My Industrial Cabin Build

[Grumpycat]

These plastic welders. How do you not blow uourself up, when welding a fuel tank?

Wash the tank out first.

Temperature is only 600-700°F.

 

[pmsmechanic]

These plastic welders. How do you not blow yourself up, when welding a fuel tank?

With diesel fuel that is not a concern.

 

[BigBlue1]

These plastic welders. How do you not blow uourself up, when welding a fuel tank?

Diesel is just much less explosive than gasoline. And also, a plastic welder is just a soldering iron, basically, and there is only heat and no 'spark' involved. I'd definitely drain the fuel tank and keep the cap open when doing the work but with a diesel tank that seems pretty low risk.

 

[airbiscuit]

What do you think the wind speed was when your goat barn blew over and out?

Do you think it blew over, then self destructed, or did it just blow apart?

 

[WoodChuckDad]

We have had long nights of wind gusts that were in the mid 40’s and 50’s and it always was fine. Two nights begore it happened Jefanna was away on a business trip and we had some pretty bad wind storms, but, The night that it happened, was relatively mild (reports said 40 was highest recorded in our area) I had just bought a weather station but had not put it up yet. And it might not have pickednup that gust anyway. I would guess an isolated gust type of wind happened and came in, just right. My guess based solely on previous wind storms is about 60+.
It looks like it came in from the front of the building, tipped it back, the. Shot it thru the fence and into the woods as a whole unit. I base that on the fact the goats appeared uninjured and were still in the pen, and things that were on the shelf inside the barn were with the wreckage.

 

[Grumpycat]

Personal weather stations are nice for recording things such as windspeed overnight.

 

[EddieWalker]

It's been a couple of months. How are the goats doing?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I was wondering also. Drove down skyline drive yesterday and wondered how things were going.

 

[dstig1]

It's been a couple of months. How are the goats doing?

You mean "How is it goat-ing..."

 

[WoodChuckDad]

The goats are healthy. Time to sell the kids. They are eating us out of house snd home. We have been expanding the fenced area s bit. I have hopes of fencing off another field but the process is exhausting. It also requires a water line. My plan is to extend our yard hydrants system another half mile. If I manage to do it, I am sure that it will take two years. Im not really sure why I’m doing it sometimes, but every time Im out there I think about how it will look with fence and field and some animals. And that motivates me.
Work has been tougher as of late. So more energy there. I still have trim to do in the house but Jefanna kerps asking me to do projects outside.
Eddie, I wish I had a feeding setup like yours. My goats mob me when I take grain out there. I absolute have to come up with a better system.

 

[EddieWalker]

Thanks for the update. Hopefully you can sell goats easier than I can. My biggest challenge is catching them. Mine are half wild and not into being petted. We can catch them when they are a few days old, but after that, it's a disaster.

It took me three tries to make a fence that actually worked. My biggest mistake was using materials that didn't hold up, or stay tight. Buying the stretching bar, spending the extra money on the Horse Fence, and anchoring my corners and line posts in concrete all added up to finally getting it right.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Have a buddy who raises goats, maybe 20-25 depending on season. He takes his to Fredericksburg TX where they have buyers from all over the US, and they usually claim fairly high prices. He has a long bed truck with a camper and hauls a bunch over there in the bed.

He keeps telling me if I'll put up a fence, he'll let them come graze to eat all the thorny briars and weeds.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Have a buddy who raises goats, maybe 20-25 depending on season. He takes his to Fredericksburg TX where they have buyers from all over the US, and they usually claim fairly high prices. He has a long bed truck with a camper and hauls a bunch over there in the bed.

He keeps telling me if I'll put up a fence, he'll let them come graze to eat all the thorny briars and weeds.

How are you managing the briars now?

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Have a buddy who raises goats, maybe 20-25 depending on season. He takes his to Fredericksburg TX where they have buyers from all over the US, and they usually claim fairly high prices. He has a long bed truck with a camper and hauls a bunch over there in the bed.

He keeps telling me if I'll put up a fence, he'll let them come graze to eat all the thorny briars and weeds.

If you intend to fence that field and put some animals there, eventually then it might be advantageous to you. But fencing is so expensive and so physically demanding to put in, it’s hard to justify just for the weed control. Now he could use poly wire and some pigtails and portable electric and fence in small patches and make a huge difference. You have to have a water source though.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

I have my goats on the front lawn right now. The grass there is lush and well established and the goats are pretty enthusiast. Three strands of poly braid electric holds them in, when they are trained to it. View attachment IMG_5293.jpg

 

[EddieWalker]

How close are the goats to the apple
Orchid? Do they eat the leaves? What about the bark?

 

[airbiscuit]

I have my goats on the front lawn right now. The grass there is lush and well established and the goats are pretty enthusiast. Three strands of poly braid electric holds them in, when they are trained to it. View attachment 3285602

 

[WoodChuckDad]

How close are the goats to the apple
Orchid? Do they eat the leaves? What about the bark?

Half mile by road, less than a quarter if they went thru woods and swam the pond. They’ve never been on that side of the farm. I don’t have fence or water ip there. I’m working at it but I’m slow.

 

[Buppies]

How are the pups doing?

 

[airbiscuit]

I'd rather raise pups than goats.