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That is a fine and handsome structure.Quick Steel wrote: ↑Mon Nov 16, 2020 8:56 pm Our Old Kentucky Home. Built in the late 1800s. P1040003 (2).JPG
I see an old silo sticking up behind your house.Quick Steel wrote: ↑Mon Nov 16, 2020 8:56 pm Our Old Kentucky Home. Built in the late 1800s. At one point my sister wanted to name it the "Gone With The Wind House." But I suggested that name might be tempting fate considering the strong winds we endure with some frequency.
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We have a lot of now defunct wheat silos over here at old railway stations and sidings/yards. They were a huge employer of people, but with cost cutting and changing times a lot lie unused. They were starting to become derelict, so a lot of the local communities got together to bring life back into the towns that relied on the railways. Most went down the tourism path, and one thing they did was get artists to paint the silos. Not graffiti but landscape art, and it has been very successful.peanut740 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 4:01 am The rolling hills of Kentucky is littered with unused old silos.At one time there were thousands of small dairie in those areas.I travel US 68 between Maysville and Lexington several times a year and you can see silos about any way you look along the way.Some have come down over the last few years,but there are still a lot.
, or an armadillo, Jeff. Hope it’s not an armadillo. Armadillos are native to Mexico. We now have them here in abundance. When I was a kid there were none, now they are commonplace and a nuisance. Seem to be gradually spreading their range northward but I’m surprised to see one as far north as you are. They eat things that live in the soil, like earthworms and grubs, hence they will dig up your lawn, garden and flower beds. You’ll have plants uprooted and holes in your yard big enough to trip in. They are nocturnal, and spend the daylight hours in burrows they dig. They seemingly have no natural control - due to the hard armored shell they are pretty much immune to coyotes, bobcats, etc.
Number 4 shot works pretty good. Some people eat them, but I haven’t tried it.Here in the states, we refer to those has grain bins.The silo behind QS house was used for silage or what some call greenchop.cudgee wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 4:19 amWe have a lot of now defunct wheat silos over here at old railway stations and sidings/yards. They were a huge employer of people, but with cost cutting and changing times a lot lie unused. They were starting to become derelict, so a lot of the local communities got together to bring life back into the towns that relied on the railways. Most went down the tourism path, and one thing they did was get artists to paint the silos. Not graffiti but landscape art, and it has been very successful.peanut740 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 4:01 am The rolling hills of Kentucky is littered with unused old silos.At one time there were thousands of small dairie in those areas.I travel US 68 between Maysville and Lexington several times a year and you can see silos about any way you look along the way.Some have come down over the last few years,but there are still a lot.
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That looks like a possum to me too.Quick Steel wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 4:37 pm That looks like a possum to me. Wherever I've lived they have been in abundance. Also, I have seen armadillo roadkill in Tennesee.
We have lots of old silos around my part of KY. Just about every Small farm milked a few cows and put up some silage. But know the small diaries are all gone. You either milk hundreds of cows that never see the pasture or you don’t milk at all.peanut740 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 5:20 pmHere in the states, we refer to those has grain bins.The silo behind QS house was used for silage or what some call greenchop.cudgee wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 4:19 amWe have a lot of now defunct wheat silos over here at old railway stations and sidings/yards. They were a huge employer of people, but with cost cutting and changing times a lot lie unused. They were starting to become derelict, so a lot of the local communities got together to bring life back into the towns that relied on the railways. Most went down the tourism path, and one thing they did was get artists to paint the silos. Not graffiti but landscape art, and it has been very successful.peanut740 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 4:01 am The rolling hills of Kentucky is littered with unused old silos.At one time there were thousands of small dairie in those areas.I travel US 68 between Maysville and Lexington several times a year and you can see silos about any way you look along the way.Some have come down over the last few years,but there are still a lot.
horse silo.jpg
blokes on silo.jpg
Same thing here is Southern Ohio Wade.We milked cows until 1971.But between the late 60's and 1980 just about every dairy around here went out of business. I think there is 1 left and they milk about 300 cows and they are just hanging on.Colonel26 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 5:23 pmWe have lots of old silos around my part of KY. Just about every Small farm milked a few cows and put up some silage. But know the small diaries are all gone. You either milk hundreds of cows that never see the pasture or you don’t milk at all.peanut740 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 5:20 pmHere in the states, we refer to those has grain bins.The silo behind QS house was used for silage or what some call greenchop.cudgee wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 4:19 am
We have a lot of now defunct wheat silos over here at old railway stations and sidings/yards. They were a huge employer of people, but with cost cutting and changing times a lot lie unused. They were starting to become derelict, so a lot of the local communities got together to bring life back into the towns that relied on the railways. Most went down the tourism path, and one thing they did was get artists to paint the silos. Not graffiti but landscape art, and it has been very successful.
