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With the help of two friends, one of which is a professional carpenter (who did the majority) I got the rafters up this weekend.

I am whipped!

Hip roof 4/12 pitch.

Decking next weekend.

When do you start on the barn and the stable for the horses?

Not this year, or the next

I can imagine the money goes really quickly. We're having our balcony redone and even that is very expensive. The fact that you're working a regular job doesn't help at all except for an income stream. You're really getting on with the structure though. I hope you can leave materials there safely. Theft here is a real problem for builders around here.

The materials are probably relatively safe, it is out off of the beaten path, and I have a CONEX we lock stuff up in.

The money and the energy goes pretty fast

The plan is to get a roof on it and "dry it in" and take the hot summer months off, and have the final push this Fall/Winter.

Had any luck on finding a tractor?

I am making do with my old one for a while longer.

I am going to wait and try to find a good used Ford 4220 or 5610 4WD with a front end loader.

Red Oak wrote:I am making do with my old one for a while longer.

I am going to wait and try to find a good used Ford 4220 or 5610 4WD with a front end loader.

Occasionally we see them come up for sale @here. Will let you know.

Thanks !

A Stanley Steamer might be a good investment for when the gas goes away. I think Jay Leno has one available.

I plan on making Bio-Diesel out of mesquite, I will be known as the Saudi Arabia of the Rolling Plains if I can pull it off !

Good plan on the hot summer heat! LOL on making it as a Saudi!

Got the decking on
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Sunset view



Took a little time to shoot on the range

100 yard targets to the left, 300 to the right



FAL with suppressor

Is that your front yard?..or your back.

That is the south quarter.

Red Oak wrote:That is the south quarter.

Can you translate that for someone with a 6400 sq ft lot?

160 acres is a quarter of 640 acres, which is one square mile.

So land is described in quarters, halves, and sections.

Red Oak wrote:160 acres is a quarter of 640 acres, which is one square mile.

So land is described in quarters, halves, and sections.

Holy sh*t!

I thought you were going to say.."the south quarter of an acre."

I have no idea what 640 acres looks like, but I'm not sure Burbank is that big..and 105,000 people live here.

Google says Burbank is 17.39 square miles.