sar4x4 Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Starting a few days ago: Rented a sod cutter and a tiller. Took them home in the Scout. Rental shop even loaned me their ramps. You can't load / unload the sod cutter alone without them! Wait till I post what I hope to do tomorrow, it's even 4x4 related. There's three bush stumps next to the house................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sar4x4 Posted August 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Deb says there will be no lawn to cut. She does the gardening, after this initial lift. Which means more time for 4x4 stuff for me! There is a rationale to this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82Yota Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Nice! Also, I passed you on Burnside drive last Thursday or Friday afternoon, I was wondering if that was your scout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sar4x4 Posted August 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Yeah, we were shuffling some furniture. Been using the Scout for homeowner duty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autumnwalker Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Right on Eugene! How well did the sod cutter work? Are they expensive to rent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sar4x4 Posted August 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 $100 a day but worth every penny. Not a big lawn but cut all the sod in an hour and was easier to use than some snow blowers! You could run it with one hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82Yota Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 I'm afraid to ask what you were doing with the other hand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sar4x4 Posted August 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 10 hours ago, 82Yota said: I'm afraid to ask what you were doing with the other hand... Pickin' my nose and chewin' it! lol Well, not this time, too much dust in the snot to chew it............. Got some good pics today, although we only got one little bush stump out, those three Yew(?) tree stumps at the very front of the house, are too well rooted for a double-lined 8,000# winch on a 7,000# truck with the rear wheels chocked with wood and over the edge of the street curb. Pulled the Burb right up and over the 10-12" high chocks. Guess I couldn't block the street and hook to a power pole. lol Pics later,,,,,,,,,,,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odin Posted August 6, 2016 Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 Wow funny topic to come up right now lol. My newlywed wife and I are expecting our first child on Sep 1, so we've been doing a lot. Rebuilt the subfloor in the baby's room, new underlay and carpet. New drywall/paint, window trims, curtains, baseboard, everything. Just when I thought we were done, I woke up yesterday to find the wife tearing all the wallpaper down in the bathroom... guess who got to go buy new stuff for that, lol. Happy wife, Happy life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sar4x4 Posted August 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 Lol. House renos never really end. Like vehicle maintenance and upgrades if you have the time and funds! We got a lot done the last couple days, then deeked out to help out at the search last evening. They were looking for paddlers to check shorelines from the water side. Threw the kayaks in the Suburban, drove down city park paths to the beach... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sar4x4 Posted August 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 Some pics. I could not pull the Yew stumps out with the winch but there is more fun to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sar4x4 Posted August 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 So how big is the root stock? Double line Not even close to pulling it out. Start cutting down the multiple stalks. They contort and jam the saw. Took dozens of cuts Then when I was down to one trunk, the cutting was easy. This is for another day..... going to cut the roots first, there should be no tap root, and these are relatively easy to get at. Not like the Yew tree sumps above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autumnwalker Posted August 8, 2016 Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 39 minutes ago, sar4x4 said: More later after the upload limit times out........... I don't use other sites and links much. Upload limit time out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sar4x4 Posted August 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 We cut all of those roots. It's not easy. It was easier to use the axe than the chain saw. The roots are under strain and jam the saw. We ALMOST have the pine tree stump out! And Deb wants to get it out so she can finish planting. So back at it tonight.......... The old Suburban tried a couple winch pulls this morning. Stump didn't move but there sure was strain, the front springs really compressed. Then tried direct pulls with a few jerks, and pieces are coming off! And the whole stump was moving a bit. Then I had to come to work! Broke a chain I had around the stump during a non-winch pull. Need bigger chain. Looked at the SWL of the snatch block when winching. Need a bigger one for safety. My aux battery might be toast, or at least needs a good charging. Had to swap in the Scout battery during the winching. Deb has pics,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,. to follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sar4x4 Posted August 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 Okay, I'll forget all the pics I haven't yet posted of cutting roots and yanking on stumps and cut to the chase. Last night we hoped we had finally cut all of the roots. This morning barely took up up the slack and voila! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil'monster Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 Now what are you going to do with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sar4x4 Posted August 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 25 minutes ago, Lil'monster said: Now what are you going to do with it Good question! Not sure!! I pulled it over to the corner of the lot and it's a funky decoration until the novelty wears off. You can't tell in the most recent pic but there is a bit of a 'stump', that I'd like to cut a sliver off. But I might need a bigger saw, or let it dry some more, or I dunno! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sar4x4 Posted August 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2016 Most recent pic of the yard. The 12 10 cent 'closing out' sale tomato plants are turning into a small jungle with baseball sized fruit! With proper transplanting techniques (read as Deborah has the green thumb), we haven't lost any plants in this heat yet! Minimal watering when planting and at dusk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sar4x4 Posted September 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 So I wanted to build a little platform to raise some firewood off the ground to dry. And I wanted to try out my new sliding compund mitre saw. I mostly used lumber that came with the house and from Deb's storage locker we emptied. What do you think? Deb says I got a little carried away........... I'm not much of a carpenter, so I'm rather proud! A couple of mistakes.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sar4x4 Posted October 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2016 Been working on a platform in the garage. There was a set of 3 steps only. No landing, awfaul dangerous when you come out of the house. Unexpected big first step. Mock up. Steps underneath. Left and right boards on the plywood are the limits of the platform. Garage is a mess. All in good time.... Back support. More than half completed. I've never done anything like this before. But I think it will hold up a tank......... Still using the 88 2x4s of Debs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomWood Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 I have some house updates coming as well lol, just need to get home to upload videos and pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sar4x4 Posted October 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 I have some more pics as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sar4x4 Posted August 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 Bump. Going to load some pics later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sar4x4 Posted August 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 Wow, did I never post pics of the finished platform? Maybe under 'What did you do to your truck today'! Anyway, I'll get to those. Here is the tire rack I finished on the weekend. I don't know what I'll do if we get a cars with larger tires! (These are the Subaru's and Rogue's winters.) (There's 1/2 inch of clearance below the bottom of the rack.... when the door is up, and the tires touch the ceiling as I'm putting them in until they settle into the cradles! Don't pay attention to the mess of the garage, it's a work in progress! The front cradle closest to the door had to be 'clearanced' for the swing of the top of the door as it rises and changes from vertical to horizontal. I don't think it will fall down, I think it's over-built.......... I ran the vertical studs right to the foundation AND they're screwed into studs behind the plaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sar4x4 Posted August 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 Finished my work bench a few weeks ago. Shop vac sits on the floor below the mitre saw, which slides in on a rack for storage only. I have stand for it elsewhere. Shop vac goes right to the back on the floor, some boxes stored 'temporarily' in front of it. Height was at a premium here, I had to use a rack and not a shelf, the rack contours above the curve of the top of the vac and the bottom of the saw, because I have the adapters on the saw for using it on a stand! There's 1/2 inch height clearance on each of the two items. On the other side, there's 1/4 inch clearance above the snowblower, which is on a dolly. The shelf worked out great! THE PLAN is the stuff stored on the left side of the bench is TEMPORARY. Nuff said! The right side is just messy........ its a work in progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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