horse silo.jpg
blokes on silo.jpg
oh, and that's my neighbor acting like a jacka$& showing off with the ladder I guess! For Jeff’s sake I hope it is a possum. They’re not destructive like armadillos. Hard to tell from the picture - I guess that’s why armadillos are called “possum on a half shell”!Colonel26 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 5:21 pmThat looks like a possum to me too.Quick Steel wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 4:37 pm That looks like a possum to me. Wherever I've lived they have been in abundance. Also, I have seen armadillo roadkill in Tennesee.
That's the stuff great memories are made of right there.
Stanwade wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 6:24 pm I can't remember I've ever posted pictures of our other deer shanty we built about 15 years ago... Here it is - – it's 18' to the deck and the room is 8-x8'.. We were building a new set of steps this day for it...the inside and outside walls are covered with ship lapped rough cut we milled ourselves back in the field with a generator and a table saw.. it's insulated, carpeted and we heat it with a turkey fryer so we can cook and make coffee... high tech red necksoh, and that's my neighbor acting like a jacka$& showing off with the ladder I guess!
I'd fall asleep in a stand that fancy and miss the fun. peanut740 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 5:20 pmHere in the states, we refer to those has grain bins.The silo behind QS house was used for silage or what some call greenchop.cudgee wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 4:19 amWe have a lot of now defunct wheat silos over here at old railway stations and sidings/yards. They were a huge employer of people, but with cost cutting and changing times a lot lie unused. They were starting to become derelict, so a lot of the local communities got together to bring life back into the towns that relied on the railways. Most went down the tourism path, and one thing they did was get artists to paint the silos. Not graffiti but landscape art, and it has been very successful.peanut740 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 4:01 am The rolling hills of Kentucky is littered with unused old silos.At one time there were thousands of small dairie in those areas.I travel US 68 between Maysville and Lexington several times a year and you can see silos about any way you look along the way.Some have come down over the last few years,but there are still a lot.
horse silo.jpg
blokes on silo.jpg
Very similar here, in the fifties you could make a really good living milking 40 cows, in the late 60's 120 was regarded as a large herd, but that was the way everyone was having to adapt to. Now 300 is just enough to survive, and most are milking 400-700. But times are tough for the dairy industry over here, and a lot have left the industry in the last 2 years.peanut740 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 5:27 pmSame thing here is Southern Ohio Wade.We milked cows until 1971.But between the late 60's and 1980 just about every dairy around here went out of business. I think there is 1 left and they milk about 300 cows and they are just hanging on.
Great stuff, and great stuff that you ad your friend watch each others back. That's friendship.Papa Bones wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 11:28 pm I have a friend who I used to work with, that I keep tabs on since he and I both retired. He is also a Vet and served in the Navy from 1967-73, was in the 7th fleet in the Tonkin Gulf. We have both helped each other whenever needed on any projects or work around our homes. So I consider him a good friend. I called him over the weekend, just checking on him, and he asked me when I could drop by. He had been cleaning out his wood working shop and had a couple of things he wanted to give me, if I wanted them. One was a vice and the other was a couple of Come-a-longs. He said the vice was too big for his needs and he had all the wood working vices he needed. So of course I said yes.
When I arrived we sit and drank coffee for a while then walked out to his shop. When I saw the vise I told him it was worth some good money. But he didn't care and wanted to know if I was gonna take it or not. So like my granddaddy used to say, never look a gift horse in the mouth. I am very proud to get it,
So here it is as I received it. A Wilton 1760 Tradesman Bullet Vice. It has 6 inch jaws and according to the stamp on the barrel key it was made in 1988. It's a hefty boy and weights about 70 lbs. It still has the dust cover in place and the jaws and spindle have no excessive looseness. THere are about four coats of paint over the original Wilton paint, but it is still present and I believe I can clean it down without loosing much of the original paint. It will make a nice addition to my other group of vise. I don't have any new vise. I will post a photo of those also.
But first, here is the Wilton.
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Here are a few of my others. Each one I've aquired over the years, cleaned, repainted and replaced the jaw inserts.
Columbian D44 4.5.jpg
Cratsman 506 51801 3.5_b.jpg
Craftsman 506 51801 3.5_a.jpg
Parker 93.5 3 in jaw.jpg
