Ye Old Garage

[xtremek]

How did he do? How much longer is the season?

 

[sublime68charger]

How did he do? How much longer is the season?

Lost Won Lost.

1 more match to go then its wrestle off for state wrestling.

The team might have 4 kids make the state meet 2 for sure as they are returning state champs. The 1 senior has never lost in high school.but he wrestles pretty much all summer he'll be at Michigan next year on scholarship to wrestle there.

 

[sublime68charger]

Today is volleyball. Leave home at 6am drive 2 hours and watch kid play

 

[xtremek]

How did she do?

 

[sublime68charger]

How did she do?

her team won 2 games which is better than what they ususally due.
was close in the 3rd set on one as well.
She played pretty well. she the best at willing to dive for the ball and try and make the save vs the other girls on the team.
Serves pretty good and had some good returns as well.

She had fun and it gives her something to be a part of.

 

[bugnut]

She had fun and it gives her something to be a part of.

I wish more parents understood this.....Congrats

 

[drivesitfar]

Looks like you’re getting plenty of gym time these days!!

I’m guessing the sugar shack is idle or is the sap and syrup still happening?

How do the pigs and chickens like the below zero temps?

Here’s to suntans some more heat heading your way soon.

 

[sublime68charger]

Looks like you’re getting plenty of gym time these days!!

I’m guessing the sugar shack is idle or is the sap and syrup still happening?

How do the pigs and chickens like the below zero temps?

Here’s to suntans some more heat heading your way soon.

Thanks Drives, Yes sitting in the gym and watching the kids. I miss my Saturday Morning Basketball old guy group but that has kinda gone by the wayside.
Sugar Shack Pic's will be up next.

Chickens are making due in the cold. Had to put up a tarp windbreak for there outside run area
also used there empty feed bags staple them to the outside of the coup to help block out the wind blowing threw.
Had 1 of the Orginal die on us then had another one not looking good so got moved into the shop tor a while in the rabbit cage. Egg production has dropped way way off though.

Pigs are Holding out just fine they been in the freezer since mid october no worries there!

 

[sublime68charger]

Sappin season 26 underway

 

[sublime68charger]

Sugar shack prepped and stoves loaded and ready

 

[sublime68charger]

Then thought I'd try to bring some extra wood home. If there was no snow this little trailer would be no problem behind the ATV. But ...

 

[sublime68charger]

The hill to climb up! Looking up the hill I made to just past the big tree that is across the ditch line

 

[sublime68charger]

Didn't make it had to winch up from this spot. just run the winch line out and hook around a tree on the uphill side and slow work my way up the hill.

 

[sublime68charger]

Got trailer home and its parked up by wood boiler so it'll be direct from trailer to boiler.

Then was just in 2wd and got atv stuck in yard in this spot. Wood shed is starting to get a bit more empty then I would like so brought home some extra or Ill use up the trailer load then go back and load trailer again and park by boiler. I have enough light left when I get home from work I can make a trailer run to the woods
to get it loaded and back at night if needed. If trailer runs out I'll just pull from the shed but.
trailer load might get me 2-3 days. I probaly have 14 trailer loads down in the woods that i just need to split as I load.

Or I can cut down dead trees from around the house and saw them up as well. The Dead tress around the house I'm saving for when its mud season to get them as can't pull that hill in mud and haul wood at all. Or the dead house yard trees are for when there is too much snow to get into the wood land to haul out and I need wood.

 

[xtremek]

I really don't miss messing with wood to heat a house. You can have it.

 

[sublime68charger]

I really don't miss messing with wood to heat a house. You can have it.

Its nice when all working correctly.
To me it wasn't the $1200-$1500 a year for propane for the house it was the $250-$350 a month it cost to have just the 2 small rooms in the shop above freezing so bathroom and office with water lines didn't freeze.

Now house is at 74, Shop is at 65 and garage can be warm if I want it to be as well. I have the family woodland close by and all I need to due is find the time to process the wood. Different story if I was alway's having to search for wood to burn and get access to. That part is not a problem its just the time to get it all done. But heck you know there is never enough time to get all done that you want to.

I try to make my wood cutting fun as I can. Hence all the ATV use for Wood cutting since I like riding ATV's.

 

[captain14]

Hope you have a good syrup and fire wood harvesting season.

 

[sublime68charger]

Hope you have a good syrup and fire wood harvesting season.

