Duck Pond Redneckery


Wind ripped the north overhang off the barn roof, leaving exposed framework at the top of the wall.

The horizontal planks under two layers of shingles and old steel used to extend to the edge for the overhang.

Proper way to fix it would be a whole tear-off and new steel.

In Biden's economy...
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So I'm going full redneck here and using shelf brackets. I've got 5" long screws holding them on, the screws go through the trim and the siding and into the 2" thick old growth hardwood rafter.

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That peak is 24 feet 😳

The drip edge of the upper section of roof is 18'
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Even with all that rust I can't grip it. I can't get up on it to screw down the steel.

I'm gonna have to put the bottom of the ladder in the back of the ol' Ford truck to get it to reach the upper roof, and somehow I'll use a rope to pull the other ladder up.

Sarah has not had a seizure in the 3 months since her hysterectomy but she still ain't allowed up on the ladder.

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All I can hope here is ya ain't had more than 2/3 cans of Beer if ya gotta "Work" tomorrow..

Hope ya hadda enough off the "Weed" if the Disability 4 Wife ran out and they want you back...

When I first got "Fired" from Millis..

They only Take PEE Test but new Job now takes "Hair Sample" too..

Got a Buzz Job too and that don't take much "These Day" I'm more than Half-BALD already

The "Hair" is not DOT REPORTABLE like a PEE .

Dirty PEE goes right to Federal Data Base..

So my First few weeks off I hit the "Legal" Shop in Mundeleien bought an 1/8 for $65 bucks..

Tooks 2/3 tokes was "Gone" outta my mind...Low "Tolerance"

Instead of like that time years ago the Dope Dealer "Laced" that stuff..

I flushed that down the Toilet and was "Praying"..

From the "Legal" Cannabis Shop "Re-Sealeded" the Bag and put it up in Attic..

Looking for a "Job" can only screw around once or twice..

Had 30 days "Clean" when I got here
 
Last time I ever took a "Hair Drug" test was like 25 years ago at Citation Casting Corp to work in the West Allis Ironworks/Foundry..

I was also on "Parole" from the Department Of Corrections..

Not wanting 2 "Violate" & Go Back 2 Prison was "Clean" didn't even Drink..
 
Last time I ever took a "Hair Drug" test was like 25 years ago at Citation Casting Corp to work in the West Allis Ironworks/Foundry..

I was also on "Parole" from the Department Of Corrections..

Not wanting 2 "Violate" & Go Back 2 Prison was "Clean" didn't even Drink..
That goes 2 show once or twice a "Buzz Job" beats a HAIR TEST..

Habitual Usage "Won't"..

Now on the PEE give that 1-2 weeks Pee Clean
 
That goes 2 show once or twice a "Buzz Job" beats a HAIR TEST..

Habitual Usage "Won't"..

Now on the PEE give that 1-2 weeks Pee Clean
I forgot the "Hair" test takes a lot longer comeback than the PEE..

So "Be aware" ya Pee Clean or "Inconclusive" they now HAIR FOLLICLES..

Although in USA only a "PEE" can be Reported..

The "Hair Follicles" not a DOT "Certified" YET..

But allotta companies nowadays it's a Hair with "Pee"..

Eventually that'll become "DOT" standard too
 
Supposedly this here high torque/low RPM drill was taken off the market because people were breaking their wrists when a bit suddenly binds.

But it's not powerful enough to put that big auger bit all the way in to the chuck.

I did it 3 times but then it started hitting metal inside the tree stump.

Fence posts like 50 rings in from the outside.

I made a vertical hole down the center and met it at the bottom with two upward-inclined horizontal bores.

Poured oil and gas in the vertical hole until it came out the sides then I lit it up.

It never established positive airflow.

So much for those YouTube videos. 🙄

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So I dug a foot deep trench around the stump and poured out like 3 gallons of used motor oil in it and lit it.

I've been feeding it walnut logs I saved in the corn crib like ten years ago and I have been playing with my air blow gun.

Blowing compressed air at it at the right spot and angle makes the trench become like a blast furnace.

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So I dug a foot deep trench around the stump and poured out like 3 gallons of used motor oil in it and lit it.

I've been feeding it walnut logs I saved in the corn crib like ten years ago and I have been playing with my air blow gun.

Blowing compressed air at it at the right spot and angle makes the trench become like a blast furnace.

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if a fire starts in Commifornia, i'm sending the state police this thread.....

you, you fire bug.........
 
That fan needs a handle on it or something. That cinder block is heavy.

I could carry it around with one hand earlier in the day but now that it's 5:AM I could barely lift it, so I rolled it into the shop on the 2 wheel hand dolly. 😩

@GAnthony this is going to be one of those things that takes me forever. I don't remember what kind of tree it was but this is some dense wood.

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This is about 4 hours after I ran out of firewood to put around the perimeter. The fan kept the trunk orange at the bottom.

In this picture it almost looks like I could rip it out with the old Ford but there's still a lot of dense wood to burn out.

I turned the fan off. Hopefully there won't be a ton of smoke in my face when I drill more vent holes in it later today.
 
How about if you put an inline resistor on the fan to slow it down a bit. It looks to be pumping too much air velocity at the fire. It's blowing the flames away from the target.
 

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