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Done (for now) making some horse riding trails through the woods
beside our house. Took about 3 weeks to clear downed trees and branches with a handsaw and using the tractor to make the trails. Had to remove rocks many and stumps and then spread over 30 yards of pea stone on the smoothed out trails Total length of the trails is a little over half a mile so far. Then I got ambitious and decided to build a "rest stop" along the way, complete with a mini porch, hitching post and stone campfire. Plan is to have a relatively high peaked roof, with a small loft. I'll wire it and relocate a 50 amp RV service that we no longer use by extending ditches and using direct burial wiring. I'll put one of those fake fireplace/heaters for winter use and a small, 5,000 BTU air conditioner for summers. Progress so far: (please remember, I am an amateur carpenter and because there's no power out there yet, it's all being done with battery powered saws, drills and swinging an old fashioned hammer) http://richarderiksson467.wix.com/richard-eriksson#!page-six/c1113 |
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In article , "Mr. Luddite" says...
Done (for now) making some horse riding trails through the woods beside our house. Took about 3 weeks to clear downed trees and branches with a handsaw and using the tractor to make the trails. Had to remove rocks many and stumps and then spread over 30 yards of pea stone on the smoothed out trails Total length of the trails is a little over half a mile so far. Then I got ambitious and decided to build a "rest stop" along the way, complete with a mini porch, hitching post and stone campfire. Plan is to have a relatively high peaked roof, with a small loft. I'll wire it and relocate a 50 amp RV service that we no longer use by extending ditches and using direct burial wiring. I'll put one of those fake fireplace/heaters for winter use and a small, 5,000 BTU air conditioner for summers. Progress so far: (please remember, I am an amateur carpenter and because there's no power out there yet, it's all being done with battery powered saws, drills and swinging an old fashioned hammer) http://richarderiksson467.wix.com/richard-eriksson#!page-six/c1113 What happend to your small generator? Or, are you doing this for your health? |
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![]() "BAR" wrote in message . .. In article , "Mr. Luddite" says... Done (for now) making some horse riding trails through the woods beside our house. Took about 3 weeks to clear downed trees and branches with a handsaw and using the tractor to make the trails. Had to remove rocks many and stumps and then spread over 30 yards of pea stone on the smoothed out trails Total length of the trails is a little over half a mile so far. Then I got ambitious and decided to build a "rest stop" along the way, complete with a mini porch, hitching post and stone campfire. Plan is to have a relatively high peaked roof, with a small loft. I'll wire it and relocate a 50 amp RV service that we no longer use by extending ditches and using direct burial wiring. I'll put one of those fake fireplace/heaters for winter use and a small, 5,000 BTU air conditioner for summers. Progress so far: (please remember, I am an amateur carpenter and because there's no power out there yet, it's all being done with battery powered saws, drills and swinging an old fashioned hammer) http://richarderiksson467.wix.com/richard-eriksson#!page-six/c1113 What happend to your small generator? Or, are you doing this for your health? --------------------------------- I thought about getting the generator out, along with the compressor and the nail gun, but this isn't that big of a project and I kinda enjoy doing things the hard way sometimes. If I were working at it 7 or 8 hours straight, I would, but I am taking my time, working on it until I get tired and then calling it a day. What you see in the pictures took 3 days to do. A pro would probably have the whole thing done in a couple of days. Plus, I had to do a lot of Googling to figure out how to build roof trusses. Never did that before. |
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On 9/15/13 8:25 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
"BAR" wrote in message . .. In article , "Mr. Luddite" says... Done (for now) making some horse riding trails through the woods beside our house. Took about 3 weeks to clear downed trees and branches with a handsaw and using the tractor to make the trails. Had to remove rocks many and stumps and then spread over 30 yards of pea stone on the smoothed out trails Total length of the trails is a little over half a mile so far. Then I got ambitious and decided to build a "rest stop" along the way, complete with a mini porch, hitching post and stone campfire. Plan is to have a relatively high peaked roof, with a small loft. I'll wire it and relocate a 50 amp RV service that we no longer use by extending ditches and using direct burial wiring. I'll put one of those fake fireplace/heaters for winter use and a small, 5,000 BTU air conditioner for summers. Progress so far: (please remember, I am an amateur carpenter and because there's no power out there yet, it's all being done with battery powered saws, drills and swinging an old fashioned hammer) http://richarderiksson467.wix.com/richard-eriksson#!page-six/c1113 What happend to your small generator? Or, are you doing this for your health? --------------------------------- I thought about getting the generator out, along with the compressor and the nail gun, but this isn't that big of a project and I kinda enjoy doing things the hard way sometimes. If I were working at it 7 or 8 hours straight, I would, but I am taking my time, working on it until I get tired and then calling it a day. What you see in the pictures took 3 days to do. A pro would probably have the whole thing done in a couple of days. Plus, I had to do a lot of Googling to figure out how to build roof trusses. Never did that before. What, you're not using an Ingersoll diesel generator? http://www.alibaba.com/product-free/...Generator.html |
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On Sunday, 15 September 2013 20:48:09 UTC-3, Mr. Luddite wrote:
Done (for now) making some horse riding trails through the woods beside our house. Took about 3 weeks to clear downed trees and branches with a handsaw and using the tractor to make the trails. Had to remove rocks many and stumps and then spread over 30 yards of pea stone on the smoothed out trails Total length of the trails is a little over half a mile so far. Then I got ambitious and decided to build a "rest stop" along the way, complete with a mini porch, hitching post and stone campfire. Plan is to have a relatively high peaked roof, with a small loft. I'll wire it and relocate a 50 amp RV service that we no longer use by extending ditches and using direct burial wiring. I'll put one of those fake fireplace/heaters for winter use and a small, 5,000 BTU air conditioner for summers. Progress so far: (please remember, I am an amateur carpenter and because there's no power out there yet, it's all being done with battery powered saws, drills and swinging an old fashioned hammer) http://richarderiksson467.wix.com/richard-eriksson#!page-six/c1113 Nice project. Maybe Mrs. E will want to operate a 'riding stable' on the property. ;-) |
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On Sun, 15 Sep 2013 19:48:09 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" nowayalso.jose.com wrote:
Done (for now) making some horse riding trails through the woods beside our house. Took about 3 weeks to clear downed trees and branches with a handsaw and using the tractor to make the trails. Had to remove rocks many and stumps and then spread over 30 yards of pea stone on the smoothed out trails Total length of the trails is a little over half a mile so far. Then I got ambitious and decided to build a "rest stop" along the way, complete with a mini porch, hitching post and stone campfire. Plan is to have a relatively high peaked roof, with a small loft. I'll wire it and relocate a 50 amp RV service that we no longer use by extending ditches and using direct burial wiring. I'll put one of those fake fireplace/heaters for winter use and a small, 5,000 BTU air conditioner for summers. Progress so far: (please remember, I am an amateur carpenter and because there's no power out there yet, it's all being done with battery powered saws, drills and swinging an old fashioned hammer) http://richarderiksson467.wix.com/richard-eriksson#!page-six/c1113 What page? And...what happened to that cute little Honda generator you had. I'd think it'd be perfect for a project like that. -- John H. Hope you're having a great day! |
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