ebinmaine 67,655 #4851 Posted October 30, 2022 1 hour ago, The Freightliner Guy said: Went to go try and start my Yamaha yt60 and the stupid cord snapped and whipped my hand and now it hurts what a good day Always a silver lining my friend... What went right? What made you laugh? Did you learn something new? Eat something good? See something nice? Play with a different toy or tool and had fun? 1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JCM 9,179 #4852 Posted October 30, 2022 Finally put the battens on the cabin rough sawn siding. They have been under the bunks for years. Can tell by the color difference. Hopefully 2023 will see a wash down on the siding and a coat of Sikkens. 420-LSE helped out. Weather was unreal today. 2 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Freightliner Guy 1,327 #4853 Posted October 30, 2022 22 minutes ago, ebinmaine said: Always a silver lining my friend... What went right? What made you laugh? Did you learn something new? Eat something good? See something nice? Play with a different toy or tool and had fun? I learned you shouldn’t expect a 30+ rope to not snap. And I just put it away and worked on cleaning my Suzuki alt125 and it was a nightmare but whatever. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,655 #4854 Posted October 30, 2022 This afternoon/evening Trina swapped chains on her battery powered chainsaw and made a couple small wafer wedges looking things. When I asked what they were for I was told I can't know yet. Upta somethin', she is. While she was doing that I started in on a project I've been wanting to do since the new Giant Stone Wall was built for the new building area. The excavator used stone dust ((??)) to cover the entire area. Good stuff but it was also all over the tops of the rocks stones boulders the wall is built of. I like stone walls quite a lot and wanted to see the wall as a whole, a lot better. Top view was nearly non-existent. Well we commenced to moveration of the aggregates. Shovel. ... Meh.... Worked ok but I really needed to drag the dirt. Well ... We had two broken hoes so... we had to combine two hoes..... Anyway back to work... We shoveled and pulled and dragged and shoveled. Oh and piled. Here's a picture with a white line showing the old location of the gravel and how it's setting now. Bigger view. Closeup of the same pic. One thing super cool about the wall is that it has at least two sets of usable steps accidentally built in. We've both been getting into the habit of using this one by the tree because the tree is a perfect hand rail holderer. Step count... The pile we removed will all be used elsewhere. Of foremost concern is building and flattening a ramp in front of the garage doors at the front of the new shop. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,655 #4855 Posted October 30, 2022 13 minutes ago, JCM said: cabin Looking snazzy there cap'n. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horse Newbie 7,075 #4856 Posted October 31, 2022 3 hours ago, The Freightliner Guy said: Went to go try and start my Yamaha yt60 and the stupid cord snapped and whipped my hand and now it hurts what a good day Why didn’t you use the starter ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horse Newbie 7,075 #4857 Posted October 31, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, ebinmaine said: Step count.. Why didn’t you just rearrange those Little Rock’s into a proper set of steps ?… that’s what the Egyptians would have done… Edited October 31, 2022 by Horse Newbie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Freightliner Guy 1,327 #4858 Posted October 31, 2022 Uh it’s a rip cord only and it doesn’t have gears so no bump starting Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,655 #4859 Posted October 31, 2022 2 minutes ago, Horse Newbie said: Why didn’t you just rearrange those Little Rock’s into a proper set of steps ?… that’s what the Egyptians would have done… Ain't no movin' anything in that wall!! Even the smallest rocks weigh several hundred pounds. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,237 #4860 Posted October 31, 2022 1 hour ago, ebinmaine said: hand rail holderer Yep, I appreciate those things and wanting to continue mobilizating my body around without injurization. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sjoemie himself 3,068 #4861 Posted October 31, 2022 10 hours ago, ebinmaine said: @ebinmaine that is a beautiful looking wall sir! I do have one advise though. Not to be a smart-unidrive here but i've been taught that you want the aggregate so far up the rocks/boulders so that water will drain OVER the wall. With the aggregate pushed back water can and will seep behind the wall and possibly wash away part of it or the foundation below. Except when you have proper draining in the foundation of the wall and then you can kindly forget what I just said. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,655 #4862 Posted October 31, 2022 9 minutes ago, sjoemie himself said: @ebinmaine that is a beautiful looking wall sir! I do have one advise though. Not to be a smart-unidrive here but i've been taught that you want the aggregate so far up the rocks/boulders so that water will drain OVER the wall. With the aggregate pushed back water can and will seep behind the wall and possibly wash away part of it or the foundation below. Except when you have proper draining in the foundation of the wall and then you can kindly forget what I just said. More advice and knowledge is ALWAYS appreciated. 1. There is definitely proper drainage of the whole area because the excavator brought in 800 cubic yards of fill. All sand/crush. Far as the top goes though... 