yoeddynz Posted June 13, 2020 Author Share Posted June 13, 2020 With ample sawdust for mopping up after engine blowups. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Here's a start https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=2654164526 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted June 13, 2020 Author Share Posted June 13, 2020 Its lovely... However getting anything other than an alaskan mill up to the trees in question is a very hard ask. But i do know a local with a boat that might be interested in that engine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 400 fixed price offer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted June 13, 2020 Author Share Posted June 13, 2020 I see that. But I shall pretend I didn't see it and continue on with the many numerous unfinished projects I already have. How very un-oldschool of me.... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Just now, yoeddynz said: I see that. But I shall pretend I didn't see it and continue on with the many numerous unfinished projects I already have. How very un-oldschool of me.... Too late. I couldn't resist. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 If you were to build a gyrocopter you could fly the engine up there 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Just now, Yowzer said: If you were to build a gyrocopter you could fly the engine up there Hot air balloon attached with a chain through the bush. At least one propeller to get it started.in the right direction. Use the sawdust in a gasifier for fuel 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tumeke Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 That detroit would pull itself up the hill m8. Tie a bit of rope round the output, and run the other end round the tree up the hill. It would slowly pull itself up there while taking out everything in its path. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted June 15, 2020 Author Share Posted June 15, 2020 Like maybe i could weld several old push mowers with the front of their guards removed onto it eh?.... 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 This is getting a real 10 propellers vibe to it... 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted June 15, 2020 Author Share Posted June 15, 2020 I must add that it took me like three hours to finish the shading on the upper lip. It probably my best drawing .... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rot808 Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 On 13/06/2020 at 16:47, yoeddynz said: a replica toyota TS020 for doing the shopping in. Please, do go on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted June 19, 2020 Author Share Posted June 19, 2020 Ohhhhh ok then.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yoeddynz Posted October 17, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 17, 2020 4 months later and suddenly the grass starts growing at a rate my mowing cant keep up with, all the flowers are out, birds are singing madly. The bush has the most amazing fragrant scent - especially the Lemonwood trees which have amazing flowers. The Kanukas and Manukas will start flowering soon too. At night time, because the land is mainly hillside we can walk along the driveway and the smell is so strong coming down from the bush. We now have two Keas who have claimed our place as theirs in the last two weeks. They are getting closer to the truck and fuck I hope they dont discover its Butynol roof membrane or the nice new rubbers on my Imp. As awesome and comical as they are I do hope they get bored and piss off elsewhere. There's also some falcons about. Usually breeding up one of the gullies and this evening I watched one of them attacking a Hawk until it flew away. Its weird that they dont seem bothered by the Keas even though Keas will happily eat some meat (well mainly the fat that they like) We now have a resident Chaffinch called Chaffy and a Blackbird called ... Blackie. I know. Terrible. They hang about here all day with us. Each morning they call us and wait for their porridge scraps. Chaffy has become a comically fat little fucker. Properly round! I'll get a good photo- you'll laugh. He now has a mate (Mrs Chaffy.. please dont judge. It was an easy name) She is still a bit shy. We think they might have started nesting in one of the Kanuka trees next to the truck. Will be neat if we get baby Chafffinches (except for the bloody naming bit...). No other birds have seemed to have spotted the abundent food these 3 get each morning. Weird. It might be that Blackie does chase other birds away. But he's cool with Chaffy and they will spend all day together just pecking about the place, mates really. Its quite fun. Then we sold the housetruck and stuff started getting real busy here! (so its the perfect time to buy three Micras then.... ha) With the truck going end of next month we had to sort out a proper decent living arrangement pronto. We still have the cabin and that's a nice place to sleep. But to live out of for several months/maybe a year while we build another housetruck was going to get boring real quick. So we have been building the mezzanine in the workshop. Now I was going to post up the progress of that in the shed thread but since its more actually a sort of alternative house build that is going to take place it can stay here. Plus once the truck goes we have loads of other planned jobs to do about the yard. Terracing and landscaping the bank behind and above where the housetruck is parked, with a view to designing it around the next planned HT build. We are also going to get rid of the tin shed in the yard, put some concrete down and build a garage- big enough for the imp or Micra plus loads of old bicycles. Old bicycles that seem to be breeding around here (because N + 1) We also want to build a nice little funky glasshouse and landscape between there and the garage a cool chillout area because it gets the last of the yards sun in winter. Then there is the elephant in the room - the cabin on the ridge. Might actually start building the decking up there this summer now that the timber is up there. We've bought an 1800 litre tank for up there. That will be a fun day out.... Anyway- yeah busy. So the truck is now cof'd and but for a few tidy up jobs we can consider