Duck Pond Redneckery

[Duck]

The things you can get away with when you live out in the country.





A friend had 8 truckloads of fill dirt to spread around his house.

My dad & I stopped by on the minibikes yesterday and he was out there trying to do it with a shovel and a wheelbarrow.

I went home and got the tractor. Four miles at 8 mph.

Left it there last night. Today I brought the rototiller to try and bust up the clumps.

An official declaration of "fuck it" was made, and I hitched up my off road yard cart which is supposed to be pulled with a riding lawnmower.



I call bullshit on that 10 mph.

It pulls just fine at 60.

 

[Rigjockey]

You are a good friend for doing all of that.

I would have brought lawn chairs and a cooler of beer and acted as supervisor.

 

[Duck]

You are a good friend for doing all of that.

I get to play with the tractor

Terry had the house built, and he's been fucked over repeatedly by contractors, zoning boards, EPA, FEMA & county inspectors.

Everything has cost at least double what he agreed to, and the governments have been screwing with him every step of the way.

They even told him he can't bring dirt onto the property but the crawlspace will flood if the yard isn't graded away from the house.

Of course, if you hire one of the contractors who are lining the pockets of the zoning board members, then they look the other way.

This is Illinois where it's flat, and the only way to do it was to bring in dirt.

He got 8 truckloads of dirt dropped off anyway so naturally he's gotta get rid of the piles & spread it out ASAP.

 

[Electric Chicken]

I get to play with the tractor

Terry had the house built, and he's been fucked over repeatedly by contractors, zoning boards, EPA, FEMA & county inspectors.

Everything has cost at least double what he agreed to, and the governments have been screwing with him every step of the way.

They even told him he can't bring dirt onto the property but the crawlspace will flood if the yard isn't graded away from the house.

Of course, if you hire one of the contractors who are lining the pockets of the zoning board members, then they look the other way.

This is Illinois where it's flat, and the only way to do it was to bring in dirt.

He got 8 truckloads of dirt dropped off anyway so naturally he's gotta get rid of the piles & spread it out ASAP.

I blame Beetlejuice.

 

[389 Hood]

I wonder what it would be like to live on all of that open land. I have basically 25-30 feet between my house and the neighbors on either side of me. It looks like Terry's closest neighbor is about a mile away in the house in the distance.

I'm in an unincorporated section of the county between two cities. No one bothers us as far as code and zoning goes.

 

[Duck]

I blame Beetlejuice.

Beetlejuice only had authority in the city of Chicago. It's not in office any more. They elected some other criminal to replace it.

 

[Electric Chicken]

Beetlejuice only had authority in the city of Chicago. It's not in office any more. They elected some other criminal to replace it.

Doesn't matter.

 

[Duck]

I wonder what it would be like to live on all of that open land. I have basically 25-30 feet between my house and the neighbors on either side of me. It looks like Terry's closest neighbor is about a mile away in the house in the distance.

I'm in an unincorporated section of the county between two cities. No one bothers us as far as code and zoning goes.

People move out to the country because they don't want neighbors.

I get sick of the absolute dead silence sometimes. On days with no wind, sometimes there aren't even any birds making noise. It's weird.

Terry needs trees. For wind breaks, and to make noise when the wind blows, kind of as a reminder that there is at least SOME kind of life nearby.

 

[389 Hood]

I love the eerie silence.

 

[gearjammer]

I get to play with the tractor

Terry had the house built, and he's been fucked over repeatedly by contractors, zoning boards, EPA, FEMA & county inspectors.

Everything has cost at least double what he agreed to, and the governments have been screwing with him every step of the way.

They even told him he can't bring dirt onto the property but the crawlspace will flood if the yard isn't graded away from the house.

Of course, if you hire one of the contractors who are lining the pockets of the zoning board members, then they look the other way.

This is Illinois where it's flat, and the only way to do it was to bring in dirt.

He got 8 truckloads of dirt dropped off anyway so naturally he's gotta get rid of the piles & spread it out ASAP.

