New England B.S. Thread

Come hang at my house one day, we can chuck the BFGs on your truck and do RC stuff too on the back yard course

That's what she said.........?

 

Spent some time at the spot, clearing brush, digging sapling stumps out, widening foot paths, and getting to work on the Cadillac shitter. I did a bunch of reading on design principles with info from the USFS and some mil field manuals.





The pit is flashed up to the entry for the throne, to funnel any vapor up into the intended entrance/exit.



Stainless flashing tabbed and circumstapled to create a splash collar, with two beads of butyl tape to seal down the pedestal (a sump basin with a wide flange and metal inserts on the bolt holes)



Got as far as I could with the time and material available. Next week I'd like to get the rest of the wall framing in and the roof on. I'll probably fabricate the trusses at home and truck them in, my cordless circ saw eats batteries entirely too fast to get them made reasonably onsite.

 

Looks killer!!!

Remember too that GM is notorious for trying to hose people on warranty stuff too..my 06 was more of a problem than the beaters I've had.

 

Yeah... every car company does shady shit, some just more than others. Nothing I'm looking at really has a warranty though.

 

Just got back from Aruba yesterday.

They get some amazing 4wd variants we never got in the states. The two door LC Prado was a wild sight but what threw me (and I wish I got a pic of it) was what looked like a Mazda pickup that was a crew cab but was also a short bed but had the wheel arches centered in the bed (like a Tacoma longbed). I don't know if it was custom or what, but it was neat looking. I can't find a similar pic online so maybe it was a custom.

 

I keep looking at 2 door pajeros, landcruisers, and suzuki samurai or jimny

 

That is right around the corner from me - literally. I could walk to County Rd.

Haven't been through there in a while, so I can't offer much insight despite the proximity. Used to mountain bike some of the roads in there.

 

Did some things yesterday…. Truck is ready for camping season! Cap came in and I got the Bedrug installed. I haven’t had a Bedrug before, this one has the Impact Mat on the bottom and the rug in the sides, should work out well.

 

I saw a bunch of those as well. The two door Pajeros are fun. The shop that tuned my STi had a Dodge Raider with a 2JZ swapped into it.

 

Ford problems! My truck came through pretty nice but had a chip on the hood. Not a factory problem. Must have happened during transport

 

Moved back to the Bean again after some years out west!

looking forward to some mod meet up days or whatever is going on with the NE crew

 

I would imagine it’s a fairly universal issue. They look good leaving the factory, but they don’t really correct the paint. I just washed and waxed, no paint correction. To most, it would look really good, but I can pick out the little imperfections and swirls leftover. This summer, I’ll strip it, cut it and polish it up, make it really shine!

 

Anybody know much about settin posts in the ground?

I made this chicken coop so it will sit on 2 telephone poles(ethically sourced of course) and Im not sure how I need to set these posts. I was able to dig 2' below grade and the floor of the chicken coop will be approximately 3' above the ground. Will this be fine just setting them in dirt? Should I set them in concrete? Do I need to figure out how to dig deeper somehow?

4x8 chicken coop but I have a feeling I will have to crawl in there at some point.

 

I believe the posts should be 1/3 in the ground, I would use the form tubes, cut down to the 2 foot you already dug, and then use the quick setting concrete. I just put in 12 posts for a garden last week, they are still standing this week, so I am considering that a win.

 

At a minimum I would put some crushed stone in the bottom to help with drainage. If you wanted to do it right I would try to get the post bottom below the frost line. This will help from ground heaving and possibly damaging the coop. That is probably a lot more digging.

 

Whats the soil composition? I don't like setting wood in concrete it tends to promote rot I prefer to set on a bed of stone and back fill the hole around the post wit washed stone to shed the water quickly.

 

the other thing is you want the poles 3-4 feet in the ground

 

2 feet should be plenty, we did 4 feet to support an entire sunroom.

Sonotubes will allow the ground to heave around the footing, and "slide" against the footing, instead of grabbing it and bringing it with it.

We used to drill anchors into the footing, rather than putting wood into concrete (or contacting it directly).



But I don't know about a telephone pole.

Heck, they just bury those things on the roadside. I would be comfortable enough just burying it as is.
2 feet should be enough. Drop them in, let them settle, then chop the tops to be level.

 

Tempted to do this but not sure if it will accelerate rot. It is a telephone pole though so I am sure there is some special sauce in it that isnt good for me.

Yep doing gravel in the bottom no matter what I do. Not digging 4 foot deep, they are chickens, they can deal with a little heaving. The granite state has me digging with mostly a prybar because of all the rocks

Ive done a ton of digging in my life but I dont actually know the soil types. It goes from clayish to a little more sandy clay mix at the bottom of the hole.

Yeah height wise I dont care, I'll just take the laserlevel over with the chainsaw when I am done.