It will become my wife's art studio/ she shed.
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Squarebody CHOP Shop
- Thread starter kennyw
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My friend's saw mill is up and running so we wanted to test it out. These logs are maple with figuring and spalting left over from taking down the big tree in the front yard. This is just the little stuff, many more big logs to work through.
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That's some pretty looking wood. Wish we had trees more readily available where I live. I would love to have a sawmill.
After 3 hours of cleaning, the excavator made it into the shop for another hour of cleaning for some general maintenance.
On a side note, I spent 30 minutes scraping the glass with a razor to get stiff off and clean the glass. I can now see through the glass.
I split the tracks for some maintenance but I will have to wait for things to open tomorrow to get new bolts.
That thing looks like an oldie!
those track guides have a few hours on em, lol
I bought the bolts needed on my lunch break. First track reassembled. Splitting the second track, the pin retainer broke off inside the hole and would not come out. I'll have to order a new pin and new retainers tomorrow (could use a new one on the first track as well). I'm glad I bought the parts manual.
Still waiting for excavator parts so I worked on this today.The trailer spare tire mount has been an issue since I bought the tilt deck. The stud shoulder was longer than the plate was thick, so I could not get the lug nuts right enough. The holes were also slightly off of the correct spacing as well. This lead to the holes getting slightly wollowed out and stuff splines were worn off. I had to slot one hole and weld the studs in with spacers to hold the wheel properly. Now it isn't going anywhere.
I was able to hang up the 1974 K20 front clip tonight.
I started moving dirt today. The goal is more parking along side and behind the shop that is level and eventually I will add a 20 x 55 lean-to in the back of the shop for covered parking. I still have a lot of work to level the space and then a bunch of gravel will be needed.
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While you're at it, you should dig a moat to keep people from crashing onto your property.
The thought has crossed my mind... basically a tank trap.
Moving more dirt... getting closer to what I need. Then I'll start hauling in gravel.
Dirt, dirt, and some dust, then more dirt... but I did get the hole on the west side of the shop filled in with the dirt from the hill behind the shop and moved half of the ecology blocks. Neither the excavator or tractor can lift them but I figured out how to drag them into position.
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We used to used a block like that for testing cranes at the rental place I used to work at part time. I think they were something like 2,500 lbs depending on exact size.
A standard ecology block weighs around 3600 to 3850 lb (2 x 2 x 6 feet).
I had three solo truck loads, about 30 yards, of gravel delivered this morning. We had a heavy rain shower over night so the dump truck sank in the recently moved dirt (now mud). I had it dumped in piles. Then, moved it with the tractor to get it spread. I will need another 5-6 truckloads before in done, but this needs to pack in first.
