Stuff I've built in the yard
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The start to the compressor shed
Mixed 23 80lb bags by hand, it was a great time, at least I got a workout in. The pad is a 5' by 6' 6" deep. Still trying to figure out what kind of in shed design to go with.
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Mixed 23 80lb bags by hand, it was a great time, at least I got a workout in. The pad is a 5' by 6' 6" deep. Still trying to figure out what kind of in shed design to go with.
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Pulled the form off today, it turned out pretty decent. I give it a week or so before I drill it for anchors. And I plan on mixing up another bag to go around the perimeter base to keep it from washing out from under itself.
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awheelterd
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That better be one hell of a compressor to need a 6" thick pad 
Just a 60 gallon, lolThat better be one hell of a compressor to need a 6" thick pad
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Lurch830
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Have you thought about adding a switch parallel to the thermostat in case your need to vent/purge the shop?
I have thought about it but with the thermostat I can turn it on and off accordingly, and works for what I want it to do.
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Next on the list is some drainage work before I start a lean too for the camper. The plan is to pipe it past where the camper is sitting now. But I'm limited to a shovel for digging currently so it's going to be a slow process.
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From the videos, you dug all that hand?
That is an amazing amount of shovel work!
If your catch drains don't collect enough of the water from the down spouts, one option would be something like we did for the barn.
The down spouts are four plastic chains that make a rain chain.
At the bottom of the chains are bolted to a rectangular piece of plastic.
Rocks are used to hold the plastic piece down.
The catch barrel is a 1/2 plastic mini barrel from Home Depot
A hole drilled into the bottom and a drain pipe connected to it.
The above was a compromise, as my original ideal, shown below, was vetoed.
That is an amazing amount of shovel work!
If your catch drains don't collect enough of the water from the down spouts, one option would be something like we did for the barn.
The down spouts are four plastic chains that make a rain chain.
At the bottom of the chains are bolted to a rectangular piece of plastic.
Rocks are used to hold the plastic piece down.
The catch barrel is a 1/2 plastic mini barrel from Home Depot
A hole drilled into the bottom and a drain pipe connected to it.
The above was a compromise, as my original ideal, shown below, was vetoed.
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Yea man I know my way around a shovel from my days on the railroad construction gang. We hand dug all the time but only advantage I had there was more ppl helping lol.
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To save your back, if you have a buddy with a tractor and a box blade, it is possible to take one or two tines off the box blade and then attach the removed tines to a remaining tine.
The modified box blade make a mini plow.
It really helps to break up hard soil.
A shovel will still need to be used some to clear out the trench, but does save a bunch of time and effort
The modified box blade make a mini plow.
It really helps to break up hard soil.
A shovel will still need to be used some to clear out the trench, but does save a bunch of time and effort
YotaOnRocks
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Next time find a fag driving a squatted truck, put a drop hitch in the reciever and drive forward until length of ditch is achieved.
Finally slowly getting going on the camper shed. It's just freaking hot, after all day outside at work I'm Not in the mood to work outside at the house. Working on getting some more recorded so I can make another video for the channel,
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tlucier
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That looks awesome! Great job!