pantheraba
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Those piers / blocks are probably 150 years old. We're scheming on how to build some concrete forms and get actual concrete pads under the dozen support points under there. Sounds like a... Lotta work
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pantheraba
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pantheraba
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It don't get much better than that!
pantheraba
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Glad to have ideas about the supports. We're scheming and plotting that kind of thing now.
Corey... I thought the same thing about that upper big dam. I'm sure there have been deer and different critters crossing there. Pretty much everything you can imagine is in that pond swamp area... Deer, coons, gators, turkey, beaver, snakes, panthers I understand though I've never seen one yet. We just have gotten the trail reopened to even reach that pond. It hasn't been visited by anyone I know of in probably 15 years
Corey... I thought the same thing about that upper big dam. I'm sure there have been deer and different critters crossing there. Pretty much everything you can imagine is in that pond swamp area... Deer, coons, gators, turkey, beaver, snakes, panthers I understand though I've never seen one yet. We just have gotten the trail reopened to even reach that pond. It hasn't been visited by anyone I know of in probably 15 years
Look at you cheating with the pneumatic jack! 
What you are doing is called underpinning a foundation, so you can Google rabbit hole that til you get the idea you think will work best. I personally would crib the beams next to your column (vertical members), so you have room to pour a new footing under the column. I would also be very tempted to use a screw jack so you can get it perfect, or several different thicknesses of shimming material.
When i bought my house it required us to jack it a bunch, mainly because it originally was built as a mining shack for a coal mine off in the woods close by. They then enclosed a porch to expand it, without fixing the fact that a porch is sloped
Since everything was cobbled together, fixing stuff to a standard that i could tolerate has been rough, and since they were very dumb they also didn't put the foundation deep enough for Illinois, so I'll be doing a ton of this and likely installing a basement one day if i can keep the wife off real estate websites. I already did a mini basement, big enough to hold all the plumbing stuff, maybe 10 x 15. Always fun to go under the house with a skid steer
I need to figure out a way to do stuff like my dad did, he had a pretty good system down. He would somehow manage to ship my mom away for a time, and once it was clear she didn't forget something, the plan would be set in motion. Beers would be opened, buddies would show up, and a few hours later the demolition was so far along you could only move forward Mom would finally come home, do several "damnit what did you do" and then all would be fine hahahahahahaha. I want a second story here, so if i get the basement in that's exactly how I'll do it.
What you are doing is called underpinning a foundation, so you can Google rabbit hole that til you get the idea you think will work best. I personally would crib the beams next to your column (vertical members), so you have room to pour a new footing under the column. I would also be very tempted to use a screw jack so you can get it perfect, or several different thicknesses of shimming material. When i bought my house it required us to jack it a bunch, mainly because it originally was built as a mining shack for a coal mine off in the woods close by. They then enclosed a porch to expand it, without fixing the fact that a porch is sloped
Since everything was cobbled together, fixing stuff to a standard that i could tolerate has been rough, and since they were very dumb they also didn't put the foundation deep enough for Illinois, so I'll be doing a ton of this and likely installing a basement one day if i can keep the wife off real estate websites. I already did a mini basement, big enough to hold all the plumbing stuff, maybe 10 x 15. Always fun to go under the house with a skid steer I need to figure out a way to do stuff like my dad did, he had a pretty good system down. He would somehow manage to ship my mom away for a time, and once it was clear she didn't forget something, the plan would be set in motion. Beers would be opened, buddies would show up, and a few hours later the demolition was so far along you could only move forward
Mom would finally come home, do several "damnit what did you do" and then all would be fine hahahahahahaha. I want a second story here, so if i get the basement in that's exactly how I'll do it.
pantheraba
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Great input already thanks. You gave me an official phrase for what I need to be looking up... Underpinning a foundation. That should open up some productive rabbit holes.
