tomorrow.

Spent about 30 minutes knocking the surface warts off and hitting the top a little with the wire cup. I think with a little buffing, it will look great.

 

[shortykorte]

I don’t have a tractor or skid steer so my old beat up lawnmower stepped up to move yesterday’s trunk pieces to the termite area.

Also finished up trimming the branches.

Then it was off to cut down the 85’ pine with 72” circumference. To test out my new technique I put up two stakes about 7’ apart as my target. After cutting the wedge I felt the tree would miss to the left.

Timber!!!! I think this is good enough.

Delimbed this tree and cut 4 more down then off to lunch.

 

[shortykorte]

I’m thankful for my family and friends and that no tree landed on me. Hope you all have a happy thanksgiving, tasty food and great fellowship.

 

[harley jim]

Happy Thanksgiving Shorty

 

[Chrisb62]

Happy Thanksgiving and I see you wore your safety shoes...

 

[PugetDude]

You gonna wear those safety shoes when you carve the turkey tomorrow?

Well done on dropping the trees- now you just need a DR backhoe for the stumps.

 

[cbacres]

Sleeps all night an' 'e works all day! *





* allegedly

Define works all day!

 

[Strouty]

Maybe Santa will bring you some proper shoes???

 

[shortykorte]

Santa brought those to me last year.

 

[cbacres]

So when does the portable sawmill come out?

 

[rmack898]

So when does the portable sawmill come out?

Not until I get an insurance policy on him with me as the beneficiary.

 

[shortykorte]

Finally finished up a welding project made up of mostly scrap pieces. This is my pine straw and branch rake.

The main angle is a rusty piece from metal rack, the tow bar is the original fence runner from my CM table saw. Just saw Tractor Supply has a pine straw rake for $400

And being imaginative, for a truck bed tool box, I went Dixie County redneck.

Oh, picked up my mom’s curio and transferred stuff out of the gun cabinet to it.

 

[cbacres]

Imaginative?

 

[zanyad]

He's a lumberjack and he's OK...................

Sleeps all night an' 'e works all day! *





* allegedly

Define works all day!

Ed Zachary!

 

[shortykorte]

More lumberjacking. Hired a friend to dig up the stumps and I dragged the downed trees out of the way.

I’d like to get the bigger logs cut into planks.

Thought I’d make it 30 days boo-boo free but a small branch got me.

Also tried out the branch and pine straw raked. Worked good.

Pulled and worked well.