BWR1953
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Making maneuvering room! All ships need appropriate room to maneuver, right? 
Haven't worked on my Kingfisher or Chieftain projects for a month or so. Home projects have taken priority, including making some major changes in the yard for the boats. Since this particular yard project affects both boat projects, I figured that I'd post it as a separate topic instead of adding the info to both of the other threads.
In order to haul all three of the boats around (including the glasser donor boat) I needed to remove a bunch of trees and shrubs. Finally got my little garden tractor fixed and started what I could with that. Then I hired my neighbor buddy to help and he made more progress in a few minutes with my chainsaw and his tractor than I could in a week.
He cut down twenty-some trees and started stacking them for a burn pile. Couldn't burn them because the weather was too perfect! Seriously. When we called for a permit, we were told that the humidity was too low and they weren't issuing permits. :noidea:
I was going to rent a backhoe this weekend to dig out the stumps but my buddy couldn't work this weekend so that will have to wait a week. But in the meantime we'll get as much done before we bring in the excavator.
There is much more that's going to happen over the next few weeks as I prepare the area for boat work! Stay tuned...
View from the "back 40" with the Kingfisher tent and the Chief in view.
Burn pile started... burning will have to wait till the weather turns more yucky. LOL
These stumps will be removed so that I can pull the boats through this area.
View from the tent shelter.
This tree island is being cleared to allow a much better view of the property... and the boats!
Yeah, my buddy dropped a tree next to the glasser. It didn't hit it directly but did roll over and bump the side. No damage to the 50HP Mercury though! Whew!
Back 40 area being cleared.
Another view from the back 40.
In this video, he got two trees cut down before I could even get the camera/phone ready!
Click to view video
Haven't worked on my Kingfisher or Chieftain projects for a month or so. Home projects have taken priority, including making some major changes in the yard for the boats. Since this particular yard project affects both boat projects, I figured that I'd post it as a separate topic instead of adding the info to both of the other threads.
In order to haul all three of the boats around (including the glasser donor boat) I needed to remove a bunch of trees and shrubs. Finally got my little garden tractor fixed and started what I could with that. Then I hired my neighbor buddy to help and he made more progress in a few minutes with my chainsaw and his tractor than I could in a week.
He cut down twenty-some trees and started stacking them for a burn pile. Couldn't burn them because the weather was too perfect! Seriously. When we called for a permit, we were told that the humidity was too low and they weren't issuing permits. :noidea:
I was going to rent a backhoe this weekend to dig out the stumps but my buddy couldn't work this weekend so that will have to wait a week. But in the meantime we'll get as much done before we bring in the excavator.
There is much more that's going to happen over the next few weeks as I prepare the area for boat work! Stay tuned...
View from the "back 40" with the Kingfisher tent and the Chief in view.
Burn pile started... burning will have to wait till the weather turns more yucky. LOL
These stumps will be removed so that I can pull the boats through this area.
View from the tent shelter.
This tree island is being cleared to allow a much better view of the property... and the boats!
Yeah, my buddy dropped a tree next to the glasser. It didn't hit it directly but did roll over and bump the side. No damage to the 50HP Mercury though! Whew!
Back 40 area being cleared.
Another view from the back 40.
In this video, he got two trees cut down before I could even get the camera/phone ready!
Click to view video