 

[gearjammer]

my friends daughter-in-law is trying to build a house and it has been nothing but a pure headache first it was the health dept, and the septic system, first they wanted it put in where a pretty nice block building was so they tore down the building and then they said the perk test showed it wouldn't work so they wanted it moved to another spot and then said it wouldn't work because it wasn't virgin ground mind you I KNOW it is virgin ground because some time ago I dozed the property and got rid of some small kills for them it is also land the is nothing more than sandy bank run, then theses idiots decided that the best place to put it was back of the house way up on a hill which will require a pretty stout lift station,
and then the power company wanted the temporary pole set in one spot only to decide after we put it in that they wanted it n a different place and THEN since the found out that the septic lines would go under their right- of- way that a permit from them would be needed, but no one would put their name on it, it was finally solved by someone signing it even though they were IN ANOTHER STATE!!
so finally its time to dig the basement and pour the footings the forms were up for the walls and the pump truck was sitting there when the county engineer decited to pay a visit and shut the operation down saying we were closer than the required 50 ft. from the middle of the road according to THEIR surveyors they don't accept the original surveyors results the discrepancy is a grand total of 8" so down comes the forms away goes the equipment and it was decided the best course of action was to get a variance which I have some insider information will pass when the meet in three weeks.
so progress so far is there is a hole in the ground, footings done and and thats it other than spending 18 grand for all this bull shit thats OVER what it should have been spent to date!!!
when I was helping them with their budget I told them to plan an additional 20% for unforeseen issues and changes they might make I am beginning to think I should have told them 50%

 

[Duck]

my friends daughter-in-law is trying to build a house and it has been nothing but a pure headache first it was the health dept, and the septic system, first they wanted it put in where a pretty nice block building was so they tore down the building and then they said the perk test showed it wouldn't work so they wanted it moved to another spot and then said it wouldn't work because it wasn't virgin ground mind you I KNOW it is virgin ground because some time ago I dozed the property and got rid of some small kills for them it is also land the is nothing more than sandy bank run, then theses idiots decided that the best place to put it was back of the house way up on a hill which will require a pretty stout lift station,
and then the power company wanted the temporary pole set in one spot only to decide after we put it in that they wanted it n a different place and THEN since the found out that the septic lines would go under their right- of- way that a permit from them would be needed, but no one would put their name on it, it was finally solved by someone signing it even though they were IN ANOTHER STATE!!
so finally its time to dig the basement and pour the footings the forms were up for the walls and the pump truck was sitting there when the county engineer decited to pay a visit and shut the operation down saying we were closer than the required 50 ft. from the middle of the road according to THEIR surveyors they don't accept the original surveyors results the discrepancy is a grand total of 8" so down comes the forms away goes the equipment and it was decided the best course of action was to get a variance which I have some insider information will pass when the meet in three weeks.
so progress so far is there is a hole in the ground, footings done and and thats it other than spending 18 grand for all this bull shit thats OVER what it should have been spent to date!!!
when I was helping them with their budget I told them to plan an additional 20% for unforeseen issues and changes they might make I am beginning to think I should have told them 50%

That's pretty much the same thing that's happened to Terry.

Government war on single family homes.

 

[Rigjockey]

I get to play with the tractor

Terry had the house built, and he's been fucked over repeatedly by contractors, zoning boards, EPA, FEMA & county inspectors.

Everything has cost at least double what he agreed to, and the governments have been screwing with him every step of the way.

They even told him he can't bring dirt onto the property but the crawlspace will flood if the yard isn't graded away from the house.

Of course, if you hire one of the contractors who are lining the pockets of the zoning board members, then they look the other way.

This is Illinois where it's flat, and the only way to do it was to bring in dirt.

He got 8 truckloads of dirt dropped off anyway so naturally he's gotta get rid of the piles & spread it out ASAP.

Wow! that's what we call a rigamarole!
Just pure red tape B.S.
Do they expect him to let the place just flood?

I could see that happening here. There would have to soil sample or something before you could bring in fill.

