Our Land Project

Gareth · **Reply #90 on:** July 20, 2022, 05:24:49 PM

Looking awesome mate.

SteveC · **Reply #91 on:** July 20, 2022, 05:54:18 PM

Love these updates !

Syph007 · **Reply #92 on:** July 20, 2022, 10:32:17 PM

And... Barrel mission accomplished. They only have a faint chocolate odor. Much more pleasant than rancid hog.

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Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #93 on:** July 20, 2022, 10:39:48 PM

Yeah, I tried the rancid hog scented candles once, and I agree- stick with chocolate!

Def

SteveC · **Reply #94 on:** July 20, 2022, 11:10:47 PM

Aloha · **Reply #95 on:** July 21, 2022, 03:45:25 PM

Nice work. Good you got the barrels sorted. Curious why no rain catchment? I'm sure y'all get some good rains. Also curious why you have the water up onto that tower. Not criticizing just curious.

edit. I'm guessing the snow you also receive would deter from rain catchment.

Syph007 · **Reply #96 on:** July 21, 2022, 04:07:34 PM

Quote from: Aloha on July 21, 2022, 03:45:25 PM

Nice work. Good you got the barrels sorted. Curious why no rain catchment? I'm sure y'all get some good rains. Also curious why you have the water up onto that tower. Not criticizing just curious.

edit. I'm guessing the snow you also receive would deter from rain catchment.

I could do rain catchment but then it would have to be processed. This is town water so already treated, chlorinated etc. Also we pay taxes so I don't feel bad taking water that way. For a bigger water supply I'll be digging a well and doing treatment on that. When we setup a greenhouse and grow food, I will definitely setup rain catchment for that purpose.

The height is for the same reason as water towers in cities. For gravity feed/pressure to the campers and the shower stall Im building next.

Then comes the hard rock mining to create a root cellar, then rail system to move the rock. Basically Im 49 building things I wanted to when I was 16. I mean how cool would a tower be on the main rock?

MadPlumbarian · **Reply #97 on:** July 21, 2022, 04:29:46 PM

I missed all this, what’s the finished project suppose to look like, the tower? I saw the outhouse but if you make it up really high you can do the 500ft zip cord bathroom

lol,,
JR

Syph007 · **Reply #98 on:** July 21, 2022, 04:32:32 PM

Quote from: MadPlumbarian on July 21, 2022, 04:29:46 PM

I missed all this, what’s the finished project suppose to look like, the tower? I saw the outhouse but if you make it up really high you can do the 500ft zip cord bathroom lol,,
JR

My goal is to live there eventually

So small cabin, workshop for knife work etc. Right now Im mostly camping and playing around.

Aloha · **Reply #99 on:** July 21, 2022, 04:56:51 PM

That would be so freaking awesome.

Thank you for answering. This project is so exciting.

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #100 on:** July 21, 2022, 08:16:59 PM

Quote from: MadPlumbarian on July 21, 2022, 04:29:46 PM

I missed all this, what’s the finished project suppose to look like, the tower? I saw the outhouse but if you make it up really high you can do the 500ft zip cord bathroom lol,,
JR

Yeah, that's cool and all, but do you want to be doing that at 2am? You'd never get back to sleep!

Plus getting back to the bedroom would be challenging!

Ded

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #101 on:** July 21, 2022, 08:17:08 PM

Quote from: Grant Lamontagne on July 21, 2022, 08:16:59 PM

Yeah, that's cool and all, but do you want to be doing that at 2am? You'd never get back to sleep!

Plus getting back to the bedroom would be challenging!

Def

MadPlumbarian · **Reply #102 on:** July 21, 2022, 10:46:09 PM

Quote from: Grant Lamontagne on July 21, 2022, 08:16:59 PM

Yeah, that's cool and all, but do you want to be doing that at 2am? You'd never get back to sleep!

Plus getting back to the bedroom would be challenging!

