What are you working on today thread

[Marshy]

Worst case, I will ask my brother in law for his help. He's been designing and building barns since '82 (before I was born!) and knows all the tricks. I just spoke to him more about it this last weekend. Here's just one example of a barn he built.

 

[S Sidwell]

Have y'all thought about putting antifreeze and water mix in the rear tire tubes, that's what we have in our smaller tractors. Haven't had any problems for years. The John Deere 3020 has cast iron wheels with steel rim plus cast iron wheel weights, plenty of weight on it.

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[Marshy]

Have y'all thought about putting antifreeze and water mix in the rear tire tubes, that's what we have in our smaller tractors. Haven't had any problems for years. The John Deere 3020 has cast iron wheels with steel rim plus cast iron wheel weights, plenty of weight on it.

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I think you meant to put that in the tractor thread..?
Lots of people are switching to beet juice or windshield washer fluid.

 

[S Sidwell]

Not around here, have seen calcium in tires before.

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[usmcbuckwild]

Worst case, I will ask my brother in law for his help. He's been designing and building barns since '82 (before I was born!) and knows all the tricks. I just spoke to him more about it this last weekend. Here's just one example of a barn he built.
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Gorgeous

 

[Marshy]

Gorgeous

It's actually kind of sickening when you realize people spent this kind of money because... horses.

 

[oologahan]

This year the weather has been really good, no snow and I'm getting the garden ready. I keep the blower on the front to balance out the machine. Unfortunately I didn't have the blower on when we got a ton of snow.

A few years back a totally different story. This me plowing the driveway with my 16hp single cylinder 1977 Simplicity GT wit 46" plow, about 10 inches of new snow on top of a good amount below it.

 

[Marshy]

Nice little tractor.

 

[stihl_head1982]

Gorgeous

That's what I was thinking. Semper Fi Mack!

 

[usmcbuckwild]

It's actually kind of sickening when you realize people spent this kind of money because... horses.
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I worked in and around a couple barns like that in CT/NY/Mass back in the day; $100+ million horse farms. It is truly amazing some of the features they boast: radiant heating in the floors, climate controls for each stall, specialized shower/sauna rooms for hygiene and massage, motion sensor cameras and temperature sensors in each stall, automatic fire suppression and emergency evacuation systems, integrated furnished apartments for stable hands with access to complete surveillance/monitoring systems and alarms. Absolutely state-of-the-art.

 

[mgr1]

Liquid rubber sealing on a waterfall.



And koi fish swimming under ice.

 

[Marshy]

I worked in and around a couple barns like that in CT/NY/Mass back in the day; $100+ million horse farms. It is truly amazing some of the features they boast: radiant heating in the floors, climate controls for each stall, specialized shower/sauna rooms for hygiene and massage, motion sensor cameras and temperature sensors in each stall, automatic fire suppression and emergency evacuation systems, integrated furnished apartments for stable hands with access to complete surveillance/monitoring systems and alarms. Absolutely state-of-the-art.

Yes, thats the gold standard anymore for those large ones. There's some money wrapped up in those for sure. Might be possible one of those barns were his creation. He told me there was only one other guy that's been building barns for as long as he has and he's in PA. The majority of his work is in the area you described.