2. We'll be filling in a lot more between the big rocks with smaller ones and possibly a coating of ¾ stone near the exposed angles. 3. I did speak with the guys that built the wall. Told them what I was wanting to do and they approved the plan. I think it's ok.... and certainly open to different ideas. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 25,602 #4863 Posted October 31, 2022 If that's limestone fines it will lock up and be pretty darn solid. If not, you will find it will go with the flow and fill in around the rocks. Your idea of larger stone and 3/4" is good. Rip rap slows erosion considerably... 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,655 #4864 Posted October 31, 2022 7 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said: If that's limestone fines it will lock up and be pretty darn solid. If not, you will find it will go with the flow and fill in around the rocks. Your idea of larger stone and 3/4" is good. Rip rap slows erosion considerably... Not sure of the actual composition of the material. I do know there's a fair amount of granite in the area. This gray top layer definitely does harden up quite well. The entire basically flat surface that the new building sits on was constructed the third week of August so it's just over 2 months old. Where it hasn't been disturbed by construction it's stiffening up quite well. After I lay down a stripe of 3/4 Stone near the tops of the boulders we're going to watch for areas where the underlying materials May be still trying to run through and repair those later. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 38,230 #4865 Posted October 31, 2022 14 hours ago, JCM said: Can tell by the color difference I really like the contrast. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JCM 9,179 #4866 Posted October 31, 2022 8 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said: I really like the contrast. So do I. As I was picking up the tools I stood back and took a good look at it and said to myself, wouldn't that look great on the rest of the cabin. Don't go putting any ideas in my head. Thank You for the comment @Ed Kennell 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,237 #4867 Posted November 1, 2022 13 hours ago, ebinmaine said: Far as the top goes though... 2. We'll be filling in a lot more between the big rocks with smaller ones and possibly a coating of ¾ stone near the exposed angles. 3. I did speak with the guys that built the wall. Told them what I was wanting to do and they approved the plan Smaller, flatter rocks with fill between to form the top ledge will be both practical and good looking! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,655 #4868 Posted November 1, 2022 Just now, Handy Don said: Smaller, flatter rocks with fill between to form the top ledge will be both practical and good looking! Absolutely agreed but we don't have many flat rocks around here. Mostly round or broken from round to some odd shape. Trina and I were noticing your area's rock walls are VERY different from ours. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,237 #4869 Posted November 1, 2022 Today was 210 miles Wheel Horsing with the trailer and another 50 helping out. Up early to get up to Kingston, NY to pick up a Six Speed Raider roller from the same source as Trina's 1045 (there is still a 48" xi deck there, folks, but this was the last tractor!) Next down to Milford, PA to hand off the roller to @JimSraj and collect a Lawn Ranger "project" deck he'd picked up for me. Then over to Shohola, PA to @Jrain's place to pick up some scrap heavy sheet metal for my winter project. Then back to Milford for some shopping for needed parts. Then home, drop the trailer and pickup my SIL and take her to the airport. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,237 #4870 Posted November 1, 2022 10 minutes ago, ebinmaine said: Absolutely agreed but we don't have many flat rocks around here. Mostly round or broken from round to some odd shape. Trina and I were noticing your area's rock walls are VERY different from ours. Yes, I am used to having flat or angular rocks to work with! Digging around here yields a mixture of some glacier-rounded rocks but lots of broken granite/schist from the underlying structure. The latter usually has a straight-ish plane where the rock broke along the "grain" and they make for very solid dry-laid walls up to 3 or 4 feet high (above that you'll usually see either shallowly or deeply tuck-pointed masonry. We bury the round ones in the middle! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Freightliner Guy 1,327 #4871 Posted November 1, 2022 Today I gathered 17 pounds worth of candy and I definitely didn’t dump any bowls into my pillow case 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,655 #4872 Posted November 1, 2022 5 hours ago, The Freightliner Guy said: Today I gathered 17 pounds worth of candy and I definitely didn’t dump any bowls into my pillow case IIFF you got more than your share I hope it was with permission Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormin 9,981 #4873 Posted November 1, 2022 I have to admit, I cut down the apple tree on the green. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elcamino/wheelhorse 9,326 #4874 Posted November 1, 2022 @Stormin Did it end up in your wood pile ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormin 9,981 #4875 Posted November 1, 2022 9 minutes ago, elcamino/wheelhorse said: @Stormin Did it end up in your wood pile ? Of course. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
