OneFineAcre
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I'm sure all will turn out fine. 
Jumping the Moon Dairy - the next chapter
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babsbag
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Monday is the big day. My friend is borrowing a Bobcat that he sold a year ago to his SIL to my project. I am SO thankful for all of the prayers and good wishes. This project is not for the faint of heart and I just didn't know of anyone else I could ask to do this. He is going to grade some dirt, pull out some trees, move 20 yds of gravel, and last but not least move 3 trailers into a place that a truck cannot go, he will be using his Bobcat to move these for me. And if you saw the mountain I live on and what he has to navigate to make this happen you would understand my sense of panic when I thought he wasn't going to be able to do this for me.
I have had a young man here all week cutting down trees and hauling away the wood. I am keeping some of it but most of it I was just thankful to see it gone. He will be back tomorrow to finish the trees and to finish dismantling the old goat shelters. He has been a blessing and I would have never gotten done without him. My DH works out of town all week so it is up to me to figure out how to get many of the projects done and to figure out what I can leave for the weekend. This weekend we will cut a shed lose from its foundation so it can be moved, cut down two trees that have lights in them, and scrape wasted hay and manure out of the old pens and stock pile it for the new orchard. And the one other job that I haven't figured out how to do yet is abandoning a water line as it will most likely get broken during the grading and trailer moving but it is the water line to the new barn...
We have a trencher but everything is in the path right now. I may just run the pipe above ground for now but the problem with that is that is goes across a driveway unless I go over hill and over dale. I can't really trench through the driveway either as it is gravel on a pretty steep slope and it has geotextile fabric under the gravel that I don't want to tear up. Just not sure and the plumbing is always my job. ![:\](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/side.png "side :\")
I'm sure that whatever I do it will have to get redone when this project is done. Of course it will be 90° this weekend, not a good time to leave goats with no water.
I have had a young man here all week cutting down trees and hauling away the wood. I am keeping some of it but most of it I was just thankful to see it gone. He will be back tomorrow to finish the trees and to finish dismantling the old goat shelters. He has been a blessing and I would have never gotten done without him. My DH works out of town all week so it is up to me to figure out how to get many of the projects done and to figure out what I can leave for the weekend. This weekend we will cut a shed lose from its foundation so it can be moved, cut down two trees that have lights in them, and scrape wasted hay and manure out of the old pens and stock pile it for the new orchard. And the one other job that I haven't figured out how to do yet is abandoning a water line as it will most likely get broken during the grading and trailer moving but it is the water line to the new barn...
We have a trencher but everything is in the path right now. I may just run the pipe above ground for now but the problem with that is that is goes across a driveway unless I go over hill and over dale. I can't really trench through the driveway either as it is gravel on a pretty steep slope and it has geotextile fabric under the gravel that I don't want to tear up. Just not sure and the plumbing is always my job. I'm sure that whatever I do it will have to get redone when this project is done. Of course it will be 90° this weekend, not a good time to leave goats with no water.
samssimonsays
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I wish I could send some of my weather your way for this project... We are expected to get snow flurries tomorrow.
I am still praying for you that this all goes as smoothly and easy as possible.
I am still praying for you that this all goes as smoothly and easy as possible.
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If you have to go over the driveway with the water line can you 'sleeve' it so that it's inside another pipe to protect it from traffic?
Mini Horses
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ou may be lucky & the lines won't break BUT...I'm wth FEM, sleeve any bove ground. Also, if you had some heavy steel, or even heavy plywood that you could place over the location of the current underground, it would help disperse the weight -- if that is the main reason you feel damage.
I'm sure you will have every container available full of water Sunday night at the barn. Plenty of hose, also.
I assume you have cut-offs to stop water flow should they be broken.
We will all be waiting anxiously for a report on Tuesday! Pics? Wishing you all the best of luck & good weather!!!!
I'm sure you will have every container available full of water Sunday night at the barn. Plenty of hose, also.
I assume you have cut-offs to stop water flow should they be broken.
We will all be waiting anxiously for a report on Tuesday! Pics? Wishing you all the best of luck & good weather!!!!
MrsKuhn
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Fingers crossed that the weather stays nice for you so you can get some things done this weekend. But rain is headed our way for Saturday when I watched the news last night. It should at least be cooling down a little and sticking in the mid 80s vs 90s. Glad your friend could borrow the CAT for the day and move those trailers and get a few other things knocked off your list, I know you have been stressing a little about that. Fingers crossed the weather stays nice for you to get things done!
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babsbag
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If it rains tomorrow I will just have to get wet. I can guarantee you that I am not made of sugar and I don't melt. There is NO time in this schedule for rain.
MrsKuhn
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My apologies i wasn't meaning to make it sound like you couldn't work in the rain. I Was just stating I hope it holds off because I know it makes for less than desirable conditions.
Rain just makes things more interesting
Rain just makes things more interesting
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OneFineAcre
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Good luck