 

[Rigjockey]

On a side note I did see this driver get turned away at the border with a track machine like a bulldozer or something. They said there was too much soil on the tracks and he would have to turn around and get it washed off before it could be allowed to cross.
If we are being realistic, It is the same soil just from the other side of a drawn line.

 

[Duck]

I brought some busted up concrete and rocks for leveling under these drain tiles.



How many people can say they've used a Honda Goldwing as a dump truck?

 

[Duck]

Somebody's blue barrel trash can blew out of their truck or trailer & it was in the middle of the highway getting hit by cars.

I stopped just to move it off the road, and ended up bringing it home.

It's got drain holes in the bottom.

I'm either going to use it for scrap metal storage, or cut the bottom 2 feet off & use it to get a freaky weird mulberry or osage orange tree established.

It fits perfectly. The bottom edge was resting on the trailer hitch ball. Just a few bungees & it made it home.

 

[389 Hood]

Bungee cords are damned near as good a tool as a Crescent wrench is.

 

[Duck]

I hopped through the ditch in front of the cigarette store because there was pickup tying up the entrance trying to back a big gooseneck trailer in.

There was a note on the door that said "back in 15 minutes".

So I rode over the parking block onto the sidewalk and back out into the street through the ditch & I went to Farm and Fleet to get new wheels for my generator. I'm replacing it's perma-flat pneumatic wheels with solid ones.

Stopped by the cigarette store on the way back & this fat ugly b*ch came out of the Stupid Girly Shit & Goth Crap store next to it, and started bitching because apparently she thinks a Honda Goldwing should not be ridden like a dirt bike.

She even followed me into the cigarette store continuing her rant.

Two teenage boys were working in the cigarette store (no idea why they both had to leave for 15 minutes) and they were laughing their asses off at the security video.

I put my cigarettes in the Goldwing's side box and said "bye bye Karen".

And then I rode through the ditch again to get back on the road.


I'm not drunk or anything, that's just how I get around on that thing. It's fun

 

[Rigjockey]

I hopped through the ditch in front of the cigarette store because there was pickup tying up the entrance trying to back a big gooseneck trailer in.

There was a note on the door that said "back in 15 minutes".

So I rode over the parking block onto the sidewalk and back out into the street through the ditch & I went to Farm and Fleet to get new wheels for my generator. I'm replacing it's perma-flat pneumatic wheels with solid ones.

Stopped by the cigarette store on the way back & this fat ugly b*ch came out of the Stupid Girly Shit & Goth Crap store next to it, and started bitching because apparently she thinks a Honda Goldwing should not be ridden like a dirt bike.

She even followed me into the cigarette store continuing her rant.

Two teenage boys were working in the cigarette store (no idea why they both had to leave for 15 minutes) and they were laughing their asses off at the security video.

I put my cigarettes in the Goldwing's side box and said "bye bye Karen".

And then I rode through the ditch again to get back on the road.


I'm not drunk or anything, that's just how I get around on that thing. It's fun

People these days really need to learn to mind their own damned bidness!

Seriously. If you are not bothering anyone, why do they feel the need to come and bother you?

 

[Electric Chicken]

I hopped through the ditch in front of the cigarette store because there was pickup tying up the entrance trying to back a big gooseneck trailer in.

There was a note on the door that said "back in 15 minutes".

So I rode over the parking block onto the sidewalk and back out into the street through the ditch & I went to Farm and Fleet to get new wheels for my generator. I'm replacing it's perma-flat pneumatic wheels with solid ones.

Stopped by the cigarette store on the way back & this fat ugly b*ch came out of the Stupid Girly Shit & Goth Crap store next to it, and started bitching because apparently she thinks a Honda Goldwing should not be ridden like a dirt bike.

She even followed me into the cigarette store continuing her rant.

Two teenage boys were working in the cigarette store (no idea why they both had to leave for 15 minutes) and they were laughing their asses off at the security video.

I put my cigarettes in the Goldwing's side box and said "bye bye Karen".

And then I rode through the ditch again to get back on the road.


I'm not drunk or anything, that's just how I get around on that thing. It's fun

Really?