AZ ranch

BoFuller · Dec 27, 2014

We did get the stairs done last week.

BoFuller · Dec 27, 2014

i579rbd · Dec 27, 2014

Your floor is looking pretty nice in those stair pics. Hope you got everything thawed out and have a wonderful New Years.

drajj5 · Dec 28, 2014

Winter always has a way of sneaking up on us all. We also have a camper that has to be winterized, wood that has to be busted, and other various thing that must be done before it shows it's nasty face. Sometimes we are prepared but most of the time we are playing catch up!! The house is coming along nicely considering the change in the weather..... Keep up the good work!

joeyd · Dec 30, 2014

Looks fantastic! Have you decided on a type/design for the banisters?

BoFuller · Dec 31, 2014

joeyd said:
Looks fantastic! Have you decided on a type/design for the banisters?

I want to make something original, like out of Manzanita or something, but the County would never pass it. Do I'll put up the cheapest spindles I can find and tear it down right after I get the CO.

Ken · Jan 1, 2015

Mr. Fuller The weather men are telling of snow and cool weather in your area.
Winter of 61/62 it was so cold the Williams water system froze and water had to be hauled in from Flagstaff by railroad car.until repaired.
We had to bundle our kids next to the stove in living room .and shut off rest of house .
69 at Seligman waited 10 days for a bump on parking lot to show where our car was parked. Lot of snow that year.
Your house looks good trust the hearing system works well also.
ken

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MacLawn · Jan 2, 2015

Yep Ken, I remember the winter of '48-'49 well. I was born that year. Man, it got cold. Heheeheheheheee, couldn't resist, ye just got me old brain to working, I think. Ye stories of cold just reminded me of that old fashioned talk...

Oh well, Bo, ye place is coming right along. That rascal ought to be plenty warm in those rough winters when ye cain't take an outside leak because... oh, y'all know.

Ken · Jan 2, 2015

MacLawn said:
Yep Ken, I remember the winter of '48-'49 well. I was born that year. Man, it got cold. Heheeheheheheee, couldn't resist, ye just got me old brain to working, I think. Ye stories of cold just reminded me of that old fashioned talk...

Oh well, Bo, ye place is coming right along. That rascal ought to be plenty warm in those rough winters when ye cain't take an outside leak because... oh, y'all know.

Mac Lawn I know it is a age difference. Never even told Bo about having to be towed up a mountain road to communication site by dozer cross country because could not see road. Or travel between Kingman to Seligman when road was closed had to show state police had chains and extra fuel 55 gal. oil and spare chains. Also carried a jungle lunch with blankets.
The Northern Ariz. weather can be brutal some times.
Now could tell you about the Jeep Sta. Wagon that blizzard was so strong the engine air cleaner filled with snow and stalled the engine. Ye Haa Or twisted the drive shaft off pushing snow hood deep but this was a different year. And in N.Mexico.

Mr. Fuller Your place looks good and ask your rancher friends of past history of weather events.

I now live in a area where a 1/2 inch of snow keeps me home and like today it is 34 deg. and weather man is flashing alerts of possible snow and could be some ice so stay home inside and be careful .

So I sit in the easy chair and read TBN let the world go by with out me .
ken

BoFuller · Jan 2, 2015

Thanks for your comments and stories Ken. Always good to hear from someone who lived here. Keep 'em coming.

Ken · Jan 2, 2015

BoFuller said:
Thanks for your comments and stories Ken. Always good to hear from someone who lived here. Keep 'em coming.

Bo All my stories are before the interstate and we moved when it still was being built.
Maybe now the weather is better also.
Next year when in Kingman and weather is good for picnic take a trip up Hualapai Mt. to the top then think of snow so deep that a person with snow shoes would keep falling into the tops of the trees and have to climb back out . took 6 hours to go one mile. to a trail where a Cat D9 had pushed 12' of snow off the road.
ken.

BoFuller · Jan 22, 2015

Here's one gable end that we finished insulating.

BoFuller · Jan 22, 2015

And here's the other gable end, which we almost have covered with T&G.

weldingisfun · Jan 23, 2015

Bo, I am still having difficulty visualizing the size of your place with those huge logs. Can you post a pic or two, with either you or your wife in it, to be able to contrast?

BoFuller · Jan 23, 2015

Does this help with perspective?

gogo · Jan 23, 2015

Bo, Excellent job! This website started off for me, as a tractor info website. Now it's becoming my newspaper. I am just finding out about all these great cabins you guys are building and I am enjoying all of your journeys. Thanks for letting us jump on the bus.

weldingisfun · Jan 24, 2015

BoFuller said:
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Does this help with perspective? &#55357;&#56832;

Sure does. Thanks.:thumbsup: Must say, impressive!

MotorSeven · Jan 25, 2015

Bo, do you still have to chink the inside logs?

BoFuller · Jan 25, 2015

MotorSeven said:
Bo, do you still have to chink the inside logs?

Yes. The cold weather and my work schedule interfered with my original plan. Due to the fact I have to have this project done by April (permit expires), I'm going to have a crew come and do the drywall and inside chinking. Also, I need to run the electrical before chinking as most of the wiring will be behind the chinking.