Author Archives: Jay Bates

Day 226, 227 Shop build day 5 & 6

THE DAYS OF TARPING ALL OF OUR TOOLS AT THE LAND ARE OVER!!! YESSSSSSS! The roof has been installed, and an empty shell of potential has never looked so good. Soooo good! While the shop builder has one more day to button up the lean-to and trim around …

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Day 222, 224 – Toys & Shop Build Day 4

For the past 7 months, my tractor has been my MVP. Hands down, without question. I bought it new and have 297 hours on it now. It’s a Jack of All Trades. I’ve used it to do pallet fork work, digging, piranha bar digging and tree removal, gr…

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Day 218 – Shop Build Day 2

Day 2 of the shop build went by fast. Time flies when you’re having fun, right?! Man, what a day! The crew worked nonstop and accomplished quite a bit. The roof trusses, roof purlins, and wall gerts went up. While all of this was going on, I furt…

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Day 214 – Shop Build Day 1

Finally. Finally!! One more time….After 214 days we have FINALLY reached the 40×60 shop construction phase. The shop is an on-site fabbed red iron welded steel building. This type of structure is extremely common where I live. On day one the…

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Day 212, 214 – Driveway Expansion & Seat Time

A few little things add up to a lot. As we leave our drought season and enter our usually wet winter, some much-needed attention needs to be paid to the parking area of the driveway. Concrete washout is my next most excellent find. This stuff is relati…

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