Mocked up the leafs. And more beam pics.
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79 K5 Prerunner "Lucy"
- Thread starter sreidmx
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Mocked up the leafs. And more beam pics.
Yea some..
Gotta say it was a crappy weekend.. Getting those radius arms welded and mounted up and being able to just see some progress, aside all the other crap that happened made today pretty good.
There was a gnarly wind storm yesterday morning, it had to be blowing 60-80 mph and just picked up my barn and tossed it into the fence and power poll. My wife was instantly hesterical. I never ever want to hear her scream like that again. Thank God the horses are fine and got out ok. We have good insurance so we can rebuild.
It took me and 6-8 guys three hours and we had it completely taken down.
Edison just left and the pole is straight now. Lots of lessons learned here as far as securing these large structures. Based on a convo my dad and I had, it will require 10k lbs of concrete to keep a barn this size from flyin away again..
There was a gnarly wind storm yesterday morning, it had to be blowing 60-80 mph and just picked up my barn and tossed it into the fence and power poll. My wife was instantly hesterical. I never ever want to hear her scream like that again. Thank God the horses are fine and got out ok. We have good insurance so we can rebuild.
It took me and 6-8 guys three hours and we had it completely taken down.
Edison just left and the pole is straight now. Lots of lessons learned here as far as securing these large structures. Based on a convo my dad and I had, it will require 10k lbs of concrete to keep a barn this size from flyin away again..
sheesh, that really sucks.. at least nobody got hurt... the beams look cool tho!
Damn, that sucks. Good thing for insurance.
Beams are looking slick.
Beams are looking slick.
Thanks guys, appreciate the good thoughts.
If this week goes as planned, I should have shock hoops and possibly the engine cage started or done
at least that's my goal anyway.
If this week goes as planned, I should have shock hoops and possibly the engine cage started or done
at least that's my goal anyway.
BTW, I was not far from you, at my parent's in Joshua Tree over the holiday. The wind was absolutely howling. I swear I heard the house creaking and groaning. Must have been the one that got you guys.
That is right! It was really bad. Next time your around shoot me a message maybe we can meet up.
Will do!
These are not 100% done, we ran out of argon. I'll go back and add some more gusseting near the end and in the middle so if it hits a rock the arm doesn't fold. I also have the tabs for the frame made but still need to make a platform for it. I'm going to reinstall the steering before I go any farther to be sure nothing changed.
Just more detail pics. Sorry some of these I had to fix cause the lighting was so bad.
Looking good dude. Kickin my butt on progress thats for sure.
Thanks man, I'm just persistent and my wife is cool so I get a lot of time to spend on this. Your turbo though! I'm jealous of your hair dryer!
I have too many distractions. Like my dirtbike. And working alot. When i get back from vacation tho ive got 8 sticks of tube calling my name that want bent. Ill be hard at it.
If I was you I'd wait until it was too cold to ride then start that way you can't have an excuse!
But then he does silly things like strap dirtbike to back of Ford Fusion and drive to Texas....
