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...and you still haven't got the chicken coop built!

They'll be out there scratching up your lawn seed and eating it before it gets a chance to germinate...

You still got more done this past weekend than I did!
My big accomplishment was blowing a gear in the auto feed for my little horizontal mill

Originally Posted by johnboy

...and you still haven't got the chicken coop built!

They'll be out there scratching up your lawn seed and eating it before it gets a chance to germinate...

No, not yet Johnboy. The chickens are only 4-5 weeks old we think. They're in a tote in our up stairs bathroom. We have to keep them in there and lock the door so the dang Husky doesn't get in there and try to feast. She already sniped one and almost had it for a snack when we first got the chicks. I'll need to get on it soon though. They are growing pretty fast!

Originally Posted by 34_40

You still got more done this past weekend than I did!
My big accomplishment was blowing a gear in the auto feed for my little horizontal mill

Mike, that sounds like a bad deal for sure!

Some new emblems I had made arrived today from Canada. These look closer to originals than the set I currently have.

Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

Mike, that sounds like a bad deal for sure!

What's worse is it was my own fault! Not terribly expensive to repair but it is downtime and I have a project mounted on the table as it sits there. GRrrrrrr..

Oh well.. LOL..

The new emblems look nice. When I first glanced at'em - I thought it read "396" .... oops!

Another after the weekend update. Nothing major on the truck. Still waiting on the converter to be done. 2 weeks ago I called and they said they'd have it done in a couple days. That must have meant weeks. Anyhow, I took last Friday off, (it was my birthday). That turned into, "Hey dear, I need you to watch the boys so I can go grocery shopping." So I obliged. The boys and I serviced the rider and we mowed the yard. It's crazy that on April 22nd, it was 83* and I had to mow. It makes me wonder what June will be like. (Not cool) Saturday I made some finishing touches on the bed frame, and watched the kids agian while my wife went to Bloomfield to get fitted for a dress fro my middle brother's wedding. During nap time I removed a VP44 and got the new one installed. On Sunday, my parents came over and my Dad helped me cut branches and limbs from trees that I wanted to get done since we moved in. Most of these were dragging on the roof of our trucks and was more annoying than anything else. We also delivered and set up the bed in my parent's spare bed room. Then at 10 o'clock last night I got one new emblem swapped out and stripped the black paint from the 71 grill shell so it will look like a 72 again. Then there was this morning. I was going out to put brake pads on my 98.5 dodge daily driver. Nope. The wife found a free hutch to go get. Guess what, another project found it's way into the bed's spot. I hope she gets it done soon. There's a body shell coming home soon. One of these days I'll get the rest of the stuff out of the corner of the garage. When we moved in, it all got put in the big open space. Then all the help left so I've been taking it to the basement as I get or build shelves. Just another project. Haha

Here are pictures of my oldest son in his new hot rod. His sure was a way better deal than any of mine. Faster too.

Then there's the sand box we tore down last weekend to use to recycle in to pieces for a chicken coop. (No, not done yet. Still in planning stages.) Haha This area behind my garage is going to be parking for projects and I plan to put a car port up to park a couple in doors and eliminate storage costs.

The pictures of the kids just brought a smile to my face Ryan. Too bad they outgrow those cars so fast.


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The slower you finish that coop, the bigger the mess in the bathroom will be!

Sweet pics of the kids!

Your tires and wheels look good too. Coop? not so much. 8-)

I've got a 72 Burb shell that would make a cool coop quick. Not to sure the city would approve of it.

Hey, you guessed it! No more real big progress on the truck. I swapped out the other side emblem, and put more crap in the bed of it. That's it. The converter guy isn't answering calls so I'm still waiting.

I did manage to get version 1 of the chicken coop built. The boys wanted to test it out first.

Oh look! It didn't take long for the wife to clutter up the other side of the garage! This is a hutch she got for free off a swapper site, and a vanity we baught for $20 that has been sitting in the basement. Her sister is having a barn sale so we're getting things finished to take there to hopefully be sold in the sale in June. She says these will be gone this weekend but I keep hearing of all the other stuff she wants to build/fix up. My friend says I'll have a full wood working shop soon if I don't stop the shenanigans now. Haha

I also managed to get some work done to a 5.9 I've been working on off and on for a while. I just need to get a few more things done to it and I can start it up then list it for sale. Hopefully to drum up some Hemi parts funds. I did buy some more parts for the 72 though. I got adjustable bump stops for the rear axle, shock mounts for the D60 front, and some billet exterior door handles. They are actually like the 5th set made for these trucks ever. I haven't received mine yet. Hopefully they'll be here tomorrow. Here's a picture my friend sent me of his he got the other day.

Great shot of the kids!
And some fancy parts for the truck too!

"sharing" garage space is always tough.

This past weekend was spent taking my wife garage sale-ing on Saturday for mother's day. She picked up 3-4 more projects to redo for the barn sale in June. We were able to take the hutch and vanity to the barn where the sale is also. So, things are coming in and out of the garage. They're just not my stuff. Sunday my brother and I spent the day working on my parent's fences. My Dad has been down and out as far as real labor intensive stuff goes due to his surgery last year. I mowed the fence rows around their property with a push mower. (I'd like to kick the farmer in the nuts that farms around their place. They have gotten so close to their fence that a push mower is all you can take back there. When we put in the fences we left 4' of their property on the field side of the fence so we could mow it easily. Well, that went to crap.) I told Dad I'd just use the super H with the woods mower to mow it later. It will dang near cripple him to mow it like I did. Anyway, we also replaced some fence posts and started fixing wire on the fence. We'll have to finish the rest this weekend I think.

A couple weeks ago my little girl started pre-school. It's hard to believe she's starting Kindergarten in August.

The billet door handles showed up. Now I have to decide if I want to polish them or just clear them. My converter is finally on it's way too! I ordered some spacers for the front wheels to get the track a little better looking. Since I used a dodge D60, it's about 2 inches narrower than a chevy D60 wms to wms. So this should bring the fronts closer to matching the super wide D80 I used in the rear.