Def

Oh no no no, you don’t go down the zip line, what you did does! They had something waaaay back on the discovery channel where someone bought one of those fire watch towers and turned it into a cabin, yet the one doing the interview asks the owner “what’s that big bullseye out in the woods”? So the owner was like that’s the bathroom, so everyone’s like

so the owner says “here I saved one from last night so you could watch” and then he goes over and gets a bag from his 5gal toilet, walks out onto the platform, hooks it to the zip line, and then just lets it zip like 500-1000ft off into the woods and right into a huge rock in front of a tree, needless to say the camera man got that bag absolutely perfect and they did it like idk how many times in slow motion! Thus the huge bullseye out in the woods!
JR

Syph007 · **Reply #103 on:** July 21, 2022, 11:07:10 PM

Quote from: MadPlumbarian on July 21, 2022, 10:46:09 PM

Oh no no no, you don’t go down the zip line, what you did does! They had something waaaay back on the discovery channel where someone bought one of those fire watch towers and turned it into a cabin, yet the one doing the interview asks the owner “what’s that big bullseye out in the woods”? So the owner was like that’s the bathroom, so everyone’s like so the owner says “here I saved one from last night so you could watch” and then he goes over and gets a bag from his 5gal toilet, walks out onto the platform, hooks it to the zip line, and then just lets it zip like 500-1000ft off into the woods and right into a huge rock in front of a tree, needless to say the camera man got that bag absolutely perfect and they did it like idk how many times in slow motion! Thus the huge bullseye out in the woods!
JR

OMG

My wife would not be ok with that...

MadPlumbarian · **Reply #104 on:** July 21, 2022, 11:23:17 PM

Quote from: Syph007 on July 21, 2022, 11:07:10 PM

OMG

My wife would not be ok with that...

Oh I’m sure, I’d get those bio bags and id dig a big hole at the bottom, so after it went smash everything just fell in the hole and took care of itself,,
JR

Syph007 · **Reply #105 on:** September 10, 2022, 06:42:27 PM

So age caught up with me and lifting a small barrel of water caused a bulged disc in my back. That had me out of commission for about a month. I was up last week though and finally got the last posts and beams secured and the angled bracing.

I even got the 2x8s bought and carried in for next trip up this week where I can actually start on the floor. I'm still pushing on to have a roof before winter but it will be close!

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Aloha · **Reply #106 on:** September 10, 2022, 07:19:51 PM

Take it easy. Looks great, happy those last post are set.

Syncop8r · **Reply #107 on:** September 10, 2022, 09:28:23 PM

Good job!

Bulging disc: been there, wasted a lot of time and money over the years on the wrong treatment, fixed it myself easily.

Gareth · **Reply #108 on:** September 10, 2022, 11:12:49 PM

Looking good there buddy. Take care of that back though.

Syph007 · **Reply #109 on:** September 11, 2022, 08:59:48 PM

Quote from: Syncop8r on September 10, 2022, 09:28:23 PM

Good job!

Bulging disc: been there, wasted a lot of time and money over the years on the wrong treatment, fixed it myself easily.

Ah so you know the pain of that as well then...

They had me doing stretches to push it back in place and that did work but took along time. I also found grabbing a tall branch or the rafters in the basement and hanging from them helped stretch out the spine.

I'm free of pain now but very careful not to lift more than I should. It was a small barrel of 50 litres of water so that's only 50kg, I guess that was over my limit.

Syncop8r · **Reply #110 on:** September 12, 2022, 01:06:01 AM

A few years ago my back was so bad I could only play two games of cricket that season, and only then because they were desperate for players.
Lately I have been doing odd furniture removal jobs and before that I had a job lifting ~130kg bales of hops (the heaviest was 166kg) for 9½ hours a day and it was not a problem. Standing around all day is when I feel it these days.

What worked for me was ditching the chiropractors (as not evidence-based) and stretching my psoas and working my core and glutes.
I believe I have anterior pelvic tilt from years of sitting at a desk, as a result my hip flexors shortened and pulled my lower spine forward so I've been trying to undo that. I'm all about looking at how the human body should move and training in a way that works with that.

I believe most lower back (and many ankle and knee) issues are caused by problems in the pelvic area and the muscle imbalances they create.
Look out, you got me started now...