aighead
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Swetz your barn looks great!
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What's your hoe doing?
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AU.CASE
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Boss is away today and we are waiting the fuel delivery (bracing for $5.67 USD / US Gallon) and am not sure where that is on a World scale but it is lower than we were paying in bulk delivery.
Boss said "get wood" so, whilst I wait and the 'hoe was near a stick I cut it in half and this is the first bit, she loves the block splitter and yes, it will bounce outa' "Yellow Box" Aussie hardwood.
Cut with a Stihl 044, that I have owned and cared for from new (1989?) and it is so powerful, we forget after doing a lot of minor stuff with E powered Stihls' that we have. Crazy but a new softwood chain that I was sold by mistake, 2 minutes to cut, so fast, nowhere near seasoned though at six years since it fell over, about 400KG here.
Boss said "get wood" so, whilst I wait and the 'hoe was near a stick I cut it in half and this is the first bit, she loves the block splitter and yes, it will bounce outa' "Yellow Box" Aussie hardwood.
Cut with a Stihl 044, that I have owned and cared for from new (1989?) and it is so powerful, we forget after doing a lot of minor stuff with E powered Stihls' that we have. Crazy but a new softwood chain that I was sold by mistake, 2 minutes to cut, so fast, nowhere near seasoned though at six years since it fell over, about 400KG here.
Deere500a
Senior Member
California my dads property we had silver dollar eucalyptus & other species pain to cut no value as firewood it's a waste. Get in the front bucket of the hoe elevator up please Husky 372 get whatever I can & some get pushed over with the excavator. Danger to a anything around em
AU.CASE
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Yo, Australian trees are hard, super long grain, we love them though.
The Gum you mention wouldn't be a firewood, but the Yellow Box (eucalyptus. Melliodora) above is incredible heat, tight grain, add some seasoned Red Box (e. Polyanthemus) and it will nearly melt boiler plate, mind you the boss is trying to clear the place and we'll burn 8T in a good Winter, this next one though will be milder in el Nino / drought.
One beautiful timber here is Red Stringybark (e. Machrorhynca) and burning it for months leaves virtually no ash at all, has to be well seasoned though.
AU.CASE
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The Red Stringybark was heavily milled, it is long grain and so incredibly strong, a 4"x2" nine foot long will easily support an adult in the centre, bouncing on it only if back sawn though, 'so don't try this at home.' It can be nailed when green, but has to be drilled after a year or so when seasoned, white ants like it which requires caps on the piers, or else.
The boxes, Yellow, Red and White are rare now due to clearing, some are endangered along with all that goes with their disappearing habitat.
aighead
Senior Member
Garden season. This is my first spring with a pickup truck, so off to the store I go for a entire skid of dirt! It's lovely to be able to do that, so I only have to handle it once, pulling it off the skid to go into the garden. The hoe was used with the forks to unload the truck for the two skids I got. Mighty handy!
Also moved my new raised bed into place though this isn't a great picture.
Also moved my new raised bed into place though this isn't a great picture.
AU.CASE
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A little spare time and the seat was needing a cover so I learnt more about my Taiwanese $2 "revolve shop" White sewing machine (laughing required 
) and more wood this time I flipped it on end with a tooth on the corner of the bucket to keep more of this rain out of it and yes Mr Dog decided to make his mark.
Used some fairly tired canvas, base is a draw cord and rear is contact adhesive, more or less worked to keep it together and the Sun out.
) and more wood this time I flipped it on end with a tooth on the corner of the bucket to keep more of this rain out of it and yes Mr Dog decided to make his mark. Used some fairly tired canvas, base is a draw cord and rear is contact adhesive, more or less worked to keep it together and the Sun out.
AU.CASE
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Wow, haven't seen green pasture like that in a year here, very difficult season but OH is easy on the eye!
aighead
Senior Member
Don't let the internet lie to you, there are parts of Ohio that are beautiful.
LOL!
Especially in the spring.
My place in North East PA is beautiful this time of the year...green everywhere! I have to cut the grass weekly or it is crazy tall.
Been working on our 'rear' patio... off our 'hot tub' garage..
buried a propane and elec line for an outdoor grill station
...the 'boss' eyeballing the plan !
I've worked with bluestone as both 90 deg cuts and 'stand up', the 1st a bit expensive and the 2nd too much 'knee time'. Here I went with 12 x 12 concrete pavers.
buried a propane and elec line for an outdoor grill station
...the 'boss' eyeballing the plan !
I've worked with bluestone as both 90 deg cuts and 'stand up', the 1st a bit expensive and the 2nd too much 'knee time'. Here I went with 12 x 12 concrete pavers.
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I was planning to stick build a pergola... but wanted a 'roof' over the grill so we went big and picked up a gazebo.
Will try my hand at laying block for the grill station.... and lots of planting beds to install..... and the hot tub room gets a finishing touch when the temp doors are replaced with an 8' slider.
Will try my hand at laying block for the grill station.... and lots of planting beds to install..... and the hot tub room gets a finishing touch when the temp doors are replaced with an 8' slider.
edgephoto
Senior Member
Looking good. I put in a patio 20 years ago. Came out awesome. I literally have sat on it 2-3 times for more than 5 minutes. Now I am building a new house. Wife wants a patio again. A lot of money for something we have not used. Hopefully in retirement, 2-3 years away, we actually will sit down once and a while.
If your retirement is anything like mine (2 years) you actually have less time to sit....always something to be done!
This is the west side of the house.... and that means sunsets of course, one of the bosses favorite activities.... sitting and watching.
Even the old hoe gets a seat and a view,,
...I'm getting to enjoy sitting and snoozing midafternoon.....
Even the old hoe gets a seat and a view,,
...I'm getting to enjoy sitting and snoozing midafternoon.....
eKretz
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Old Bess had a rear tire leaking down. The rear shoes are getting a little bit worse for wear. Had zero pressure loss for quite a few years but one side wouldn't hold air more than a few days any more. Had a tube put in and will run it a little longer. Finally getting around to replacing that broken lug stud while I'm at it. Bought the machine that way and kept forgetting to replace it. Good time to remember.
casey518
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Finally got the machine back together. Rebuilt the extradig and repacked all cylinders on the digging arm. Took it out back to grub some stumps and all is working well.
Got all the work done just in time for my son to be born a week early! A healthy 7lb boy!
Got all the work done just in time for my son to be born a week early! A healthy 7lb boy!
Deere500a
Senior Member
Congratulations Casey on your little buddy.