Thanks i hope so.as well

Volleyball today

 

[xtremek]

I really do get the money aspect, our propane bill is $2,200 this year (prepaid), but I love just moving the thermostat.

How did she do yesterday?

 

[sublime68charger]

I really do get the money aspect, our propane bill is $2,200 this year (prepaid), but I love just moving the thermostat.

How did she do yesterday?

W
She dud goid team won a few games which is better than most times

 

[sublime68charger]

Gonna be goid weather for rd sap this week i hope

 

[sublime68charger]

sorry for the spelling errors the darn phone and auto correct get the best of me some times.

 

[drivesitfar]

Spell check used to be better 20 years ago than now. Amazing that you can have foot of snow and ice everywhere and you still get stuff done around the house. As well as follow all your kids all around the state.

More dad of the year points heading your way.

I agree with your thinking if you got the wood and a little muscle and time wood heat sounds like a great option cause nobody wants to freeze in their garage.

 

[sublime68charger]

so Got ATV stuck right here but has a nice picture of the house in the back ground so I thought I would share.

ATV frame is sitting on the snow bank was able to back out and go around but I thought I give it a try busting threw the snow bank didn't work.

 

[sublime68charger]

So got my trx200sx prepped and ready for sugar sap hauling. I use this mostly because of the oversized mud flaps helps keed trailer cleaner when hauling sap as it can be either snow or mud out on the trail to collect. Air up the tires add fresh gas and go give it a test ride. Got stuck in 2 big drift banks but able to rock this back out by hand pretty easy. Tire chains make huge difference

 

[xtremek]

What kind of air pressure do you run in the tires? I know in the mud and sand, I used to run the tires down around 10psi.

 

[sublime68charger]

What kind of air pressure do you run in the tires? I know in the mud and sand, I used to run the tires down around 10psi.

10 to 15 I would guess. 1 tire flat and 2 low i just added air till looked goid to me. Will find out if they holding air today. And as long as it drives straight and not pulling 1 side or other it gets sent.

 

[sublime68charger]

so went and collected sap tonight and got 12 gallons of sap will cook that down tomorrow I hope after kids wrestling matchs are done.

should only take me a few hours.

 

[sublime68charger]

Some pics from the sap boiling.
Was only a few hours but got some syrup made

 

[drivesitfar]

Have you made the buttermilk pancakes I posted a recipe last winter yet? Or do you need a good waffle recipe.?
This was sure good with store bought syrup so might be amazing with syrup from the sugar shack.

 

[sublime68charger]

Some more sap cooking today really like my
Sugar shack. Was cold and was nice and warm in the shack today.

 

[M.Brane]

Isn't there a song about that?

 

[sublime68charger]

Moving some more wood today stacked up around my wood stove enough for a few days at least

 

[sublime68charger]

My little trailer is getting pretty beat up.the rear end is bending down
Had to put in a wood floor to try and shore it back up

 

[sublime68charger]

Helping my cousing put a lift in his dad's shop today.

Went pretty good alot of measure and direction reading to make sure we getting it all setup correct.

 

[Denwood]

Sub, just stopped in to see how things are going. Great to hear the kiddos are doing so well. That shot of your daughter? serving is pretty awesome. I've got one just entering university and another just leaving. They were just tykes when I started posting here!

The maple syrup...sign me up!

 

[sublime68charger]

Sub, just stopped in to see how things are going. Great to hear the kiddos are doing so well. That shot of your daughter? serving is pretty awesome. I've got one just entering university and another just leaving. They were just tykes when I started posting here!

The maple syrup...sign me up!

thanks for stopping by Denwood, I just have the time to keep up on everybody's going on's like I used to. Heck I struggle to keep this updates as well as I due. Gonna be boiling on Friday this week. Im currently working 4 ten hour day's for work right now and getting friday's off.

that wont last though in a month I'll be on the night shift and then things are gonna be a bit different then I'm sure.

 

[sublime68charger]

Had about 68 gallons of sap to cook down this weekend.
I Had to fire up all the stoves in the shack and its been while since I have done that. was able to work threw alot of Sap.

 

[sublime68charger]

At volleyball today.

 

[jon72vega]

At volleyball today.

In the picture Wisconsin Academy is mentioned.
My youngest sister went to a Wisconsin Academy back in the 80's in Columbus I think.
Same one???