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fireman

Great pics Brian and Jo! It was great seeing you guys.

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ericj

after looking at the pictures i don't understand why you didn't put the C195 up on the top shelf     :teasing-poke:  :ROTF: the barn look great , fantastic job, i'm jellous wish i had a building half that nice to work in

 

 

 

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JC 1965

Steve, That is an awesome barn. You must be very proud of it. Thanks for sharing.    :thumbs2:

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AMC RULES

Really looks awesome guys... 

but, once everybody leaves... :scratchead:  

how do you get 'em back down? 

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km3h

Promises of good food, cold beer and lovely dancing girls.

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fireman

Oh I think he has something in the works for getting them down and it will only take one person to do it!

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AMC RULES

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stevebo

Here is the update as of this morning... I hope to dig the trench for the electrical between today and tomorrow. Tomorrow I am suppose to take delivery of the correct ridge cap for the standing seam metal and a few other roof detail pieces so I can finish that up. The guys will be back to hang the front door and build the bench inside. I set up a meeting with a wood stove installer to confirm the best way to do the install of the piping and location of the stove. I want to make sure it is right for sure. Lastly, the crew who will be building the rockwall in front and side will be out at some point next week to start. 

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stevebo

I was able to take a little time today to dig the trench from the house down to the barn. As expected I hit ledge on about 15-20% of it so I will need to cover the wire with concrete since it is less than 18" deep. Cousin Timbo may be coming over this weekend to lay some power !! Woo Hoo !! 

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squonk

For a minute I thought the central A/C   was at the barn!  :)  :ychain:

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Coadster32

That barn is crazy awesome Steve!!! :bow-blue:

 

Great to see RS members pitching in to help as well. Great community. :handgestures-thumbupright:

 

Sorry...haven't been around much.

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Ken B

It looks like the Terramite was pretty busy! You were probably out there till all hours of the night diggin it, you are lucky Rudy is on that side of the house! :ychain: Its nice having the right equipment around to do the job.. 

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SALTYWRIGHT

TEVE, I WISH I COULD HELP, BUT I HAVE PNEUMONIA NOW. WHEN I AM BETTER I WILL DO WHAT I CAN. YOU ARE DOING IT FIRST CLASS ALL THE WAY. RUSS

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stevebo

Thanks Russ hope you feel better soon. The only thing you need to do is come here and sit by the wood stove and have a nice enjoyable drink with me once this thing is done :beer: 

 

With that said we are closer to getting to that point. Cousins Timbo and Toddbo are coming over in the am to run the power down to the barn. I need a little over 300 ft of wire to get there :omg:  !!  I was able to work with the barn guy to help install the front door and the framing that holds the shed roof over the door. We also got one of the benches built. They are a little taller than I would have liked them to be however it was by choice  because I have some very nice roll out draws that will be painted WH Red and then installed under the bench. The clearance we needed was 39". Tomorrow he will be back to install the second bench on the opposite end. It really is coming together nice for sure.

 

Anyone who may want to stop by tomorrow and check it out we will be here.  :happy-partydance: 

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Butch

Beautiful Steve. Absolutely beautiful.

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Geno

TEVE, I WISH I COULD HELP, BUT I HAVE PNEUMONIA NOW. WHEN I AM BETTER I WILL DO WHAT I CAN. YOU ARE DOING IT FIRST CLASS ALL THE WAY. RUSS

 

You take care Russ, pneumonia is nothing to mess with. 

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fireman

I see you got that new tool box put together.  That should work perfect for the barn.

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stevebo

Yesterday we got the power run from the house down to the barn. Per local code any line not buried the full 18" has to be covered with concrete. I was able to get that done (30 bags of concrete). I also cleaned up the inside a bit. It was a pure mess with sawdust and all sorts of stuff that needed cleaning. This week I hope to get some help getting the roof finished off for good. The stone mason is suppose to come this week to start the rock wall. 

 

The way that I plan on getting the tractors on and off the shelf is by using this lift. I got it from a buddy on a barter about 3 years ago in hopes that I would use it in the barn that I have been wanting to build. Well............ time has come. I was looking at a much larger lift that was portable as and that could lift a car about 5 ft in the air but the guy gave me a little bit of the run around. I think I am better off with the smaller one. The buddy I got it from had a D200 on it up in the air pretty high. It will lift the small ones with ease. 

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SALTYWRIGHT

VERY NICE STEVE. THE END OF ALL THE WORK IS NEAR.

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KyBlue

Very Nice

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stratostar250

I forgot there were two threads about this!  :angry-banghead:  I've missed so much! OMG! :scared-eek:   The barn is looking absolutely awesome! :eusa-clap:  :handgestures-thumbsup: I can't believe how much has happened since I last saw! :handgestures-thumbupright:

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Fun Engineer

Great idea for a lift Steve. Is that "Powered by Steve"?

Sent from my tractor seat.

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stevebo

Great idea for a lift Steve. Is that "Powered by Steve"?

Sent from my tractor seat.

Yes, this has a hand crank that is so easy to crank I can almost do it with one finger with an RJ on it. I may end up mounting a socket on the end and power it with a drill to speed it up a little tho. It is kinda slow...

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grnlark

Steve, that looks amazing. I want to come out and see it

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stevebo

So... I was able to actually try out the lift today to make sure that it works well. I had to extend the length as the front tires were hitting on the lift at half way up. It works really nice and I was able to get the 59 in it's correct place on the shelf. They are now lined up by "age" .... (top shelf only) lol 

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