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EAB cleanup | Here is an album of the clean up project at my place. EAB (European Ash Bore) has or will kill all the ash trees around here. The small woods behind my home was mainly ash so it is devastated. It had also been overgrown with honeysuckle which we had not been taking care of. I will now get rid of the stuff and clean up all the dead ash on the ground. That way I can leave the standing dead till I have room for them here. I will seed grass and when the dead are out I will replant some trees so there is something up there. If I plant now I'm afraid of smashing them when felling what's left. |
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Wood Cart | Here's an album on how I rebuilt my little woodcart to stand up to the weight it hauls. Put about a 1/4 of a cord on it at a time so it can be around 1000 lbs. |
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Wood Gathering, hauling and such | This is just a place to store pics of the wood gathering. Whether it be cutting, splitting, chipping, hauling ,loading, oddities or what have you. |
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2014 Iowa Rally | Pics of the rally. A great time and if you never have been to one you need to attend. They are addictive though! |
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Ron in Indiana 2014 rally Ron hosted a get together and had quite a few trucks of various Dodge lineage. Great to see old friends and faces to catch up. Made some new ones as well!
Many thanks to Ron and the "crew" for the time invested and all the great food. Special thanks to Rons son and grandkids for helping me out with a wiring problem I had.
One highlight for me was to see Michael Verst's 4 door Power Wagon in person. Top notch in every detail and such an awesome thing to see in living color. |
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61 chevy | 4393 Visits
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Storm | 3255 Visits
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wood chipper Decided it was time to a medium size chipper to smaller jobs around the farms. We need something that will chip up the smaller limbs as we cut and use most everything over 2 inches in diameter. When we clean fencerows and such we'll burn those. When a single tree or large branch falls in a field it will be a lot nicer to chip it and blow it in the fencerow where a bush hog will spread it out. A plus will also be with other cleanups I can simply blow in the back of a truck to save hours of limb dragging or multible brush loads with the truck.
I wanted a PTO powered version with a power infeed system. Did some comparing of different ones and decided on a WoodMaxx. It will handle up to 8 inch material, which is more than I need but it's nice to have the option! Should be a strong unit that will last. Here is a review and how it is working for us. |
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Redoing barns | Some pics of fixing up the barns and such at the house. |
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Interior | The interior is the only thing I'm not tackling myself. I wanted leather and do not have a sewing machine so I left it to someone else. I'll never make that mistake again. |
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wood splitter This is a log (pun intended) of my wood splitter build. Yes, Wood (pun intended) have been easier to just buy one but I wanted one that fits the way we work our wood and no one currently offers anything like it. Me and my dad use wood as our total heat sources and have done so for over 30 years now.
We currently have a self contained, fixed, horizontal homemade that Dad made and has been strengthened over the years. The other splitter is 3 point that someone else made that has been rebuilt so I've learned from these what I want. the 3 point is nice as you can lay it on the ground for the big ones.
With this splitter I want to get rid of the straining and a lot of the bending over. If you split a lot you day dream a lot about, "hey, it would be better if....." That's where a lot of these ideas came from.
Not saying this is the way everyone should do it, it just suits our needs and I'll try to give some tips along the way to help others. Here we go! |
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For Sale This album is for stuff I have for sale. All the items do NOT include the shipping. It will be actual but if you see something you want, send me your zip code so I can get a quote for you. Also let me know if you want insurance, I can't be responsible for Post office damage or loosing it. I've never had a problem in the past but it is up to you.
Things go out in order of emails. You can reach me at kjfoust@juno.com If you have questions or would like close up pics, let me know and I'll get it done. Thanks, Kevin |
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1941 Dodge WC40 Truck Build This is an album showing how things were made and assembled during the rough build of this truck. First off, I'm not a pro builder and worked on this project in my spare time. It took over 13 years and somewhere close to 3000 hours to do. I may be slow but I don't give up!
I got into working with stainless steel out of my frustration with chrome. Paying what it costs and having it last a short time were the main problems. In making copies of parts I can control the quality and it WILL last. I've always liked figuring out how to make things and most would be surprised about how some of the things were made. It's the end product that matters!
When I started the planning of this project I wanted to use all Dodge. My wish list was to have V8 power and upgraded axles to handle bigger tires. Power steering and brakes to stop the thing were important as well. I spent over 1 month taking measurements from over 12 different trucks, 8 Dodges, 3 Chevys and one Ford. My Goal was to have as little of the frame hanging down when looking from the side. I wanted to make it look like it was made to be together and not some cobbled afterthought.
As much as I didn't want to, a 1978 Chevy 1 ton was by FAR the clear cut winner. To me, it looks more factory than the original frame as all the curves and lines lend themselves to just plain working better.
In the future I'm going to do 2 more trucks and they will be basically stock. I have another 1941 WC 1/2 ton closed cab 4x4 and a 1961 WM300 Power Wagon waiting in the wings. |
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Hood Latches and Hood Work | I decided to make a set of hood latches. The originals were all rusty and worn so something was going to needed to be done. I wanted them to operate smoothly so I used poly washers on the shafts to help with that |
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