Slow project, no problem! That's just how the cookie crumbles.
Is any DIY structure build EVER finished? Make the thread, and link it in here. I'd like to watch too. I built my own shed from the ground up. I did everything except pour and finish the concrete, but I did do the forms for that, too. I went with a 24x35 (36 roof ridge), and found out real quick, it ain't big enough. Stuff one tractor in it, and you're outta room in no time.
‘I always love you folks’ projects in free states. The permitting for just that little project would take years, cost 10s of thousands of dollars and mitigation for loss of habitat and incursion into the riparian setback area. More power to you…and looks like a fun project.
Beavers are considered pests/vermin in some areas. At one time, they had no bag limit and no scheduled season for hunting in Alabama. Not sure if that's still the case now. This was because of the amount of timber they destroy in lower lying areas, particularly the river deltas. A fur dealer used to work with the FFA/4H in all the local rural high schools and would buy pelts. This put a little money in boys' pockets and kept the beaver population in check too. A good clean headshot could get up to $40/pelt. That was pretty serious pocket money for a teenager in the early 70's and fairly easy to get.
Dat's a big ol' stump! I dug one out like that by hand in my mid 40's. Me and an F-150 got 'er dun!
Yea things have changed for sure over the years. But I am luckly where I am as we can still shoot/trap beavers on private land, Destroy dams without permits (except with any explosive that can only be done by the local county for a fee and they do it) on private land. the only thing that is illegal is destroy beaver houses.
When I was a kid, our local county extension agent would advise on the mix of diesel and ammonium nitrate fertilizer based on how high you wanted a stump to fly and how big the stump was. Not so much anymore and they will likely just give your name to the ATF and FBI. I can remember loading 30 bags of ammonium nitrate AND a couple cans of gasoline on the back of a '64 F-100 pickup at the local country store no questions asked. I wouldn't think about trying it now. We used ammo-nite for the final dressing on the corn as well as the hay field so having that much fertilizer on a trip was fairly common. Gonna need the tractor to spread it, so why not get the fuel for that at the same time? Used to be a bit more trust in our society back then, and apparently a little more common sense.
I like the place you found for your saw. I don't recall seeing one positioned like that before. Looks like the perfect spot on that tractor!!
Probably won't take you any longer than my third function project.
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Doing some more work on this tank. Wanted a drain in it, it has set a while and has some crud in the bottom. Figured while I had the welder fired up, I’d do a simple fuel level sight gauge. Couple of bungs, elbows and tube and she’s done.
No, he’s in the right seat. Just trying tonfigur out how to turn the key. If you get a push button start, he’s gone.
