Mine got blown over last night in a pretty violent T storm. Got it back up with help of the farmer that mows hay off my field. Some damage. I needed another project this summerIt was anchored with rebar about 2 feet, angled into the ground. 20 + inches of rain over the last month defeated that for sure.
23 yard shot out the back door,,Paige,TxIn Texas you could always just sit in it on the ground, shake a coffee can full of corn with your weak hand, and hold the ballpein hammer behind your back so they can't see it in your strong hand, and hunt very economically.
Gonna to try to start repairs today. Hard to do when your by yourself.
yeah, it's back up, not steady yet. Gonna need some hydraulics to set it back. First get the legs steady, even temporarily. Then set, repair a bit of box damage. Since we have had all this rain, the ground is soft. I think digging a two foot deep hole and setting a sakrete infuse cinder block with a chain attached will be the next anchor. It sucks.
Started this morning with a hi-lift just to get the pecantered legs pulled out. No go. Started to go over.
Only way to fly on an enclosed stand. Cooler when hot outside, warmer (easier to heat) when cold outside.
Hi Mike. I have an insulated stand for my wife. No mice inside for 3 years, then I found the door partially open 3 weeks ago. Had a mouse and youngins to dispense with. I also have an insulated cabin that went along for years with no mice. The front was barn boards, all the rest metal. Barn boards finally rotted out from snow on the bottom. Mice took over. My wife and I tore the whole front off last spring. We replaced the barn boards with steel. Put in new insulation and drywall. No mice once again for the past year.
Think the key to keeping mice out is to keep them from climbing up the posts. I used tin and made a funnel around each post to keep them from getting to the shack. Even wrapped it around the 2x6 verticals on my ladder going up. Guess I'll see if that keeps them out. Plus it's air tight. Kinda like my house. No place for the mice to get in. Steel roof so kinda hard to get in thru that as well. Insulation is covered by 1/4" OSB inside. Even if they did get in, they couldn't eat up the insulation.
Used one inch foam board in the walls and 3.5" batt in the ceiling. Not nearly what you'd use in a normal dwelling but enough for this purpose. 4000/9000 btu mr heater will keep it more than warm enough on the coldest days.
Thank you. It'll get the job done. Everyone I know says mice WILL get in. I'm hoping I can go back in a few years and say, Nope, they didn't on mine. I know the odds but still keeping my fingers crossed.