Love how your dad did that... I'm starting to understand it. I had been going down the road towards purchasing a mini excavator which had slowly gone from $35,000 up to about $65,000 and my wife was getting frantic. So when I told her I decided instead I would just purchase a $16,000 mulcher head and then rent an excavator when I need one to run the mulcher head she thought I was brilliant. Well really she's kind of forced me into that corner but I decided it's a good corner that I can live in. I have the mulcher head ordered and it should be here in three or four weeks supposedly. I've been researching mini excavators that I can rent down here at the farm to run it so there's going to be some happenings at some point.
Love how your dad did that... I'm starting to understand it. I had been going down the road towards purchasing a mini excavator which had slowly gone from $35,000 up to about $65,000 and my wife was getting frantic. So when I told her I decided instead I would just purchase a $16,000 mulcher head and then rent an excavator when I need one to run the mulcher head she thought I was brilliant. Well really she's kind of forced me into that corner but I decided it's a good corner that I can live in. I have the mulcher head ordered and it should be here in three or four weeks supposedly. I've been researching mini excavators that I can rent down here at the farm to run it so there's going to be some happenings at some point.
Watching the grandsons play with their swords and shields. My best friend’s son made swords for the grandkids last year for Christmas. This year he made them shields. Each grandson’s shield has a different head on its handle...lion, wolf, bear, leopard...Ellie’s just has a design. Each shield has a Gaelic phrase on it....
pantheraba
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And my wife would hunt you down like a cur dog.
Mellow
BCMA
Did a few bids after an hour or so of shooting clays, cause 'merica. We like to shoot stuff!
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
Mick!
TreeHouser
I know right? Mostly each other though, 11k of your own citizens killed so far this year already and rising, mad innit!
FireFighterZero
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That's cool.
Gotta bust out my new clay thrower.
Saw a notice posted today for a clay bird shoot to help fundraise for the ag program in the town over east.
Might go do that.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
A fund raiser coming up here too at a place I enjoy shooting that is family freindly on a river you can camp at. But alas, no time. Too many vehicles need addressing. Already have one shoot with our team each month.
Got a text bit ago from a client we did Friday. Rob was heading over there this morning so I ssked him to drop off the invoice for the guys bill pay. He gave the custy the wrong tag. Did not bother to read it, address, name and the fact it was paid by paypal. Made him go back. Told me he would go back after waiting an hour since he had two beers starting at 9 am. Client texted at 1045.](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/vbulletin/eusa_wall.gif "Brick wall ](*,)")
Got a text bit ago from a client we did Friday. Rob was heading over there this morning so I ssked him to drop off the invoice for the guys bill pay. He gave the custy the wrong tag. Did not bother to read it, address, name and the fact it was paid by paypal. Made him go back. Told me he would go back after waiting an hour since he had two beers starting at 9 am. Client texted at 1045.
Milled the locust log I brought home. Such a PITA. My mill support came undone, and I was fighting everything to keep it in place. Pretty sloppy cuts, but it'll work for my intended use. Setup is what I hate most about Alaskan milling. I need to come up with something different than a ladder that's easier and more secure. Setup is why I always put off my milling jobs. Shoving a saw through a piece of wood is the easy non stressful part.
I also got this today...
I also got this today...
HELLA BOOK. 
Is it just me?? Or would it be pretty dang challenging to actually get into that position Wes is pictured in on the cover?? F'g huge tree, stupid-long flip line?? I think it would take a S-load of skill, experience, and athleticism/strength
Is it just me?? Or would it be pretty dang challenging to actually get into that position Wes is pictured in on the cover?? F'g huge tree, stupid-long flip line?? I think it would take a S-load of skill, experience, and athleticism/strength
I'd love to try running a flipline on a tree like that. That's a whole different game than what I'm used to. Not sure I'd want to get too high. The stuff I've done, I can just grab the stem if I'm getting a little weirded out. One of those giants, all you've got is your flipline. Not sure my head could cope with that.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Well, the bark is pretty thick too. Sometimes you can grip.it, but it peels as well in places. There is a definite degree in finesse, agility and athleticism doing a western roll on a flip line. If we ever have a flip fest gtg again, you should go. Got shown how to do it at the WC GTG in the redwoods. Sure pays off on large stems. Most the stuff I climb is puny shat compared to the redwoods.