it gone. Better build some upstairs accommodation then. I had posted up a few pics in the shed thread so some of you will have already seen its beginnings - which involved a whole load of timber. A lot of it has come from our own land and was already milled, treated and stacked in the yard. We have been keeping it covered, stacked neatly on flitches and it was great to finally rip into using it. Most of our beams are from that pile. Then we sourced more local pine from a friends place around the corner from us. Finally we bought a load from a local sawmill up the Motueka valley including some lovely Macrocarpa. We ran it all through our thicknesser because it looks nicer and doesnt hold the dust like rough sawn timber does... (Also lots of nice shavings for the compost toilet too- although we dont use treated stuff in there) Bought a decent sized metal bender for a customers gate job a while back. Damn I wish I had one of these ages ago. Came in handy for parts of the steel feet for the posts.. The main mezz floor down one side went up and looked great. Finally our main plan for the workshop was happening! (its the reason we had gone for the highest knee height we could , in our budget).. Getting the hefty unwieldy 3.6m long 20mm strandfloor sheets up to the next level was made easier for us two when we had a hoist to use... With the flooring up on that side we had to build some stairs. We wanted to move the steel rack too so we could put up the posts for the second level over the entrance bay. Having that rack out of the way and moved further in would also make for easier entry with trucks (important really....) So off with all the steel and sorted through it.. Move the rack along, make new wooden shelves for the top so I could satisfy my inner ocd leanings and organise all the offcuts neatly... Then we had more steel delivered including a length of 100mm rhs for the stair design I had planned. Started building stairs... Finished the stair metal work, made some big Macrocarpa steps and while I painted the steel work Hannah painted the corner plywood a nice yellow... Then finally bolt the stairway in place and attach the wooden steps. Really happy with how they turned out. Solid as and with loads of space below to stash other annoying tools (shame really because its so neat without stuff under there but it is a bloody workshop after all...) Then clutter them up with stuff ... Now with some stairs we could fill the mezz with bikes... Better storage solutions will have to take place- we have some ideas involving skyhooks, ropes and pulleys. Stairs completed so we better start building the next level up down the front. This will be a posh carpeted lounge room where folk can gather to watch a movie from (gonna get a projector for the ceiling) or just listen to music/read/dote on cat. Kevin helped by keeping guard over his new favourite rug... We have put up the floor up there and its great. I'll get some pics tomorrow. Now we will start building walls and lining stuff out. Got heaps ofg nice pine and Rimu flooring to use for some wall lining. We want a sort of smart/rustic look to this whole build and it has to be practical because after we have finished living up there it will be used as a workspace for cleaner jobs and projects. Oh and hey there macho men - don't laugh but I actually fancy getting into some sewing and making my own clothes- I have always enjoyed sewing but its a pain to do anything decent when you don't have the clear room to lay stuff out. So that will be a thing. helloooooo Oh I must add- we are both genuinely very excited about a future model train build so we are planning things around that too ie walls with holes, where track might go. It wont be to the same amazing level as things like the Pendon model railway but hey- ya gotta start somewhere and this will be a good space to do so. It will run around the perimeter and not be dated to any particular age so we can different eras and so include model cars from the 60s through to now. I want to make a sci-fi type section with futuristic type buildings and monorail like stuff too. Dreams but gonna go for it 43 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yoeddynz Posted October 17, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 17, 2020 As promised here is Chaffy, the fat little Chaffinch this morning, waiting for his feed porridge... (I had to dust off the big boys camera to get this shot..) 25 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 What a chonker. Get Kevin to act as his personal trainer. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted October 17, 2020 Author Share Posted October 17, 2020 He sits on the steps below and just watches. Licks his lips but Chaffy is far too cunning. We actually think Kevin is somewhat used to Chaffy being around and is beginning to see him as part of the family. Fuck- who I am I trying to kid. He'd kill him- because once a cat always a cat. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yoeddynz Posted October 20, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2020 The other day we went further up the main valley here and our friends let us pick apart this old cottage on their land. Sweet as cedar windows set into Rimu frames. There was also a big copper water cylinder there for grabs. We are going back to get the french doors before the place gets demolished by a digger. Shame really because the location is bloody amazing! By a river looking at the mountains. Then this afternoon we had a surprise visit from a fella here on oldschool who has been following the housetruck build and this thread. He's a builder and often has spare timber left over from housebuilds so he so very kindly thought that we could make use of it, along with a load of left over fastners etc! Far out- this was such an awesome gift to receive - the timber is exactly what we need to start with framing out the interior rooms in the mezz ! So a huge thanks goes out to Morris @CPR Sierra for going out of his way to help us out. He is restoring a sierra xr4i with a cossie body kit and I am hoping I have convinced him to start a build thread on here. I like sierras and its very rarely I ever see one about these days. 34 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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