Things built, torn down and other projects.(Pictures)

#76
#76
I'm blessed that I have a knack that I can do almost anything. Slice is probably 10 times better than me at carpentry though. I'm too slow and meticulous sometimes. His work looks first rate.
 
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#77
#77
buckfama said:
I'm blessed that I have a knack that I can do almost anything. Slice is probably 10 times better than me at carpentry though. I'm too slow and meticulous sometimes. His work looks first rate.
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I'm mechanically inclined, and can do what I have to in order to save money when it comes to carpenter work. My dad is very good at it, but I was just always more into mechanical stuff. I did replace part of my flooring that was bad, and it held up. Ha
 
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I bet I have killed 25 brown recluse today. They are friggin everywhere. One piece of tin had 7 underneath it and one board had 6 when I picked up another off the top of it. Lots of critters get a pass from me but not these suckers. I kill every one I see.
 

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#80
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Not many things like that I'm actually scared of, but I'm skurt of them!
 
#81
#81
That's the only cittet that worries me on these jobs. Their bite is no joke.
 
#82
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Brought some nice sill beams out today.. Long with close to 500 board feet of 2x and 1x stuff
 

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Behr said:
That your dozer and bobcat?
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Nope. Landowners. He is letting me use them while he is on the road.

I normally just use my truck to pull stuff like that out and hand load it on my trailer.
 
#85
#85
Awesome. I wouldn't be getting much work done, but I sure as hell would look like I was. Lol
 
#86
#86
Behr said:
Awesome. I wouldn't be getting much work done, but I sure as hell would look like I was. Lol
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Lol.. when I looked at these buildings I told him that I would have to rent equipment to do everything he wanted done. There is a lot of concrete and cinder block which I normally don't deal with. He said he had a dozer and bobcat I could use so I agreed to take it.

There are 5 buildings on this job, I have already taken 2 down. About to start on the 3rd.

I will get spoiled using his equipment .. made it a little easier.

The landowner is pretty good guy. I can't say who he is.. but he is a country music legend. I was a fan of his growing up. He has surprised me how down to earth he is. He has helped me in any way I have asked. He is like most folks.. he can't believe I do this by myself lol.
 
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buckfama said:
I bet I have killed 25 brown recluse today. They are friggin everywhere. One piece of tin had 7 underneath it and one board had 6 when I picked up another off the top of it. Lots of critters get a pass from me but not these suckers. I kill every one I see.
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That one looked very healthy too....I hate those things
 
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Carl Pickens said:
That one looked very healthy too....I hate those things
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He WAS healthy... Now he is in spider heaven. I have seen a couple that were bigger than quarters.. huge for a recluse. And 1 was close to half dollar size. Never saw one that big before.

They are the reason I wear gloves. If I pick something up I don't get bit and so I can squish them with my hand when I spot one and don't have to look for something to do it with. Lol
 
#90
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I was under a house on signal mountain that had more spiders than I'd ever seen in one place. Some were big enough to sell in pet stores.
 
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#91
#91
Well.. back at it again this morning. Gotta burn more and get a section around the chimney cleaned up so I can pull it down.
 
#93
#93
Today was a rough day. I'm coming down with something but I gritted it out. I cleaned up area that had been a back room on the store. From the bars on the window I think it may have been a jail cell. Lol

Had to get it done so I can pull the chimney down and the lady who bought the brick can come pick up the last of it.

About brown recluses, I had 1 today do something I had never seen before. Sometimes they don't act too scared when disturbed but I have never seen one act super aggressive until today. It actually moved towards my hand .. that's how I spotted it. He then stopped when I removed it. I grabbed a small stick and put it back where my hand was. He raised his front legs, I guess in a warning, and advanced again... Slowly like a tarantula. It was crazy.

So I killed him.

And I have mentioned how large some of these recluses were.. some almost as big as half dollars? Well I saw and killed a half dollar one today. He was huge. I thought he was a different kind of spider at first he was so large. Until I looked at him a little closer.. definite brown recluse.

I can't wait until this building is done lol. Suckers are everywhere.
 
#95
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I bet I saw 20 today. It's crazy at how many there are.

I'll try to get some pics of the job site tomorrow. Been slacking at that but it's basically a pile of wood and debris that I'm cleaning up. Still pulling some good boards out of a few spots but it's pretty much done.

I do have a few older pics of the building. I'll see if I can find some of those to post.
 
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buckfama said:
Today was a rough day. I'm coming down with something but I gritted it out. I cleaned up area that had been a back room on the store. From the bars on the window I think it may have been a jail cell. Lol

Had to get it done so I can pull the chimney down and the lady who bought the brick can come pick up the last of it.

About brown recluses, I had 1 today do something I had never seen before. Sometimes they don't act too scared when disturbed but I have never seen one act super aggressive until today. It actually moved towards my hand .. that's how I spotted it. He then stopped when I removed it. I grabbed a small stick and put it back where my hand was. He raised his front legs, I guess in a warning, and advanced again... Slowly like a tarantula. It was crazy.

So I killed him.

And I have mentioned how large some of these recluses were.. some almost as big as half dollars? Well I saw and killed a half dollar one today. He was huge. I thought he was a different kind of spider at first he was so large. Until I looked at him a little closer.. definite brown recluse.

I can't wait until this building is done lol. Suckers are everywhere.
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I rented a house once that was infested with them. It was horrible.... stayed there two weeks.... told the landlord to bite me and left. I had to go through every dang piece of clothing and etc. to make sure I didn't take them with me when I left.
 
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buckfama said:
...So I killed him.
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